Founded in 1964, the Chicago Lions Rugby Football Club is a USA Rugby club based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
The Chicago Lions namesake is taken from the two large lion statues that guard the entrance to the Art Institute of Chicago Building.
Notable players The following is a list of former and current Lions players and coaches that have earned caps for international tests:List of Lions players with international caps
Niue Stephen Tapuosi, one international cap
Ireland Paul McNaughton, fifteen international caps
England Gary Wilson, two international caps
South Africa Kitch Christie, coached the 1995 Rugby World Cup winning Springboks Willie Kahts Harry Viljoen, coached the 2001 Springboks
United States
Andre Blom, fullback/wing, thirteen international capsPlayer Profiles on usarugby.org John Burke, flanker, two international caps Phillipus "Thabu" Eloff, centre, forty-four international caps Paul Emerick, centre, thirty-five international caps Scott "Beaver" Jones, centre, one international cap Christian Long, lock, one international cap Jeremy Nash, fullback, two international caps Eric Helbig, Wing, three international caps Andrew McGarry, prop, two international caps Eric Reed, lock/flanker, seven international caps Dave Williams, halfback, seven international caps
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