United States national rugby union team
Pts Diff Result Opponent Date
+14 W ( 17-3 ) France 1924-05-18
+8 W ( 8-0 ) France 1920-09-05
+1 W ( 30-29 ) Scotland 2018-06-16
-3 L ( 26-29 ) Argentina 1996-09-14
-3 L ( 12-15 ) Ireland 2013-06-08
-4 L ( 8-12 ) Australia 1912-11-16
-4 L ( 20-24 ) Italy 2016-06-18
-5 L ( 11-16 ) Argentina 1994-06-20
-5 L ( 23-28 ) Wales 1997-07-12
-6 L ( 22-28 ) Argentina 1994-05-28
Overall record and rankings -- Record against Tier 1 teams
The following table shows the top ten best U.S. results against Tier 1 opponents . [ 79 ] [ 80 ]
The United States men's national rugby union team, nicknamed the Eagles, is controlled by USA Rugby. USA Rugby is a member of Rugby Americas North, one of six regional governing bodies under World Rugby. Until rugby returned to Olympic competition, with sevens at the 2016 Rio Games, the United States was the reigning Olympic rugby champion, having defeated the one other competitor in 1920 and the two other competitors at the 1924 Summer Olympics. As of October 2019[update], the men's Eagles are ranked 17th in the world by the World Rugby Rankings. Their previous highest ranking, achieved ahead of the 2019 World Cup, was 13th; their lowest ranking was 20th, following a winless campaign in the 2008 Churchill Cup. The highest profile tournament in which the men's Eagles play is the Rugby World Cup. The men's Eagles have played in all but one Rugby World Cup since the tournament began in 1987. The United States has expressed interest in hosting the 2027 Rugby World Cup. The United States competed in the Pacific Nations Cup every Summer from 2013 to 2015. Previously, the U.S. has competed in the now-defunct Churchill Cup and the Pan American Championship. In April 2015, USA Rugby announced the creation of a new, annual International Championship to be contested among the top-6 ranked rugby nations in the Americas: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Uruguay and the United States. The contest was named the Americas Rugby Championship and began in 2016.