RWC 2011 World Cup USA TEAM SQUAD

USA Rugby’s men’s national rugby union team for RWC 2011 World Cup

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USA Rugby’s men’s national rugby union team, nicknamed the Eagles, represents the United States in the sport of rugby union. The Eagles are currently ranked 17th by the IRB World Rankings.[1] Their highest ranking was from November 2, 2006 – September 10, 2007 at the 14th position. The USA is involved in the implementation of the North American and Caribbean Rugby Association zone competition, which will give North American and Caribbean sides regular competition. The one area that has seen improvement for the USA internationally is in the game of rugby sevens, where the Eagles have impressed on the IRB World Sevens circuit. They made major breakthroughs in the 2007–08 Sevens World Series, winning the Shield at the 2008 New Zealand Sevens event and losing a close match to Argentina 26-21 in the Bowl Final at the 2008 Australia Sevens. These and other performances led the IRB to elevate the national sevens squad to “core team” status for 2008–09 at the expense of their neighbor Canada.[2] They built on this success by advancing to the Cup semifinals at the 2009 USA Sevens. The team also successfully captured silverware at the Dubai Sevens, the Adelaide Sevens, and Edinburgh Sevens. In all three cases the team took home the Shield, by beating the Arabian Gulf rugby team, Scotland, and Canada respectively. During the 2009–10 season, the team made its first-ever Cup final at the Adelaide Sevens. The Sevens success has come under head coach Al Caravelli.

Competing in international tournaments like the Churchill Cup and the Pan American Championship, as well as specially scheduled matches against world powers such as France and Ireland, the Eagles have qualified for four of the five Rugby World Cups, missing out in 1995. At the 1987 World Cup they beat Japan but lost to Australia and England, in 1991 they lost all their games. In 1995 the Eagles defeated Canada on Canadian soil, for the first time ever by a score of 15-14.

United States
Union	USA Rugby
Nickname(s)	The Eagles
Ground(s)	The Bald Eagle
Coach (es)	Peter Sullivan
Captain(s)	Todd Clever
Most caps	Harry Shearman (202)
Top scorer	Paddy Tapper (15098)
Most tries	Vaea Anitoni (26)
Appearances	4 (First in 1987)
Best result	One win in 1987 and 2003

Current players

USA’s 50-man training squad for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

USA Rugby Jersey

Coach: Peter Sullivan

Hooker: Chris Biller, Brian McClenahan, Phil Thiel

Prop: Eric Fry, Will Johnson, Mike MacDonald, Mate Moeakiola, Shawn Pittman, Anthony Purpura

Lock: Ryan Chapman, Tom Katzfey, Scott LaValla, Samu Manoa, Alec Parker, Hayden Smith, John van der Giessen

Flanker: Inaki Basauri, Mark Bokhoven, Todd Clever (c), Patrick Danahy, Matt Hawkins, Daniel La Prevotte, Louis Stanfill

Number 8: Cameron Dolan, JJ Gagiano, Nic Johnson

Scrum-half: Mike Petri (vc), Robbie Shaw, Shalom Suniula, Tim Usasz

Fly-half: Troy Hall, Valenese Malifa, Folau Niua, Volney Rouse

Centre: Paul Emerick, Tai Enosa, Thretton Palamo, Junior Sifa, Andrew Suniula, Roland Suniula, Alipate Tuilevuka

Wing: Takudzwa Ngwenya, Mike Palefau, James Paterson, Kevin Swiryn, Zack Test, Seta Tuilevuka

Fullback: Colin Hawley, Blaine Scully, Chris Wyles

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