2022 LA Giltinis season | ||||
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Major League Rugby Rank | 2nd West | |||
2022 record | Wins: 11; draws: 0; losses: 5 | |||
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Stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (77,500) | |||
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The 2022 LA Giltinis season was the club's second and final season in Major League Rugby. Stephen Hoiles was the coach of the club for his first full year. [1] Dave Dennis was the captain the club for the second consecutive year. The team finished the season second in the Western Conference standings, but was later disqualified from competing in the 2022 Major League Rugby playoffs due to violating league rules. [2] [3] The team was removed from the league for the 2023 season. [4]
The Giltinis played their home matchups at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California.
Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Score |
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February 5 | Round 1 | at Houston SaberCats | Aveva Stadium | L 11-21 |
February 11 | Round 2 | at Toronto Arrows | Starlight Stadium | W 31-16 |
February 27 | Round 4 | New England Free Jacks | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | W 19-15 |
March 5 | Round 5 | at Austin Gilgronis | Bold Stadium | L 9-22 |
March 13 | Round 6 | Utah Warriors | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | L 19-28 |
March 19 | Round 7 | San Diego Legion | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | W 26-13 |
March 26 | Round 8 | at Seattle Seawolves | Starfire Sports Complex | W 31-12 |
April 3 | Round 9 | Dallas Jackals | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | W 47-7 |
April 10 | Round 10 | Rugby United New York | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | W 43-0 |
April 16 | Round 11 | Houston SaberCats | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | W 17-12 |
April 30 | Round 13 | at Rugby ATL | Atlanta Silverbacks Park | W 31-19 |
May 8 | Round 14 | Austin Gilgronis | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | W 10-8 |
May 15 | Round 15 | at San Diego Legion | SDSU Sports Deck | L 27-31 |
May 21 | Round 16 | at Dallas Jackals | Choctaw Stadium | W 56-12 |
May 28 | Round 17 | at Utah Warriors | Zions Bank Stadium | W 39-32 |
June 5 | Round 18 | Seattle Seawolves | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | L 27-35 |
MLR Western Conference | |||||||||||||
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P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | ||
Austin Gilgronis (D) | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 475 | 229 | +246 | 64 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 58 | |
LA Giltinis (D) | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 443 | 283 | +160 | 61 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 54 | |
Houston SaberCats (SF) | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 408 | 393 | +15 | 61 | 53 | 8 | 4 | 48 | |
Seattle Seawolves (RU) | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 435 | 354 | +73 | 54 | 45 | 6 | 4 | 46 | |
San Diego Legion | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 475 | 428 | +47 | 59 | 54 | 8 | 3 | 43 | |
Utah Warriors | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 424 | 395 | +29 | 57 | 56 | 6 | 7 | 33 | |
Dallas Jackals | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 198 | 752 | -554 | 27 | 112 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tiebreakers If teams are level at any stage, tiebreaker criteria are as follows (coin tosses or draw of lots will be used if those below fail):
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Green background indicates teams in position for the Western Conference Finals |
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