2019 USARL season

2019 USARL Season
League	USA Rugby League
Duration	May 25 - August 24
Teams	11
2019 season
Champions	Brooklyn Kings RLFC
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The 2019 USA Rugby League season is the 22nd season overall of semi-professional rugby league competition in the United States and the 8th season under the governance of the USARL.

Teams

North Conference
Colors	Club	Founded	City (MSA)	State	Stadium	Titles (Last)
	Boston Thirteens	2009	Boston	Massachusetts	Eastern Boston Stadium	1 (2015)
	Brooklyn Kings RLFC	2014	Brooklyn	New York	Randalls Island Field 10	0 (N/A)
	Delaware Black Foxes	2015	Wilmington	Delaware	Eden Park Stadium	0 (N/A)
	Northern Virginia Eagles	2007	Nokesville	Virginia	Grizzly Sports Complex	0 (N/A)
	Philadelphia Fight	1998	Conshohocken (Philadelphia)	Pennsylvania	Garthwaite Stadium	4 (2016)
	White Plains Wombats	2016	White Plains	New York	Blind Brook Elementary School	0 (N/A)

South Conference
Colors	Club	Founded	City (MSA)	State	Stadium	Titles (Last)
	Atlanta Rhinos	2014	Atlanta	Georgia	Atlanta Silverbacks Park	1 (2017)
	Jacksonville Axemen	2006	Jacksonville	Florida	UNF Rugby Field	2 (2018)
	Lakeland Renegades	2019	Lakeland	Florida	All Saints Academy	0 (N/A)
	Southwest Florida Copperheads	2018	Buckingham (Fort Myers)	Florida	Lehigh Senior High School	0 (N/A)
	Tampa Mayhem	2014	Tampa Bay	Florida	Tampa Catholic High School	0 (N/A)

Thirteens

Kings

Black Foxes

Eagles

Fight

Wombats

Rhinos

Axemen

Renegades

Copperheads

Mayhem

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Locations of teams for the 2019 USARL Season
          North Conference South Conference

2019 Season Ladder

North Conference # Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts 1 Brooklyn Kings RLFC 8 8 0 0 422 112 310 16 2 Boston 13s 8 6 2 0 292 200 92 12 3 Delaware Black Foxes 8 4 4 0 286 314 -28 8 4 Northern Virginia Eagles 8 3 5 0 218 304 -96 6 5 White Plains Wombats 8 2 6 0 226 342 -106 4 6 Philadelphia Fight 8 1 7 0 172 354 -182 0*

South Conference # Team Pld W L D PF PA PD Pts 1 Jacksonville Axemen 7 7 0 0 400 58 342 14 2 Tampa Mayhem 7 3 4 0 234 200 34 6 3 Atlanta Rhinos 7 2 5 0 132 286 -154 2*** 4 Lakeland Renegades 7 1 6 0 82 332 -250 2 5 Southwest Florida Copperheads 6 4 2 0 148 120 28 0**

• * Philadelphia Fight two competition point deduction for forfeit to Northern Virginia Eagles in week 8
• ** Southwest Florida Copperheads two competition point deduction for playing unregistered players in week 1 and week 5, and forfeit to Axemen in week 6 (-6 total)
• *** Atlanta Rhinos two competition point deduction for forfeit to Southwest Florida Copperheads in week 8.
• Week 3 match between Atlanta Rhinos and Southwest Florida Copperheads in Atlanta cancelled due to weather
• Week 7 match between Lakeland Renegades and Jacksonville Axemen in Lakeland Renegades cancelled due to weather
• Week 8 match between Tampa Mayhem and Southwest Florida Copperheads in Tampa cancelled due to weather

Results

Round 1

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Lakeland Florida Renegades	16-30	Tampa Mayhem	25 May 2019, TBD	All Saints' Academy
Southwest Florida Copperheads	14-42*	Jacksonville Axemen	25 May 2019, TBD	Dr. James A. Adams Memorial Stadium
Source: [1]

• Southwest Florida Copperheads fielded unregistered players and have lost two competition points.

