Dan Power is currently a free agent in the NFL and is a former American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 footballer for the New York Athletic Club and the USA Eagles

Rugby

Played 8 seasons professionally in Australia and in France for AS Carcassonne. He was a member of the New York Athletic Clubs (NYAC) Rugby team that plays in the American Rugby Super League

Rugby Super League

The Rugby Super League, usually referred to as simply the Super League, formerly the Michelob Super League, is a national rugby union competition currently contested by 11 clubs in the United States...

 (RSL)and finished the season as the 2nd highest points scorer in the competition and a unanimous choice as the leagues best fullback. He is in the player pool for the USA Eagles men's Rugby team for the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

, and made his debut against Argentina in the 2009 Churchill Cup.

NFL career

Concluding the Churchill Cup Power retired from Rugby to pursue a career in the NFL as a punter. He was scouted to play in the NFL by the Miami Dolphins in 2009 and worked out with the New York Jets then twice with the San Diego Chargers, Chicago Bears and Baltimore Ravens during the 2010 season.