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Brooklyn Rugby Men & Women Kick off 2015 with shutout victories

The Brooklyn Rugby men and women kicked off the 2015 season on Saturday and both teams came away with shutout victories. The men defeated Old Maroon (NYC) 43-0, while the women beat Morris (NJ) 6-0. The victories came on the same day that Brooklyn Rugby would honor one of its founding members, Josh Magnas, who

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Brooklyn Rugby Club men win Monmouth Sevens cup championship

The 2015 Empire GU Rugby Sevens Series kicked off this weekend in Lincroft, NJ at the Monmouth Sevens tournament, the first of five tournaments played over the summer that comprise the Series. The Brooklyn Rugby Club men began their season with a perfect record on the day, taking home the Cup Championship and earning themselves

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Brooklyn Rugby men suffer tough playoff loss to Montauk

The Brooklyn Rugby men traveled to Southampton, Long Island on Saturday to take on Montauk Rugby Club in the first round of the Empire GU Playoffs, falling 13-0 to the division’s top seed. Montauk, which finished the fall season undefeated in Division 3 – NYC, led 6-0 at halftime after successfully converting on a couple

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Fall 2014 Season – Week 9 Report: Brooklyn Rugby Men Cruise in Season Finale; Secure Spot in Division Playoffs

The Brooklyn Rugby men’s team closed out the 2014 regular season with an impressive 72-10 win over visiting Long Island at Fort Hamilton Army Base on Saturday. Brooklyn notched their highest point total of the season, scoring 12 tries that came from 9 different players, to finish the season with a 4-3 record and securing

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Fall 2014 Season – Week 8 Report: Brooklyn Rugby Women Draw in Final Match and Men Earn Win in Friendly

The Brooklyn Rugby Club women’s team played their final match of the 2014 season on Saturday, earning a 17-17 draw against the Worcester Shamrocks, who traveled down from Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the men’s team earned a 33-21 win in a non-league friendly match against Lansdowne RFC. The Brooklyn women fell behind 5-0 early after a try

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Fall 2014 Season – Week 7 Report: Brooklyn Rugby Bounces Back with Two Big Wins

Brooklyn Rugby Club entered Week 7 of the 2014 season coming off of tough losses on the men’s and women’s sides. But both teams rebounded this weekend and earned big wins at home in front of a large crowd on Brooklyn Rugby Club’s Friends and Family Day. The men cruised to a 69-0 win over

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Announcing the 2014 Brooklyn Rugby Fundraiser

Today we launched our biggest ever fundraising drive on Indiegogo. As you can imagine New York is an extremely expensive and difficult city to establish a sporting club. As a young organization that is fully self-funded with very little sponsorship or alumni, we struggle to keep afloat. We are reaching out for funding because we

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Fall 2014 Season – Week 6 Report: Brooklyn Men and Women Drop Tough Games in Week 6

In week 6 of 2014 season following an off week for both teams, the Brooklyn Rugby Club men and women returned to action this weekend. The men fell to New York Rugby Club, 30-24, in a heartbreaking loss, while the women fell, 36-0, to Burlington Rugby Football Club (VT). The Brooklyn men faced off against

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