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The Chicago Area Rugby Football Union (CARFU) is the Local Area Union (LAU) for rugby union teams in the Chicago metropolitan area. CARFU is part of the Midwest Rugby Football Union (MRFU), which is also the governing body for the Allegheny, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin LAU's. All local and territorial unions are part of USA Rugby.
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Division I
Chicago Griffins [1] Chicago Lions [2]
Division II
Chicago Blaze (Lemont, IL) [3], Lincoln Park (Chicago) [4], Southside Irish (Chicago) [5], Chicago Riot (Chicago) [6]
Division III
Fox Valley Maoris (St. Charles, IL) [7], Chicago Westside Condors [8], IASCW Shamrocks (Manhattan, IL) [9], Illiana Misfits Rugby (Hammond, IN) [10], Northwest Indiana Exiles (Hobart, IN), [11] Northwest Woodsmen (Schaumburg, IL) [12], Rockford Ravens [13],
Division IV
Chicago Blue (Law Enforcement Rugby) [14], Chicago Dragons, [15] Chicago Roosters (Wheaton, IL) [16], Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Lake County Gladiators,
Division I
Chicago Women's, North Shore
Division II
Chicago Sirens, County Will Morrigans, Fox Valley Vixens, Illiana Banshees
Collegiate
CARFU features teams from eight schools: Chicago, DePaul, Illinois-Chicago, Lake Forest, Loyola, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Lewis, and Elmhurst. As of 2008, Notre Dame switched to Division I status, the only CARFU collegiate club competing at that level. Lake Forest only plays in the spring and does not compete for the CARFU Cup in the fall. The University of Chicago is one of the oldest clubs in the USA, having been formed in 1933. Lewis University and Elmhurst are the newest members of CARFU, with Elmhurst beginning play in fall 2010. Loyola, Northern Illinois, UIC, and Lake Forest compete at the Division II level. Elmhurst, Lewis, DePaul, and the University of Chicago are Division III.