# New England Rugby Football Union

The New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU) is a Geographical Union (GU) for rugby union teams in New England.
Prior to 2013, NERFU had been a local area union ("LAU"), and part of the Northeast Rugby Union (NRU), which is the governing body for three LAU's (New York State Rugby Football Conference (NYSRFC) and Metropolitan New York Rugby Union being the others).
There are currently over 80 active teams and over 3,000 registered players in the New England area.

## Mission

The mission of the New England Rugby Football Union is to manage, serve, and promote the game of rugby in the New England area, at all levels of play; to assist member teams and participants in their various forms of involvement with the game; to adhere to all the laws of the game; and to encourage and facilitate the involvement of as many people as possible in rugby activities. NERFU focuses the majority of its attention on serving rugby at the club level, and less on the collegiate and HS levels.

## Divisions
### Men's
#### Club
##### Division I

   * Mystic River Rugby Club

##### Division II

   * New London, Coast Guard Academy RFC
   * Newport RFC
   * Portland RFC
   * Worcester RFC
   * Boston Irish Wolfhounds RFC
   * South Shore Anchors RFC
   * Hartford Wanderers RFC
   * Boston RFC
   * Mystic Barbarians RFC

##### Division III

   * New London County RFC
   * MIT RFC
   * Boston Irish Wolfhounds RFC 2nd XV
   * Amoskeag RFC
   * Boston Maccabi RFC
   * North Shore RFC
   * Old Gold RFC
   * Charles River Rats RFC
   * Albany RFC
   * Providence RFC
   * Burlington RFC

##### Division IV

* Monadnock RFC
* Springfield RFC
* Freedom RFC
* Mad River/Stowe RFC
* Upper Valley RFC
* Boston Ironsides RFC
* Cape Cod RFC
* Black River RFC
* South Shore RFC 2nd XV

#### Collegiate
##### Division I

    NERFU's Division I program lost multiple rugby programs when the ivy league colleges left to form the Ivy League Rugby Conference (Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth).
   * Boston College (see BCRFC)
   * Northeastern University (see NURFC)
   * University of Connecticut
   * University of Massachusetts Amherst
   * University of Albany
   * Southern Connecticut State University
   * Middlebury College

##### Division II

   * Boston University
   * University of Vermont
   * College of the Holy Cross
   * University of New Hampshire
   * University of Maine, Orono
   * Norwich University
   * University of Rhode Island

##### Division III
###### Maine Conference

   * Colby College
   * Bowdoin College
   * University of Maine at Farmington
   * Bates College
   * Maine Maritime Academy
   * University of Maine at Orono

###### Boston Conference

   * Tufts University
   * Worcester Polytechnic Institute
   * Babson College
   * Wentworth Institute of Technology
   * Curry College

###### Central Conference

   * Salve Regina University
   * Bryant University
   * Roger Williams College
   * Wheaton College
   * Massachusetts Maritime Academy
   * University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
   * Johnson and Wales University

###### Western Conference

   * Williams College
   * Amherst College
   * Plymouth State College
   * Keene State College
   * Castleton University
   * Franklin Pierce University

###### Southern Conference

   * New Haven U23
   * Central Connecticut State University
   * Western Connecticut State University
   * Springfield College
   * University of Hartford
   * Trinity College
   * Western New England College
   * Eastern Connecticut State University
   * Brandeis University

##### Division IV
###### Central Conference

   * Westfield State University
   * Nichols College
   * Wesleyan University
   * Connecticut College
   * Southern Vermont College
   * Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

###### South Conference

   * Lasell College
   * Framingham State College
   * Rhode Island College
   * University of New England
   * Mitchell College

###### North Conference

   * Colby-Sawyer College
   * Green Mountain College
   * Champlain College
   * Lyndon State College
   * Maine Maritime Academy
   * Johnson State College

#### U19

NERFU has essentially abdicated its role in overseeing U-19/HS Rugby in favor of state based rugby organizations (SRBOs). In New England, there are nascent SRBOs in VT, CT and MA.

