Florida Rugby Union

Founded by six clubs in 1974, the Florida Rugby Union (FRU) is a Geographical Union (GU) that governs the Florida peninsula for USA Rugby. The FRU has four divisions: Men's, Women's, Collegiate Men's, and Collegiate Women's.

Men's clubs
There are currently twenty-one registered voting clubs in the Men's division.


 * Bay Area Pelicans
 * Boca Raton Buccaneers
 * Brevard Old Red Eye
 * Central Florida Claymores
 * Daytona Beach Coconuts
 * Fort Lauderdale Knights
 * Gainesville Hogs
 * Jacksonville
 * Key West
 * Miami
 * SWFL Hammerheads
 * Ocala
 * Okapi Wanderers
 * Orlando Griffins
 * Palm Beach Panthers
 * Sarasota Surge
 * South Florida
 * Tallahassee
 * Tampa Bay Krewe
 * Trident
 * Treasure Coast Armada

Women's clubs
There are currently four registered voting clubs in the Women's division.
 * Jacksonville
 * Fort Miami
 * Orlando
 * Tampa

Collegiate Men's clubs
There are currently twelve registered voting clubs in the Collegiate Men's division.

Previous clubs have included Florida Gulf Coast University.
 * Ave Maria University
 * Eckerd College
 * Florida Atlantic University
 * Florida International University
 * Florida State University
 * Millenia Atlantic University
 * Saint Thomas University
 * University of Central Florida
 * University of Florida
 * University of Miami
 * University of North Florida
 * University of South Florida

Collegiate Women's clubs
There are currently nine registered clubs in the Collegiate Women's division. Previous clubs have included Florida Gulf Coast University.
 * University of Florida
 * Florida State University
 * Florida Atlantic University
 * Saint Thomas University
 * University of Miami
 * University of South Florida
 * University of Central Florida
 * Florida International University
 * Eckerd College

President

 * John Clements (1974-77 )
 * Bill Crusselle (1977-78 )
 * Kevin Kitto (1978-82 )
 * Jim Millar (1984 )
 * Bing Towne (1993-1995 )
 * Brian Brantley (1996 -1998)
 * Ken Simmons (2000-2002)
 * Mark Etue (2003-2006)
 * John Devonport (2007-2010)
 * Franklyn Williams (2011-2013)
 * Dr. Kerri O'Malley (2014–2022)
 * Richard Comisky (2022–Present)

Vice president

 * Peter Gibson (1974)
 * Vic Langley (1996 )
 * Richard Elliott (1996, 2000)
 * Brad Hanafourde (2000)
 * Ian Henry (2019–2022)
 * Jessica Premet (2019–2023)
 * Mary Leigh Miller (2019–2023)
 * Gonzalo Michanie (2022-2023)
 * Kirk Swanner (2023-Present)
 * Jennifer Fasano (2023-Present)
 * James Woollcombe-Clarke (2023-Present)
 * Michael Williams (2023-Present)
 * Michael Gomez (2023-Present)

Secretary

 * Roy Brewer (1974)
 * James Bledsoe (1979)
 * Joy Striepe (1996 )
 * Kevin Kitto (2000)
 * Richard Comisky (2019–2021)
 * Melissa Butler (2022–2023)
 * Jennifer Joyce (2023-Present)

Treasurer

 * Roy Brewer (1974)
 * Dr. Stuart Roath (1996 )
 * Gerrardo Ferraris (2000)
 * Matthew Tierney (2019)
 * Kiel McAuley (2020–2021)
 * Dr. Jean-Marie Van Der Elst (2023)
 * Patrick Murphy (2024-Present)

President Emeritus

 * Dr. Kerri O'Malley (2022–2023)