2025 Women's Elite Rugby season

2025 Women's Elite Rugby
Countries	United States
Number of teams	6
Date	March 22 – June 14, 2025
Champions	Denver Onyx (1st title)
Runners-up	New York Exiles
Matches played	31
Official website
www.womenseliterugby.us

The 2025 Women's Elite Rugby season was the first season of the Women's Elite Rugby (WER) league based in the United States.

The regular season ran from March 22 to June 14, with each of the six teams competing in 10 games each. After 13 rounds of competition, the season concluded with the top two ranked teams playing in the grand final for the Legacy Cup on June 29 at the TCO Stadium in Eagan, Minnesota. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The Denver Onyx beat the New York Exiles to win the Legacy Cup. ^{[4] [5]}

Teams and locations

The 2025 edition of Women's Elite Rugby was contested by six teams spread around the United States. ^[6]

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Locations of teams in the United States competing in the 2025 season.

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Bay Breakers

2

Boston Banshees

3

Chicago Tempest

4

Denver Onyx

5

New York Exiles

6

Twin Cities Gemini

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Stadium
Bay Breakers	Hannah Stolba		Grape Bowl
Boston Banshees	Kittery Wagner-Ruiz		Veterans Memorial Stadium [N 1]
Chicago Tempest	Bryan Colbridge		Martin Stadium
Denver Onyx	Sarah Chobot		Infinity Park
New York Exiles	Diego Maquieira		The Stadium at Memorial Field
Twin Cities Gemini	Sylvia Braaten		TCO Stadium

Notes

1. Three matches will be played at the Centreville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Regular season

Standings

Team	GP	W	D	L	Road Wins	BP	Points	Qualification
Denver Onyx	10	9	0	1	4	10	46	Advance to Grand Final
New York Exiles	10	6	0	4	3	9	33
Bay Breakers	10	6	0	4	3	8	32
Boston Banshees	10	6	0	4	4	6	30
TC Gemini	10	3	0	7	1	5	17
Chicago Tempest	10	0	0	10	0	2	2

Source: ^[7]

Matches

Home \ Away	BRE	BOS	CHI	DEN	NY	TC
Bay Breakers	—	28–49	45–21	17–40	38–26	66–12
Boston Banshees	22–31	—	49–12	7–25	20–24	36–10
Chicago Tempest	17–51	12–65	—	0–41	17–48	15–20
Denver Onyx	63–7	53–21	76–7	—	62–7	75–14
New York Exiles	19–39	27–29	43–14	24–17	—	31–22
Twin Cities Gemini	17–12	12–15	12–10	19–38	28–34	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Women's Elite Rugby ^[8]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Scheduled matches

Week 1 (March 22–23)

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March 22 15:00 EDT (UTC−4)

New York Exiles	27–29	Boston Banshees
Try: Green-Yotts Feury O'Sullivan Roche Castillo Con: Owens (2/4)		Try: Ferridge Kronish Dunn Emba

The Stadium at Memorial Field Referee: Lindsey Oliver

March 23 13:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Chicago Tempest	15–20	Twin Cities Gemini
Try: Buzby Bailous (2)		Try: Hampton (3) Jacobs

Martin Stadium Referee: Katie Roth

Bye/s: Bay Breakers & Denver Onyx

Week 2 (March 29–30)

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March 29 19:00 EDT (UTC−4)

Boston Banshees	36–10	Twin Cities Gemini
Try: Dunn (3) Vance Emba Kronish Con: Emba (2/6)		Try: Clawson Leatherman

Veterans Memorial Stadium Referee: Juan Pablo Parra

March 29 13:00 MDT (UTC−6)

Denver Onyx	63–7	Bay Breakers
Try: Coulibaly (2) Johnson Taufo'ou Learned Bailey Brody Bitter Long Con: Hawkins (8/8) Bitter (1/1)		Try: Lin Con: Kelter (1/1)

Infinity Park Referee: Katie Roth

March 30 13:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Chicago Tempest	17–48	New York Exiles
Try: Alejandro (2) Walklate		Try: Cheeks (2) Frick Kocaj (2) Cruz Hunkin-Clark Con: Owens (5/7)

Martin Stadium Referee: Lindsey Oliver

Week 3 (April 5–6)

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April 5 13:00 MDT (UTC−6)

Denver Onyx	62–7	New York Exiles
Try: Hamdan (2) Coulibaly (2) Bailey (2) Taufo'ou Coffey Decker Feasby Con: Hawkins 6/10		Try: Cheeks Con: Owens (1/1)

Infinity Park Referee: Morris Fuller

April 5 17:30 PDT (UTC−7)

