Midwest Rugby Premiership

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Midwest Rugby Premiership
Current season, competition or edition:
Rugby football current event.svg2023
Midwest rugby premiership logo.png
Sport Rugby union
Founded2015;8 years ago (2015)
Organising bodyMidwest Rugby Union
Country United States
Most recent
champion(s)
Chicago Griffins
(2021–22)
Official website midwest.rugby/premiership

The Midwest Rugby Premiership is a rugby union competition in the United States that serves mainly as the Division I league for the Midwest Conference (National Competitive Region 1), but also includes two teams from the Frontier Conference (American Competitive Region 3). The winner progresses to the national Division I playoffs.

Contents

Format

Ten teams are divided into east and west divisions, with each team playing every other team in their group twice (home and away). The season runs from August through November, with the two division winners playing in the final the following May.

Teams

East Division
TeamMetro AreaFounded
Chicago Griffins Chicago, IL1973
Chicago Lions Chicago, IL1964
Cincinnati Wolfhounds Cincinnati, OH1974
Columbus RFC Columbus, OH1975
Detroit Tradesmen Detroit, MI1978
West Division
TeamMetro AreaFounded
Kansas City Blues Kansas City, MO1966
Metropolis RFC Minneapolis, MN1960
Milwaukee Barbarians Milwaukee, WI2012
Palmer Rugby Davenport, IA1960
St. Louis Bombers St. Louis, MO1962

Champions

By Year

SeasonTeamsChampionScoreRunner-up
2018–201910 Chicago Lions 30–13 Palmer Rugby
2019–202010 Chicago Lions 29–15 Kansas City Blues
2020–2021Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021–202212 Chicago Griffins 38–15 Metropolis RFC

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