{{Short description|American rugby union player (born 1987)}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Eric Fry | image = Eric Fry 2011.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Eric Fry | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|08|14}} | birth_place = Davis, California, United States | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.93}} | weight = {{convert|120|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}} | school = Jesuit High School (CA) | university = University of California, Berkeley | position = Prop | repsevenscomp1 = | repsevensyears1 = | amatteam1 = Las Vegas Blackjacks | amatteam2 = Old Boys University | amatteam3 = Oxford University RFC | years1 = 2012 | years2 = 2012–2014 | years3 = 2014–2016 | years4 = 2016 | years5 = 2016–2020 | clubs1 = Manawatu | clubs2 = London Scottish | clubs3 = Newcastle Falcons | clubs4 = Sacramento Express | clubs5 = RC Vannes | points1 = 0 | points2 = 0 | points3 = 0 | points4 = 0 | points5 = 15 | apps1 = 7 | apps2 = 23 | apps3 = 23 | apps4 = 5 | apps5 = 45 | super1 = | superyears1 = | ru_currentclub = | province1 = | provinceyears1 = | amatyears1 = 2009–2011 | amatyears2 = 2012 | amatyears3 = 2022 | ru_amupdate = | repyears1 = 2011–2019 | repteam1 = United States | repcaps1 = 48 | reppoints1 = 15 | ru_ntupdate = 31 March 2020 | ru_clubupdate = 31 March 2021 | superapps1 = | superpoints1 = | super14currentclub = | super14update = | provinceapps1 = | provincepoints1 = | ru_provinceupdate = | ru_sevensupdate = }}
'''Eric Fry''' (born September 14, 1987) is an American international rugby union player who plays prop. Fry last played for RC Vannes of the Pro D2 in France, and previously played in the English Premiership for Newcastle Falcons and London Scottish<ref>{{cite web|title=Eric Fry Signs With London Scottish|url=http://www.thisisamericanrugby.com/2012/12/eric-fry-signs-with-london-scottish.html}}</ref> in the RFU Championship. He can play either tighthead prop or loosehead prop, and is considered a strong scrummager with a high work rate.<ref>[http://www.rfu.com/news/2014/may/news-articles/260514_champ_dreamxv "Greene King IPA Championship Dream XV"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531090220/http://www.rfu.com/news/2014/may/news-articles/260514_champ_dreamxv |date=2014-05-31 }}, RFU, 26 May 2014.</ref>
==Early life== Fry played rugby in high school for Sacramento Jesuit, where he helped the school win the 2004 National High School Championship.<ref>U-19 Squad Named for 2005 World Championships, March 2, 2005, http://www.washingtonrugbyclub.org/mainart/new/u19.htm</ref> He played college rugby at Cal, where he was a four time All-American selection and won four national championships.<ref>Cal Bears, In New Zealand Eric Fry Trains at Full Steam, April 19, 2012, http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-rugby/spec-rel/041912aaa.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530045008/http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-rugby/spec-rel/041912aaa.html |date=2012-05-30 }}</ref>
==Club career== Fry began playing for Old Boys University in 2012 in The Jubilee Cup.<ref>{{cite web|title=Overseas Update: Players Overseas|url=http://www.rugbymag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4022:overseas-update-players-everywhere&catid=80:americans-overseas-&Itemid=260|access-date=2012-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520085105/http://rugbymag.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4022:overseas-update-players-everywhere&catid=80:americans-overseas-&Itemid=260|archive-date=2012-05-20|url-status=dead}}</ref> On July 17, 2012, he signed to play for the Manawatu Turbos in the ITM Cup.
In August 2012 he joined London Scottish who compete in the RFU Rugby Championship.<ref>{{cite web|title=US Eagles prop Eric Fry to fly with Turbos|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/provincial/7293492/US-Eagles-prop-Eric-Fry-to-fly-with-Turbos}}</ref> At the conclusion of the 2013–14 season, Fry was named in the Championship Dream XV based on his performance during the season.<ref>[http://www.rfu.com/news/2014/may/news-articles/260514_champ_dreamxv "Greene King IPA Championship Dream XV"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531090220/http://www.rfu.com/news/2014/may/news-articles/260514_champ_dreamxv |date=2014-05-31 }}, RFU, 26 May 2014.</ref>
After two seasons with London Scottish, Fry signed with the Newcastle Falcons for the 2014–15 Aviva Premiership season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Newcastle sign American prop Eric Fry|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/premiership-2013-14/rugby/story/222027.html|access-date=17 April 2014}}</ref>
After two seasons with Newcastle, Fry returned to the US to join Sacramento Express on their maiden 2016 season in PRO Rugby. The move was announced on June 25, 2016, and Fry made his first appearance the following day.
Fry spent four seasons in the Pro D2 with RC Vannes from 2016 to 2020.<ref name="Vannes">{{cite web |title=Eric Fry leaves Vannes, considering MLR move |url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2020/05/19/eric-fry-leaves-vannes-considering-mlr-move/ |website=americas rugby news |access-date=1 April 2021}}</ref>
In April 2022 he appeared for Oxford University in their 21–17 victory over Cambridge in the 140th Varsity Match, alongside fellow American internationals, Andrew Durutalo and Nick Civetta.<ref name="Varsity match">{{cite web |title=Oxford narrowly defeat 14-man Cambridge in Men's Varsity Rugby Match |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/sport/23480 |website=Varsity |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref>
==International career== Fry first played for the United States U-19 team in 2004–05.<ref>Gainline.us, Cal frosh: more and more summer campers, August 23, 2006, http://www.gainline.us/gainline/2006/08/cal_frosh_more_.html</ref> He was selected to tour with the United States national rugby union team, the USA Eagles, in their November 2010 tour of Europe against Portugal, Scotland A, Saracens and Georgia.
In 2011 Fry earned his first international cap as a substitute against Tonga in the Churchill Cup. He was also a member of the USA Eagles for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand where he started against Australia. He played for the US in the June 2012 mid-year tests, starting all three matches.<ref>ESPN Scrum, Player Analysis, http://www.espnscrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/140899.html?class=1;template=results;type=player</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.newcastlefalcons.co.uk/Team/View/84 Newcastle Falcons profile] *[http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-rugby/mtt/fry_eric00.html Player profile – Golden Bears] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404072306/http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-rugby/mtt/fry_eric00.html |date=2012-04-04 }} *[http://www.eaglesxv.com/players/eric-fry Player Profile USA Eagles XV Rugby]
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