Game Cancelled (05.09.08)

Tomorrow's game versus the Boston Ironsides has been cancelled. Anybody who wants to take a short ride can play with Equinox in Bennington. Call Jerm at 870-930-4819 for details.

Equinox Results (04.26.08)

A great weekend of Rugby was had by the Berkshire Rugby Club this weekend. The weekend saw Berkshire United U19 play its first home game ever, a 16-10 win over the Albany Bulldogs to raise their record in the Capital District Association to 2-0 and also saw the Senior Side show a tremendous display of intensity & teamwork in an 86-7 beating of first year club Equinox (Arlington,VT). [more]

U19 Results and Upcoming Schedule (04.20.08)

On a beautiful 70 degree Friday evening Berkshire Rugby Club Under 19
side: Berkshire United playing their innaugral match in the Capital District
Youth Rugby Associations Spring 2008 Season defeate Rennselaer 17-7 to
notch the first ever victory for United. [more]

Texas Hold Em Tournament Fundraiser Friday March 28th (02.29.08)

We need everyone current & alumni to pitch in to help make this work. We have an opportunity to raise $4000 for the club and need everyones help to make this a success. Rocco & Hurley have worked hard to set this up, lets not let our team down. WE NEED 100 PLAYERS TO MEET OUR GOAL! [more]

Berkshire Rugby Winter Dinner (02.01.08)

When: Friday 2-22-08

Where: Italian American Club
203 Newell Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201

Dinner Choice: NY Strip Steak or Chicken Marsala

Cost: $25.00 per person

Time: 6:30 – 7:30 Cocktails
7:30 Dinner
Awards to follow dinner

Please RSVP by Monday 2.18.08

To:

Greg “Happy” Gilmore
happygilmore_ma@yahoo.com

or

Butch Ptak
fmp1941@aol.com

Berkshire AGM (01.22.08)

We will be having our AGM on Saturday Jan. 26 at 1pm at Teo's in Pittsfield. If you played in the fall and/or if you plan to play in the upcoming spring season your attendance is mandatory! Bring your dues of $50 with you! If you can not make it, communicate directly to James Hurley (jahurley74@hotmail.com)

All alumni please attend. This is going to be a huge season for BRFC we want you all out to pitch in and support.

Berkshire to Field a County-Wide
U-19 Side for Spring 2008 Seasons
(01.15.08)

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The Berkshire Rugby Football Club (BRFC) is pleased to announce that it is establishing a special program for Berkshire County high school age students. BRFC will host information sessions for students and their parents in Pittsfieldand Great Barrington. The first session will be on January 24 at 6 pm at Taconic High School in Pittsfield. The second session will be on January 31 at 6 pm at Monument Mountain High School in Great Barrington. [more]

NERFU Results (11.04.07)

Berkshire Rugby had a great weekend of rugby at the New England Rugby Football Unions D4 Champonships in Stowe, VT, placing 3rd in the inaugral D4 Championship. [more]

Saratoga Results (10.15.07)

A great day of rugby was had by Berkshire Rugby Club on Saturday at Osceola park in Pittsfield. Berkshire essentially clinched 2nd or 3rd place in the NERFU D4 regular season and a playoff spot November 3 at Stowe, VT with a 22-13 victory over Saratoga in a wonderfully officiated match.

Harvard Business Results (09.30.07)

BRFC suffered a tough loss 47-10 to Harvard Business School on Saturday in Boston. Brfc jumped out to a 3-0 lead early on a Colli penalty kick, but by the half Harvard was up 19-3. Berkshire was able to get on the score board after an early Harvard try in the second half on a nice pick and go on a penalty by Steven "DooDoo" Bilodeau w/ the Colli conversion making the score 26-10. Berkshire would get no closer while Harvard would score three more try's to make the final 47-10. [more]

Mad River Results (09.22.07)

Berkshire Rugby took a huge step in making it to the NERFU Playoffs for the first since 2000 Saturday at Osceola Park in Pittsfield by claiming a 7-0 forfeit victory over Mad River Rugby Club. [more]

Monadnock Results (09.18.07)

