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The USA Falcons, formerly the USA Selects is the second national rugby team for the United States. The USA Falcons is a developmental team, usually fielding younger players looking to break into the U.S. national team, and sometimes including amateur domestic U.S. national team players who need more high-level matches.
The World Rugby Rankings is a ranking system for national teams in rugby union, managed by World Rugby, the sport's governing body. There are separate men's and women's rankings. The teams of World Rugby's member nations are ranked based on their game results, with the most successful teams being ranked highest.
The United States is a Tier 2 rugby nation, which means that it is not currently competitive at the elite level of the sport, but is one of World Rugby's key development markets. [10] The national team has competed in the six-nation Americas Rugby Championship every year since 2016. USA Rugby fields other national teams.
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The United States national rugby union team has played in all but two Rugby World Cups since the inaugural tournament in 1987.The USA is the second strongest national rugby side in North America, and the third strongest in the Americas after Argentina and Canada.
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The USA Falcons or the USA A national team, formerly known as the USA Selects, is the second national rugby team for the United States, usually used for uncapped matches and domestic club sides. The primary national team is known as the USA Eagles or the United States national rugby union team.
The All America team that played against Australia in 1912 The United States team that played against New Zealand in 1913. Although the United States of America Rugby Football Union (now known as USA Rugby) was not formally established until 1975, [3] USA Rugby has recognized six matches played before that time as international matches with caps awarded. [4]