Round 2

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Philadelphia Fight	38-34	Northern Virginia Eagles	1 June 2019, 17:00	A. A. Garthwaite Stadium
White Plains Wombats	34-44	Delaware Black Foxes	1 June 2019, TBD	White Plains High School Football
Lakeland Florida Renegades	22-18	Atlanta Rhinos	1 June 2019, TBD	All Saints' Academy
Tampa Mayhem	12-52	Jacksonville Axemen	1 June 2019, 17:00	Tampa Catholic High School
Brooklyn Kings RLFC	36-12	Boston 13s	2 June 2019, TBD	Bushwick Inlet Park
Source: [2]

Round 3

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Northern Virginia Eagles	12-62	Brooklyn Kings RLFC	8 June 2019, TBD	Grizzly Sports Complex
Jacksonville Axemen	106-4	Lakeland Renegades	8 June 2019, 17:00	UNF Rugby Field
Boston 13s	50-30	White Plains Wombats	8 June 2019, 19:00	Saunders Stadium
Atlanta Rhinos	NR*	Southwest Florida Copperheads	8 June 2019, 17:00	Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Delaware Black Foxes	38-34	Philadelphia Fight	8 June 2019, 18:00	Eden Park Stadium
Source: [2]

• *Game was abandoned due to bad weather. No word yet if the game will be replayed at a later date.

Round 4

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Boston 13s	34-18	Delaware Black Foxes	15 June 2019, 17:00	Saunders Stadium
White Plains Wombats	32-36	Northern Virginia Eagles	15 June 2019, TBD	White Plains High School Football
Atlanta Rhinos	0-70	Jacksonville Axemen	15 June 2019, 17:00	Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Southwest Florida Copperheads	32-24	Tampa Mayhem	15 June 2019, 17:00	Dr. James A. Adams Memorial Stadium
Brooklyn Kings RLFC	84-12	Philadelphia Fight	16 June 2019, TBD	Bushwick Inlet Park
Source: [2]

Round 5

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Delaware Black Foxes	36-44	Brooklyn Kings RLFC	22 June 2019, TBD	Eden Park Stadium
Philadelphia Fight	28-38	White Plains Wombats	22 June 2019, 17:00	A. A. Garthwaite Stadium
Atlanta Rhinos	64-28	Tampa Mayhem	22 June 2019, 17:30	Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Lakeland Renegades	12-30*	Southwest Florida Copperheads	22 June 2019, 18:00	All Saints' Academy
Northern Virginia Eagles	28-52	Boston 13s	22 June 2019, TBD	Grizzly Sports Complex
Source: [2]

• Southwest Florida Copperheads fielded unregistered players and have lost two competition points.

Round 6

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Northern Virginia Eagles	52-44	Delaware Black Foxes	29 June 2019, TBD	Grizzly Sports Complex
Brooklyn Kings RLFC	52-12	White Plains Wombats	29 June 2019, TBD	Bushwick Inlet Park
Atlanta Rhinos	40-12	Lakeland Renegades	29 June 2019, TBD	Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Jacksonville Axemen	30-0*	Southwest Florida Copperheads	29 June 2019, 16:00	UNF Rugby Field
Boston 13s	42-6	Philadelphia Fight	29 June 2019, TBD	Saunders Stadium
Source: [2]

• *Southwest Florida Copperheads could not travel due to bad weather in Florida and have therefore forfeited the game. The rules are if a team forfeits a game, they lose 30-0. They also lost two competition points.

Round 7

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Lakeland Renegades	NR*	Jacksonville Axemen	6 July 2019, TBD	All Saints' Academy
Tampa Mayhem	56-0	Atlanta Rhinos	6 July 2019, TBD	Tampa Catholic High School
Source: [2]

• *Game cancelled due to bad weather. No word yet if the game will be rescheduled.

