 PRFC competes in Division III of the New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU).Providence RFC was founded in the fall of 1969 by several local athletes with rugby experience and players from the Brown University rugby team.The club got its start in 1969 thanks, in part, to the efforts of Dave "Ace" Zucconi, a Brown Alumnus who learned the game while serving in the U.S. Air Force overseas.