USA Rugby South is an organization that combines a number of unions in the south-east of the USA for competition and representative honours. Their representative team is known as the Panthers.
Originally formed as Southern Eastern Rugby Union in 1976, this representative team played against the North Eastern Rugby Union between 1976 and 1982.[1]
USA Rugby South organizes inter-union competitions between champion teams from each geographical union, who go on to represent USA Rugby South at national competitions.
Since 2013, the USA Rugby South Panthers have competed in the NACRA Rugby Championship and were crowned champions in their first year, beating Trinidad and Tobago in the final.[2]
There are currently seven member organisations associated with USA Rugby South.
USA Rugby South squad for an exhibition game against Old Glory DC[3] in June 2019.
| Players | Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Turner | MTSU | |
| Anton Moore | Savannah Shamrocks RFC | |
| Blessing Motaung | USA Rugby South | |
| Calvin Storey | Raleigh RFC | |
| Cameron Tompkins | ||
| Colby Pearl | MTSU | |
| David Caswell | USA Rugby South | |
| Ernesto Silva | Augusta RFC | |
| German Jalil | Miami Tridents | |
| Irving Carcamo | ||
| James Sheridan | ||
| Jeffrey Herron | Tampa Bay Krewe | |
| Matt Fontana | ||
| Michael Martinez | Nashville RFC | |
| Patrick Audino | NOVA | |
| Reid Watkins | Birmingham Vulcans | |
| Ross Depperschmidt | New Orleans Gold | |
| Sam Trammel | ||
| Scott Weber | Pittsburgh Harlequins | |
| Stephen Cappello | New Haven Old Black RFC | |
| Steven Mendez | Pensacola Aviators | |
| Tom Harty | Long Island RFC | |
| William Waguespack | New Orleans Gold | |
| Zach Blalock | Birmingham Vulcans | |
| Zach Jessell | Pittsburgh Harlequins | |
| Zach Miller | Southern Pines RFC |