2015–16 United States national rugby sevens team season


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. The United States team beat the 12-time World Series champion in pool play and again in the tournament's third-place match before a third victory in as many matches in the 2015 South Africa Sevens Plate Semifinal. 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

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.
The U.S. lineup against New Zealand was:
2015 Dubai Sevens pool play:
U.S. vs. New Zealand











FW Garrett Bender FW Zack Test FW Matai Leuta
SH Folau Niua
FH Madison Hughes
CR Maka Unufe
WG Perry Baker

Players

World Series

Updated:

2016 Summer Olympics squad

The table below shows the U.S. roster assembled for the most recent tournament. The statistics refer to statistics generated in World Rugby Sevens Series tournaments.
PlayerAgeEventsPointsTries
60691137
2166549
3838039
2838076
1733567
1327054
2118537
2116232
2812725
116012
225511
5306
2102

PlayerAgeEventsPointsTries
4132820
3026553
1318036
65711
16428
17357
13322
6204
451
1800
800
000
000