##### Division I

   * Amoskeag RFC U19 Squad
   * Bishop Hendricken High School
   * Belmont High School (MA)
   * Boston College High School
   * Lincoln-Sudbury High School
   * Scituate Stormers Rugby
   * St. John's Preparatory School
   * Middlesex RFC U19 Squad
   * Xaverian Brothers High School
   * Brookline High School

##### Division II

   * Cheshire Rams
   * Essex High School
   * Fairfield High School
   * Falmouth High School
   * Groton School
   * Kearsarge Regional High School
   * Kimball Union Academy
   * Mad River Valley Boys
   * Middlesex Youth RFC
   * Needham High School Men's Rugby Club
   * North Country RFC U19 Squad
   * North Quincy High School Rugby Football Club
   * Phillips Exeter Academy
   * Portland RFC U19 Squad
   * Rutland RFC U19 Squad
   * Springfield RFC
   * Stanstead College
   * Staples High School
   * Upper Valley Youth RFC
   * Winged Beavers
   * Malden Catholic High School
   * Arlington Catholic High School
   * Marshfield High School
   * Catholic Memorial High School

#### Massachusetts Youth Rugby Organization (MYRO)

The Massachusetts SBRO (http://myrugby.org) is now the umbrella organization for youth rugby in the state. All High School, U19, and U15 clubs are now under their auspices.
Boston middle schools that play rugby include Washington Irving, Edwards, Orchard Gardens, and Lee Academy.

### Women's
#### Club
##### Women's Premier League

   * Beantown RFC

##### Division I

   * Boston Women RFC

##### Division II

   * Albany, New York WRFC
   * Burlington WRFC
   * Charles River WRFC
   * Hartford Wild Roses
   * Providence, Rhode Island WRFC
   * Worcester WRFC

##### Division III

   * Amoskeag WRFC
   * North Shore WRFC
   * Portland WRFC
   * Seacoast WRFC
   * South Shore WRFC
   * Upper Valley WRFC

#### Collegiate
##### Division I
###### Eastern Conference

   * Boston College
   * Brown University
   * Boston University
   * Radcliffe College
   * Providence College
   * Northeastern University

###### Western Conference

   * Amherst College
   * Dartmouth College
   * University of Massachusetts Amherst
   * Williams College
   * University of Connecticut
   * Yale University

##### Division II
###### Downeast Conference

   * Bates College
   * Bowdoin College (Bowdoin College Men's Rugby)
   * Colby College
   * University of Maine at Farmington
   * University of Maine, Orono
   * University of New Hampshire

###### East Conference

   * Babson College
   * Wesleyan University
   * Smith College
   * Tufts University
   * University of Rhode Island
   * Wellesley College
   * Worcester Polytechnic Institute

###### West Conference

   * Castleton State College
   * Keene State College
   * Middlebury College
   * Norwich University
   * Plymouth State College
   * University of Vermont

##### Division III
###### East Conference

   * Bentley College
   * Brandeis University
   * Bridgewater State College
   * MIT
   * Stonehill College
   * Wheaton College

###### South Conference

   * US Coast Guard Academy
   * Central Connecticut State University
   * Rhode Island College
   * Trinity College
   * University of Hartford
   * Western Connecticut State University
   * Roger Williams University

###### West Conference

   * Colby-Sawyer College
   * Framingham State College
   * Johnson State College
   * Mount Holyoke College
   * Saint Michael's College
   * University of Massachusetts Lowell

##### Division IV
###### East Conference

   * College of the Holy Cross
   * Saint Anselm College
   * University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
   * Wentworth Institute of Technology

###### West Conference

   * Connecticut College
   * Green Mountain College
   * Lyndon State College
   * Nichols College
   * Southern Vermont College
   * Springfield College
   * Western New England College

#### U19
##### Division I

   * Colchester High School
   * Essex High School
   * Marshfield High School
   * Newport High School
   * Needham High School Women's Rugby Club
   * Phillips Exeter Academy
   * Portland RFC U19 Girls
   * Rutland RFC U19 Girls
   * South Burlington High School
   * Sugar River Girls
   * Upper Valley Youth
   * Newton South High School Girls Rugby Club

