The East Coast Rugby Conference was founded in 2011 after USA Rugby

USA Rugby

USA Rugby is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in the United States. It is divided into seven territorial Unions: Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Northeast, Pacific Coast, Southern California, South, and West...

 decided that college rugby teams would leave their local area unions and form independent conferences. The opening round of fixtures will take place on September 17th

Members

Northeastern University (NURFC)

Boston College

Boston College

Boston College is a private Jesuit research university located in the village of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. The main campus is bisected by the border between the cities of Boston and Newton. It has 9,200 full-time undergraduates and 4,000 graduate students. Its name reflects its early...

 (BCRFC)

University of Massachusetts at Amherst

University of Connecticut

University of Connecticut

The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...

 (CURFC http://hometeamsonline.com/teams/Default.asp?u=uconnrugby&s=htosports&t=c)

Middlebury College

Middlebury College

Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college located in Middlebury, Vermont, USA. Founded in 1800, it is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States. Drawing 2,400 undergraduates from all 50 United States and over 70 countries, Middlebury offers 44 majors in the arts,...

 (MCRC)

Southern Connecticut State University

Southern Connecticut State University

Southern Connecticut State University is one of four state universities in Connecticut, and is located in the West Rock neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut...

  (SCURFC http://southernct.edu/clubs/rugby/)

University at Albany, SUNY

University at Albany, SUNY

The State University of New York at Albany, also known as University at Albany, State University of New York, SUNY Albany or simply UAlbany, is a public university located in Albany, Guilderland, and East Greenbush, New York, United States; is the senior campus of the State University of New York ...

  (UARFC http://www.albany.edu/~albrfc/)

Final Standings (2011)

Position	Team	G	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	TB	LB	Pts
1	Northeastern University	6	6	0	0	226	27	+199	5	0	29
2	Boston College	6	4	2	0	112	87	+25	2	1	19
3	Middlebury College	6	3	3	0	135	107	+28	3	2	17
4	University of Massachusetts	6	3	3	0	90	96	-6	2	1	15
5	University of Albany	6	2	4	0	120	170	-50	2	2	12
6	Southern Connecticut	6	2	4	0	55	154	-99	0	0	8
7	University of Connecticut	6	1	5	0	70	167	-97	1	0	5