2019 Austin Elite season

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2019 Austin Elite season
Major League Rugby Rank9th overall
2019 recordWins: 0; Draws: 0; Losses: 16
Team information
Coach Flag of France.svg Alain Hyardet
Captain
Stadium Dell Diamond (11,500)
Toyota Field (Alternate)
(Capacity: 8,296)
<  2018 2020  >

The 2019 Austin Elite season was the 2nd in the clubs history since their entry to the Major League Rugby in 2017. [1] The 2019 season is the program's last season under the name Austin Elite. In September 2019, the program announced the club to be renamed to Austin Herd, but was later changed to Austin Gilgronis, due to new ownership. [2] [3] Alain Hyardet was the coach of the club for the second consecutive year. Ben Mitchell was the captain the club for the first year.

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The Elite played their home matchups at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas. [4] The program used an alternate stadium to host a game in San Antonio at Toyota Field.

Austin Elite finished the season winless and became the first time in Major League Rugby to do so. [2]

Schedule

Exhibition

DateOpponentHome/AwayResult
January 11 Houston SaberCats AwayWon, 14–10
January 19Dallas RedsAwayPostponed

Regular season

2019 Austin Gilgronis match results
DateRoundOpponentVenueScore
January 26Round1 Houston SaberCats Dell Diamond L 20–21
February 1Round 2 Utah Warriors Dell DiamondL 9–17
February 8Round 3 Toronto Arrows Dell DiamondL 19–23
February 17Round 4 Glendale Raptors Dell DiamondL 13–24
February 23Round 5 San Diego Legion Dell DiamondL 17–45
March 9Round 7at Glendale Raptors Infinity Park L 19–38
March 16Round 8 Seattle Seawolves Dell DiamondL 17–29
March 23Round 9at New Orleans Gold Archbishop Shaw Stadium L 31–35
March 30Round 10 Rugby United New York Toyota Field L 11–19
April 7Round 11at San Diego Legion Torero Stadium L 15–45
April 27Round 14at Utah Warriors Zions Bank Stadium L 19–35
May 4Round 15at New Orleans GoldArchbishop Shaw StadiumL 14–26
May 9Round 12 [5] Toronto Arrows Alumni Field L 13–24
May 19Round 17Rugby United New York MCU Park L 7–27
May 25Round 18Houston SaberCats Aveva Stadium L 15–36
June 2Round 19Seattle Seawolves Starfire Sports Complex L 26–38

Standings

Major League Rugby
PosTeamPWDLPFPAPDTBLBPts
1 San Diego Legion 161213457296+1618361
2 Seattle Seawolves 161114498407+9110258
3 Toronto Arrows 161105472362+1109457
4 Rugby United New York 161105411320+917354
5 New Orleans Gold 16907463403+6011653
6 Glendale Raptors 16727456463−710143
7 Houston SaberCats 166010343496−1515130
8 Utah Warriors 162212381517−1364521
9 Austin Elite 160016263482−219235
Updated: June 2, 2019

Source:

Four points for a win, two for a draw, and no points for a bye.
One bonus point for scoring four or more tries (TB).
One bonus point for losing by seven or less (LB).
 • Teams 1 to 4 (Green background) at the end of the regular season qualify for the semifinals.

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References

  1. ↑ Cantu, Rick (March 18, 2022). "New-look Gilgronis..." Austin American Statesman. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Goff, Alex (September 24, 2019). "MLR Signings, Name Changes, And A Quick Release". FloSports. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Austin Herd – Rebranded as Austin Gilgronis". Texas Happens. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  4. ↑ Killough, Kirby (November 14, 2018). "Dell Diamond to host 6 home games for Austin Elite Rugby 2019 season". Community Impact. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Arrows' home game against Austin postponed due to weather-related flight issues". Canadian Press. April 14, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
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