Madison Hughes

Madison Hughes
Rugby union career
Date of birth	(1992-10-26) October 26, 1992
Height	5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Playing career
Position	Scrumhalf, Fullback
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2012	United States U20
Sevens national teams
Years	Club / team		Comps
2013-	United States

Madison Hughes (born October 26, 1992) is an American rugby union player who plays with the United States national rugby union team (sevens) and plays with Dartmouth College.

College rugby

Hughes has played college rugby as a fullback for Dartmouth, and has also played on Dartmouth's sevens team. Hughes began playing with Dartmouth rugby as an 18-year-old freshman. Hughes was the first junior in the history of Dartmouth rugby to be named captain.^[1]

Hughes rose to national prominence with his performance for Dartmouth at the Collegiate Rugby Championship. Hughes was named to the CRC All-Tournament team in 2012, 2013, and again in 2014. In the 2012 CRC, Hughes was the tournament's third-leading try scorer with six.^[2] In the 2013 CRC, Hughes was the second-leading try scorer with 8 and the second-leading points scorer with 58.

Hughes was captain of the 2013 7s All Americans and the 2014 15s All Americans.^[1]

United States

Under 20

Hughes played fullback for the United States national under-20 rugby union team. Hughes was the top scorer of the tournament at the 2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy with 72 points, and was the U.S. leading try-scorer with four tries.^[3]

National sevens team

Hughes debuted with the United States national rugby union team (sevens) in the 2013–14 season. Hughes was the leading scorer for the U.S. at the 2014 Wellington Sevens (33 points) and 2014 Japan Sevens (28 points).

For the 2014–15 season, Hughes was named team captain for the 2014 Gold Coast Sevens in October 2014, even though at 21 he was the youngest player on the team.^[1]

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