Teams | 2 |
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First meeting | 2011 |
Latest meeting | 2024 |
Next meeting | 2025 |
Broadcasters | Youtube TV and Facebook Live |
Stadiums | Hodges Stadium, Atlanta Silverbacks Park, Nickerson Field |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 13 |
Most wins | Philadelphia Fight (4 titles) |
Largest victory | Jacksonville 56–16 Brooklyn |
The USARL Grand Final is the championship-deciding game of the USA's premier rugby league competition, the USARL. The first was held in 2011.
Year | Winners | Score | Runner-up | Ref. |
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2011 | Philadelphia Fight | 28–26 | New Haven Warriors | [1] |
2012 | Jacksonville Axemen | 28–22 | Boston 13s | [2] |
2013 | Philadelphia Fight | 28–22 | Jacksonville Axemen | [3] [4] |
2014 | Philadelphia Fight | 30–18 | Jacksonville Axemen | [5] |
2015 | Boston 13s | 44–12 | Atlanta Rhinos | [6] |
2016 | Philadelphia Fight | 42–20 | Jacksonville Axemen | [7] [8] [9] |
2017 | Atlanta Rhinos | 32–18 | New York Knights | [10] [11] |
2018 | Jacksonville Axemen | 56–16 | Brooklyn Kings | [12] |
2019 | Brooklyn Kings | 12–6 | Jacksonville Axemen | [13] |
2020 | Not held due to COVID-19 | |||
2021 | Tampa Mayhem | 60–10 | Delaware Black Foxes | [14] |
2022 | Jacksonville Axemen | 36–12 | Tampa Mayhem | [15] |
2023 | Santa Rosa Dead Pelicans | 20–16 | Jacksonville Axmen | [16] |
2024 | DC Cavalry | w/o | Provo Broncos | [17] |
Club | Wins | Last win | Runners-up | Last final lost | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Philadelphia Fight | 4 | 2016 | 0 | — |
2 | Jacksonville Axemen | 3 | 2022 | 4 | 2019 |
3 | Boston 13s | 1 | 2015 | 1 | 2012 |
Atlanta Rhinos | 1 | 2017 | 1 | 2015 | |
Tampa Mayhem | 1 | 2021 | 1 | 2022 | |
Brooklyn Kings | 1 | 2019 | 1 | 2018 | |
7 | DC Cavalry | 1 | 2024 | 0 | — |
Santa Rosa Dead Pelicans | 1 | 2023 | 0 | — | |
9 | New York Knights | 0 | — | 1 | 2017 |
New Haven Warriors | 0 | — | 1 | 2011 | |
Provo Broncos | 0 | — | 1 | 2024 | |
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