• 5/19 Jersey Cup, hosted by Morris. Divisions include Men, Women, and Masters on Saturday as well as Youth on Sunday.  Info: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• 5/26 NYC Mixed Touch Tournament http://www.nyctouchrugby.com/index.html
• 6/2 Tackle and Touch Beach Tourney, hosted by Brooklyn RFC, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for information and registration
• 6/16 JoJo Moore hosted by White Plains http://www.wprfc.org/JoJo.aspx (Qualifier)
• 6/16 Rockaway http://www.rockawayrugby.com/7s-tournament.html
• 6/23 Hudson Valley 10's http://hudsonvalleyrugby.com/index.php?p=custom8
• 6/30 Old Blue 7's http://www.oldbluerugby.com/sevens.html
• 7/7 Danbury 7's http://danburyrugby.wordpress.com/
• 7/21  Princeton 7's http://princetonacrugby.com/
• 7/21 Hell Gate 7's www.villagelions.org

The officers of the MetNY RFU are pleased to announce the official formation of the Empire RFU GU.  As previously mentioned, in an effort to move towards USAR's organization of unions by geography, the MetNY has merged with NYS to effectively become the Empire RFU GU.  The MetNY RFU will officially dissolve once the Empire GU RFU has elected its board and is fully operational.  This is expected to take place within the next 2 weeks.

Members of the MetNY RFU have been working, for months, on creating an economic impact study on rugby in NYC.  This report, amongst other things, shows what rugby brings to NYC in terms of money, people and tourism.  The study is currently being used to approach city officials to bolster interest in the game, understand that the sport is growing and liaise with them to build more rugby fields in NYC.
The MetNY would like to thank Toby Butterfield, Kieran Holohan, Dave Martin, Ted Perkins and Troy Benson for their effort and dedication in the creation of this valuable report.

For more information, please reach out to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and/or any authors of the study.

NYC_Rugby_Study_2011.pdf

The MetNY will be sending several youth teams up to the Northeast Rugby Union playoffs this weekend. The NRU Championship will be hosted by Army at West Point. In the High School Boys Division, Xavier HS (NY) and Greenwich HS (CT) will be representing the MetNY. The U19/Club Division will be represented by Morris (NJ) and Union (NJ). For the girls, the U19/Club will be represented by Union (NJ) and New York RC (NY).

The MetNY RFU would like to congratulate all the players who made the U23 Women's Team for 2011. The team will travel to UMass this weekend to play other U23 Select sides from the Northeast (New England North, New England East, New England West) in the NRU Cup. The NRU Cup is a selection vehicle for the Northeast U23 Women's Select Side Program.

The players representing the 2011 MetNY RFU U23 Women's Team are:

This past Saturday, April 30th, the top four MetNY U19 D2 Teams competed for the championship trophy at Bakers Field. U19 D2 – NY was represented by East Islip and Bergen and the U19 D2 – NJ was represented by West Milford and Bergen.

The Parks Department has noted that MetNY RFU teams, on numerous occasions, have violated the Randall’s/Wards Island Rules. Because of this, the Union has been warned that we are in jeopardy of losing our permits indefinitely. In order to prevent this, the Union will be closely monitoring field usage and requiring home teams to take even more responsibility in ensuring that the Island’s Rules are followed.

This Saturday, Baker's Field (Columbia University/Old Blue) will play host to the MetNY Division 2 U19/Club Final Four. After a long season of competitive rugby, the top two teams of the NJ division and NY division of D2 will square off. The NY division will be represented by East Islip and New York RC. The NJ division will be represented by West Milford and Bergen.

The Final Four teams will play a semi finals match before advancing to the consolation or championship match.  MetNY members are encouraged to come out to the event and support youth rugby in our community. In addition, the Westside HS team will have a match which will lead up into the cross town Super League rivalry at 2PM between NYAC and Old Blue.