The National Champion Philadelphia Fight and American Youth Rugby League Association are proud to announce that we will be starting up our Fight Junior Crusaders Rugby League Thursday May 24 in conjunction with the Amity Athletic Club in Berks County PA. The ages we are targeting are from 7-16. If some of the older kids want to come out, they are free to join us.
Coming off the success of our first youth rugby league clinic, the Fight will be holding their second clinic again with the Amity AC on Saturday May 5 from 10-12pm.
The British are HERE!! The Marines landed last night and are preparing for their battle with the DC Slayers on Tuesday night. They will then head to Rhode Island to face the New England Immortals select side. Finally they will face the Fight next Monday night in VA.
The 2012 Fight Vixens Dance Team held their auditions this past weekend at the new Valley Forge Casino Resort and selected a team of 18 new girls for this season.
12 Daniel Boone and Bensalem area youth and some of their parents, took part in the first of 2 introductory Rugby League Clinics put on by the Fight today. The next clinic will be in a few weeks on Saturday May 5, and lead into the 10 week league program to be run this summer!
Auditions for The Philadelphia Fight Vixens Dance Team will be held on April 15th at 9am sharp at The Valley Forge Casino, 1160 First Avenue King of Prussia, PA 19406 in the Franklin & Adams Room of the Independence ballroom.
The Philadelphia Fight are working with the Amity Athletic Club in the Daniel Boone School district to start up a youth touch rugby league program in the Spring and Summer months in conjunction with the American Youth Rugby League Association.
Help get the Fight to 2000 likes on Facebook by the end of this month, and the 2000th fan gets a brand new 2012 Philadelphia Fight USA Rugby League National Champions Ball. Let's go FIGHT!!!
YSC Sports are now the official home of Fight Rugby in 2012! It is a state of the art facility that is also the official training facility of the Major League Soccer Team the Philadelphia Union. Joe Levan and Charlie Dodds were instrumental in helping the Fight secure this tremendous facility for our matches and we look forward to an exciting year at such a high class ground.
The Philadelphia Fight will officially begin their USA Rugby League title defense with practices beginning this coming Monday night April 9th. We will be practicing at the Conshohocken B Field, 13th and Hallowell Streets, Conshohocken PA on Monday and Wednesday nights from 6:30-8pm.
The Philadelphia Fight would like to welcome Reynolds Restoration Services Inc, based in Harrisburg and King of Prussia PA to the Fight family of sponsors.
The Philadelphia Fight are extremely grateful to Dr. Jack Kazanjian of Premier Orthopaedics for his support and expertise in the past few seasons and look forward to many more years to come!
The Philadelphia Fight are proud to recognize the official hotel partner of the Philadelphia Fight Rugby League Club in 2012, the Valley Forge Casino Resort.
The 2012 USA Rugby League season officially kicks next month when the British Royal Marine (RM) Rugby League take on the USARL as part of 16 Corp sports teams traveling to the USA.
The Philadelphia Fight are proud to have Herr Foods Inc of Nottingham PA back as the Official Snack Food Provider of the Philadelphia Fight Rugby League Club.
The Philadelphia Fight are proud to announce a renewed relationship with an old sponsor this year; Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer is back as the official beer of Fight Rugby and a Silver Sponsor!
The Philadelphia Fight are proud to announce their third Australian import signing of 2012, Prop-Kane Fuller. Kane was born Dec 15, 1990 at Nepean Hospital, Penrith (an hour west of Sydney). At age 7 his father bought some acres in Schofields, a small town 30 mins from Penrith. This is where Kane calls home.
The Philadelphia Fight are proud to announce their second Australian import signing of 2012, 5/8th/Center/Fullback Chase Mason.
Chase was born in the coastal town of Port Macquarie, a small country town on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It's about 240 miles north of Sydney & has a population of approx 44,300. It sits at the mouth of the Hastings River. Chase lived & spent his childhood on the beaches near Port.
The 2011 USA Rugby League National Champion Philadelphia Fight are proud to announce their first Australian import signing of 2012, and he is also the new Fight team captain.
Johnny Weber was born in Sydney, Australia. He grew up & still lives in Penrith, 30 miles west of Sydney. He's played Rugby League since he was 9 year old. He frequently represented the Penrith region & he has also played in England.
The Fight are proud to recognize Paoli Chiropractic and Dr. Joel Stutzman as the official chiropractor of Fight Rugby again in 2012! Dr. Stutzman treated the boys at practice and games last year and kept them all healthy on our run to the national championship. We can't thank Paoli Chiropractic and all their staff for their support.
