Perry Baker

Birthday: 29 June 1986
Position: Wing
Caps: 4
Height: 6’1″
Weight: 180
College: Fairmont University
High School: Spruce Creek High School
Hometown: Daytona Beach, Florida
Twitter: @SpeedStick11
Career highlights: After two years with the Arena Football League’s Pittsburgh Power, Baker picked up rugby in Daytona Beach before training at Tiger Academy. He was invited to the Residency Program at the Olympic Training Center in 2014.

Danny Barrett

Birthday: 23 March 1990
Position: Prop
Caps: 10
Height: 6’3″
Weight: 220
College: University of California
High School: Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory
Hometown: Pacifica, California
Twitter: @bookemshaaarkie
Career highlights: Barrett helped the AIG Men’s Collegiate All-Americans defeat a combined New Zealand Universities side during the MCAAs’ New Zealand Tour in June 2013 with a try. He was also a member of the San Francisco Golden Gate sevens team at the inaugural World Club 7s at Twickenham Stadium in 2013. Barrett scored a try in the Eagles Select XVs’ win against Canada at the 2013 IRB Americas Rugby Championship in Langford, British Columbia. He earned three caps with the Eagles in the fall of 2014 and is currently in the Men’s Eagles Sevens pool for the 2014-15 Series. He also spent time on trial at Gloucester of the Aviva Premiership.

Pat Blair

Birthday: 27 January 1990
Position: Prop
Caps: 6
Height: 6’1″
Weight: 220
College: Central Washington University
High School: Mount Tahoma
Hometown: La Mirada, California
Twitter: @ImPatrickBlair
Career highlights: Began playing rugby in 2004 for Fullerton Lions in California. Blair was selected to two USA Rugby AIG Men’s Collegiate All-Americans 7s tours, which included a Cup win at the 2013 Serevi RugbyTown Sevens at Infinity Park in Glendale, Colo.

Garrett Bender

Birthday: 2 December 1991
Position: Forward
Caps: 11
Height: 6’4″
Weight: 225
High School: Washburn High School
Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Career highlights: Bender captained Washburn to a championship in the Minnesota high school state rugby championship. He was recruited as a linebacker at St. Cloud State but shifted focus to rugby soon after. Bender was playing for the Eastside Banshees at the 2011 Men’s Club 7s National Championship when he was seen by selectors for the Midwest All-Star Sevens team. He earned recognition in the Men’s Eagles Sevens pool in October 2011.

Andrew Durutalo

Birthday: 25 October 1987
Position: Prop
Caps: 25
Height: 6’2″
Weight: 245
College: Hakuoh University Rugby Football (Japan)
High School: Suva Grammar Secondary School (Fiji)
Hometown: Suva, Fiji
Twitter: @durutalo_8
Career highlights: Durutalo made his Men’s Eagles debut with three caps against Canada, Georgia and Italy. He plays for Seattle-Old Puget Sound Beach Rugby Football Club and is a Resident at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California.

Nick Edwards

Birthday: 24 February 1984
Position: Wing
Caps: 31
Height: 6’2″
Weight: 220
College: Sydney University
High School: St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill
Hometown: Sydney, Australia
Twitter: @Nickytheshow
Career highlights: Edwards made his Men’s Eagles Sevens debut in 2009. He led the Eagles during the 2012-13 IRB HSBC Sevens World Series with 20 tries and scored three tries in four matches at the 2013 IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow, Russia.

Madison Hughes

Captain

Birthday: 26 October 1992
Position: Scrum half
Caps: 8
Height: 5’9.5″
Weight: 175
College: Dartmouth College
High School: Wellington College
Hometown: London, England
Twitter: @MadisonHughes15
Career highlights: Hughes was a member of the USA Rugby AIG Men’s Junior All-American team that won the 2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy in Utah. He also pulled on the AIG MCAA jersey in 2013 and 2014 on tours of New Zealand and New England, respectively. Hughes won the 2013 Serevi RugbyTown Sevens Cup with Tony Pacheco’s MCAA 7s squad and was selected to four stops of the 2013-14 IRB HSBC Sevens World Series.

Carlin Isles

Birthday: 21 November 1989
Position: Wing
Caps: 19
Height: 5’8″
Weight: 165
College: Ashland University
High School: Jackson High School
Hometown: Massillon, Ohio
Twitter: @Carlin_Isles
Career highlights: Isles played football and participated in track and field at Jackson High School in Ohio, where he holds school records in the long jump, 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter events. He was an All-American in the 60-meter dash at Ashland University, running a personal best of 6.68 seconds. Isles was also an All-GLIAC selection on the Ashland University football team and still holds school records for most kickoff return yards in a game and longest kickoff return for a touchdown. Though his 100-meter time of 10.13 seconds would have been good enough for the Semifinals at the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games, Isles did not attend the Games. He began his rugby career shortly thereafter with the Gentlemen of Aspen Rugby Football Club and earned a Residency contract with the Men’s Eagles Sevens.

Martin Iosefo

Birthday: 13 January 1990
Position: Prop
Caps: 3
Height: 6’1″
Weight: 215
College: University of Montana
Hometown: Wahiawa, HI
Twitter: @iosefo87
Career highlights: Iosefo won the Serevi RugbyTown Sevens 2014 Bowl with the AIG Men’s Collegiate All-Americans Sevens team and was called up to the Eagles for Emirates Dubai Rugby Sevens, the second leg of the 2014-15 World Rugby HSBC Sevens World Series.

Folau Niua

Birthday: 27 January 1985
Position: Fly half
Caps: 25
Height: 6’0″
Weight: 197
College:
High School: Woodside High School
Hometown: East Palo Alto, California
Career highlights: Niua began his rugby career with the East Palo Alto Razorbacks, winning a Division II National Championship in 2009. He also won a Rugby Super League title with San Francisco Golden Gate. Niua made his international debut with the Men’s Eagles Sevens at the 2011 Pan American Games, where he started at flyhalf and led the team in scoring with 41 points on the way to a bronze medal. In 15s, he earned his first cap against Canada August 17, 2013. In February of 2014, Niua signed with the Glasgow Warriors of the Guinness PRO12 in Scotland, but was released following the end of the season.

Zack Test

Birthday: 13 October 1989
Position: Hooker
Caps: 49
Height: 6’3″
Weight: 195
College: University of Oregon
High School: Peninsula Green Rugby Football Club
Hometown: Redwood City, California
Twitter: @ZTesty5
Career highlights: Test began playing rugby at Woodside High School and continued at the University of Oregon, where he also played for the Division I football team. He was selected for the AIG Men’s Junior All-Americans before making his Men’s Eagles Sevens debut during the 2008-09 IRB HSBC Sevens World Series. As of the end of the 2012-13 Series, Test leads all Eagles with 73 tries scored. He has also won the bronze medal with the Men’s Eagles Sevens at both the 2009 Maccabi Games and the 2011 Pan American Games.

Maka Unufe

Birthday: 28 September 1991
Position: Back
Caps: 11
Height: 6’2″
Weight: 200
High School: Provo High School
Hometown: Provo, Utah
Career highlights: Unufe played football at Provo High School before making a name for himself playing rugby for the Utah Warriors at the Club 7s Nationals in 2011. He made his international debut with the Men’s Eagles Sevens at the 2011 Pan American Games, helping the Eagles win the bronze medal. Unufe’s first appearance on the IRB Sevens World Series was at Wellington Sevens in 2012.
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