2017 Women's Premier League Rugby season

Last updated
2017 Women's Premier League
CountriesUnited States
Number of teams10
Champions New York Rugby Club
Runners-up Glendale Merlins
PromotedChicago North Shore Rugby & Beantown RFC
Relegatedn/a
Matches played50
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The 2017 Women's Premier League Rugby season was the ninth season of the Women's Premier League in the United States. It began on September 2 and involved 10 teams.

Contents

Format

For the first time, the WPL raised its numbers from eight teams to ten teams with Chicago North Shore Rugby and Beantown RFC joining the league. This was also the first year the Glendale Raptors changed their names to the Glendale Merlins due to the Glendale Raptors name being used by the newly formed Major League Rugby team.

The ten teams were divided into two conferences, Red and Blue, comprising five teams. They each played eight conference games, one home and one away, with two bye weeks. The WPL season occurred in the fall, concurrently with the regular women's club season, with the National Championship being held in November 10–12.

For the Finals, teams were seeded based on the results of their conference during the regular season. The top four teams competed for the Cup and the bottom six teams for the Bowl.

Conference standings

  Advanced to the Cup Semi-finals
  Advanced to the Bowl Semi-finals

Blue Conference

Pos.TeamPWDLPFPADiffPts
1 Glendale Merlins 87101971336435
2 San Diego Surfers 85032011396224
3 Berkeley All Blues 84042331785522
4Oregon Sports Union8206162259−9713
5Chicago North Shore Rugby811699183−8410

Red Conference

Pos.TeamPWDLPFPADiffPts
1 New York Rugby Club 880033910523439
2Beantown RFC86021861563028
3Twin Cities Amazons84042261824421
4Atlanta Harlequins8206117174−5712
5DC Furies800858309−2510

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Matches

Week 1

2 September 2017
Beantown RFC39–22Atlanta Harlequins
2 September 2017
Berkeley All Blues26–27Glendale Merlins
3 September 2017
Twin Cities Amazons48–19DC Furies

Week 2

9 September 2017
Berkeley All Blues32–10Oregon Sports Union
9 September 2017
Glendale Merlins20–6Chicago North Shore Rugby
10 September 2017
Twin Cities Amazons26–12Atlanta Harlequins
10 September 2017
Beantown RFC19–43New York Rugby Club

Week 3

16 September 2017
DC Furies5–17Beantown RFC
16 September 2017
San Diego Surfers15–21Glendale Merlins
16 September 2017
Oregon Sports Union24–17Chicago North Shore Rugby
16 September 2017
Atlanta Harlequins0–21New York Rugby Club

Week 4

23 September 2017
San Diego Surfers42–27Oregon Sports Union
24 September 2017
Chicago North Shore Rugby29–17Berkeley All Blues
24 September 2017
Atlanta Harlequins35–7DC Furies
24 September 2017
Twin Cities Amazons41–53New York Rugby Club

Week 5

30 September 2017
Berkeley All Blues34–15San Diego Surfers
30 September 2017
Glendale Merlins32–17Oregon Sports Union
1 October 2017
New York Rugby Club68–0DC Furies
1 October 2017
Beantown RFC27–17Twin Cities Amazons

Week 6

7 October 2017
Chicago North Shore Rugby0–35San Diego Surfers
7 October 2017
Glendale Merlins29–14Berkeley All Blues
8 October 2017
Atlanta Harlequins8–15Beantown RFC
8 October 2017
DC Furies7–36Twin Cities Amazons
8 October 2017
Chicago North Shore Rugby8–12San Diego Surfers

Week 7

14 October 2017
Chicago North Shore Rugby10–10Glendale Merlins
15 October 2017
Atlanta Harlequins3–25Twin Cities Amazons
15 October 2017
Beantown RFC8–38New York Rugby Club
15 October 2017
Oregon Sports Union28–52Berkeley All Blues

Week 8

21 October 2017
Chicago North Shore Rugby14–17Oregon Sports Union
21 October 2017
Glendale Merlins27–18San Diego Surfers
22 October 2017
Beantown RFC32–5DC Furies
22 October 2017
New York Rugby Club36–12Atlanta Harlequins

Week 9

28 October 2017
Berkeley All Blues48–15Chicago North Shore Rugby
28 October 2017
Oregon Sports Union12–39San Diego Surfers
29 October 2017
Twin Cities Amazons18–29Beantown RFC
29 October 2017
DC Furies10–48New York Rugby Club

Week 10

4 November 2017
San Diego Surfers25–10Berkeley All Blues
4 November 2017
Oregon Sports Union27–31Glendale Merlins
5 November 2017
DC Furies5–25Atlanta Harlequins
5 November 2017
New York Rugby Club32–15Twin Cities Amazons

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Playoffs

Bowl Semi-finals

10 November 2017
Oregon Sports Union56–7DC Furies
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10 November 2017
Atlanta Harlequins5–24Chicago North Shore Rugby
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10 November 2017
Berkeley All Blues41–29Twin Cities Amazons
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Cup Semi-finals

10 November 2017
Glendale Merlins32–0Beantown RFC
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10 November 2017
New York Rugby Club38–32San Diego Surfers
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Bowl Finals

9th place Final

12 November 2017
DC Furies10–34Atlanta Harlequins

7th place Final

12 November 2017
Twin Cities Amazons34–17Chicago North Shore Rugby

5th place Finals

12 November 2017
Berkeley All Blues37–10Oregon Sports Union

Cup Finals

3rd place Final

12 November 2017
San Diego Surfers47–14Beantown RFC

Grand Final

12 November 2017
Glendale Merlins26–27New York Rugby Club

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