John Cullen (born May 16, 1990 in
La Mirada, California) is an American
rugby union athlete who played for the
Utah Warriors in the
MLR and the
United States national rugby union team as a
lock. Currently he coaches along side fellow USA eagle
Tim Maupin at Des Moines Rugby Club. Located in
West Des Moines, Iowa, both John and Tim are working to turn the club into an
MLR academy team. In recent years the club has made great strides and are on the come up. John was selected to tour with the
USA Selects for the 2013 and 2014
Americas Rugby Championship, and most recently for the
2014 End of Year Tour of Europe. His debut with the Eagles was in November 2014 against
Romania, and he earned his first starting cap against
Tonga. He was called in to train at the Summer 2014 High-Performance Camp with the Men's Eagles Sevens team.
Club
Cullen initially played his club rugby with
Seattle Saracens
The Seattle Rugby Club (formerly Seattle Saracens and Old Puget Sound Beach after a merger) is a rugby union club based in Seattle. The club travels throughout the US and into Canada. In 2014 the club was ranked as the number one US club while als ...
, winners of the
Okanagan Spring Brewery League as well as the inaugural Elite City Sevens Tournament. He was named to the All-Tournament Team for the 2014 Elite City Sevens Tournament and scored four tries in the
2014 World Club 7s
The 2014 World Club 7s was the second World Club 7s tournament, a rugby sevens competition organised by Premiership Rugby. It was hosted at Twickenham Stadium on 16 and 17 August 2014. The tournament was won by Buenos Aires.
Format
11 teams have ...
Tournament at
Twickenham Stadium as Seattle won the Shield.
College
Cullen was a USA Rugby Collegiate All American at Utah and toured New Zealand with the 2013 Men's Collegiate All-Americans.
Before transitioning to rugby, Cullen was a second-team all-
Pac-12
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conference left tackle who started 24 games in two seasons for
Utah.
References
* http://usarugby.org/mens-eagles-players/item/john-cullen?category_id=384
* http://usarugby.org/mens-eagles-news/item/eagles-depart-bucharest-with-27-17-win
External links
* http://usarugby.org/mens-eagles-players/item/john-cullen?category_id=384
Player Profile via PRM Rugby
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1990 births
Living people
American rugby union players
Seattle Saracens players
United States international rugby union players
Utah Warriors players
People from La Mirada, California
Rugby union locks
Rugby union number eights
Chicago Hounds (rugby union) players