World Rugby is the sanctioning organization for rugby. Rugby 15s, 10s and 7s are played. National Men’s and Women’s teams play in the Rugby World Cup, RWC Sevens, in the HSBC Sevens, & Women’s Sevens Series, and in competitions, like the Americas Rugby Championship, Americas Pacific Challenge, Rugby Americas North tournaments and U20 & U18 competitions.
The American Raptors signed Nolan Saraceni for the 2023 season, and he hopes to be selected for the Super Rugby Americas squad. The 28-year-old wing/scrumhalf is 5’9″ and 208 lbs. Nolan is from Billings, Montana, and attended Billings Senior High School. He played football and continued in college at Montana Technical University where he was a running back. In 2015 and 2016 he was a first-team American Football Coaches Association NAIA All-American and set a school record for the longest touchdown, 99 yards. Before joining the American Raptors in 2021, he played a season with the Sioux Falls Storm in…