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USA Selects
The USA Falcons, formerly known as the USA Selects, is the second national rugby team for the United States, usually used for uncapped matches and domestic club sides. The primary national team is known as the USA Eagles or the United States national rugby union team. The USA Selects participated in the Americas Rugby Championship, a tournament originally featuring the "A" sides for Argentina, Canada, the United States, and Uruguay. The ARC is an annual tournament (except for Rugby World Cup years) that replaced the North America 4 competition. The USA Selects' best results in the ARC were their second place finishes in 2013 and 2014. USA Rugby, October 15, 2013. Ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawn Pittman
Shawn Pittman (born January 22, 1988 in Bellingham, Washington, United States) is an American rugby union coach and former player. Pittman played Prop (rugby union), prop for Old Puget Sound Beach and the United States national rugby union team, United States Eagles. He played in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. He is currently the head coach of the Utah Warriors in Major League Rugby (MLR). He also represented his country at under-19 and under-20 levels. His debut for his country was against Uruguay national rugby union team, Uruguay on November 8, 2008. Youth rugby Pittman started playing rugby when he was 18, after being persuaded to take up the sport by some rugby playing friends. He first played representative rugby for the U.S. in 2006. He was selected for the U.S. squad for the Under 19 World Junior Championships in Belfast in 2007. Also in 2007, Pittman undertook the International Rugby Academy of New Zealand's Advanced Course at Massey University in Palmerston North, where h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Cowley (rugby)
Joe Cowley is a columnist writer for the ''Chicago Sun-Times''. Cowley, a graduate of Kent State University, served the same role for the ''Sun-Times'' sister publication, the Tinley Park, Illinois ''Daily Southtown'', for several years before being hired by the downtown paper before the 2006 season. Cowley was one of the regular beat writers covering the White Sox during their 2005 World Series championship. Controversies In May 2004 while traveling with the White Sox on a road trip to Toronto, Cowley made disparaging remarks about the city of Toronto in a radio interview, calling it “nothing but a city in a third-world country." Subsequently during the series in Toronto, Cowley refused to stand for the Canadian national anthem prior to a game. Toronto Blue Jays president Paul Godfrey described Cowley as having “bad manners” and had letters of complaint sent to both Cowley and his publisher over the incident. Cowley gained notoriety nationally when he admitted on Novemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario Blues
The Ontario Blues are the senior men's representative rugby team for Ontario. They were founded in 2009 to compete in the Americas Rugby Championship against other representative teams from Canada, Argentina, and the United States. In their inaugural season, the Blues suffered narrow losses against British Columbia and the Wolf Pack before defeating the Rock to advance to the Canadian Final. The Blues would again lose to BC, but defeated the U.S. Selects in the bronze medal match. In 2010, Rugby Canada changed the format of the Canadian competition of the ARC, introducing the CRC. The four Canadian teams which competed in the ARC stayed the same, but now played in the CRC, with a Canadian Selects team being chosen from CRC players, and that selects team going on to represent Canada at the ARC. The Blues went on to win four straight Canadian Rugby Championships from 2011 to 2014 during a stretch where they were 19 wins and one loss over three seasons. The Blues have since won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge
The 2021 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge will be the fourth tournament of the Americas Pacific Challenge, which is a development competition for the Americas and Pacific island nations. However, due to travel restriction only Americas countries will feature, with Paraguay replacing Samoa A. The competition will be once again hosted by Uruguay with all games played at the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. Format With six teams in the tournament and a limitation of three matches per team, a "split pool" format will be used. The field was split into two pools, with teams in one pool only playing the teams in the other. The competing teams are: Pool A * * * Pool B * * * Table Final standings for combined pools: Fixtures All times are local UYT ( UTC-03) Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 See also * 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals * Americas Rugby Championship * World Rugby Pacific Challenge The World Rugby Pacific Challenge, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dylan Audsley
Dylan Audsley (born January 15, 1994) is an American rugby union player who plays center and fullback for the San Diego Legion in Major League Rugby (MLR) and the United States men's national team. In 2016, Audsley was the first recipient of the Rudy Scholz Award, given to the best men’s college rugby player in the United States. Early life Audsley was born in the United Kingdom, the son of an American mother. He moved to the United States and attended Notre Dame High School and Chaparral High School, graduating from the latter in 2012. Audsley then attended Saint Mary's College where he led the rugby team to a national championship in 2017. Audsley scored 25 of the Gaels' 30 points in their 30–24 national championship game victory over Life University. While at St. Mary's, Audsley was the first recipient of the Rudy Scholz Award, an award given to the best men’s college rugby player in the United States and named after two-time Olympic gold medalist and World War I an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Matyas
Ryan Matyas (born December 24, 1990) is an American rugby union player who plays as a wing for the San Diego Legion of Major League Rugby (MLR) and for the United States national rugby union team. Career Matyas played college rugby for the Arizona Wildcats. Matyas played with the United States national rugby sevens team under head coach Matt Hawkins. He earned a full-time contract for the 2013–14 season, playing in six tournaments in the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series. After the season, the U.S. brought in a new head coach, Mike Friday, and Matyas's contract with the U.S. sevens team was not renewed for the 2014–15 season. Matyas debuted for the U.S. national rugby fifteens team on February 20, 2016, at the 2016 Americas Rugby Championship, coming on as a substitute against Chile. Matyas scored his first try for the U.S. on February 18, 2017 against Canada at the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship. Matyas played for the U.S. during the summer 2017 matches against Canada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge
