 The USA's second-place finish at the Pan -American Championship in August 2003 was its best-ever showing.In 2004, Billups coached the team to two three-point defeats to Canada and a 39-31 loss to France in July, which is America's best-ever showing against the Tricolors.Tom Billups finished up his tenure with USA Rugby in April 2006 with 12 wins, including the second largest US national team victory (35-20) to date over rival Canada in 2003.