Roses Rugby Football Club
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| York & Lancaster Roses Rugby Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | York & Lancaster Roses Rugby Football Club | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Roses | |||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 2000 | |||||||||||||||||
| Union | USA Rugby | |||||||||||||||||
| Ground(s) | Lancaster County Racquetball & Health Club | |||||||||||||||||
| President | Peter Horn | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Eric Hellman | |||||||||||||||||
| League | Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||
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| www.rosesrugby.com | ||||||||||||||||||
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The York & Lancaster Roses Rugby Football Club, (Roses RFC), is a rugby union team based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The club competes in, and is governed by, the Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union (their LAU), the Mid Atlantic Rugby Football Union (their TAU), and USA Rugby.
Even though the Roses RFC plays in the city of Lancaster, the team formally extends its player membership and marketing to the nearby city of York. The team plays most of its home matches at the Lancaster County Racquetball & Health Club, though some are played at J. P. McCaskey High School in Lancaster city and at the York College of Pennsylvania.
[edit] History
- In 2005, the Roses won their first MARFU Division II championship.
- In 2007, the Roses fell to Norfolk Blue in the MARFU Division II championship.
[edit] Recruiting
Roses RFC has established relationships with local high school and college sides, which become feeder teams for the Roses. This allows the Roses to maintain a large player pool of young athletes. The team operates the Warwick Swarm, the York Roses, and the Hempfield Knightmares in the youth leagues and the York & Lancaster Thorns for women. The Roses RFC also has a relationship with the Athletic Department of the Millersville University of Pennsylvania.
