Sports in New Orleans, Louisiana - Rugby

Rugby

  • New Orleans Rugby Football Club (NORFC) -- The New Orleans Rugby Football Club, founded in 1973, is a men's rugby union club serving the greater New Orleans area. NORFC competes in Division I of the South Territory of USA Rugby. NORFC has won two club rugby national championships.
  • New Orleans Halfmoons -- The New Orleans Halfmoons, is a women's rugby team and member of USA Rugby. It is one of the oldest women's teams in the United States, and has hosted the annual "Throw Me Something, Rugger!" Mardi Gras Rugby tournament the weekend before Fat Tuesday since 1980. Although Hurricane Katrina scattered most of the Halfmoons' members in August 2005, the club played in exile until the summer of 2006, when it returned to New Orleans. The club has continued to rebuild since then, hosting the Mardi Gras tournament in 2007.

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