Rugby clubs in New York
32 adult clubs across 22 cities. Men's, women's, competitive and social. Pick a city, or tell us about your rugby and we'll pick the club.
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By city
- New York 9
- City of Rochester 2
- City of Syracuse 2
- Binghamton 1
- Buffalo 1
- City of Albany 1
- City of Mount Vernon 1
- City of Saratoga Springs 1
- City of Tonawanda 1
- City of White Plains 1
- City of Yonkers 1
- Town of Bergen 1
- Town of Brookhaven 1
- Town of East Hampton 1
- Town of Henrietta 1
- Town of Tonawanda 1
- Town of West Seneca 1
- Village of Ballston Spa 1
- Village of Bayville 1
- Village of Fishkill 1
- Village of Pelham Manor 1
- Village of Sackets Harbor 1
Every club in New York
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Albany Knickerbockers
The Knicks have been doing this since 1973, and it shows — a club that once fielded a competitive Division I men's side and attracted international...
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Barracks Rangers
Fort Drum's own club since 1993, the Barracks Rangers are Active Duty and Veteran servicemembers who found each other far from home and built a brotherhood...
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Brooklyn Rugby ✓
Brooklyn Rugby is the one and only rugby union club repping the borough - Brooklyn Men's Rugby and the Brooklyn Hyenas, running strong since 2007. No...
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Buffalo
Buffalo Rugby Club — the premier rugby club in Upstate New York since 1966. Started as a bunch of UB students who read about Notre Dame's rugby team and...
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Caucasus RC
We know this club exists; their corner of the internet says little more. Run it? Claim it.
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Genesee Rugby
The Genesee Creamers — yes, that's really their name, born from a few too many rounds of Genesee Cream Ale at a party in the '70s — are a Division III men's...
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Gotham Rugby
Founded in 2001 in memory of Mark Bingham, one of the passengers who fought back on Flight 93, the Gotham Knights have grown into one of the top clubs on...
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Hudson Valley Rugby
Meet the Hudson Valley Rebels — a Hudson Valley institution since 2001, welcoming "everyone, regardless of talent, experience, size, strength, gender,...
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Kenton Misfits
A Western New York club built on a simple idea: everyone gets a say. The Ken-Ton Misfits were founded by seven ruggers who wanted a team where all the...
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Lansdowne Rugby
This is New York's Irish rugby club, plain and simple. As they put it themselves, Lansdowne is "New York's premier Irish-American rugby club, founded by...
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Long Island Rugby
Long Island Rugby Football Club has been the heartbeat of rugby on Long Island since 1972 — 150 members strong across Men's, Women's, Old Boys, and Youth....
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Montauk Rugby
A tiny fishing village that punches way above its weight in D2 rugby — the Montauk Sharks turned dockworkers and off-season fishermen into a club that's...
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New York Athletic (NYAC) ✓
Founded in 1973 under the iconic Winged Foot, NYAC Rugby is one of the true heavyweights of American club rugby — a program built for players who want to...
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New York Exiles
If you want to watch — or one day play — rugby at the highest level the US has to offer, the New York Exiles are it. This is New York's professional women's...
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New York Rugby (NYRC)
The oldest rugby club in America, founded in 1929, and still going strong in the heart of Manhattan. This is the club that literally invented Thanksgiving...
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North Buffalo Ninjas
Founded in 2008, the North Buffalo Ninjas are proof that "rugby (n.) // a sport so intense it takes a ninja to play" — and that anyone can pick it up....
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Old Blue Rugby
Old Blue bills itself as the Premier Rugby Club of NYC, and the trophy case backs it up. Their own site puts the mission plainly: Established in the fall of...
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Old Maroon / Bronx Rugby
A Fordham-born Bronx side that turned a couple of Met Championship runs into a lifelong rugby habit — Old Maroon is proof that once you're in the family,...
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Queens Rugby
If you live in Queens and have ever schlepped an hour into Manhattan just to touch a rugby ball, this club exists so you never have to again. Founded by a...
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Rochester Aardvarks ✓
Rochester Rugby is currently the only adult men's rugby side, running under a rugby club that's owned and built its own turf since 1986. Six decades deep...
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Rochester Colonials
The Rochester Colonials have been running out under the banner 'Rugby with Character, since 1980' — a D3 Northeast side that mixes serious rugby with a...
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Rochester Renegades
The Rochester Renegades have been building rugby players — and community — since 1987. They call themselves a 'premier competitor' across the Northeast and...
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Rockaway Rugby ✓
Rockaway Rugby has been slinging it around at the tip of the Rockaways since 1974, and the club doesn't oversell the reputation — as they put it themselves,...
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Saratoga Fillies
Brand new (well, new-ish) and built on old bones: the Fillies relaunched Saratoga Springs women's rugby in May 2024, and they want anyone 18+ curious about...
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Saratoga Rugby
We know this club exists; their corner of the internet says little more. Run it? Claim it.
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South Buffalo
South Buffalo Rugby calls itself one of the premier rugby clubs in Western New York, welcoming all players and offering Women's DII, Men's DIII, U19 Girls...
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Southern Tier
The club that literally brought the game to the region — in 1973, Doug Stento banded together friends and fellow members of the West Side's Pine Lounge to...
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Suffolk Rugby
Suffolk Bull Moose Rugby — Suffolk County's own D3 men's club, playing 15s and 7s out of Farmingville. No experience needed, all skill levels welcome, just...
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Syracuse Chargers
The Syracuse Chargers RFC bill themselves as "CNY's Premier Men's Rugby Club" — and the trophy case backs it up, with Empire GU titles, a Northeast...
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Uticuse Rugby
Born in 2008 from the merger of the Syracuse Harlots and Utica Hellbenders, Uticuse is Central New York's home for Womxn's+ rugby — a self-proclaimed 'bunch...
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Village Lions
Born in 1989 out of Greenwich Village's Red Lion Pub — a crew of "bartenders, bouncers and boozers from all corners of the globe" — Village Lions have been...
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White Plains Rugby
Founded in 1972 by IBM employees, White Plains Rugby has grown into one of the most decorated clubs in the Northeast — 18 trips to the USA Rugby national...
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