The united states men s national rugby union team represents united states of america in men s international rugby union nicknamed the eagles it is controlled by usa rugby usa rugby is a member of rugby americas north one of six regional governing bodies under world rugby until rugby returned to olympic competition with sevens at the 2016 rio games the united states was the reigning.
Usa rugby 7s captain.
Friday may 1 was a special day for usa sevens kasey mccravey.
The national sevens team is organized by usa rugby and the team has been led by head coach mike friday since 2014.
They first played in the hsbc world rugby sevens series in 1999 and were crowned champions in 2009 2017 and 2018 the last two seasons marking a superb period for the team which draw massive crowds at the annual hsbc cape town sevens tournament played in the.
The 16 captains came together at kensington palace in london for the penultimate round of the hsbc world rugby sevens series.
The main competition the team plays in every year is the world rugby sevens series a series of ten tournaments played around the globe from december to june that includes the usa.
The national rugby sevens team the rugby cranes 7s flex their muscles alongside the technical team soon after a gym session during the 2018 rugby sevens world cup in san francisco usa.
More than two years after joining the world class athlete program wcap mccravey was promoted from first lieutenant to captain in the army a role which gives her more responsibility than ever before including legally over soldiers she oversees.