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New to Rugby?
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Rugby Union is a fast and exciting full-contact team sport that is growing very quickly in the United States. We currently field competitive 7s, 10s, and 15s sides. Our team includes life-long ruggers, experienced cross-over athletes, complete beginners, and social members. If any of these descriptions fit you, please contact us below.
Why Old Gold?
Old Gold can offer you plenty of hard-earned bumps and bruises, the opportunity to train and compete at a high level, and a close-knit team and lively social environment. If you are new to Boston, recently graduated from your college rugby program, or are just looking to try a new sport, we encourage you to reach out in the form below to get in contact with a recruiter.
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ABOUT US
In the Fall of 1974, Old Gold Rugby Football Club was founded by a group of Boston College Alumni and has become a mainstay in the Boston rugby community. Old Gold competes in and around New England and has taken part in multiple global tours. The team is steeped in history and tradition making it the envy of many American rugby clubs.
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In the club's inaugural season, Old Gold went undefeated and has continued to offer competitive rugby to any team who steps onto the field. The team maintains a solid reputation in NERFU and promotes a robust rugby culture. Old Gold aims to foster the growing American rugby game by supporting colligate rugby sides and by running a popular summer tournament, the New England 10's™. Each Fall we compete in the third division of the NERFU League that includes clubs throughout New England and New York and have competed in and won multiple NERFU Titles.
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Old Gold is the home for many players from around the world. Our current list boasts players from countries such as Australia, Tonga, South Africa, England, Ireland, Canada and more.
Old Gold has an extensive history of tours. Within the United States, we annually play in one of the nations greatest tournaments, the Saranac Lake Can-Am Rugby Tournament. Other tournaments include Savannah, Georgia, St. Patrick's Day Tournament, the Connecticut Cup, Portland Tournament, the Harvard, Newport, New York and Worcester 7's, and the New England 10's. (Which we won in 1996 and now currently host).
Old Gold celebrated its 25th Anniversary in 2000 with a tour of the Bahamas Islands. Prior to that, in '96 we toured the Grand Cayman Islands. Our 20th Anniversary tour landed us in Australia '94. Other tours include England/Wales '91, Ireland/Scotland '87, Bahamas '83. Also, a few members traveled to South Africa for the 1995 World Cup and were able to attend the Championship Match between South Africa and New Zealand. Others may have occurred, however, all mental records were tragically destroyed.
We last hosted visiting teams from: Abercarn RFC from Wales and Cowbridge RFC from England. Our club has hosted numerous international clubs, including the prestigious Old Emmanuel of England, in 1979 and a good bunch to know, the London Metropolitan Police/Imber Court, in 1991.
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