2015–16 United States national rugby sevens team season

United States 2015–16 2014–15 2016–17 The United States national rugby sevens team season began the 2015–16 World Rugby Sevens Series by "shocking the world" when it defeated New Zealand for the first time at 2015 Dubai Sevens."USA rugby sevens team shocks the world, defeats New Zealand", Washington Post, Jake Russell, December 4, 2015. The United States team beat the 12-time World Series champion in pool play and again in the tournament's third-place match"U.S. ends Dubai trip with second defeat of New Zealand, third place title" https://web.archive.org/web/20151222101740/http://usarugby.org/mens-sevens-news/item/us-ends-dubai-trip-with-second-defeat-of-new-zealand-third-place-title?category_id=3 December 22, 2015 , USA Rugby, December 5, 2015. before a third victory in as many matches in the 2015 South Africa Sevens Plate Semifinal."U.S. continues roll over New Zealand in Cape Town Plate Semifinal" https://web.archive.org/web/20151222114844/http://usarugby.org/mens-sevens-news/item/us-continues-roll-over-new-zealand-in-cape-town-plate-semifinal?category_id=3 December 22, 2015 , USA Rugby, December 13, 2015. The U.S. once again finished the season in sixth, tying its best ever finish. The previous season's scoring records were broken again, as Perry Baker notched 48 tries and Madison Hughes scored 331 points. World Rugby Sevens Series Leg Date Finish Record (W-L-D) Leading Try Scorer Leading Points Scorer Dream Team selection Dubai December 2015 3rd 4 – 2 Perry Baker rugby union (6) Perry Baker rugby union (30) Perry Baker rugby union South Africa December 2015 6th 3 – 3 Madison Hughes (5) Madison Hughes (59) — New Zealand January 2016 T-7th 2 – 3 Carlin Isles (4) Madison Hughes (21) — Australia February 2016 T-7th 2 – 3 Perry Baker rugby union (5) Madison Hughes (30) — United States March 2016 4th 2 – 2 – 1 Perry Baker rugby union (5) Perry Baker rugby union (25) Perry Baker rugby union Canada March 2016 6th 3 – 3 Perry Baker rugby union (8) Madison Hughes (48) Martin Iosefo Hong Kong April 2016 6th 4 – 2 Perry Baker rugby union (7) Perry Baker rugby union (35) – Singapore April 2016 10th 3 – 3 Zack Test (6) Madison Hughes (34) – France May 2016 11th 2–3 Zack Test (5) Zack Test (25) – England May 2016 3rd 3–2–1 Perry Baker rugby union (8) Perry Baker rugby union (40) Perry Baker rugby union 6th Perry Baker (48) Madison Hughes (331) Perry Baker (3) Dubai Sevens Coming into the tournament, the U.S. had lost 28 consecutive matches to New Zealand. In pool play at the 2015 Dubai Sevens, however, the U.S. notched its first win, despite missing regular forwards Danny Barrett and Andrew Durutalo. The U.S. won 14–12 behind two tries from Perry Baker, and a touchline conversion from Madison Hughes at the end of the match. + 2015 Dubai Sevens pool play: U.S. lineup vs. New Zealand Player Position Garrett Bender Forward Zack Test Forward Matai Leuta Forward Folau Niua Scrum-half Madison Hughes Fly-half Maka Unufe Center Perry Baker Wing Players World Series + Leading U.S. players (2015–16 WS season) Player Matches Caps Tackles Tries Points Perry Baker 55 10 78 48 240 Folau Niua 55 10 87 11 55 Madison Hughes 54 10 118 23 331 Zack Test 49 9 89 22 110 Danny Barrett 42 8 25 6 30 Garrett Bender 39 8 67 4 20 Martin Iosefo 37 7 31 10 50 Ben Pinkelman 36 7 42 8 40 Maka Unufe 34 7 31 10 50 Nate Augspurger 32 9 25 3 35 Carlin Isles 27 5 30 16 80 Thretton Palamo 23 6 12 2 10 Matai Leuta 19 21 2 10 Updated: May 23, 2016 2016 Summer Olympics squad The table below shows the U.S. roster assembled for the most recent tournament. The statistics (events, points, and tries) refer to statistics generated in World Rugby Sevens Series tournaments."USA Rugby Names 2016 U.S. Olympic Men's Rugby Team", July 18, 2016. + Tournament squad Player Age Events Points Tries Zack Test 1989 10 13 60 691 137 Madison Hughes (c) 1992 10 26 21 665 49 Folau Niua 1985 01 27 38 380 39 Carlin Isles 1989 11 21 28 380 76 Perry Baker rugby union 1986 06 29 17 335 67 Chris Wyles 1983 09 13 13 270 54 Maka Unufe 1991 09 28 21 185 37 Danny Barrett rugby 1990 03 23 21 162 32 Andrew Durutalo 1987 10 25 28 127 25 Martin Iosefo 1990 01 13 11 60 12 Garrett Bender 1991 12 02 22 55 11 Ben Pinkelman 1994 06 13 5 30 6 Nate Ebner 1988 12 14 2 10 2 + Training squad Player Age Events Points Tries Shalom Suniula 1988 06 05 41 328 20 Nick Edwards 1984 02 24 30 265 53 Kevin Swiryn 1984 12 16 13 180 36 Will Holder yes 1991 03 19 6 57 11 Peter Tiberio 1989 04 26 16 42 8 Thretton Palamo 1988 09 22 17 35 7 Nate Augspurger 1990 01 30 13 32 2 Matai Leuta 1990 07 20 6 20 4 Stephen Tomasin 1994 09 25 4 5 1 Brett Thompson rugby union 1990 08 07 18 0 0 Pat Blair yes 1990 01 27 8 0 0 ConRoy Smith yes 1991 12 29 0 0 0 Joey Sok yes 1994 05 15 0 0 0 References 2014–15 United States Category:2016 in American rugby union Category:2015 in American rugby union