Team represented by several different local high schools

Their colors are blue and white but they don’t play at Ballaban Field or in the Greater Catholic League.  Rest assured, however, that Bomber blood runs deep in the North Bend Rugby Football Club, which successfully defended its city championship and finished fifth in the state of Ohio.

Almost all of the players from the North Bend Rugby Football Club hail from St. Xavier High School. The club won its second consecutive Cincinnati Youth Rugby League championship, the club’s third city title, with a 35-14 victory over Indian Springs earlier this summer.

“This was yet another tremendous year for the North Bend Rugby Football Club. I am proud of our players, both from a performance standpoint with our second city championship, and for what they are becoming as young men,” said head coach Mike Mers.

The North Bend Rugby Football Club plays home games at Brimelow Fields in Fairfield, home of the local Division One rugby club Cincinnati Wolfhounds, and competes against teams such as Shelbyville, Eastside, Walnut Hills, Northern Kentucky, Miami Valley and North Cincinnati. Though almost all the players attend St. Xavier, Elder, LaSalle and Mason High Schools are also represented on the squad.