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Kansas City Blues (USA Rugby)
The Kansas City Blues play in the USA Rugby Division 1 competition, which is the highest level of amateur competition within USA Rugby. They also field a Division 2 team that offers new or inexperienced players a chance to learn the game while allowing them the opportunity to advance onto the D1 side. During the summer, the Blues also feature one of the most successful 7s programs in the country. The Blues have been a prominent team both regionally and nationally since their inception in 1966 and have a long history of success with many tournament and league championships and several National Championship and National Final Four appearances. The club has also produced many USA National Team players in both 15s and 7s and has hosted dozens of National Team players from other countries as well. Today the Blues are made up of men from all walks of life and various athletic backgrounds. The Blues currently practice and play their home matches at the Children’s Mercy Training Facility ...
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USA Rugby
USA Rugby (officially the United States of America Rugby Football Union, Ltd.) is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in the United States. Its role is to achieve and maintain “high levels of quality in all aspects of rugby."USA Rugby, 2010 Audited Financial Statements, https://assets.usa.rugby/docs/about/financials/2010_Audited_Financial_Statements.pdf USA Rugby is responsible for the promotion and development of the sport in the U.S., and promotion of U.S. international participation. USA Rugby was founded in 1975 as the United States of America Rugby Football Union, and it organized the first U.S. national team match in 1976. Today, USA Rugby has over 130,000 members, the largest segment being college rugby with over 32,000 members. USA Rugby oversees 1,200 high school teams, 900 college teams, 700 senior club teams, and 400 youth teams. It administers all United States national teams: senior men's and women's teams, sevens teams for both men and wome ...
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The Midwest Rugby Premiership is a rugby union competition in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ... that serves mainly as the Division I league for the Midwest Conference (National Competitive Region 1), but also includes two teams from the Frontier Conference (American Competitive Region 3). The winner progresses to the national Division I playoffs. Format Ten teams are divided into east and west divisions, with each team playing every other team in their group twice (home and away). The season runs from August through November, with the two division winners playing in the final the following May. Teams Champions By Year External links * {{Rugby union in the United States Rugby union leagues in the United States ...
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United States National Rugby Union Team
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Alfred Frank "Fred" Paoli (born February 18, 1954) is an American former rugby union and American football player who played prop for the United States men's rugby national team and college football for Colorado State as a defensive lineman. During his rugby career, Paoli played 20 test matches for the USA Eagles but never scored a try. His final game was in 1991 against Italy in the 1991 Rugby World Cup. Paoli is a trial attorney and is certified to practice law in Colorado and Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi .... References External links * 1954 births Living people United States international rugby union players Colorado State Rams football players Rugby union props 1987 Rugby World Cup players 1991 Rugby World Cup players {{US-rugbyuni ...
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Brodie Orth
Brodie Orth is an American rugby union player for the Denver Stampede in PRO Rugby. His position is Lock. His previous clubs include Northland RFC (Missouri, USA), Kansas City Blues and Tawa RFC. He is the uncle of Boston Orth. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1006414299532640376/1022692263698120785/Death_incarnate.PNG References External linksProfileat USA Rugby USA Rugby (officially the United States of America Rugby Football Union, Ltd.) is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in the United States. Its role is to achieve and maintain “high levels of quality in all aspects of rugb ... 1985 births American rugby union players Denver Stampede players Kansas City Blues Rugby players Living people Place of birth missing (living people) United States international rugby union players Rugby union locks {{US-rugbyunion-bio-stub ...
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Walter Elder (born 2 October 1991) is an American rugby union player who plays as a prop. He plays for Kansas City Blues and the United States national rugby sevens team. He debuted for the Eagles against Chile at the 2017 USA Sevens The 2017 USA Sevens (also sometimes referred to as the 2017 Las Vegas Sevens) was the fourteenth edition of the USA Sevens tournament, and the fifth tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 3–5 March 2 ... tournament on 3 March 2017. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Elder, Walt Living people 1991 births American rugby union players United States international rugby sevens players Kansas City Blues Rugby players ...
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Major League Rugby (MLR or USMLR) is a professional rugby union competition and the top-level championship for clubs in North America. In the 2022 season it was contested by thirteen teams: twelve from the United States and one from Canada. Officially sanctioned by USA Rugby—a member union of Rugby Americas North (RAN)—and consequently part of World Rugby, the league was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. With its initial beginnings as part of established amateur rugby clubs in major North American urban areas, MLR began its first season in 2018 as an initiative of the American rugby community in partnership with private investors. Three further American clubs, in Atlanta, Boston, and Washington D.C., began play in 2020. Major League Rugby implemented its first collegiate MLR Draft in 2020. In 2020, Major League Rugby teams started forming youth academies. The 2020 season was suspended on March 12, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 18, the ...
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