Rugby union in the United States

Rugby union in the United States
Air Force and Navy playing a match hosted by the Alamo City RFC (2006)
Country	United States
Governing body	USA Rugby
National team(s)	United States
Nickname(s)	Eagles
First played	1874 – Harvard v McGill
Registered players	125,000[1]
Clubs	2,673[2]
National competitions
Rugby World Cup Major League Rugby Collegiate Rugby Championship Division 1-A Rugby USA Sevens World Rugby Sevens Series Women's Rugby World Cup World Rugby Women's Sevens Series Women's Premier League Rugby
Audience records
Single match	61,500 (5 November 2016) Ireland vs New Zealand (Soldier Field, Chicago)
Season	159,941 (average 2,133 per match) 2020 Major League Rugby season

Rugby union in the United States (Almost always referred to as simply “Rugby”) is played at youth, high school, college, amateur, professional, and international levels and governed by USA Rugby. There were over 125,000 players registered with USA Rugby as of 2016.^[1] Over 2,500 rugby union clubs exist around the country, including those who are part of college rugby. Professional club competition has existed as Major League Rugby (MLR) since 2017.

An international competition, the USA Sevens, is held every February at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, draws over 60,000 fans and is broadcast on NBC. The U.S. national team hosts international matches every June, with an attendance of around 20,000. Collegiately, the Collegiate Rugby Championship (CRC) is held every June at Talen Energy Stadium in the Philadelphia suburb of Chester, Pennsylvania, draws around 20,000 fans and is broadcast on NBC.