BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to Dan Lyle about the changing landscape of rugby in America

OVER the years we have heard so many proclamations insisting that Rugby was on the verge of ‘taking off ‘ in the USA that I’m afraid the tendency has been to switch off. Nice thought but ‘no chance’ has been the general reaction. That boat sailed a long time ago.
Certainly that, reluctantly, has been my view for the last 30 years but I’m not sure anymore. The Eagle, if not yet soaring, is undoubtedly feeling the wind beneath its wings. A number of very good things are hap...