Dallen Stanford (born May 16, 1979) is a South African-born, former American rugby union sevens player[1] and current international rugby commentator based in the United States.
Stanford is a World Rugby lead commentator, covering the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France, the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan, both the 2018 and 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens, World Rugby Sevens Series since 2016, World Rugby u20 Championship, Americas Rugby Championship, Rugby Europe Championship, Rugby Europe Super Cup, Super Rugby Americas on ESPN, Premier Rugby Sevens on CBS Sports Network and Major League Rugby on Fox Sports.[2]
Stanford was selected for the USA Rugby Sevens team by head coach Al Caravelli in 2006.[3] The halfback played in twelve Sevens World Series events from 2007 to 2009 and was a traveling reserve for the 2009 Sevens Rugby World Cup in Dubai.
In November 2014, Stanford received the Athletes in Excellence Award from the Foundation for Global Sports Development, in recognition of his community service efforts and work with youth through Play Rugby USA.[4]
Stanford was the director of sports partnerships for Friends of the British Council, working with Premiership Rugby on their corporate social responsibility program in the US from 2017 to 2020. One of their initiatives together with USA Rugby was sending 100 coaches for an international rugby coaching experience to Premiership Rugby in England.[5]
Stanford was inducted into the Maccabi USA Rugby Hall of Fame on August 5, 2023, in Chicago.[6]
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