Jake Anderson (born January 22, 1992) is an American professional rugby player who currently plays for
Olympic Club RFC
The Olympic Club RFC is a Pacific Rugby Premiership team based in San Francisco, California, and were the 2019 Division II USA national champions. Known as the OC, or the Winged 'O' ruggers, the rugby team was formed in 1908 under the wing of the S ...
and is best known for playing for the
United States national rugby union team at the
2016 Americas Rugby Championship
The 2016 Americas Rugby Championship was the first series of the Americas Rugby Championship (sometimes informally called the "Americas Six Nations", a reference to Europe's Six Nations Championship), a new annual western hemisphere rugby union c ...
.
Career
Anderson plays for the semi-professional
Olympic Club RFC
The Olympic Club RFC is a Pacific Rugby Premiership team based in San Francisco, California, and were the 2019 Division II USA national champions. Known as the OC, or the Winged 'O' ruggers, the rugby team was formed in 1908 under the wing of the S ...
in the Pacific Rugby Premiership.
On March 5, 2016, he made his debut for the
United States national rugby union team as a substitute replacement at the
2016 Americas Rugby Championship
The 2016 Americas Rugby Championship was the first series of the Americas Rugby Championship (sometimes informally called the "Americas Six Nations", a reference to Europe's Six Nations Championship), a new annual western hemisphere rugby union c ...
.
He won five caps for the USA Eagles.
Anderson plays mostly at
full-back, but also as a
wing.
References
American rugby union players
United States international rugby union players
1992 births
Living people
Rugby union fullbacks
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