Bay Breakers	66–12	Twin Cities Gemini
Try: Tupou Wessman Burgos McGrath Mataitoga (4) Vogel Okpara Con: Kelter (3) Clark (5)		Try: Nunes Hampton Con: Curtis (1)

Grape Bowl Stadium Referee: Mike Lawrenson

April 6 12:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Chicago Tempest	12–65	Boston Banshees
Try: Fisch Walklate Con: Fisch (1)		Try: Weigel Ferridge (2) Dunn (1) Santosuosso Heinrich (3) Cowdrey (2) Harkavy Con: Cowdrey (4) Harkavy (1)

Martin Stadium Referee: Sybil Levine

Week 4 (April 12–13)

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April 12 13:00 MDT (UTC−6)

Denver Onyx	76–7	Chicago Tempest
Try: Solomon (2) Taufo'ou Brody (3) Johnson Bender-Cruz Feasby Tordonato Beard Ehrecke Con: Bitter (6) Perl (2)		Try: Alejandro Con: Fisch (1)

Infinity Park Referee: Lindsey Oliver

April 13 14:00 EDT (UTC−4)

New York Exiles	19–39	Bay Breakers
Try: Correia Ruiz Pennino Con: Owens (2/3)		Try: Tupou Cooper Burgos McGrath Hart Namosimalua Pen: 1

The Stadium at Memorial Field Referee: Tara Roberts

Bye/s: Boston Banshees & Twin Cities Gemini

Week 5 (April 19)

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April 19 14:00 EDT (UTC−4)

Boston Banshees	20–24	New York Exiles
Try: Vance Dunn Cowdrey Con: Schweitzer (1)		Try: Hunkin-Clark DeBruzzi Frick Green-Yotts Con: Owens (2)

Veterans Memorial Stadium

Bye/s: Bay Breakers, Chicago Tempest, Denver Onyx & Twin Cities Gemini

Week 6 (April 25–26)

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April 25 19:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Twin Cities Gemini	17–12	Bay Breakers
Try: Liu Clawson Bauer Con: Mior (1)		Try: Tupou Lin Con: Bernadel-Huey (1)

TCO Stadium

April 26 14:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Chicago Tempest	0–41	Denver Onyx
		Try: Decker Perl Tordonato Slaughter (2) Waters (2) Con: Perl (3)

Martin Stadium

Bye/s: Boston Banshees & New York Exiles

Week 7 (May 3–4)

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May 3 15:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Chicago Tempest	17–51	Bay Breakers
Try: Andrade Reiter Alejandro Con: Farnan (1)		Try: Edwards Liulamaga Watkins Namosimalua Carillo Hart Tupou Tong Siano Con: Bernadel-Huey (3)

Martin Stadium

May 3 19:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Twin Cities Gemini	28–34	New York Exiles
Try: Mior Clawson Black-Keels Curtis Con: Mior (1/1) Bauer (3/3)		Try: A'au Green-Yotts Pennino Frick Correia Blair Con: Owens (2)

TCO Stadium

May 4 16:00 EDT (UTC−4)

Boston Banshees	7–25	Denver Onyx
Try: Laferriere Con: Schweitzer (1/1)		Try: Solomon Coffey Lally Slaughter Wilfley

Centreville Bank Stadium

Week 8 (May 9–10)

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May 9 19:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Twin Cities Gemini	19–38	Denver Onyx
Try: Doerscher Johnson Leatherman Con: Bauer (2)		Try: Feasby (2) Hann Slaughter (2) Wilfley Con: Perl (3) Bender-Cruz (1)

TCO Stadium

May 10 14:00 PDT (UTC−7)

Bay Breakers	28–49	Boston Banshees
Try: Jurkowski McGrath Carrillo Siano Con: Ramos (1/1) Bernadel-Huey (3/3)		Try: Ferridge Kronish (2) Armatage Savin Schweitzer Meni Con: Schweitzer (6/6) Harkavy (1/1)

Grape Bowl Stadium

Week 9 (May 17–18)

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May 17 14:00 EDT (UTC−4)

Boston Banshees	49–12	Chicago Tempest
Try: Weigel (2) Dunn Armatage Lohaus (3) Con: Harkavy (5/5) Schweitzer (1/1) Vincze (1/1)		Try: Bailous Fisch Con: Fisch (1)

Tidewater Landing Stadium

May 18 14:00 EDT (UTC−4)

New York Exiles	31–22	Twin Cities Gemini
Try: Minahan Owens Cheeks Blair Cunningham Con: Cunningham (1) Owens (2)		Try: Williams Hampton Clawson Bauer Con: Mior (1)

