sentences:  The Yankees have fielded teams in the Metropolitan New York Rugby Union as well as the New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU), and currently are members of the Empire Geographical Union (Empire GU).The Yankees won the USA Rugby Division II Men’s Club National Championship in 2004, and the Division III Men's Club National Championship in 2016.The Fairfield Yankees RFC (initially named the Connecticut Yankees RFC), began their first season back in September 1975, when a number of players answered a newspaper advertisement.