US pharmaceutical company Astellas Pharma has signed on as the title sponsor of the rugby union Test match between the United States and Australia on September 5.
The game announced today (Wednesday) will be the latest top-level rugby encounter staged in the US. It will be played at the home of NFL American football franchise the Chicago Bears, Soldier Field, where a sell-out crowd watched the USA Rugby Eagles take on New Zealand in November.
September’s game will be the final Test for both the US and Australia before their departure for the Rugby World Cup in England.
World Rugby chairman Bernard Lapasset said: “Rugby is spreading across the globe through the hard work of World Rugby and ambitious unions like USA Rugby. When the Wallabies take on the Eagles it will be another opportunity to show our wonderful game to thousands of potential new fans and players throughout North America and beyond.”