USARL Grand Final

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USARL Grand Final
Teams2
First meeting 2011
Latest meeting 2024
Next meeting 2025
BroadcastersYoutube TV and Facebook Live
Stadiums Hodges Stadium, Atlanta Silverbacks Park, Nickerson Field
Statistics
Meetings total13
Most wins South Sydney colours.svg Philadelphia Fight (4 titles)
Largest victory Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Jacksonville 56–16 North Queensland colours.svg 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.

Contents

Finals

YearWinnersScoreRunner-upRef.
2011 Philadelphia colours.svg Philadelphia Fight 28–26 Auckland colours.svg New Haven Warriors [1]
2012 Jacksonville colors.svg Jacksonville Axemen 28–22 Ipswich Colours.svg Boston 13s [2]
2013 Philadelphia colours.svg Philadelphia Fight 28–22 Jacksonville colors.svg Jacksonville Axemen [3] [4]
2014 Philadelphia colours.svg Philadelphia Fight 30–18 Jacksonville colors.svg Jacksonville Axemen [5]
2015 Ipswich Colours.svg Boston 13s 44–12 Rhinoscolours.svg Atlanta Rhinos [6]
2016 Philadelphia colours.svg Philadelphia Fight 42–20 Jacksonville colors.svg Jacksonville Axemen [7] [8] [9]
2017 Rhinoscolours.svg Atlanta Rhinos 32–18 New York colors.svg New York Knights [10] [11]
2018 Jacksonville colors.svg Jacksonville Axemen 56–16 North Queensland colours.svg Brooklyn Kings [12]
2019 Castleford colours.svg Brooklyn Kings 12–6 Jacksonville colors.svg Jacksonville Axemen [13]
2020 Not held due to COVID-19
2021 Central Comets colours.svg Tampa Mayhem 60–10 Balmain colours.svg Delaware Black Foxes [14]
2022 Jacksonville colors.svg Jacksonville Axemen 36–12 Central Comets colours.svg Tampa Mayhem [15]
2023 Melbourne colours.svg Santa Rosa Dead Pelicans 20–16 Jacksonville colors.svg Jacksonville Axmen [16]
2024 New Haven colours.svg DC Cavalry w/o Parramatta colours.svg Provo Broncos [17]

Winners

ClubWinsLast winRunners-upLast final lost
1 Philadelphia colours.svg Philadelphia Fight 420160
2 Jacksonville colors.svg Jacksonville Axemen 3202242019
3 Ipswich Colours.svg Boston 13s 1201512012
Rhinoscolours.svg Atlanta Rhinos 1201712015
Central Comets colours.svg Tampa Mayhem 1202112022
Castleford colours.svg Brooklyn Kings 1201912018
7 New Haven colours.svg DC Cavalry 120240
Melbourne colours.svg Santa Rosa Dead Pelicans 120230
9 New York colors.svg New York Knights 012017
Auckland colours.svg New Haven Warriors 012011
Parramatta colours.svg Provo Broncos 012024

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