About Us

Beantown Rugby Football Club was founded in the fall of 1976 and quickly established itself as one of the nation's preeminent women's rugby teams. That reputation endures today in a sport that continues to grow in popularity among women, both at the college and club levels. From 1982 through the spring of 2003, Beantown has amassed an overall record of 639-61. We have compiled an equally distinguished record at the National Championships Tournament, first held in the late 1970s: in 24 consecutive appearances since 1980, we have placed 6 times at first, 7 times at second, 6 times at third, 2 time at fourth, and 3 times at fifth.

Beantown coaches and players come from around the country and from all walks of life -- we are teachers, doctors, and lawyers; we work in computers, finance, and publishing; we are trade workers, graduate students, and aspiring artists. What we share in common is an abiding love and respect for rugby. It is this love and respect that drive our relentless pursuit of excellence in the gym and on the field, in-season and off-season, as teammates and as friends.

If you are interested in playing rugby with us, we welcome you and invite you to check us out!

Nationals 2007 (Orlando, FL). Photo courtesy of Chuck Bruce.

Latest News!

January 28, 2010
Spring practices start February 16

Beantown’s spring practices and schedule are now posted under the Calendar section. Mark your calendars! It won’t be long until we see your familiar or new faces soon.

January 19, 2010
Beantown represented at Atlanta Cup

BOSTON, MA: This past week the US Women’s National Rugby team assembled in Tigertown, Florida to play two international matches against Canada and sustained with a loss on Tuesday, but emerged victorious on Saturday.

Amongst the ranks of the US Eagles were six of Beantown’s very own: Sharon Blaney, Emilie Bydwell, Melanie Denham and Kittery Wagner (all from Watertown, MA), along with their teammates, Jamie Burke (Dover, NH) and Mari Wallace (Jamaica Plain, MA), helped the US battle through two very close contests.
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January 12, 2010
Beantown players listed in Women’s Rugby players of the decade by RUGBYMag.com

BOSTON, MA: As the decade comes to a close, RUGBYMag.com has named their Women’s Rugby players of the decade. The twenty-two-player list is made up of both past, and present Eagle women. The list boasts four players from New England’s only Premier League rugby club, Beantown RFC.Alumna, Jen Crouse was a long time captain for Beantown and a member of the Women Eagles from 2000 to 2007. Alex Williams, another Beantown Alumna is currently the Women Eagles High Performance Manager.

The two current players, Jamie Burke (Dover, NH), named “one of the most physically imposing front row players in USA history” and number two, Mari Wallace(Jamiaca Plain) Read rest of story…


60 Second Interview with Mel Denham

Beantown’s very own Mel Denham was recently featured on www.scrumqueen.com in a 60 second interview.  www.scrumqueen.com is a blog with the intention of offering in-depth quality coverage of women’s rugby at international level. Read full story here.

December 26, 2009
Blog overhaul!

Hello, Beantown Rugby’s blog website is undergoing major constructure.  Please be patient while the webmaster updates the blog’s theme look and feel.

November 17, 2009
Beantown 75 – D.C. Furies 7

After Week 2 of the Women’s Premiere League, Beantown had a solid shut out game against D.C. Furies.  Here’s what eRugbyNews had to say about our latest WPL match.

November 4, 2009
Watch Beantown Live at Nationals

USA Rugby will be streaming the games on field 1 –

Friday: NOVA vs Seattle @ 9am PST, San Diego vs Atlanta @ 11am PST (DI Women semi’s), and Beantown vs New York @ 1pm PST [4pm EST].

Sunday: WPL Championship 2pm PST [5pm EST].

Tune in to watch Beantown storm San Francisco this weekend! http://www.ustream.tv/channel/usa-rugby