Uticuse Hellbenders are a rugby club located in Syracuse area competing at the MWRFU Women’s+ D2 level. Anyone is welcome to join, no experience necessary!
Rugby is a great social sport, that can provide physical fitness, as well as social activities. The team works well on and off the field. We participate in community events throughout the year, as well as run our annual Ruck Cancer tournament to benefit the American Cancer Society. New players? Send us an email or message for details!
officially; not a side project 📆📝
upcoming tournaments:
6/6 Ruck Cancer 10s
6/13 Roadkill 7s
6/20 Rockaway 7s
7/11 Saratoga 7s
7/25 CanAms 15s
8/22 fall season starts!
06/03/2026
these 32 geese are finna cluck around and find out🪿
comin out strongg for our home tourney,
SATURDAYS A RUGBY DAY.
06/02/2026
THIS SATURDAY June 6th, our Ruck Cancer 10s Fundraising Tournament for is about to be a party in the 315. Come one, come all. We've got 9 teams coming to town to play against your local faves; us (obv 💅🏽) and the . Rugby happening all day.
3 food trucks, fun merch, summer camp social at 4pm at the field. SATURDAYS A RUGBY DAY
05/20/2026
⚠️ updated post for Ruck Cancer 10s on June 6th! we've added our rad sponsors, a Motley womxns team, and sticker design drop!
can't wait to see yall in about two weeks!
☀️🍉🥳🏕️🏉
(we will post schedule, social theme, and day of info in a week or so!)
05/18/2026
Thank you for having us ! Our first time at was enjoyed by all. From a lightning delay, to corgi races, to hot dog eating contest, ending with a themed bar crawl. This tourney had it all! 🐿️🌭🐾🏉🔥
next up: our own Ruck Cancer 10s tourney on June 6th!
05/15/2026
the crew is rolling out to Columbus, OH this weekend for Flavortown 10s hosted by ! we're excited to play new teams and have a silly goose time out west 😎
05/14/2026
is that Ilona Maher?? oop no just our own .covey, an Ilona lookalike 😏. $10 50/50 raffle tickets are on sale now if you'd like to support her journey with Select Side!
05/13/2026
⚠️ 15 players signed up so far! ⚠️
multiple teams told us they "could only send about 5 players" to Ruck Cancer; so we came up with a solution!
send your 5 players and we'll make 1-2 MOTLEY Womxn's teams to join us for a silly goose time on June 6th in Syracuse!
DM us to get on the list! 💌
COME TO SUMMER CAMP 🏕️ 🏉☀️
05/12/2026
we're proud of our showing at the first tourney of the summer season! we rolled up to Rochester with 28 players, entering two teams (umm...a moment for the roster growth, please 💅🏽). Uticuties were able to take home the 2nd place trophy, but both teams worked hard and played well 💚🩷
next up:
in Columbus, OH this weekend!! 🌭🔥