About Fight Rugby League

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Who We Are

First row from Left: Team Doctor Jack Kazanjian, Ryan McGough-CEO, Mitch Heumiller, Michael Kaufman, Ryan Douglas-Captain, Tony Rollz, Joel Beasley, Megan Auckett-Trainer, Peter Illfield-Chairman/Coach

Second row from Left: James Coleman, Anthony Chi, Kyle Westerman, Ryan Tower, Rich Henson, Jared Frymoyer

Third row from Left: John Evangelista, John Gilroy, Patrick Cox, Patrick Quirk, Chris Pettine, Dave Wilmore

Back row from left: Chris Cantwell, Shaun Quay, Joe Bascelli, Fred Neukum, Paul Black.

Missing: Brad Kielinski, Owen Gardner, Matt Worthington, David Bowe, Andrew Tully, Andrew Fusco, Bob Pozun, Mike Kelly, Pat Kelly, Stephen Buxton, Shane Chunko

Fight, a proud member of the American National Rugby League

Philadelphia Fight Rugby League Club is a member of the American National Rugby League (AMNRL), which is the governing body for Rugby League development in the USA and a member of the Rugby League International Federation.

Our Mission

The Philadelphia Fight Rugby League Club recognizes its mission to serve club members, the greater city of Philadelphia and the broader community. Its major focus is to provide an opportunity for interested persons to participate in organized activities to achieve their maximum athletic and skillful potential in Rugby League.

Our Vision

Provide a well structured and attractive option to motivate spirited participation, triumphant achievements and dynamic development.

Our Values

Through participation in training and competitive activities, the Club hopes its players will achieve:

  • - An appreciation for the benefits of hard work;
  • - Motivation and perseverance in both winning and losing;
  • - A sense of team loyalty and the ability to work as a team;
  • - A feeling of pride in accomplishment through fair and honest means;
  • - An appreciation for cultural diversity, sport development and continuous learning;
  • - A sense of good sportsmanship, a high level of personal integrity and ethical conduct.

Philadelphia Fight, a strong competitive AMNRL member

The Philadelphia Fight, a foundation team of the AMNRL, is a loyal and successful club maintaining a strong competitive position since their inception. Fight has a contact player list of over 100 personnel across a broad range of industry sectors. The team plays 8 games during the summer months in Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts prior to the play- offs. Three more games will be played for the Championship Match held at the Conshohocken A Field in Philadelphia PA on August 28th, 2010.

The American National Rugby League (AMNRL)

The American National Rugby League is a dynamic sporting organization which has been operating for the past 13 years. The AMNRL competition contains teams from Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, Washington DC, and Florida. It is made up of young, enthusiastic, professionals who have collectively agreed on a vision which will see the game of Rugby League exposed to many Americans through playing venues currently in eight states. With exposure to local, national, and international media, we hope to expand and position ourselves alongside other countries in the Rugby League sporting world. Using the opportunity to capitalize on the experience of local and expatriate personnel, along with close ties to overseas National Rugby League sporting bodies, the AMNRL intends to build its strength from the success Rugby League is enjoying in Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and 17 other nations.