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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]
This list shows each country which has a union affiliated to World Rugby, the international governing body for rugby union. It also shows the number of registered clubs playing in each country, official referees and the number of registered players broken down by gender and age group.
Founded in 1975, USA Rugby is the national governing body for the sport of rugby in America, and a Full Sport Member of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and World Rugby.
Geographic Unions (larger than typical Local Area Unions and smaller than current Territorial Unions) are defined based upon a combination of club density in an area and natural geographical boundaries. A GU may be a single state, multiple states, or parts of a large state.
USA Rugby was founded in 1975 as the United States of America Rugby Football Union, and it organized the first U.S. national team match in 1976. Today, USA Rugby has over 130,000 members, the largest segment being college rugby with over 32,000 members.
Full Member Unions: 12. Associate Member Unions: 1. Rugby Americas North, the association's current name, is the regional governing body for the game in North America and the Caribbean. The USA and Canada are its biggest members, but RAN has a total of 13 member federations.
In recent years, the USA Rugby team's momentum has continued and they've won the newly-established Americas Rugby Championship twice. Due to the success of the team, rugby union is growing in popularity in the USA and the country is now even bidding to host the 2027 edition of the Rugby World Cup.
