The South Shore Anchors Rugby Football Club is a

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team based in

Weymouth, Massachusetts Weymouth is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. It is one of 13 municipalities in the state to have city forms of government while retaining "town of" in their official names. It is named after Weymouth, Dorset, a coastal town ...

, United States. The club competes in, and is governed by, the

New England Rugby Football Union The New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU) is a Geographical Union (GU) for rugby union teams in New England. Prior to 2013, NERFU had been a local area union ("LAU"), and part of the Northeast Rugby Union (NRU), which is the governing body fo ...

(their LAU), the Northeast Rugby Union (their TAU), and

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. The team has about 30-40 active players and is member of Division I of the New England Rugby Football Union.About South Shore Anchors
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References

External links

Official site

New England Rugby Football Union
1999 establishments in Massachusetts Rugby clubs established in 1999 Rugby union teams in Massachusetts Sports clubs and teams in Norfolk County, Massachusetts Weymouth, Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-sport-team-stub