Metropolitan New York Rugby Union

The Metropolitan New York Rugby Football Union governs more than 80 men's and women's clubs, college, high-school, and youth rugby union teams in the Greater New York metropolitan area, which covers parts of the states of Connecticut, New Jersey and New York. It is a member union of USA Rugby and the Northeast Rugby Union.

The Met NY RFU is governed by a board of directors and managed by a number of officers.

In conjunction with the Referee's Society of New York, the Union leadership manages and fosters rugby for more than 80 men's and women's clubs, college, high school and youth rugby teams in Northern New Jersey, Metropolitan New York, Long Island and Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Each division is now immediately supervised by a divisional coordinator.

The Metropolitan New York Rugby Union is host to all levels of rugby from men's and women's Division 1 through boys' and girls' U-19 rugby clubs.

Men's Clubs

Division1:
*White Plains
*New York Athletic Club RFC (NYAC)
*Old Blue
*NY Manhattan
*Long Island Rugby Club
*Union

Division 2:
* [http://www.lansdownerfc.com Lansdowne]
* [http://bayonnerugby.com Bayonne]
*Montauk
*Rockaway
*Village Lions
*Morris
*Monmouth Rugby Club
*Montclair
*Princeton

Division 3:
*Danbury
*Old Blue C
*Hudson Valley
* [http://northjerseyrugby.com North Jersey]
*Gotham Knights
*Suffolk
*NY Americans
*NYPD

Women’s Clubs

Division1:

*New York

Division 2:
*Morris
*Monmouth
*Suffolk Bullmoose
*Connecticut Bullmoose
*Village Lions
*Southern NY

Collegiate Rugby

Men's Division I:
*U.S. Military Academy (Army, West Point)
*Fordham University
*Rutgers University
*U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
*New Paltz Men

Men's Division II:
*Fairfield Red Ruggers
*Hofstra Men
*Marist
*Iona
*Seton Hall University
*S. Heart Men
*Stony Brook Men
*Vassar Men

Men's Division III:

*Bard Men
*Drew Men
*Maritime Men
*Molloy Men
*Montclair State
*William Paterson

Women's Division I:

*Columbia University/Barnard College
*Fordham University
*U.S.M.A., West Point (ARMY)
*Vassar College

Women's Division II:
* Drew University
* Fairfield Lady Ruggers
* Hofstra University
* Marist College
* Rutgers University
* Sacred Heart University
* SUNY-New Paltz
* SUNY-Stony Brook

White Plains U-19 Rugby

"White Plains Youth Rugby League" The Under 19 rugby club in White Plains is the newest addition to the WPRFC organization. The team includes youth from the White Plains Area who excel in the game of Rugby. Teams of 15 and 7 players are fielded. The Under 19 program has showed great success due in part to its team leaders; Oscar Salazar at hooker, Mike Spector at Scrum Half, and Chris Best at Eight Man.

External links

* [http://www.metnyrfu.org Official Site]
* [http://www.northeastrugby.org NRU Official Site]
* [http://lirugby.com Long Island Rugby Club]
* [http://www.wprfc.org/ White Plains Rugby Football Club]