National governing body for the sport of rugby union in the United States
This article is about the rugby union governing body. For the rugby league governing body, see USA Rugby League.
USA Rugby
Sport
Rugby union
Founded
1975; 49 years ago (1975) (1975; 49 years ago (1975))
World Rugby affiliation
1987
RAN affiliation
2001
Headquarters
Glendale, Colorado
Chairman
Tom Cusack
Website
usa.rugby
USA Rugby (formally the United States of America Rugby Football Union, Ltd.) is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in the United States. Its role is to achieve and maintain “high levels of quality in all aspects of rugby."[1] USA Rugby is responsible for the promotion and development of the sport in the U.S., and promotion of U.S. international participation.[2]
USA Rugby was founded in 1975 as the United States of America Rugby Football Union, and it organized the first U.S. national team match in 1976. Today, USA Rugby has over 130,000 members, the largest segment being college rugby with over 32,000 members. USA Rugby oversees 1,200 high school teams, 900 college teams, 700 senior club teams, and 400 youth teams.[3] It administers all United States national teams: senior men's and women's teams, sevens teams for both men and women, and under-20 national teams for both sexes. The organization also sponsors college rugby for both sexes, although since the 2010–11 academic year the NCAA has designated women's rugby an emerging varsity sport.
USA Rugby is governed by an 11-member Board of Directors and four National Councils across Youth & High School, College, Senior Club and International Athlete, and its CEO is Ross Young. It is a member of World Rugby through membership with Rugby Americas North, and a member of the United States Olympic Committee. The headquarters for USA Rugby is located in Glendale, Colorado.
^USA Rugby, 2010 Audited Financial Statements, https://assets.usa.rugby/docs/about/financials/2010_Audited_Financial_Statements.pdf Archived February 26, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
^USA Rugby Football Union, Consolidated Financial Statements, December 31, 2010
^USA Rugby by the numbers Archived April 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, USARugby.org. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
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