All-Time American List: Tommy Smith
Tommy Smith was a supremely talented 7s and 15s player, who was good enough as a 15s backline player to be selected for a World XV that beat the Barbarians in Hong Kong in 1981.
All-Time American List: Jone Naqica
Jone Naqica retired from playing international rugby as the highest-scoring USA player in international 7s.
While that record of 411 points scored has since been broken, it’s still evidence that Naqica was a hugely important player for the USA as its 7s program developed.
All-Time American List: Kevin Swords
Kevin Swords was a monolith of American Rugby.
All-Time American List: Mark Scharrenberg
Mark Scharrenberg is one of the best USA backs of the 1990s.
The first-ever rugby All American from Chico State, Scharrenberg started rugby because he just found it to be more fun than football, another sport he excelled at. Soon he was on the USA radar and continued to excel for the Golden Gate club after graduation.
All-Time American List: Nick Fedorenko
Nick Fedorenko was an accomplished football player at Notre Dame and an elite rugby player throughout the 1970s.
