With Only 4 Days to Go Until the IOC Decision is Made - The Global Community Eagerly Waits to Hear if Rugby Sevens Will Be Included in the Olympic Games October 5, 2009 USA Rugby Gathers in NYC for Historic Olympic Vote What: U.S. National Sevens Team players and staff, along with members of the rugby community, will gather following the official announcement of the IOC’s vote to include the...
USARFU lost $226,000 in the fiscal year ended June 2009, on the heels of losing $645,000 in fiscal 2008. The result deals another blow to the 'Eagles first' strategy of chairman Kevin Roberts and chief executive Nigel Melville. Brought in three years ago to professionalize the union's leadership, the pair...
Eagle 7s players will likely be under contract this upcoming season, chief executive Nigel Melville said in an interview. USARFU is hoping to sell commercial rights to the national 7s team to a third party, Melville said in an interview with American Rugby News. One of the benefits of such...
Sadly almost a month later the video of the USA vs Canada match is not uploaded. This is definitely a lesson learned as I should have simply brought my camera and recorded the match! I want to encourage everyone to keep contacting USA Rugby about this video and also encouraging them to provide video of the upcoming Nations Cup. The email campaign that went out to Alex Williams, Nigel Melville and...
Whose responsibility is the controversial siting of this weekend's World Cup qualifier in Charleston, South Carolina, which is competing with the nearby Cape Fear 7s tournament? In reply to an open letter from the tournament director, USARFU chief executive Nigel Melville Friday indicated that unnamed Eagle coaches and players lobbied...
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