2024 Major League Rugby season
2024 Major League Rugby season | |
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Countries | United States (12 teams) |
Date | March 2 — August 4 |
Matches played | 94 |
Attendance | 16,115 (average 171 per match) |
Official website | |
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The 2024 Major League Rugby season is the seventh season of Major League Rugby, the professional rugby union competition sanctioned by USA Rugby. The regular season began on March 2, 2024, and lasted through June 29, 2024, with the Championship Series to follow.[1]
The Miami Sharks and Anthem Rugby Carolina made their league debut this season, as well as Rugby Football Club Los Angeles following their move from Atlanta. The Toronto Arrows and Rugby New York withdrew from the league following the 2023 season.[2][3] This leaves a total of 12 teams competing for the 2024 season.
Teams and format
Following the departure of Toronto and New York, the arrival of Miami and Charlotte, and the relocation of Atlanta to Los Angeles, the League had 12 teams for the 2024 season. As a result, Chicago was moved to the Eastern conference, ensuring both conferences had 6 teams each.
Regular season
The regular season will consist of 18 weeks, with each team playing 16 matches, beginning on March 2, 2024, and ending on June 29.
Standings
2024 MLR Eastern Conference (
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Club | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | |
1 | New England Free Jacks | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 463 | 344 | 119 | 65 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 55 |
2 | New Orleans Gold | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 410 | 349 | 61 | 58 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 50 |
3 | Chicago Hounds | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 454 | 387 | 67 | 65 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 45 |
4 | Old Glory DC | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 394 | 416 | -22 | 50 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 42 |
5 | Miami Sharks | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 335 | 389 | -54 | 40 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 32 |
6 | Anthem Rugby Carolina | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 323 | 676 | -353 | 47 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
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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2024 MLR Western Conference (
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Club | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | |
1 | Houston SaberCats | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 478 | 347 | 131 | 66 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 67 |
2 | Seattle Seawolves | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 498 | 373 | 125 | 63 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 57 |
3 | San Diego Legion | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 421 | 374 | 47 | 51 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 55 |
4 | Dallas Jackals | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 482 | 450 | 32 | 71 | 62 | 5 | 3 | 43 |
5 | Utah Warriors | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 424 | 471 | -47 | 60 | 67 | 4 | 3 | 35 |
6 | RFC Los Angeles | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 367 | 473 | -106 | 54 | 67 | 4 | 2 | 32 |
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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Matches
The following are the match results for the 2024 Major League Rugby regular season:
Home \ Away | CAR | CHI | DAL | HOU | LA | MIA | NE | NO | DC | SD | SEA | UTA |
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Anthem Rugby Carolina | – | 28–68 | – | – | – | 13–46 | 5–40 | 32–46 | ||||
Chicago Hounds | 59–26 | 54–31 | – | 17-22 | – | – | – | 26–34 | ||||
Dallas Jackals | – | 27–30 | – | 22-35 | – | 23–30 | – | 22–20 | ||||
Houston SaberCats | – | – | – | 30–19 | 35–47 | 33–0 | – | 22–15 | ||||
Rugby Football Club Los Angeles | 29–32 | 12–27 | – | 12–34 | – | – | 5–36 | 36-32 | ||||
Miami Sharks | 50-21 | 19–23 | 17–38 | – | – | – | 21–22 | – | ||||
NE Free Jacks | – | – | – | 25–3 | 27–21 | 34–35 | 21–29 | – | ||||
New Orleans Gold | 34–19 | 21–38 | – | 27–42 | – | 18–6 | – | – | ||||
Old Glory DC | – | 22–22 | 17–38 | 22–22 | – | – | – | 11-27 | ||||
San Diego Legion | – | – | – | 19–18 | – | 33–20 | – | 32–33 | ||||
Seattle Seawolves | – | 34–32 | 40-42 | – | 29–18 | – | 25–19 | – | ||||
Utah Warriors | 44–19 | 29–15 | – | – | – | 31–24 | – | 13–23 |
Updated to match(es) played on May 2, 2024
Colors: Blue: home team win; Yellow: draw; Red: away team win.
Scheduled matches
Championship Series
Conference Semi-Finals (July 20–21)
Conference Finals (July 27–28)
Championship final (August 4)
August 4, 2024 16:00 EDT (UTC−04:00) |
Eastern Conference Champion | v | Western Conference Champion |
Snapdragon Stadium |
References
- ^ "Major League Rugby Unveils 2024 Slate Of Matchups". Major League Rugby. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
- ^ "Toronto Arrows to not compete in 2024 MLR Season". Major League Rugby. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
- ^ "Former champions New York out of 2024 MLR season". Americas Rugby News. Retrieved December 23, 2023.