Minnesota Rugby Football Union

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The Minnesota Rugby Football Union (MNRFU) is the Local Area Union (LAU) for Rugby Union teams in the state of Minnesota. The MNRFU is part of the Midwest Rugby Football Union (MRFU), one of the seven Territorial Area Unions (TAU's) that comprise USA Rugby. [1]

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Men's clubs

Division I

Metropolis RFC

Division II

Eastside Banshees Rugby Football Club

Metropolis Killer B's

St. Paul Rugby Football Club

Division IV

Eastside Banshees Rugby Football Club

Faribault Boksprings

Minneapolis Mayhem

St. Cloud Bottom Feeders

St. Paul Rugby Football Club

Rochester Minnesota Rugby

Twin Ports Ice Monkeys

Women's clubs

Division I

Minnesota Valkyries

Twin Cities Amazon Rugby Club

Division II

Collegiate clubs

Minnesota Collegiate Rugby consists of teams playing in the Division I-A (Big 10), Great Midwest Rugby Conference, and the Northern Lights Collegiate Rugby Conference - which consists of teams competing in USA Rugby Division 2 and the National Small College Rugby Organization (NSCRO).

Men's collegiate clubs

Women's collegiate clubs

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References

  1. "Club Contacts" . Retrieved 2009-10-04.