Well, maybe not.
But the New England Free Jacks certainly have an Otago flavour.
Former Otago players Josh Larsen and Slade McDowall ply their trade there.
Otago halfback Kieran McClea and loose forward Sam Fischli have had a strong season for the franchise.
Former Dunedin man Tom Kindley is the general manager and former Otago Rugby Football Union operations manager Thomas Grant is an intern at the organisation.
They’re as Kiwi-as in Boston. And if you ask Kindley, they have the same kind of DNA as Otago. They are underdogs who are up against the odds.
The Free Jacks beat Washington DC Old Glory 25-7 in the eastern conference final and are through to the MLR final.
They will travel to Chicago this weekend to play a stacked San Diego team which includes former All Black Ma’a Nonu and the likes of Tom Franklin and Dan Pryor.
"I like to think we’re a little bit like Otago," Kindley said.
"Our coach [Mike Rogers, Manawatu head coach] always jokes how we don’t want to be like Otago. But we are like Otago in many ways in that we are battlers and pride ourselves on punching above our weight."
MLR sides are allowed to name 12 overseas players in a match-day 23. McClea has performed well for the Free Jacks but is likely to miss out on being named for the final.
Larsen picked up a season-ending injury early on, and McDowall is coming back from a back complaint and will probably miss the cut.
But Fischli is expected to make the side.
"The season has been really good. We only lost two away games.
"We won our conference comfortably and San Diego were the only team with a better record in the season.
"We would be the underdogs. We play two different styles of rugby, too.
"We’re quite a combative, defence-orientated team which places a lot of emphasis on our turnover attack, whereas they like to hold on to the ball for long periods of time and play edge to edge.
"I’m sure they will try to run us off the field."
Rugby will not be the only entertainment. NBA hall of famer Shaquille O’Neal is playing a DJ set and Dropkick Murphys are also playing.
A crowd of about 10,000 is expected to attend the match. The sleeping giant of world rugby appears to be waking up.
"I think rugby is gaining traction now. San Diego got 11,000 to a game this year. That is a number I thought it would never get to.
"And we’ve been setting attendance records all year. We’ve had some big bands come in as well, which has helped shift the needle."
