The United States women's national rugby sevens team competes in international rugby sevens competitions. The team finished second at the 2015 USA Women's Sevens, after defeating Russia in the semifinals. They competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

History

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US Women's Rugby Foundation and USA Rugby
'' In 1996 the first assembly of a National Women's 7s team was formed. Emil Signes held tryouts to pick a team to compete in the first Women's International 7s tournament to be held during the Hong Kong 7s event. The team competed under the name ‘Atlantis’, the National 7s program created by Emil, and finished their tour undefeated. Many of these players went on to compete for the USA Women's 7s Team in the Hong Kong 7s Women's Division. Under head coach Ric Suggit, the Eagles placed third at the 2013 Women's Sevens World Cup in Russia. They defeated Spain 10–5 in their final match, with tries coming from

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and Vanesha McGee. In June 2019, the Eagles became just the fifth team to have won a World Series tournament, joining New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and England. In that same season, the Americans finished second in the overall standings, securing both their highest finish to date and automatic qualification to the

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Tournament History

World Rugby Sevens Series

Season by season ''*'' – At the start of the 2016–17 season, the plate was abandoned, with the bowl replaced by the Challenge Trophy.

Summer Olympics

Rugby World Cup Sevens

2009

Pool B : Cup

Rugby X Tournament

Team

Current squad

United States' roster of 12 athletes was named on 17 June 2021. Head coach:

* Kayla Canett-Oca *

Lauren Doyle Lauren Doyle (born February 23, 1991) is an American rugby sevens player. She won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the United States women's national rugby sevens team and represented the United States in Rugby seve ...

* Cheta Emba * Abby Gustaitis ( c) * Nicole Heavirland * Alev Kelter * Kristi Kirshe *

Ilona Maher Ilona Maher (born August 12, 1996) is an American rugby union player. She debuted for the against Japan in 2018 in Paris, France. Rugby career Maher began playing rugby while attending Quinnipiac University; prior to college, she also played ...

* Jordan Matyas * Ariana Ramsey * Naya Tapper *

Kristen Thomas Kristen Thomas (born July 1, 1993) is an American rugby sevens player. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Early life Thomas participated in track and field and basketball in high school. She began her rugby career as a freshman at the ...

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Previous squads

Notable players

* Akalaini (Bui) Baravilala * Carmen Farmer * Jessica Javelet * Jillion Potter *

Joanne Fa'avesi Joanne "Nana" Fa'avesi (born February 5, 1992) is an American rugby sevens player. She won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the United States women's national rugby sevens team. Fa'avesi was selected to represent th ...

Kelly Griffin Kelly Griffin (born November 7, 1986) is an American rugby sevens player and Olympian. As a member of the United States women's national rugby sevens team, she won a bronze medal at the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens, and a silver medal at the 2 ...

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* Victoria (Vix) Folayan

Honors

;Other Top Three Finishes: * 2005 NAWIRA Women's 7s – Champion * 2008 NAWIRA Women's 7s – Champion * 2015 NACRA Sevens – Champion *

2015 Pan American Games Fifteen or 15 may refer to: *15 (number), the natural number following 14 and preceding 16 *one of the years 15 BC, AD 15, 1915, 2015 Music * Fifteen (band), a punk rock band Albums * ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005 * ''15'' (Ani Lorak al ...

– Silver ;Plate Champions: * 2013 Amsterdam Women's Sevens *

2014 USA Women's Sevens The 2014 USA Sevens was the second tournament within the 2013-14 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 15–16 February 2014 at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, Georgia. Format The teams were drawn into ...

* 2014 Netherlands Women's Sevens * 2015 Canada Women's Sevens * 2016 USA Women's Sevens *

2018 France Women's Sevens The 2018 France Women's Sevens was the final event of the 2017–18 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series and the third edition of the France Women's Sevens. The tournament was held between 8–10 June 2018 at Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris alongside the men ...

;Bowl Champions/Challenge Trophy/Challenge Cup: *

2012 Dubai Women's Sevens The 2012 Dubai Women's Sevens was a rugby sevens tournament held between 30 November 2012 and 1 December 2012 at The Sevens Stadium in Dubai. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and the first stop on the 2012–13 IRB Women's Sevens Wor ...

* 2014 São Paulo Women's Sevens * 2018 Japan Women's Sevens

References

External links

*
WorldRugby profile
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World Rugby Women's Sevens Series core teams