Jacob "Jake" Sprague (born December 27, 1984) is an American

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player and coach. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Sprague began his rugby career with the

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rugby union team, and later played at club level with Division 1

Mystic River Rugby Club The Mystic River Rugby Club, sometimes called Boston Mystic, is a New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU) club, founded in 1974, located in Malden, Massachusetts and Melrose, Massachusetts, who field teams in Division 1 American Rugby Premiersh ...

. He later played for

New York Athletic Club RFC The New York Athletic Club Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team based in New York City that is affiliated with the New York Athletic Club. Sponsorship American Rugby Premiership Club honors * Rugby Super League Champions: 2005, 2008, 2010, ...

in the Rugby Super League. Sprague has played

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for the

USA Eagles The United States men's national rugby union team represents the United States in men's international rugby union. Nicknamed the Eagles, it is controlled by USA Rugby, the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in the United Stat ...

XV side. He was selected to tour with the USA Eagles squad for the Autumn 2010 tour of

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. His international debut was in November 2009 against

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External links

Player Profile eaglesxv.com

Player Profile USA Rugby

1984 births Living people American rugby union players United States international rugby union players Rugby union props Sportspeople from Boston Mystic River Rugby players {{US-rugbyunion-bio-stub