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USA 7s head coach Michael Friday feels that it is achievable for America’s XV a-side team to qualify from Pool B at this year’s World Cup if they are consistent.

It was announced last week that the Rugby Football Union (RFU) had become a minority shareholder in Rugby International Marketing (RIM), the new commercial arm of USA Rugby.

Current USA Rugby 7s coach Mike Friday feels that his side have silenced the critics after achieving their most successful Rugby 7s season in USA’s history.

Brian Doyle by all accounts may of expected to be starting for the United States Eagles this summer in the up and coming World Cup but he has sacrificed all that and chosen to head down a totally different road.

The United States captured a famous London Sevens success after accounting for hosts England in the semi-final and Australia in the final, while Fiji won the HSBC Sevens World Series.

The soon-to-be-formed National Rugby Football League, the first professional domestic rugby union tournament in US history, was in the news again last week, as Philadelphia was announced as the location for the inaugural Independence Cup.

Rugby Union is currently the fastest growing team sport in the United States and the sport’s long-term goal of cracking that sleeping giant is creeping ever closer.

Any year that plays host to a Rugby World Cup can usually be described as ‘defining’ for the major rugby-playing nations, but arguably for no country is 2015 as important as it is for the United States of America.

There is plenty of rugby union for fans around the world to debate this coming weekend. Talking Rugby Union have shared several articles this week, centred on Stuart Lancaster and his England team.

In stark contrast to Round 1, there are ten games in the November Internationals 2014 Round 2 and if you get through this round with a 100 per cent record then as Fitzy used to say, "full credit".

The November Internationals Round 1 went as predicted with wins for the All Blacks, Maori All Blacks and the Wallabies, but these matches were more a celebration of rugby than the results.

The All Blacks easily defeated the USA Eagles 74-6 in an exhibition game at Soldier Field, Chicago, was this the promotion that rugby or even AIG wanted?

There are only three games in the November Internationals 2014 Round 1 and only one of these is a test match. You could say it is the calm before the storm.

American players on the books of Aviva Premiership clubs will be released to play against New Zealand in a fixture on 1st November.

Saracens have signed US Eagles hooker Phil Thiel as short-term cover for Schalk Brits, who is on Rugby Championship duty with South Africa.

Edinburgh RUFC have said their squad for the coming season is now complete with the signing of USA Eagles winger Brett Thompson.

London Scottish have today secured the exciting signature of USA Eagles forward Tai Tuisamoa on a one-year contract.

Rugby World Champions New Zealand will play the United States in Chicago in November, it has been announced.

Glasgow Warriors have signed United States centre Folau Niua until the end of the season.

The November Autumn Rugby Internationals Round 4 features ten mouth-watering matches including the All Blacks vs Ireland match which is sure to see history made