Founded by six clubs in 1974, the Florida Rugby Union (FRU) is a Geographical Union (GU) that governs the Florida peninsula for USA Rugby. The FRU has four divisions: Men's, Women's, Collegiate Men's, and Collegiate Women's.
Men's clubs There are currently twenty-one registered voting clubs in the Men's division."Clubs". floridarugbyunion.org Retrieved September 15, 2017.
Bay Area Pelicans Boca Raton Buccaneers Brevard Old Red Eye Central Florida Claymores Daytona Beach Coconuts Fort Lauderdale Knights Gainesville Hogs Jacksonville Key West Miami SWFL Hammerheads Ocala Okapi Wanderers Orlando Griffins Palm Beach Panthers Sarasota Surge South Florida Tallahassee Tampa Bay Krewe Trident Treasure Coast Armada
Women's clubs There are currently four registered voting clubs in the Women's division. Jacksonville Fort Miami Orlando Tampa
Collegiate Men's clubs There are currently twelve registered voting clubs in the Collegiate Men's division.
Ave Maria University Eckerd College Florida Atlantic University Florida International University Florida State University Millenia Atlantic University Saint Thomas University University of Central Florida University of Florida University of Miami University of North Florida University of South Florida Previous clubs have included Florida Gulf Coast University.
Collegiate Women's clubs There are currently nine registered clubs in the Collegiate Women's division. University of Florida Florida State University Florida Atlantic University Saint Thomas University University of Miami University of South Florida University of Central Florida Florida International University Eckerd College Previous clubs have included Florida Gulf Coast University.
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 (2000-2002) Mark Etue (2003-2006) John Devonport (2007-2010) Franklyn Williams (2011-2013) Dr. Kerri O'Malley (2014–2022) Richard Comisky (2022–2024) Dr. Kerri O'Malley (2024–Present)
Vice president Peter Gibson (1974) Vic Langley (1996) Richard Elliott (1996, 2000) Brad Hanafourde (2000) Ian Henry (2019–2022) Jessica Premet (2019–2023) Mary Leigh Miller (2019–2023) Gonzalo Michanie (2022-2023) Kirk Swanner (2023-Present) Jennifer Fasano (2023-Present) James Woollcombe-Clarke (2023-Present) Michael Williams (2023-Present) Michael Gomez (2023-Present)
Secretary Roy Brewer (1974) James Bledsoe (1979) Joy Striepe (1996) Kevin Kitto (2000) Richard Comisky (2019–2021) Melissa Butler (2022–2023) Jennifer Joyce (2023-Present)
Treasurer Roy Brewer (1974) Dr. Stuart Roath (1996) Gerrardo Ferraris (2000) Steve Mommaerts (2005) Matthew Tierney (2019) Kiel McAuley (2020–2021) Dr. Jean-Marie Van Der Elst (2023) Patrick Murphy (2024-Present)
President Emeritus Dr. Kerri O'Malley (2022–2023)
See also Rugby union in the United States
References
External links USA Rugby Official Site World Rugby Official Site