The Stadium at Memorial Field

Bye/s: Bay Breakers & Denver Onyx

Week 10 (May 24–25)

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May 24 13:00 MDT (UTC−6)

Denver Onyx	53–21	Boston Banshees
Try: Hall Hamdan Feasby Coffey Lally Coulibaly (4) Con: Perl (4)		Try: Weigel Dunn (2) Con: Harkavy (3/3)

Infinity Park

May 25 14:00 PDT (UTC−7)

Bay Breakers	38–26	New York Exiles
Try: Siano Kilgour Carrillo (3) Wessman Con: Clark (2) Siano (2)		Try: O'Sullivan-Roche Titus Cheeks (2) Con: Cunningham (3)

Grape Bowl Stadium

Week 11 (May 31–June 1)

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May 31 14:00 EDT (UTC−4)

Boston Banshees	22–31	Bay Breakers
Try: Dunn (2) Carlton Con: Harkavy (2)		Try: Vogel Jurkowski Wessman Kilgour McGrath Con: Ramos (1) Siano (2)

Centreville Bank Stadium

May 31 19:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Twin Cities Gemini	12–10	Chicago Tempest
Try: Johnson (2) Con: Mior (1)		Try: Bailous Chiappetta

TCO Stadium

June 1 12:00 EDT (UTC−4)

New York Exiles	24–17	Denver Onyx
Try: Pick Jex Owens Cheeks Con: Owens (2)		Try: Sheveland Lally Slaughter Con: Perl (1)

The Stadium at Memorial Field

Week 12 (June 7)

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June 7 13:00 MDT (UTC−6)

Denver Onyx	75–14	Twin Cities Gemini
Try: Beard Long Feasby Johnson (2) Coffey Slaughter (2) Fa'avesi Solomon Lavigne Con: Bitter (3) Hawkins (7)		Try: Leatherman Doerscher Con: Mior (2/2)

Infinity Park

June 7 14:00 PDT (UTC−7)

Bay Breakers	45–21	Chicago Tempest
Try: Thomas Kilgour (3) Thacker Jurkowski Siano Con: Siano (1) Ramos (4)		Try: Fisch Alejandro (2) Con: Bailous (1) Chiappetta (1) Strom (1)

Grape Bowl Stadium

Bye/s: Boston Banshees & New York Exiles

Week 13 (May 13–14)

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June 13 19:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Twin Cities Gemini	12–15	Boston Banshees
Try: Hall Bauer Con: Mior (1)	Report	Try: Dunn Henrich Cunningham

TCO Stadium

June 14 12:00 EDT (UTC−4)

New York Exiles	43–14	Chicago Tempest
Try: Jex Green-Yotts Blair Frick Owens (2) Con: Owens (5)	Report	Try: Buzby Chiappetta Con: Chiappetta (2/2)

The Stadium at Memorial Field

June 14 14:00 PDT (UTC−7)

Bay Breakers	17–40	Denver Onyx
Try: Kilgour (2) Tupou Con: Ramos (1)	Report	Try: Johnson (2) Coffey Solomon Bailey Bender-Cruz Con: Bender-Cruz (1) Bitter (4)

Grape Bowl Stadium

Grand final (Legacy Cup)

June 29 14:00 CDT (UTC−5)

Denver Onyx	53–13	New York Exiles
Try: Taufo'ou Ehrecke Bailey Waters Hawkins Fa'avesi (2) Bender-Cruz Con: Hawkins (5) Pen: Hawkins (1)		Try: Green-Yotts Con: Owens (1/1) Pen: Cunningham (2)

TCO Stadium

References

1. "WER Announces Legacy Cup Details". The Rugby Breakdown. May 8, 2025. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
2. Young, Wendy (June 17, 2025). "2025 WER Legacy Cup: Schedule, How to Watch, and Results". YSCRugby | Women's Rugby News. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
3. "WER's Legacy Cup Set for June 29 at TCO Stadium". www.womenseliterugby.us. May 8, 2025. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
4. Finlan, Jackie (June 29, 2025). "Denver Wins WER Legacy Cup". The Rugby Breakdown. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
5. Young, Wendy (July 3, 2025). "Denver Onyx Win the First-Ever Legacy Cup, Ushering in a New Era for Women's Rugby in the USA". Your Scrumhalf Connection - Women's Rugby News. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
6. Ainsworth, Imogen (January 29, 2025). "Women's Elite Rugby announce team names ahead of March 2025 kick-off". RugbyPass. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
7. "2025 Season Standings". www.womenseliterugby.us. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
8. "2025 Schedule". Women's Elite Rugby. Retrieved March 7, 2025.

External links

• Official website