The 2018 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge was the third tournament of the Americas Pacific Challenge, which is a development competition for the Americas and Pacific island nations. The competition was hosted by Uruguay with all games played at the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. Samoa A won the tournament for the first time, winning all three of their matches. Format With six teams in the tournament and a limitation of three matches per team, a "split pool" format was used. The field was split into two pools, with teams in one pool only playing the teams in the other. The competing teams were: Pool A * * * Pool B * * * Table Final standings for combined pools: Fixtures All times are local UYT ( UTC-03) The matches were announced on 22 August 2018. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 See also * 2018 end-of-year rugby union internationals * Americas Rugby Championship * World Rugby Pacific Challenge The World Rugby Pacific Challenge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JP Eloff
Jean-Pierre "JP" Eloff (born 28 May 1991) is an American rugby union player who plays Fullback for the Chicago Hounds in Major League Rugby (MLR) and also for the United States national rugby union team. Eloff played college rugby at Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He led the Davenport Panthers to a D1-AA title in his freshman year, and was named as the 2011 college player of the year. and was chosen as an All-American for the 2011 National All-Star Championships. Professional career Eloff debuted with the U.S. national team at the 2016 Americas Rugby Championship. Eloff signed with the Ohio Aviators in the newly formed PRO Rugby competition in early 2016. In October 2017, JP Eloff signed with New Orleans Gold for the inaugural season of Major League Rugby. In September 2018, Eloff was selected for the USA Selects roster for the 2018 Americas Pacific Challenge. JP Eloff is the younger brother of Philip Eloff Philip Eloff (born 17 September 1978) is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanco Germishuys
Hanco Jacobus Germishuys (born August 24, 1996) is a South African born American rugby union player who plays as a flanker for the Houston SaberCats in Major League Rugby (MLR) and for the United States national rugby union team internationally. He previously played for Rugby United New York (RUNY) and the LA Giltinis in MLR. Germishuys has also represented the United States at the international level with multiple age-grade sides and with the USA Selects. Germishuys also previously played professionally for the Denver Stampede of PRO Rugby. Early life Hanco Germishuys was born on August 24, 1996 in South Africa. There, he began playing rugby at a young age and attended school in Newton. Germishuys relocated to the United States with his father in 2004 and attended Westside High School in Omaha, Nebraska. Germishuys played club rugby for West Omaha and was selected to a Nebraska All-Star team. In late 2014, Germishuys joined the Gloucester Academy, scoring a try in his se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge
The 2017 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge was the second tournament of the Americas Pacific Challenge, which is a development competition for the Americas and Pacific island nations. The competition was hosted by Uruguay with all games played at the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. Format With six teams in the tournament and a limitation of three matches per team, a "split pool" format was used. The field was split into two pools, with teams in one pool only playing the teams in the other. The competing teams were: Pool A * * * Pool B * * * Table Final standings for combined pools: Fixtures All times are local UYT ( UTC-03) The matches were announced on 14 September 2017. Round 1 ---- ---- ---- Round 2 ---- ---- ---- Round 3 See also * 2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals * Americas Rugby Championship * World Rugby Pacific Challenge The World Rugby Pacific Challenge, formerly the IRB Pacific Rugby Cup, is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Cima
Benjamin Cima (born March 20, 1996) is an American rugby union player who plays fly-half for the United States men's national team. Cima also plays for the Seattle Seawolves in Major League Rugby (MLR). Cima formerly played club rugby for Rocky Gorge and also played at the international level for the United States men's national under-20 team and the USA Selects. Early life Ben Cima was born in Argentina, the son of former La Salle rugby player, Marcelo Cima. At the age of seven, Cima moved to the United States. Cima was named an All-American in rugby during each of his final three years in high school, and in 2014 led Gonzaga College to its first national championship in rugby at the High School National Invitational tournament. Club career Following his high school graduation, Cima played rugby at the University of Maryland, where he was a teammate to his older brother, Matias. Cima played senior level club rugby for Rocky Gorge in Columbia, Maryland. In January 2018, Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Iosefo
Martin Iosefo (born January 13, 1990) is an American rugby union player who previously played several seasons with the United States national rugby sevens team. He now plays for the Seattle Seawolves in Major League Rugby (MLR). Early life Iosefo grew up in Wahiawa on the island of Oahu in Hawaii where he learned to play rugby. Between the ages of 4 and 15 he lived in Samoa with his brother and father. After finishing Leilehua High School in Wahiawa, he went to the University of Montana to play wide receiver in American football as a walk-on. Iosefo started playing rugby competitively while in Missoula, Montana with the University of Montana Jesters. Iosefo played with the Men's Collegiate All-Americans at the 2014 Serevi RugbyTown Sevens. Iosefo played with the Denver Barbarians at the 2015 Club 7s Nationals. Iosefo has been recognized for his size and athleticism, as well as for his hard hits at defense as a centre. U.S. national rugby sevens team Iosefo debuted with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |