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| Full name | Boston Irish Wolfhounds Rugby Football Club | |
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| Union | USA Rugby | |
| Nickname(s) | Wolfhounds | |
| Founded | 1989 | |
| Ground(s) | Irish Cultural Center (Capacity: 2,000) | |
| President | Brian Loughnane | |
| Coach(es) | Liam Swanton, Ed Guitton, Wayne van der Bank | |
| Captain(s) | John Landers | |
| League(s) | New England Rugby Football Union Division 2 & Division 3 | |
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| Official website | ||
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The Boston Irish Wolfhounds Rugby Football Club (also known as BIWRFC) is a rugby union team based in Canton, Massachusetts, US. The club competes in, and is governed by, the New England Rugby Football Union (their LAU), the Northeast Rugby Union (their TAU), and USA Rugby. In 2014 it joined the American Rugby Premiership.
The club was established in the late 1980s as a social touring side, but was not recognised as an official club until 1992, when they entered the NERFU Division II in 1992. They advanced to the NRU Premier Division in 1995, winning it for the first time in 1998 and entered the Super League in 2007. BIWRFC competed in the NERFU Division 1 until 2017.[1] "The Hounds" currently compete in New England Rugby Football Union Division 2 & Division 3. BIWRFC is recognised as one of the leading rugby union clubs in the United States.
- ^ "New England Rugby Official Website". Archived from the original on 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2014-03-25.