John Riordan: Play Rugby USA forging life changing pathways in the Bronx and Harlem

Play Rugby USA’s high school graduation rate is 100% and although the aim is to make college a possibility for those who want it, a rugby scholarship is an extra avenue that would have seemed unthinkable a decade ago.

RAMPING UP: There will be several Six Nations campaigns between now and the 2031 hosting of the 12th Rugby World Cup in the United States.

There will be several Six Nations campaigns between now and the 2031 hosting of the 12th Rugby World Cup in the United States.

Not to mention the next instalment in Australia which has to take place first before we get to start worrying about how ready America will be to embrace and host the marquee event of a sport that has never successfully taken off here.