United States men's national rugby sevens team
The United States national rugby sevens team competes in international rugby sevens competitions. The national sevens team is organized by USA Rugby, and the team has been led by Head Coach Mike Friday since 2014.
The U.S. national rugby sevens team in Wellington for the 2008 New Zealand Sevens
Zack Test
USA Rugby sevens team in 2014
Rugby sevens is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven-minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40-minute halves. Rugby sevens is administered by World Rugby, the body responsible for rugby union worldwide. The game is popular at all levels, with amateur and club tournaments generally held in the summer months. Sevens is one of the most well distributed forms of rugby, and is popular in parts of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, and especially in the South Pacific.
Tom Lucas (in yellow) attempts to tackle Samu Bale (in white), who is running with the ball towards the try line.
During a scrum in rugby sevens, three players from each team participate instead of eight.
The Hong Kong Sevens was one of the most influential tournaments in the development and spread of rugby sevens internationally in the 20th century.
New Zealand have won thirteen World Rugby Sevens Series titles; the most of any nation that has competed in the annual series of tournaments.