Boston Irish Wolfhounds
The Boston Irish Wolfhounds Rugby Football Club (also known as BIWRFC) is a rugby union team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 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.
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. Since 2007, BIWRFC has been represented in both the Premier Division and the Super League, as the first XV competes in the Super League and the third XV competes in the Premier Division. BIWRFC is recognised as one of the leading rugby union clubs in the United States.
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