2002 Rugby Super League

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2002 Rugby Super League
CountriesFlag of the United States.svg United States
Champions Gentlemen of Aspen
Runners-up Belmont Shore
Matches played68
Top point scorerMike Hercus (111)
Top try scorerAlex Hamill (15)
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The 2002 Rugby Super League season was the sixth season of the Rugby Super League, the United States premier division of rugby. The regular season commenced on March 16, 2002. On May 11, 2002, the regular season ended, and was followed by the playoffs, for which the top four clubs qualified.

Contents

The defending champions were the Gentlemen of Aspen.

Format

The 17 teams were grouped into three conferences, the Red, White, and Blue Conferences. Each team played every other team in their conference once.

For the playoffs, the first seed (Belmont Shore) hosted the eighth (Dallas Harlequins), the second (Old Blue) the seventh (Kansas City Blues), the third (San Francisco) hosted the fifth (Old Mission Beach Athletic Club), and the fourth (Gentlemen of Aspen) hosted the sixth (Life University).

Participating clubs

ClubCoachCaptainGroundCapacity
Belmont Shore California State University, Long Beach
Hill Middle School [1]
Boston Rupert Gordon Franklin Park
Unknown venue, Framingham 		500
Chicago Lions Schiller Woods
Dallas Harlequins Mark McCloyLake Highlands Park
Denver Barbarians Flag of the United States.svg Mike DeJongObservatory Park
Gentlemen of Aspen Roaring Fork High School, Carbondale
Kansas City Blues Minor Park
Life University Mel Smith
New York Athletic Club Mike Tolkin New York Athletic Club, Travers Island, New York
Old Blue Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Mould Van Cortlandt Park, New York City
Old Mission Beach Athletic Club Reldon 'Bing' DawsonLittle Q, San Diego
Old Puget Sound Beach Scott Shepherd
Olympic Club Allan Petty California Maritime Academy, Vallejo
Philadelphia Whitemarsh Fairmount Park
Potomac Athletic Club National Mall, Washington, D.C.
Unknown venue, Manassas, Virginia
San Francisco Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard Leslie Balboa Park
Washington Hyde School [2]

Standings

Red Conference

TeamPldWLDBonusTotal
1 Belmont Shore 6600428
2 Gentlemen of Aspen 6501424
3 Philadelphia Whitemarsh 620419
4 Boston 610504
5 Olympic Club 600692

White Conference

TeamPldWLDBonusTotal
1 San Francisco 6501424
2 Life University 6402319
3 Potomac Athletic Club 6303315
4 Denver Barbarians 6303315
5 Chicago Lions 6303214
6 New York Athletic Club 610548

Blue Conference

TeamPldWLDBonusTotal
1 Old Blue 6510325
2 Old Mission Beach Athletic Club 6411321
3 Kansas City Blues 6402420
4 Dallas Harlequins 6303416
5 Old Puget Sound Beach 610515
6 Washington 600601

Play-offs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Belmont Shore 42
Dallas Harlequins 23
Belmont Shore 34
Old Mission Beach Athletic Club 6
San Francisco 16
Old Mission Beach Athletic Club 15
Gentlemen of Aspen 34
Belmont Shore 23
Gentlemen of Aspen 63
Life University 29
Gentlemen of Aspen 17
Old Blue 8
Old Blue 47
Kansas City Blues 24


Notes

  1. ↑ Now Sato Academy of Mathematics and Science
  2. ↑ Now Perry Street Preparatory
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