A good day of rugby was had Saturday at Osceola Park in Pittsfield that saw Berkshire draw with visiting Monadnock (Keene, NH) 10-10. The game saw Berkshire take a 5-0 lead on a Colli try and that proved to be the only score of the first half. Berkshire extended its lead to 10-0 on Greg Wymans first try. Monadnock faught back making a penalty kick to make the score 10-3. With two minutes left in the game the NERFU referee awarded a penalty try to Monadnock for not being back ten on a penalty. Monadnock was able to make the centered conversion for the draw. [more]

Results & Upcoming (09.10.07)

Berkshire suffered a gut-wrenching loss at Mt. Washington RFC in North Conway, NH on Saturday. After MTW took an early 5-0, Berkshire countered with a Colli penalty kick, a Flava Flav try w/ a Colli conversion, a Colli try w/ a Broderick conversion to make it 17-5 Berkshire at the half. The second half saw Berkshire trade trys and build a 27-10 lead on two tries by zulu warrior "Superstar" Mike Dean. The last twenty minutes were dominated by Mt Washington who was able to score three times to make it 29-27 before they scored on the last play to make the final 34-27. Berkshire still earned 1 point towards the playoffs due to the 4 try effort. [more]

Results (09.02.07)

A spectacular day on the pitch was had by Berkshire Rugby kicking off the 30th Anniversary season in style beating the Boston Ironsides 76-5 in Boston. [more]

Ironsides Match (08.31.07)

The Game has been moved to a 2pm start & we will be playing on a turf field. We will be able to wear cleats, but EVERYONE AT LEAST BRING A PAIR OF
SNEAKERS/TURF SHOES.

We will be meeting at 10:30 at the Lee, MA McDonalds by the Mass pike. We all should be at the pitch for 1pm we need to go over lineouts and game calls & penalty plays.

We will be playing at the same place we played them last time - by the water by UMass-Boston.

This is our first game in our quest to honor the 30th year of Berkshire Rugby, by winning the first ever New England Div. 4 Championship. Lets be focused and sharp and ready to go when the whistle blows. We get four points for a win & if we score 4 tries or more we get a Bonus point. We should expext & demand nothing less than 5 points from this game.

Springfield 7s Tournament

A great weekend was had by Berkshire at the Eric White Memorial Sevens Tourney at Springfield MA. Bolstering the line up for Berkshire where Steve "DooDoo" Bilodeau, Brandon "Bunny" Navom, "Physcho" Mike Harmon, The Plankster, "Superstar" Mike Dean, Jon Schnauber, Colli, Tony "PacMan" Panetti and James Hurley.

Berkshire played Old Gold in the first match and played a great 1st half trailing by 10-5 margin with a nice pick n feed from DooDoo to Colli. Unfortuneatley Berkshires lack of experience showed in the second half as Old Gold rolled to the victory. Berkshires next two games were against two of the toughest teams in the Bracket. Albany 2 and eventual champion The NETS (New England touring side). Despite losses to both teams, Berkshire was able to continue to improve their style of 7's play with sureing up the defense and playing more together.This improvement was shown in the final game of the day against Host Springfield 2 (which
handed Berkshire a bitter last second loss at last years tourney). Berkshire was able to jump out to a early lead when the 3man pack of Doo Doo, Bunny & Schnauber were able to steal a put by Springfield which allowed Colli to sneak one around the corner for the try. DooDoo then had a nice finish to make it 10-0 Berkshire. The tide began to change though as after a series of penalties against Berkshire. Schnauber was sin binned for a "Professsional" foul of not back 10. Springfield capitalized scoring right away.....making it 10-5.....just before half Bunny was
able to steal a low tossed line out and score down the sideline to make it 15-5 at the half....Springfield came out and scored right away, with Berkshire still
playing a man down....Berkshire answered right back with a great run from "Physco" Mike to "Superstar"
Dean who had an amazing offload as he was falling to his back to a bursting Colli who scored. Bilodeau followed with the kick making it 22-10....Berkshire
survived a fury of questionable penalty calls the rest of the way and were able to thwart a Springfield comeback w/ ferociuos defense, by "pacman"
Panetti...gobbling up runners like the video game and excellent one on one tackling by Physcho mike, Dean,
Hurley, Schnuaber, Doo Doo & bunny with the final of 22-20. Also thanks to the alumni of chip fenn and family for
making the trip to support BRFC.