Volney Rouse (born December 6, 1983) 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. Rouse plays his club rugby for San Francisco Golden Gate Rugby Club, and also played for the
San Francisco Rush in 2016.
Domestic
Rouse played collegiate rugby at
St. Mary's College, where he was named to the All-American team in 2006 and 2007. Since college, Rouse has played club rugby with San Francisco Golden Gate in top American club competitions including the Rugby Super League, USA Rugby Elite Cup, and Pacific Rugby Premiership. In 2013, he was part of the SFGG squad that participated in the
2013 World Club 7s
The 2013 World Club 7s was the first edition of the rugby sevens tournament and was hosted at Twickenham Stadium in London, England on 17 and 18 August 2013.
Format
The teams were divided into pools of four teams, who played a round-robin within ...
.
In 2016, Rouse joined the San Francisco Rush in their inaugural season. Rouse played all twelve matches for the Rush, scoring a league-high 131 points.
International
Rouse was selected once for the
United States national rugby union team
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 ...
, coming on as a substitute against Russia in June 2010. He had also been selected to tour with the national team for the Autumn 2010 tour of Europe and with the USA Selects for the 2012 Americas Rugby Championship. Rouse later switched his national team affiliation when he suited up for the
Philippine Volcanoes 7s during the
2015 ARFU Men's Sevens Championships
The 2015 ARFU Men's Sevens Championships is an Olympic qualification tournament for rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics which was held in Hong Kong on 7–8 November 2015. It was originally planned to use the 2015 Asian Sevens Series for the ...
. He has also played with the team during their 2016 Asia Rugby Development Sevens Series events.
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References
External links
Video SFGG Wins Rugby Super League
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1983 births
Living people
American people of Filipino descent
American rugby union players
United States international rugby union players
San Francisco Rush players
Rugby union fly-halves