The Florida Rugby Union (FRU) is a Geographical Union (GU) that governs the

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peninsula for

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. The Florida Rugby Union has four divisions: Men's, Women's, Collegiate Men's, and Collegiate Women's.

Men's clubs

There are currently nineteen registered clubs in the Men's division. * Bay Area Pelicans * Boca Raton Buccaneers
Brevard Old Red Eye
* Daytona Beach Coconuts
Fort Lauderdale Knights

Gainesville Hogs
* Jacksonville

* Key West * Miami

Naples Hammerheads

Okapi WanderersOrlando

Palm Beach Panthers

Sarasota Surge
* South Florida * Tallahassee Conquistadors * Tampa Bay Krewe *

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Treasure Coast Pirates

Women's clubs

There are currently four registered clubs in the Women's division.
Jacksonville
* Fort Miami
Orlando
* Tampa

Collegiate Men's clubs

There are currently eleven registered clubs in the Collegiate Men's division. *

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* Eckerd College
Florida Atlantic UniversityFlorida International University

Florida State University
* Saint Thomas University
University of Central Florida

University of Florida
*

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University of North Florida

University of South Florida

Collegiate Women's clubs

There are currently nine registered clubs in the Collegiate Women's division.
University of Florida

Florida State University
*

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* Saint Thomas University *

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University of Central Florida
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Leadership

President

* John Clements (1974-77) * Bill Crusselle (1977-78) * Kevin Kitto (1978-82) * Jim Millar (1984) * Bing Towne (1993-1995) * Brian Brantley (1996Florida Rugby Union, Incorporated Articles of Incorporation, 1996-1998) *Ken Simmons (2001-2002) *Mark Etue (2003-2006) *John Devonport (2007-2010) *Franklyn Williams (2011-2013) * Dr. Kerri O'Malley (2014–2022) * Richard Comisky (2022–Present)

Vice president

* Peter Gibson (1974) *Vic Langley (1996) *Richard Elliott (1996) *Ian Henry (2019–2022) *Jessica Premet (2019–Present) *Mary Leigh Miller (2019–Present) *Gonzalo Michanie (2022-Present)

Secretary

* Roy Brewer (1974) *James Bledsoe (1979) *Joy Striepe (1996) *Richard Comisky (2019–2021) *Melissa Brewer (2022–Present)

Treasurer

* Roy Brewer (1974) *Dr. Stuart Roath (1996) *Matthew Tierney (2019) *Kiel McAuley (2020–2021)

President Emeritus

* Dr. Kerri O'Malley (2022–Present)

References

External links

USA Rugby Official SiteWorld Rugby Official Site
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