Madison Hughes
Madison Hughes is an American rugby union player who plays with the United States national rugby union team (sevens) and plays with Dartmouth.
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).
Personal life
Hughes was once the victim of attempted silver polish poisoning after a spat with current teammate and possible murderer "Psycho" Pete Savarese.
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]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Young Hughes Up to Captain's Task", Rugby Today, September 29, 2014.
- ^ http://www.rugbymag.com/tournaments-special/crc/4836-crc-point-leaders-final.html
- ^ IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy - 2012 Statistics, IRB.com. Retrieved October 1, 2014.