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Churchill Cup 2010
Match scheduled:
Date: 19-06-2010
Time: 21:30 until 23:30
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[edit] The Seven Territorial Unions
Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union
Midwest Rugby Football Union
Northeast Rugby Union[1]
Pacific Coast Rugby Football Union [2]
Southern California Rugby Football Union
USA Rugby South
Western Rugby Football Union
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There has been some discussion about splitting the Northeast Rugby Union (NRU) into 2 separate territorial unions, with local area union NERFU becoming the new territorial union USA Rugby New England. Under this arrangement the surviving LAUs within NRU (MetNY and NYSRU) would form a separate territorial union – USA Rugby New York.
This makes a great deal of sense for LAU NERFU as it boasts a greater membership than most territorial unions, especially in terms of college and women's rugby. This adjustment might also help to address a perceived antipathy toward New England rugby. On the other hand, it remains to be seen whether NERFU possesses the managerial strength necessary to thrive as a territorial union.
[edit] History
The USA Men’s National Team, nicknamed the Eagles, won the Gold Medal in Olympic rugby in 1920 and 1924. After that time, rugby in the US stagnated while continuing to grow in the rest of the world and only recently has rugby started to become popular again in the US.
Beginning in the 1960s and continuing through the 1970s the sport of rugby union enjoyed a renaissance in the USA. This created the need for a national governing body to represent the USA. In 1975 four territorial organizations (Pacific Coast, West, Midwest and East) gathered in Chicago, Illinois to form the United States of America Rugby Football Union (now known as USA Rugby).
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In 1993 the Southern California RFU, a local area union of the Pacific Coast RFU, applied to become a separate territory. This was an impetus for others around the country to do the same changing the make-up of USA Rugby which now has seven territories (Pacific, Southern California, West, Midwest, South, Northeastern, and Mid-Atlantic) .
USA Rugby lobbied for several years for a stop on the IRB Sevens World Series and finally was awarded it for 2004-6. The Home Depot Center in Carson, California, was the venue for the initial USA Sevens tournament. In the summer of 2006, the tournament was moved to Petco Park in San Diego. In 2010, the tournament was held in Las Vegas at Sam Boyd Stadium.
USA Rugby is a Founding Sports Partner of the Sports Museum of America, joining more than 50 other single-sport Halls of Fame, National Governing Bodies, Museums and other organizations across North America to richly celebrate the history, grandeur and significance of sports in American culture. Opened in New York City on May 7, 2008, the Sports Museum of America showcases USA Rugby Lacrosse in its Hall of Halls Gallery in return for their support of the creation of the Nation's first all-sports museum experience |  |  |  |  |  |
France have won 354 of their 635 test matches, a win record of 55.66%.[32][33] When the World Rankings were introduced by the International Rugby Board (IRB) in 2003 France were ranked fifth. During November 2003 France briefly occupied third place before falling to fourth by December that year. After falling to fifth during November 2004, France rose again to fourth by April 2005. During early 2006, France rose again, peaking at second in July that year. France were ranked number two in the world until falling to third in June 2007 after two successive defeats to the All Blacks. They then fell to fifth after losing to Argentina in the opening match of the 2007 World Cup.[34]
Their test match record against all nations, up until 22 June 2009, is as follows:[32][35]
Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win percentage |
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 Argentina | 41 | 30 | 1 | 10 | 73.2% |
 Australia | 36 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 44.4% |
| British and Irish Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
 Canada | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 85.7% |
 Czech Republic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 England | 90 | 35 | 7 | 48 | 39% |
 Fiji | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Germany | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 86.7% |
 Ireland | 86 | 52 | 5 | 29 | 60.7% |
 Italy | 27 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 96.3% |
 Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Namibia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 New Zealand | 48 | 12 | 1 | 35 | 25.5% |
 Romania | 50 | 40 | 2 | 8 | 80% |
 Samoa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Scotland | 83 | 46 | 3 | 34 | 55% |
 South Africa | 37 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 29.7% |
 Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.3% |
 Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Tonga | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.7% |
 Tunisia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 United States | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 85.7% |
 Wales | 86 | 40 | 3 | 43 | 46.4% |
| West Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Overall | 636 | 354 | 30 | 252 | 55.7% |
[edit] Players
[edit] Current Squad
Marc Lièvremont announced France's squad for their tests against South Africa and Argentina. [36] After Yannick Jauzion pulled out of the squad, Florian Fritz was called up to replace him. [37] Imanol Harinordoquy withdrew from the squad due to injury and was replaced by Grégory Lamboley. [38] Mathieu Bastareaud was also forced to withdraw and was replaced by Lionel Mazars. [39]
- Caps updated before test matches.
Head Coach: Marc Lièvremont
[edit] Notable players
Six former French national team players have been inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame: Serge Blanco, André Boniface, Jo Maso, Jean Prat, Jean-Pierre Rives and Philippe Sella.[40] Sella has the added honour of induction into the IRB Hall of Fame.[41]
