GRR: National Teams
Barb Bond was the quintessential No. 8 and an inspiration to young rugby players as women's rugby came to the fore in the 1980s and 1990s.
Known more as having played under unmarried name, Mari Wallace, Mary Triplett played hooker for the USA from 2006 through 2010, being capped by the USA Women's 15s team 10 times.
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.