Gotham Knights RFC is New York 's entry to the growing worldwide ranks of multiethnic and non-discriminatory rugby union teams worldwide . Following in the tradition of International Gay Rugby Association and Board teams like Kings Cross Steelers in England in 1995 and the San Francisco Fog RFC and the Washington Renegades in 2000 , recent part-time New York City business owner and resident , Mark Bingham , discussed with local rugby player Scott Glaessgen how to form a New York team . Their plans were cut short on September 11 , 2001 , when Mark was lost in a terrorist attack on United Airlines Flight 93 over rural Pennsylvania
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