The USA Falcons was one of two national representative rugby union teams from the United States that competed in the North America 4 Series.
History Formation The Falcons were founded in 2005 by the NA4 Committee. The NA4 Committee is made up of the International Rugby Board, Rugby Canada and USA Rugby. The committee is charged with operating and financing the four North American teams (the others being the USA Hawks, Canada East, and Canada West. In 2008, however, each franchise will be sold and become privately owned."NA4 Could Bring Professional Rugby to North America", International Rugby Board, 28 January 2006. Retrieved online 12 August 2006
Inaugural competition: 2006 North America 4 Series The Falcons' first ever match occurred on 20 May 2006 during the inaugural NA 4 Series. They faced Canada East in pool play and won the match 29-14. They finished the competition with a 3-2-0 record and had an average of 29 points scored and 23 points scored against per match. They faced Canada West in the championship final and lost by a score of 20-31 on 29 July.Official 2006 NA4 Series Results South African native Patrick Bell, of Life University, captained the squad during the inaugural campaign.
PARMA Select XV The PARMA Select XV is the all-star squad composed of the best players of the competition as determined by the Pan-American Rugby Media Association (PARMA). Patrick Bell, Hayden Mexted, Mark Aylor, Vaha Esikia, Andrew “Tui” Osborne, and Brian Barnard were selected to the starting XV. John Tarpoff, Alex Parker, Chad Erskine, and Jason Pye were named as reserves. Of the 22 spots on the PARMA XV, 10 were from the Falcons squad, the most of any NA4 club.
2006 squad The 2006 NA4 squad was as follows
Jarvis Albury - Arkansas State James Angus - Frederick Kevin Armstrong - Santa Monica Rugby Club Mark Aylor - Austin Blacks Brian Barnard - San Francisco Golden Gate Patrick Bell - Life Matt Brown - OPSB Chris Cowan - Santa Monica Rugby Club Aaron Davis - Santa Monica Rugby Club Vaha Esikia - Las Vegas Blackjacks Chad Erskine - OMBAC James Finau - Hayward Mike French - OMBAC Mark Griffin - Old Blue Carl Hansen - Olympic Club Jeff Hullinger - BYU Scott Jones - Chicago Lions Kimball Kjar - Dallas Harlequins Saimone Laulaupeaalu - Hayward Sean Kim - Charlotte Rugby Club Andrew Locke - USMA Hayden Mexted - St. Louis Bombers Andrew Osborne - Washington Alec Parker - Aspen Mike Petrie - Penn State Tony Petruzzella - Olympic Club Jason Pye - Utah David Rader - New York Athletic Club Ronald Rosser - Caly Poly Doug Rowe - Old Blue Brian Schoener - OPSB Kort Schubert - Cardiff Garry Sullivan - Life John Tarpoff - St. Louis Bombers Alipate Tuilevuka - BYU John Vitale - Chicago Lions
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