GRR: National Teams
St. John's, Nfld.—Bryce Campbell leads as captain when the No. 16 USA Men’s 15ss National Team faces No. 22 Canada this Saturday in the first of a two-leg series for Rugby World Cup qualification.
Kickoff is set for 3:00 PM local time // 1:30 PM Eastern at Swilers Rugby Club in St John’s, Newfoundland. The game will be live-streamed on florugby.com.
Back in the dark ages of the Internet, which would be 1998 or thereabouts, this writer used to get big traffic on articles that simply told rugby fans where they could watch their favorite sport on TV.
Former USA Eagle and USA Rugby Chairman Neal Brendel has died after a battle with mesothelioma, he was 66.
Brendel was a huge figure in American rugby throughout his life. He played for the Pittsburgh Rugby Club through the 1980s, a club he was later to serve as president, and was capped by the USA during that time, suiting up for the Eagles at prop in the 1987 Rugby World Cup.
Somewhat lost in the weirdness that is this world and how we shoehorn rugby into it is the fact that the USA and Canada will be meeting twice in September for Rugby World Cup Qualifiers.
GLENDALE, Colo.– USA Rugby today announced that the USA Women’s 15s National Team will return to test match rugby with two matches against Canada at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colo. in November.
The top-ten ranked nations will clash on November 1 and 5, with both matches kicking off at 6pm Mountain Time. This will be the official start of the USA Women's autumn tour.