Danny Barrett (born March 23, 1990) is an American rugby player who plays as a forward. He previously played for the U.S. national rugby team, and also played for the U.S. national rugby sevens team. Barrett was in the Men's Eagles Sevens pool for the

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until late 2021. Barrett's strong play during the 2016–17 season landed him one of the seven spots on the 2017 season Dream Team, alongside teammate

Perry Baker Perry Baker (born June 29, 1986) is an American rugby sevens player for the United States national rugby sevens team. With over 230 tries, Baker currently ranks first among Americans and third among all players in career tries scored in the Worl ...

. In December of 2021, Barrett signed to play for the

Houston SaberCats The Houston SaberCats are an American professional rugby union team based in Houston, Texas. The team was founded in 2017 and competes in Major League Rugby, the top-level rugby union competition in the United States and Canada that played its fi ...

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(MLR). Barrett played for the

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during the 2013 IRB Americas Rugby Championship. Barrett debuted for the Eagles on June 7, 2014 when he came on as a sub in a match against Scotland. Barrett then started two matches during the 2014

Pacific Nations Cup The Pacific Nations Cup is an international rugby union competition held between three Pacific states: Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. The 2019 edition of the tournament will also include the national teams of Canada, Japan and United States. First held ...

College and club rugby

Barrett played

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at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

. He played with the men's Collegiate All-Americans during their June 2013 tour of New Zealand. Barrett was a member of the San Francisco Golden Gate sevens team at the inaugural 2013 World Club 7s in London. Barrett also spent time on a one-month trial with

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of the English Premiership during fall 2014."Danny Barrett On Gloucester Trial"
, This Is American Rugby, September 22, 2014.

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* 1990 births American rugby union players People from Pacifica, California Living people United States international rugby sevens players Olympic rugby sevens players for the United States Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from California United States international rugby union players Rugby sevens players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Rugby union flankers Rugby union number eights Houston SaberCats players {{US-rugbyunion-bio-stub