2017 USARL season

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2017 USARL Season
League USA Rugby League
Teams12
2017 season
Champions Atlanta Rhinos

The 2017 USA Rugby League season is the seventh season of the USA Rugby League National Premiership competition, and its third as the undisputed top-level rugby league competition in the United States. Twelve teams compete for the USARL Championship. The season began on Saturday, June 3, and concluded with the Championship Final on Saturday, August 26.

Contents

Team changes

The Bucks County Sharks and the DC Slayers folded after the 2016 season bringing the number of teams down to 12.

Regular season

Teams in the North Conference play in an eight-round regular season with semi-finals on August 5 and final on August 12. South Conference teams play a six-round regular season with semi-finals on July 29 and final on August 12 [1]

Legend
Qualified to Playoffs

Week 1

HomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and time (Local)Venue
White Plains Wombats 58-12 Ipswich Colours.svg Boston Thirteens 3 Jun 2017, 2:00PMBlind Brook Elementary School
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Northern Virginia Eagles 96-22 Balmain colours.svg Delaware Black Foxes3 Jun 2017, 4:00PMStonewall Park
RI Rebellion colors.png Rhode Island Rebellion 6-74 New York colors.svg New York Knights 3 Jun 2017,
Wests Panthers Colours.svg Central Florida Warriors Central Comets colours.svg Tampa Mayhem 3 Jun 2017, 5:00PMSpec Martin Stadium
Rhinoscolours.svg Atlanta Rhinos Jacksonville colors.svg Jacksonville Axemen 3 Jun 2016, 5:00PMAtlanta Silverbacks Park
North Queensland colours.svg Brooklyn Kings 42-6 Philadelphia colours.svg Philadelphia Fight 4 Jun 2016, 6:30PM Bushwick Inlet Park

Final

The Atlanta Rhinos defeated the New York Knights 32-18 in the grand final to become the 2017 USARL National Champions. [2]

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References

  1. "USA Rugby League - USARL - XIIIs NORTH Conference". usarl.org. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  2. "Atlanta Rhinos win USA National Championship". www.usarl.org. Retrieved 28 August 2017.