Mystic River Rugby Club
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| Full name | Mystic River Rugby Club (MRRC) |
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| Union | USA Rugby |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Ground(s) |
Pine Banks Park Malden, MA (Capacity: 1000) |
| Coach(es) |
 Josh Smith Jake Sprague Glen Mannering |
| League(s) |
American Rugby Premeirship NERFU Division 1 NERFU Division 2 |
| Official website | |
| www |
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The Mystic River Rugby Club is a New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU) club, founded in 1974, located in Malden, Massachusetts and Melrose, Massachusetts, who field teams in Division 1 American Rugby Premeirship and Division 2 Rugby Union in the United States and are the current 2016 USA Rugby D1 National Champions.
Their home field is located at Pine Banks Park. Their primary sponsor is Coors Light.
The Mystic River Rugby Club was founded in 1974 by 32 members of the Boston Rugby Club, who in true revolutionary spirit, took a great step forward in exercising their independence. These men had long since functioned as a ‘club within a club’ and had developed a distinct style of play both on and off the field. These members were experienced rugby players and immediately the Mystics established a schedule within the first division of New England. They soon became a sought after fixture by teams from all over based on a reputation for hard, fast rugby and an aggressive “joie de vie”.
The club evolved throughout the 1970s with the influx of younger players and Tours to Wales and the former Soviet Union highlighted these years. In 1978, the Mystics became the first American rugby team to be invited to play rugby in the Soviet Union. In the early 1980s the club saw a major turnover, a somewhat generational change, when several new players were attracted from local colleges. Old Boys rugby began to take shape and several of the original Mystics began playing a schedule of "over 30's" rugby. In 1986 the Mystics returned to Malden, Massachusetts where they were originally incorporated in 1976.
With several of the club’s players regularly representing New England and the East Coast in representative side play, the Mystics were committed to championship level rugby. Their reputation earned them respect overseas as well, with touring sides, such as the Glamorgan County RFC, seeking a challenge at top level rugby.
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