Territorial Unions
USA Rugby organizes registered rugby teams into seven Territorial Unions. Each of these TU's are split in turn into Local Area Unions, and there are a total of 37 LAU's. As of 2010/2011, there were also 27 State Based Rugby Organizations.
The current Territorial Unions are:
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- Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union
- Midwest Rugby Football Union
- Northeast Rugby Union
- Pacific Coast Rugby Football Union
- Southern California Rugby Football Union
- USA Rugby South
- Western Rugby Football Union
There has been some discussion about splitting the Northeast Rugby Union (NRU) into two separate territorial unions, with the local area union, NERFU, becoming a new territorial union known as USA Rugby New England. Under this plan, the surviving LAUs within NRU (MetNY and NYSRU) would form a separate territorial union, as USA Rugby New York.
This makes a great deal of sense for LAU NERFU, as it boasts a greater membership than most territorial unions, especially in terms of college and women's rugby. This adjustment might also help to address a perceived antipathy toward New England rugby. On the other hand, it remains to be seen whether NERFU possesses the managerial strength necessary to thrive as a territorial union.
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