United States at the Rugby World Cup

The United States has played in all but one Rugby World Cup since the inaugural tournament in 1987. The USA is the second strongest national rugby side in North America, and the third strongest in the Americas after Argentina and Canada.

The U.S. has played in seven World Cups from the inaugural 1987 tournament to the most recent one in 2015 -- all but the 1995 World Cup. The team's best result so far has been to win one game -- which they accomplished in 1987, 2003, and 2011.

Notes:

The U.S. has qualified for every World Cup, except for the 1995 tournament.

So far the USA has not hosted any Rugby World Cup games, and no Rugby World Cups have been held in the Americas. The United States is, however, interested in pursuing a bid, possibly a joint bid with Canada, to host the 2027 Rugby World Cup.

Updated: October 12, 2015.

Tries Scored
The following table shows all U.S. players that have scored two or more tries in their World Cup career, plus all active players who have scored at least one World Cup try.

Note: The U.S. failed to qualify for the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

Pool 1 games -

Pool A games -

Did not qualify.

The Americas were allotted only two teams for the 1995 tournament. Canada automatically qualified, by virtue of reaching the quarterfinals of the 1991 tournament. Only 1 place remained for the Americas qualifying, to be decided by the winner of the home-and-away series between the US and Argentina (the winner of the Americas South bracket) in 1994. In that series, the US lost their home match 22-28, and also lost their away match 11-16. With the 2-0 record and 44-33 aggregate score, Argentina secured the final qualifying spot for the Americas.

Pool 5 games -

Mike Hercus was the leading points scorer for the US - and 7th leading scorer among all players - with 51 points (2 tries, 9 penalties, 7 conversions).

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