USA Rugby South is an organization that combines a number of unions in the south-east of the USA for competition and representative honours. Their representative team is known as the Panthers.
| South Panthers | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Sport | Rugby union |
| Founded | 1976 (Southern Eastern R.U.) |
| USAR affiliation | 1976–1982 |
Originally formed as Southern Eastern Rugby Union in 1976, this representative team played against the North Eastern Rugby Union between 1976 and 1982.[1]
USA Rugby South organizes inter-union competitions between champion teams from each geographical union, who go on to represent USA Rugby South at national competitions.
Since 2013, the USA Rugby South Panthers have competed in the NACRA Rugby Championship and were crowned champions in their first year, beating Trinidad and Tobago in the final.[2]
There are currently seven member organisations associated with USA Rugby South.
Squad
editUSA Rugby South squad for an exhibition game against Old Glory DC[3] in June 2019.
| Players | Club |
|---|---|
| Alex Turner | MTSU |
| Anton Moore | Savannah Shamrocks RFC |
| Blessing Motaung | USA Rugby South |
| Calvin Storey | Raleigh RFC |
| Cameron Tompkins | Nashville RFC |
| Colby Pearl | MTSU |
| David Caswell | USA Rugby South |
| Ernesto Silva | Augusta RFC |
| German Jalil | Miami Tridents |
| Irving Carcamo | Houston Sabercats |
| James Sheridan | Old Blue |
| Jeffrey Herron | Tampa Bay Krewe |
| Matt Fontana | Atlanta Renegades |
| Michael Martinez | Nashville RFC |
| Patrick Audino | NOVA |
| Reid Watkins | Birmingham Vulcans |
| Ross Depperschmidt | New Orleans Gold |
| Sam Trammel | Atlanta Renegades |
| Scott Weber | Pittsburgh Harlequins |
| Stephen Cappello | New Haven Old Black RFC |
| Steven Mendez | Pensacola Aviators |
| Tom Harty | Long Island RFC |
| William Waguespack | New Orleans Gold |
| Zach Blalock | Birmingham Vulcans |
| Zach Jessell | Pittsburgh Harlequins |
| Zach Miller | Southern Pines RFC |
References
edit- ^ "Men's History". Archived from the original on 20 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ^ Kevin Sunich (24 June 2013). "Calypso Ruggers go down to USA South". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ^ "USA Rugby South Facebook squad announcement". 29 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
