Boston Thirteens
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| Full name | Boston 13s Rugby League Football Club, Inc. |
| Nickname(s) | 13s, Thirteens, B-13s, B-One-Three |
| Colours | British Racing Green Metallic Gold |
| Founded | Friday, 13th February, 2009 |
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| CEO | Mikhael N. Shammas |
| Coach | Peter Lupton |
| Competition | USA Rugby League |
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| Premierships | 1 (2015) |
| Runners-up | 1 (2012) |
The Boston Thirteens (officially written as Boston 13s) are a professional rugby league football team based in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. The team currently plays in the USA Rugby League.
The Boston Thirteens were founded in 2009 as an expansion team of the American National Rugby League (AMNRL). The league had been attempting to form a rugby league team in Boston for several years, due to the comparatively strong presence of rugby union in the area. The Thirteens played in the AMNRL from 2009–2010, going to the league semi-finals in their inaugural season. In 2010 they became one of seven teams to depart from the AMNRL in order to found a new governing body: the USA Rugby League (USARL).
Contents
1 History
1.1 AMNRL Years
1.2 USARL: 2011 to present
2 USARL season summaries
3 Logo and colors
4 2018 squad
5 Staff
6 Honors
7 International representation
7.1 USA Hawks
7.2 Other Nations
8 See also
9 References
10 External links
History
AMNRL Years
The American National Rugby League had been attempting to establish a team in the Boston area for years, hoping to gain a foothold for rugby league in an area with a comparatively strong rugby union presence. The Boston Storm competed in the first season of American domestic competition in 1998, but folded after a single season.
In 2005 overtures by the AMNRL and rugby league supporters drew the interest of some local rugby union players, and a local union club, the Boston Irish Wolfhounds, fielded a rugby league side that joined the AMNRL on a trial basis. The Wolfhounds played an abbreviated two-game exhibition schedule to build interest in the sport in Boston, with the intention of playing a full schedule for the 2006 season.[1] The next year the team ended its association with the Wolfhounds, adopting the name Boston Braves.[2] They played through the 2006 season, winning only one game; they suspended operations at the end of the year.
In 2009 a new leadership group led by Mikhael Nizam Shammas established a new team, which was named the Boston Thirteens. The club was incorporated as a C corporation (under the name of the "Boston 13s RLFC, Inc.") on Friday, February 13, 2009, and began play in the 2009 AMNRL season.[3] They went to the playoffs that year, advancing to the semi-finals before being defeated by the Jacksonville Axemen.[4] They failed to qualify for the playoffs in the 2010 season.
USARL: 2011 to present
On January 12, 2011, the Thirteens became one of seven teams to depart from the AMNRL to found the new USA Rugby League.[5][6][7] The new league began in 2011.
The Thirteens finished their first season in 6th place, not qualifying for the play offs. They only achieved two victories, both over their Boston rivals Oneida FC.
USARL season summaries
| Competition | Games Played | Games Won | Games Drawn | Games Lost | Ladder Position | C | R | F | P | L | Coach | Captain | Notes |
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| 2011 USARL season | 8 (0) | 2 (0) | 0 | 6 (0) | 6/8 | Mikhael N. Shammas | Clark Hoopes | ||||||
| 2012 USARL season | 8 (2) | 6 (1) | 0 | 2 (1) | 3/8 | R | P | Mikhael N. Shammas | Dustin Cooper | ||||
| 2013 USARL season | 8 (0) | 3 (0) | 0 | 5 (0) | 5/6 | P | Dustin Cooper | Dustin Cooper | |||||
| 2014 USARL season | 7 (2) | 3 (1) | 1 (0) | 3 (1) | 5/11 | P | Robin Peers | Marcos Flegmann |
Logo and colors
The team was named the 13s reflecting the 13 original colonies of America, the thirteen players on the field in rugby league, plus the fact that the club is the thirteenth RLFC to be founded in the United States. For their inaugural season they adopted the colors of black and gold, and white and gold, with a logo incorporating the number 13 and a stylized Metatron's cube in the shape of a rugby football.
In 2010, and in conjunction with the re-branding of the American National Rugby League logo and those of all affiliated clubs, the Thirteens adopted a new logo which depicted the numeric symbols of "1" and "3" merged to form the letter "B" for Boston. Additionally, the color of British racing green was added to the existing colors of white and gold, reflecting the Boston area's strong Irish heritage.
2018 squad
- Mike Elias
Staff
- Scott Rosner, D.C
- Peter Lupton
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Honors
AMNRL Championship titles: 0
USARL Championship titles : 1 (2015)
International representation
USA Hawks
Mike Elias (2017)
Marcos Flegmann (2015-2016)
Lance Gaines (2009)
Curtis Goddard (2015)
Tyler Ierardi (2016)
Urban Iyo (2016)
Matt Shipway (2013, 2017)
Coaching Staff
Robin Peers (2016)
Other Nations
Peter Lupton (WAL)
George Aroyan (LEB)
Kane Bentley (FRA)
Mike Elias (LEB)
Marcos Flegmann (MEX)
Mikhael Shammas (LEB)
Setefano Talavave (AUS)
Kyle Winter (IDN)
See also
- Rugby league in the United States
References
^ "Boston Irish Wolfhounds Join AMNRL". American National Rugby League News. amnrl.com. 2005. Retrieved January 20, 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ "The Boston Braves announce sponsorship deal with Budweiser Select". American National Rugby League News. amnrl.com. 2006. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
^ "History". boston13s.com. 2009. Archived from the original on February 26, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
^ Francine King (August 20, 2009). "Jacksonville Axemen trying for bid to Rugby League title game". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
^ Mascord, Steve (January 12, 2011). "Discord 2011: Edition 2". rleague.com. Archived from the original on 2011-01-19. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
^ "New Rugby League Competition Announced". rugbymag.com. Rugby Magazine. January 12, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-01-19. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
^ "Breakaway league launched in the US". code13rugbyleague.com. January 12, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-01-19. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
^ http://boston13s.com/13s-dominate-season-opener/
External links
- Official websites
- Official website
- Boston 13s Twitter
Boston Thirteens at usarugbyleague.com
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