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Boston Ironsides RFC
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| Name | Boston Ironsides Rugby Football Club |
| Emblem | tall ship |
| Colors | red, white, and blue |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Sport | rugby union football |
| Union | Northeast |
| Ground | Moakley Field |
| Website | Boston Ironsides RFC |
Boston Ironsides Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Boston, MA. The Ironsides play in its local union as a division 3 social team; usually retaining around 22 members each season.
Boston Ironsides has a diverse group of players: gay, straight, young, old, experienced, and newbie.
The Ironsides formed shortly after the 9/11 attacks when American patriotism was at its height.
In May 2006 the Boston Ironsides won the inaugural Bingham Bowl at the Bingham Cup Championship on Randall's Island, New York City.
The Boston Ironsides have been featured in several newspapers over the years. After the 2006 Bingham Bowl win, Boston's newspapers ran several features.
- Bingham Bowl win
- The Ironsides Prayer
- Developed at the Bingham Bowl, this special prayer of ours was featured in the Weekly Dig:
Our closing prayer is borrowed from the Boston Ironsides Gay Rugby Football Club (who just nabbed the Bingham Bowl—congratulations, bitches!). Ahem: In the name of the Father, the Son and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Gay-Men.
- Ironsides in Action
- Stuff@Night featured our front row in a game.
- Boston Pride
- Bootcamp
- Each Spring and Fall, the Ironsides have a Spring and a Fall bootcamp to kick off their seasons. The Boston Globe featured us during the Bootcamp of 2006.
Rugby songs are drinking songs that are notorious for their vulgarity. The Ironsides has a song (that they rarely ever sing! :))
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- Music by Samuel Ward, 1882
- Lyrics by Jesse Berman, 2005 (with apologies to Katharine Lee Bates)
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- O beautiful for Ironsides,
- For rugby we shall reign.
- In every maul and every try
- You'll hear this gay refrain:
- O Ironsides! Hey Ironsides!
- Now this is our decree —
- We'll ruck the ball and **** 'em all!
- God bless this RFC!
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- Battle Hymn of the Ironsides
- Music: "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (Traditional)
- Lyrics by Matthew Carter, 2005
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- Our men are of the finest —
- It’s the Ironsides decree,
- Loyalty has always been
- A rugger guarantee.
- We’re close to pitch and close to heart
- The Ironsides RFC!
- Our triumph presses on.
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- CHORUS:
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- Glory, Glory Drink to Ironsides!
- Glory, Glory Drink to Ironsides!
- Glory, Glory Drink to Ironsides!
- Till Death we’re standing strong!
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- CHORUS:
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- Our pack is firmly binded
- And our backs are off to try,
- We’re the greatest group of bastards
- Who would like to make you cry,
- I raise my voice
- And lift my glass to every single guy!
- Our courage presses on.
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- CHORUS
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- (On three — loud) IRONSIDES!