The Bennington Rugby Football Club, formerly known as Equinox Rugby football Club (Eqx Nor'easters) is a rugby union team based in Bennington, Vermont. The club competes in, and is governed by, the New England Rugby Football Union (their Local Area Union [LAU]), the Northeast Rugby Union (their Territorial Union [TU]), and USA Rugby (their National Governing Body).
The club was established in 2007 when three guys, Jeremiah Madison, Matt Willey, and Ryan Shadrin, decided to start a team to provide an opportunity for local men to try something new. They joined the New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU) in the fall of 2008. In the Spring of 2010, the club changed their name from Equinox RFC to the Bennington RFC. In the fall of 2010, the team experienced their first winning season with a record of three victories and two losses during the regular season, and winning the Division Tournament with three more victories for a final record of six wins and two losses.