The 2012 USA Rugby League International 9's Tournament will be hosted by the Rhode Island Rebellion with last year's winners the New Zealand Police Rugby League set to defend their trophy.
Jamaica Hurricanes Rugby League and the USA Rugby League Washington DC Slayers formally announce their upcoming match set for May 5, 2012 in Kingston, Jamaica.
What a year to remember for the Fight and Vixens! A successful launch to the USA Rugby League, hosting the inaugural USARL 9's tournament, a great regular season and then wrapping it up hosting and winning the USA Rugby League National Championship, it just couldn't have been a better year!!!
The Thanksgiving parade went so well that Boeing has asked the Fight and Vixens back to take part in a Philadelphia tradition, the Sugar House Casino Mummers Parade! Watch for us on Sunday January 1st starting at 10am!
The Philadelphia Fight players and Vixens wish everyone a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving! Look for many of our players and Vixens in the 6abc Dunkin Donuts Thanksgiving Day parade tomorrow morning live on Channel 6 on the streets of Philly. They will be walking with Boeing Corporation and escorting Buddy the Dinosaurs Balloon! Go the FIGHT and Happy Thanksgiving!
The American Youth Rugby League Association (AYRLA) is a not for profit corporation that partners with The USA Rugby League, developing youth in all aspects of their life, providing role models from a top-down approach, REBELLING against At Risk Behavior.
On the Eleventh Hour, of the Eleventh Day, of the Eleventh Month, we stop to remember those who have sacrificed so much in our pasts, so we can enjoy a brighter future. Whether you call it Remembrance Day, Veterans Day, Armistice Day or Poppy Day, to those who have served, those who currently serve, and families of loved ones who paid the ultimate sacrifice, from any of the 18 Nations that recognize this day, when the clock strikes 11am we will take a short moment of silence to remember you.
The USA Rugby League has hit 3000 fans in just 10 months! Thank you so much to all our supporters in the USA and around the world, we really appreciate all your support! check us out at www.usarugbyleague.com
Fox Soccer Plus will be showing the toughest Rugby League nations (New Zealand, Australia, England, and Wales) square off starting on October 28th and finishing up on November 19th. Check out the link below to view it on DirectTv, Dish Network and Verizon FIOS.
The 8 East Philadelphia Fight welcome another wonderful charity to the Fight family, the United Way. The United Way have been helping people all over the world since 1887 and the Fight are proud to have them as well as ALS as our charity partners.
The Philadelphia Fight want to thank all of our fans for the great support this year and also for spreading the word about our great game and the team. We wouldn't be anywhere without you. The Fight thank you all!!!
Joel Weeks, the Philadelphia Fight half-back and Grand Final MVP, hails from the central coast of NSW, Australia. Joel, along with his good friend and Fight fullback, Sean Staunton, came to Philadelphia this season to experience Rugby League in the USA. Barely did he expect to win a Championship while he was here. His first ever.
The Philadelphia Fight have won their first ever Rugby League Premiership. Philadelphia the fight may have had a home ground advantage but no one told the New Haven Warriors that fact.
Though it's a game that could have never happened as Hurricane Irene has been bearing down on the East Coast of the USA, things were looking touch and go for the city. It was decided to move the game forward by an hour from 3 pm to 2pm to miss the worst of the storm.
The Fight players, Vixens, family and friends all showed up for the 8 East Philadelphia Fight's end of year awards party Sunday afternoon, and continued their national championship win celebration from the night before.
The Fight Vixens Dance team recently completed a new photo shoot and all the pictures will be coming soon. Check out the new Vixens profile page to learn more about your favorite girls.
Thanks ladies for all your support, the players, team administrators and sponsors appreciate all that you do for us!
The 8 East Philadelphia Fight are proud to announce the signing of former American Patriots/USA Tomahawks team trainer Ron Artingstall to their staff in 2011.
USA RUGBY LEAGUE (USARL) NAMES PETER ILLFIELD CHAIRMAN.
January 13, 2011 (NEW YORK, NEW YORK)-The USA Rugby League (www.usarugbyleague.com), has named Peter Illfield as Chairman. Mr. Illfield hails from Maitland, NSW, Australia, and is a veteran of Rugby League coaching, youth development and administration, most notably with the WARL and Western Reds.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: USA RUGBY LEAGUE (USARL) IS FORMED; NINE CLUBS ALREADY COMMITTED TO INAUGURAL 2011 SEASON.
January 11, 2011 (NEW YORK, NEW YORK)-Nine prominent Rugby League clubs announced the formation of a new national competition today, the USA Rugby League (www.usarugbyleague.com), which will hold its inaugural season in the summer of 2011.
