NYRC didn't produce a vintage display but still got past a skilled and committed Amoskeag side to reach the playoffs next spring. Spurred on by first half tries from Jamie Bouloux and Ollie Vega NYRC did enough in the second half to win 18-12. NYRC will compete in the NRU D1 seeding round next weekend at Randall's Island against Mystic River, NERFU #1 and winners over MetNY #4 Morris, on Saturday 11/21. The other match will be Old Blue (MetNY #1) vs New Haven (NERFU #2). On Sunday the winners and losers of Saturday's matches play off against each other to determine the seeding order of the NRU teams to MARFU #1-4 in the spring. More Amoskeag match details to follow soon.

NYRC took on Old Blue for the MetNY D1 Championship this weekend. Despite going into the half 0-15 down and conceding another early try in the second half to make it 0-22 NYRC fought back to 19-22. through tries from Jamie Bouloux, Harold DeLucia and wing Carlon Fitzpatrick. A chargedown try to Old Blue looked like it would break the spirit of the team but they came back up the field to score a penalty by Matt Venzin before throwing the tank at Old Blue for the final five minutes only to come up short. It was a great effort though and NYRC now look towards November 14th when we will host the #3 team from NERFU in the crossover playoffs for a place in the round of 32 in the spring. More details after the jump.

On Randall's Island this Saturday the NYRC Men bat the Connecticut Yankees 53-0 despite the torrential rain to go undefeated in the league format. As a result they get a bye for the first two rounds of the MetNY D1 playoffs, following their scheduled bye, which gives three weeks to prepare for a huge, tough encounter with the winners of the MetNY D1 playoffs in the D1 championship game. As a result NYRC are also guaranteed at least the 2nd seed in the NRU playoffs with the NERFU teams. Match report to follow soon.

The Men faced another tough opponent this weekend in Long Island and again managed to grind out the win. This puts them top of the league with one more match before their bye week to determine who gets a bye through the MetNY playoffs.

NYRC v LIRC Filming by Nick Mastrogeorgiou, editing by Badger Denehy on Vimeo.