New England Rugby Football Union

New England Rugby Football Union

Abbreviation	NERFU
Formation	February 3, 1975; 49 years ago (February 3, 1975)
Legal status	Association
Headquarters	Boston, Massachusetts
Region served	New England, United States of America
Membership	Approximately 3000 athletes on 80 teams (collegiate and senior)
President	Brad Dufresne
Main organ	Executive Committee
Website	nerfu.rugby

The New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU) is a Geographical Union (GU) for rugby union teams in New England.^[1]

Prior to 2013, NERFU had been a local area union ("LAU"), and part of the Northeast Rugby Union (NRU), which is the governing body for three LAU's (New York State Rugby Football Conference (NYSRFC) and Metropolitan New York Rugby Union being the others).

There are currently over 80 active teams and over 3,000 registered players in the New England area.