## Championships

1997 Men's Club D1 -
Men's Club D2 - Men's Club D3 - Women's Club D1 - Women's Club D2 - Women's Club D3 - Men's College D1 - Men's College D2 -
Men's College D3 - University of Massachusetts Lowell Women's College D1 -
Women's College D2 -
Women's College D3 -
1998 Men's Club D1 -
Men's Club D2 - Men's Club D3 - Women's Club D1 - Women's Club D2 - Women's Club D3 - Men's College D1 - Men's College D2 -
Men's College D3 - University of Massachusetts Lowell
Women's College D1 -
Women's College D2 -
Women's College D3 -
1999 Men's Club D1 -
Men's Club D2 - Men's Club D3 - Women's Club D1 - Women's Club D2 - Women's Club D3 - Men's College D1 - Norwich University
Men's College D2 -
Men's College D3 -
Women's College D1 -
Women's College D2 -
Women's College D3 -
2000 Men's Club D1 -
Men's Club D2 - Men's Club D3 - New England College All Black's
Women's Club D1 - Women's Club D2 - Women's Club D3 - Men's College D1 - Men's College D2 -
Men's College D3 -
Women's College D1 -
Women's College D2 -
Women's College D3 -
2001 Men's Club D1 -
Men's Club D2 - Men's Club D3 - Women's Club D1 - Women's Club D2 - Women's Club D3 - Men's College D1 - Men's College D2 -
Men's College D3 - Tufts University
Men's College D4 - Bentley University
Women's College D1 -
Women's College D2 -
Women's College D3 -
2002 Men's Club D1 -
Men's Club D2 - Men's Club D3 - Women's Club D1 - Women's Club D2 - Women's Club D3 - Men's College D1 - Men's College D2 -
Men's College D3 -
Men's College D4 - Brandeis University Women's College D1 -
Women's College D2 -
Women's College D3 -
2003 Men's Club D1 - Boston Irish Wolfhounds Men's Club D2 - Men's Club D3 - Women's Club D1 - Women's Club D2 - Women's Club D3 - Men's College D1 - Men's College D2 -
Men's College D3 -
Men's College D4 - Wheaton College
Women's College D1 -
Women's College D2 -
Women's College D3 -
2004 Men's Club D1 - Boston Irish Wolfhounds Men's Club D2 - Men's Club D3 - Women's Club D1 - Women's Club D2 - Women's Club D3 - Men's College D1 - Men's College D2 -
Men's College D3 -
Men's College D4 - Maine Maritime Academy Women's College D1 -
Women's College D2 -
Women's College D3 -
2005 Men's Club D1 - Boston Irish Wolfhounds Men's Club D2 - Men's Club D3 - Women's Club D1 - Women's Club D2 - Women's Club D3 - Men's College D1 - Men's College D2 -
Men's College D3 - Bentley University
Men's College D4 - Saint Anselm College Women's College D1 -
Women's College D2 -
Women's College D3 -
2006 Men's Club D1 -
Men's Club D2 - Men's Club D3 - Women's Club D1 - Women's Club D2 - Women's Club D3 - Men's College D1 - Men's College D2 - United States Coast Guard Academy Men's College D3 - Bentley University
Men's College D4 - Nichols College
Women's College D1 -
Women's College D2 -
Women's College D3 -
Women's College D4 -
2007 Men's Club D1 -
Men's Club D2 Men's Club D3 Women's Club D1 Women's Club D2 Women's Club D3 Men's College D1 Men's College D2 - Middlebury College Men's College D3 - Plymouth State University Men's College D4 - University of Massachusetts Dartmouth See: 2007 NERFU College Men's Division IV Rugby Tournament
Women's College D1 -
Women's College D2 -
Women's College D3 -
Women's College D4 -
2008 Men's Club D1 - Boston Irish Wolfhounds
Men's Club D2 Men's Club D3 Women's Club D1 Women's Club D2 Women's Club D3 Men's College D1 Men's College D2 - Middlebury College Men's College D3 - Salve Regina University See: 2008 NERFU College Men's Division III Rugby Tournament Men's College D4 - Holy Cross College Women's College D1 - United States Military Academy Women's College D2 - Stonehill College Women's College D3 - Bryant University Women's College D4 - Holy Cross College
2009 Men's Club D1 Men's Club D2 Men's Club D3 Men's Club D4 - Saratoga Springs Stampede Women's Club D1 Women's Club D2 Women's Club D3 Men's College D1 Men's College D2 - UMASS Amherst Men's College D3 - Men's College D4 -
Women's College D1 - Women's College D2 - Women's College D3 -Massachusetts Institute of Technology Women's College D4 -
2010 Men's Club D1 Men's Club D2 Men's Club D3 - Saratoga Springs Stampede Men's Club D4 Women's Club D1 Women's Club D2 Women's Club D3 Men's College D1 Men's College D2
Men's College D3 - Salve Regina University See 2010 NERFU College Men's Division III Rugby Tournament
Men's College D4 -
Women's College D1 - Women's College D2 - Women's College D3 -
Women's College D4 -
2016 Men's Club D1 Men's Club D2 Men's Club D3 Men's Club D4 Women's Club D1 Women's Club D2 Women's Club D3 Men's College D1 Men's College D2 Men's College D3 - University of Maine at Orono
Men's College D4 Women's College D1 Women's College D2 Women's College D3 Women's College D4 -