Round 8

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Northern Virginia Eagles	30-0*	Philadelphia Fight	13 July 2019, TBD	Grizzly Sports Complex
Tampa Mayhem	66-4	Lakeland Renegades	13 July 2019, TBD	Tampa Catholic High School
Delaware Black Foxes	16-52	White Plain Wombats	13 July 2019, TBD	Eden Park Stadium
Southwest Florida Copperheads	30-0*	Atlanta Rhinos	13 July 2019, TBD	Dr. James A. Adams Memorial Stadium
Boston 13s	18-38	Brooklyn Kings RLFC	13 July 2019, 17:00	Charlestown High School
Source: [2]

• *Atlanta Rhinos forfeited the game. The rules state that if a team forfeits a game, they lose 30-0. They also lost 2 competition points.
• *Philadelphia Fight forfeited the game against Northern Virginia Eagles and lost two competition points

Round 9

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Philadelphia Fight	38-44	Delaware Black Foxes	20 July 2019, TBD	A. A. Garthwaite Stadium
Tampa Mayhem	NR*	Southwest Florida Copperheads	20 July 2019, TBD	Tampa Catholic High School
White Plains Wombats	28-40	Boston 13s	20 July 2019, TBD	White Plains High School Football
Jacksonville Axemen	68-10	Atlanta Rhinos	20 Jule 2019, TBD	UNF Rugby Field
Brooklyn Kings RLFC	30-0	Northern Virginia Eagles	20 July 2019, TBD	Bushwick Inlet Park
Source: [2]

• *Tampa Mayhem and Southwest Florida Copperheads game cancelled due to bad weather

Round 10

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Philadelphia Fight	16-44	Boston 13s	27 July 2019, TBD	A. A. Garthwaite Stadium
White Plains Wombats	10-76	Brooklyn Kings RLFC	27 July 2019, TBD	White Plains High School Football
Southwest Florida Copperheads	42-12	Lakeland Renegades	27 July 2019, TBD	Dr James A. Adams Memorial Stadium
Jacksonville Axemen	32-18	Tampa Mayhem	27 July 2019, TBD	UNF Rugby Field
Delaware Black Foxes	46-26	Northern Virginia Eagles	27 July 2019, TBD	Eden Park Stadium
Source: [2]

Conference Semi-finals

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Brooklyn Kings RLFC	30-0	Northern Virginia Eagles*	3 August 2019, TBD	Bushwick Inlet Park
Boston 13s	44-22	Delaware Black Foxes	3 August 2019, TBD	Charlestown High School
Jacksonville Axemen	68-0	Southwest Florida Copperheads*	3 August 2019, TBD	UNF Rugby Field
Tampa Mayhem	68-6	Lakeland Renegades	3 August 2019, 17:30	Tampa Catholic High School
Source: [2]

• * Atlanta Rhinos withdraw from the playoffs due to inability to field a side. Southwest Florida Copperheads took their place. ^[3]
• Northern Virginia Eagles forfeited the game against Brooklyn Kings.

Conference Championships

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Brooklyn Kings RLFC	54-0	Boston 13s	10 August 2019, TBD	Bushwick Inlet Park
Jacksonville Axemen	28-6	Tampa Mayhem	10 August 2019, TBD	UNF Rugby Field
Source: [2]

With the wins, Jacksonville Axemen are the Champions of the Southern Conference and the Brooklyn Kings are the Champions of the Northern Conference.

National Championship

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
Brooklyn Kings RLFC	12 - 6	Jacksonville Axemen	24 August 2019, 16:00	Floyd Bennet Field
Source: [2]

Representative Game

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue
South All Stars	44 – 32	North All Stars	7 September 2019, 16:00	Tournament Sportsplex of Tampa Bay
Source: [4]

References

1. "USA Rugby League | USARL | XIIIs SOUTH Conference". www.usarl.org. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
2. "USA Rugby League | USARL | XIIIs NORTH Conference". www.usarl.org. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
3. "Atlanta withdraws from USARL Playoffs | United States | International Rugby League News". www.rugbyleagueplanet.com. July 25, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
4. "South keeps winning streak alive in USA All-Star game | United States | International Rugby League News". www.rugbyleagueplanet.com. September 9, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2019.