GRR: National Teams
From about 1990 through 1998 the USA women’s 15s team was one of the three best teams in the world, rising to the top of that heap and staying near it for close to a decade.
To reach such heights you need plenty of mountain climbers, and perhaps the strongest and most dogged of them all was Diane Schnapp.
Colby "Babe" Slater is a two-time Olympic winner and a mountain of a man at a time when few athletes were as big or physical.
A central player for the USA women’s 7s team that finished 3rd in the 2009 7s World Cup (and could have won it all), Daniels was also one of the very best players in the Northeast in both 15s and 7s for many years.
Today’s USA 7s team is pretty successful, and that success is built on several foundations. One of those foundations is Zackary Test.
When the Eagles were struggling to stay competitive on the world stage, it was Test that dragged them through to better days.
USA Rugby is in a difficult spot coming out of this year's bankruptcy, as cash flow from sources other thank World Rugby are slow in awakening.
Sponsorship deals are soon to expire, and as USA Rugby CEO Ross Young said, despite the supportiveness of major sponsors EY and UL, he doesn't anticipate the corporate sponsorship picture getting any rosier.