GRR: National Teams
Before he became a hall-of-fame coach, Jack Clark was an outstanding player.
Clark played football and rugby at Cal in the 1970s and parlayed a great size and athleticism, along with an analytical mind and desire to understand all aspects of the game, into his becoming a top-notch international player.
Mose Timoteo has been everywhere and done almost everything in American rugby.
Before he was old enough for serve beer let alone drink it, Madison Hughes was on the American rugby radar.
Going to high school in England, he was tapped early as a USA star and helped the USA U17s, and then the U19s, and then the U20s, to some success.
Victoria Folayan emerged onto the American rugby scene as a 20-year-old at Stanford, where she was a huge part of the Crimson's two national championships.
Patty Jervey was the first US woman to be named to the World Rugby Hall of Fame, and in fact she accomplished that feat before she was named to the US version.