style="font-size: larger; margin-left: 1em;"|Boston Ironsides RFC

Name	Boston Ironsides Rugby Football Club
Emblem	tall ship
Colors	red, white, and blue
Founded	2001
Sport	rugby union football Rugby union Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
Union	Northeast
Ground	Moakley Field
Website	Boston Ironsides RFC

Boston Ironsides Rugby Football Club is a rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 football club based in Boston, MA. The Ironsides play in its local union as a division 3 social team; usually retaining around 22 members each season.

Members

Boston Ironsides has a diverse group of players: gay, straight, young, old, experienced, and newbie.

Upon playing their first game for the Ironsides, players are "awarded" their lesbian alter-ego identity. Generally this identity is taken from said player's rugby style (or lack thereof) on the pitch.

History

The Ironsides formed shortly after the 9/11 attacks when American patriotism was at its height.

In May 2006 the Boston Ironsides won the inaugural Bingham Bowl at the Bingham Cup Championship on Randall's Island, New York City.

Press

The Boston Ironsides have been featured in several newspapers over the years. After the 2006 Bingham Bowl win, Boston's newspapers ran several features.

• Bingham Bowl win
  • Bay Windows Article on the 2006 Bingham Bowl win
  • InNewsweekly Article on the 2006 Bingham Bowl win
• The Ironsides Prayer
  • Developed at the Bingham Bowl, this special prayer of ours was featured in the Weekly Dig:

Our closing prayer is borrowed from the Boston Ironsides Gay Rugby Football Club (who just nabbed the Bingham Bowl—congratulations, bitches!). Ahem:

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Gay-Men.

• Ironsides in Action
  • Stuff@Night featured our front row in a game.
• Boston Pride
  • The very rainy 2006 Boston Gay Pride Parade.
• Bootcamp
  • Each Spring and Fall, the Ironsides have a Spring and a Fall bootcamp to kick off their seasons. The Boston Globe featured us during the Bootcamp of 2006.

Affiliations

• IRB
  International Rugby Board
  The International Rugby Board is the governing body for the sport of rugby union. It was founded in 1886 as the International Rugby Football Board by the unions of Scotland, Wales and Ireland. England refused to join until 1890. The International Rugby Football Board changed its name to the...
  
  
• USA Rugby
  USA Rugby
  USA Rugby is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in the United States. It is divided into seven territorial Unions: Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Northeast, Pacific Coast, Southern California, South, and West...
  
  
• NERFU
• IGRAB
  International Gay Rugby Association and Board
  International Gay Rugby Association and Board is the umbrella organization for the world's gay rugby clubs. It is dedicated to encouraging lesbians and gay men everywhere to play rugby...