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| Club information | |
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| Full name | Boston 13s Rugby League Football Club, Inc. |
| Nickname(s) | 13s, Thirteens, B-13s, B-One-Three, Bears |
| Colours | &sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:North_Sydney_colours.svg){kind=small} Red &Black
British Racing Green Metallic Gold |
| Founded | Friday, February 13, 2009 As Boston Bears, May 3rd, 2024 |
| Current details | |
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| Coach | Peter Lupton |
| Competition | USA Rugby League |
| Records | |
| Premierships | 1 (USARL) (2015) |
| Runners-up | 1 (USARL) (2012) |
The Boston Bears (former known as Boston 13s RLFC) are a rugby league football team based in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. The team plays in the USA Rugby League, and were founding members of the former North American Rugby League.
The Boston Thirteens were founded in 2009 as an expansion team of the American National Rugby League (AMNRL). The league had been attempting to form a rugby league team in Boston for several years, due to the comparatively strong presence of rugby union in the area. The Thirteens played in the AMNRL from 2009 & 2010, going to the league semi-finals in their inaugural season. In 2010 they became one of seven teams to depart from the AMNRL in order to found a new governing body: the USA Rugby League (USARL), before moving onto the North American Rugby League in 2021.