Memphis Inner City Rugby resources

The Memphis Inner City Rugby project works in one of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the US, turning out some great kids, keeping them from gangs, drugs and early pregnancies, and giving them an academic and athletic future.

It is run on a shoe-string with no-one in the organisation taking any management fees, just the costs of delivering the work.

“Today, MICR delivers holistic youth development programing alongside world-class, tackle rugby coaching and competition. We remain a grassroots, volunteer driven organization but - alongside our kids - and from our first team to our sixth - our commitment to expanding the landscape of opportunity available to our city's underserved youth continues to grow. ”

- Memphis Inner City Rugby

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