| Club: | United States |
| Season: | 2015–16 |
| Prevseason: | 2014–15 |
| Nextseason: | 2016–17 |
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.[1] The United States team beat the 12-time World Series champion in pool play and again in the tournament's third-place match[2] before a third victory in as many matches in the 2015 South Africa Sevens Plate Semifinal.[3] 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.
| Leg | Date | Finish | Record (W-L-D) | Leading Try Scorer | Leading Points Scorer | Dream Team selection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | 3rd | 4 – 2 | (6) | (30) | ||
| December 2015 | 6th | 3 – 3 | (5) | (59) | — | |
| January 2016 | T-7th | 2 – 3 | (4) | (21) | — | |
| February 2016 | T-7th | 2 – 3 | (5) | (30) | — | |
| March 2016 | 4th | 2 – 2 – 1 | (5) | (25) | ||
| March 2016 | 6th | 3 – 3 | (8) | (48) | Martin Iosefo | |
| April 2016 | 6th | 4 – 2 | (7) | (35) | – | |
| April 2016 | 10th | 3 – 3 | (6) | (34) | – | |
| May 2016 | 11th | 2–3 | (5) | (25) | – | |
| May 2016 | 3rd | 3–2–1 | (8) | (40) | ||
| 6th | Perry Baker (48) | Madison Hughes (331) | Perry Baker (3) | |||
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.
| Player | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | ||
| Forward | ||
| Forward | ||
| Scrum-half | ||
| Fly-half | ||
| Center | ||
| Wing |
| + Leading U.S. players (2015–16 WS season) | ||||||
| Player | Matches | Caps | Tackles | Tries | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 10 | 78 | 48 | 240 | ||
| 55 | 10 | 87 | 11 | 55 | ||
| 54 | 10 | 118 | 23 | 331 | ||
| 49 | 9 | 89 | 22 | 110 | ||
| 42 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 30 | ||
| 39 | 8 | 67 | 4 | 20 | ||
| 37 | 7 | 31 | 10 | 50 | ||
| 36 | 7 | 42 | 8 | 40 | ||
| 34 | 7 | 31 | 10 | 50 | ||
| 32 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 35 | ||
| 27 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 80 | ||
| 23 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 19 | 21 | 2 | 10 |
Updated: May 23, 2016
The table below shows the U.S. roster assembled for the most recent tournament. The statistics (events, points, and tries) refer to statistics generated in World Rugby Sevens Series tournaments.[4]
| + Tournament squad | ||||||||||
| Player | Age | Events | Points | Tries | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 60 | align=center | 691 | align=center | 137 | |||
| align=center | (c) | align=center | align=center | 21 | align=center | 665 | align=center | 49 | ||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 38 | align=center | 380 | align=center | 39 | |||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 28 | align=center | 380 | align=center | 76 | |||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 17 | align=center | 335 | align=center | 67 | |||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 13 | align=center | 270 | align=center | 54 | |||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 21 | align=center | 185 | align=center | 37 | |||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 21 | align=center | 162 | align=center | 32 | |||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 28 | align=center | 127 | align=center | 25 | |||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 11 | align=center | 60 | align=center | 12 | |||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 22 | align=center | 55 | align=center | 11 | |||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 5 | align=center | 30 | align=center | 6 | |||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 2 | align=center | 10 | align=center | 2 |
| + Training squad | ||||||||||
| Player | Age | Events | Points | Tries | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 41 | align=center | 328 | align=center | 20 | |||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 30 | align=center | 265 | align=center | 53 | |||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 13 | align=center | 180 | align=center | 36 | |||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 6 | align=center | 57 | align=center | 11 | |||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 16 | align=center | 42 | align=center | 8 | |||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 17 | align=center | 35 | align=center | 7 | |||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 13 | align=center | 32 | align=center | 2 | |||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 6 | align=center | 20 | align=center | 4 | |||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 4 | align=center | 5 | align=center | 1 | |||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 18 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 0 | |||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 8 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 0 | |||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 0 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 0 | |||
| align=center | align=center | align=center | 0 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 0 |