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| teamname    = New York Athletic Club RFC
| image       = NYACRFClogo.jpg
| image_size  = 150
| fullname    = New York Athletic Club Rugby Football Club
| nickname    = ''Winged Foot''
| union       = [[USA Rugby]]
| url         = https://www.nyac.org/rugby
| founded     = {{start date and age|1973}}
| ground      = [[Travers Island]]
| president   = Ted Vaccaro
| coach       = Mike Petri
| league      = American Rugby Premiership
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The '''New York Athletic Club Rugby Football Club''' is a [[rugby union]] team based in [[New York City]] that is affiliated with the [[New York Athletic Club]].

==Sponsorship==
American Rugby Premiership

==Club honors==
* [[Rugby Super League (United States)|Rugby Super League]] Champions: 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012
*US Men's Division I National Champions: 2014
*American Rugby Premiership Champions: 2016
* US Men's Division I National Championship Runner-up: 2001
* US Men's 7s National Championship: 6th in 2000
* 7s North East Regional Champions: 2000

==Notable players and coaches==

NYAC was coached from 2000 to 2011 by [[Mike Tolkin]], who also served as the defensive coach (2009-2011 & RWC 2011) and Head Coach (2012-2015 & RWC 2015) for the [[United States national rugby union team|United States national rugby team]]  
Former coach Bruce McLane is a regular contributor to Ruggermatrix and current head coach of [[Iona College (New York)|Iona College]].

[[Phil Bailey]], a former rugby league professional and current [[United States national rugby union team|USA men's national team]] 15s defensive coach, took over as head coach for the 2014/2015 season. Phil was assisted by another former professional, [[Neil McMillan]]. Neil spent time with [[Ulster Rugby|Ulster]], [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]], and [[Sale Sharks|Sale]] before moving to New York.

===USA Eagles===

Past and current Eagles include:
*[[Alexander Magleby]] &ndash; hooker (7s), flanker (15s), 2004 7s captain, coach of the [[United States national rugby sevens team|US national rugby sevens team]]<ref>[http://www.rugbymag.com/archive/2003/may/player.htm May 2003 feature in Rugby Magazine]</ref><ref>[http://www.usarugby.org/cgi-bin/02/natteams/mnt/playerDetail.pl Alexander Magleby Player Profile on usarugby.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311003050/http://www.usarugby.org/cgi-bin/02/natteams/mnt/playerDetail.pl |date=2007-03-11 }}</ref>
*[[Mike Petri]] &ndash; starting scrumhalf for the [[United States national rugby union team|Eagles]] during the [[United States at the Rugby World Cup|2011 Rugby World Cup]]
*[[Brian Doyle (rugby union)|Brian Doyle]]
*[[Louis Stanfill]] &ndash; starting flanker for the [[United States national rugby union team|Eagles]] during the [[United States at the Rugby World Cup|2011 Rugby World Cup]]
*[[Dan Power]]
*[[Matt Wyatt]]
*Jacob Sprague
*Justin Hundley (7s)
*[[Toby L'Estrange]]
*Chris Chapman
*[[Tom Coolican]]
*[[Troy Hall]]
*[[Derek Asbun]]
*[[Seamus Kelly (rugby union, born 1991)|Seamus Kelly]]
*Al MacFarland
*[[AJ MacGinty]]
*[[Nate Brakeley]]
*James Aldridge
*Chris Mattina

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website}}
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{{Rugby Super League}}
{{NewYorksports}}
{{New York Sports}}

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[[Category:New York Athletic Club]]
[[Category:Rugby union teams in New York City]]
[[Category:Rugby union teams in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Rugby clubs established in 1973]]


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