2011 USARL season

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2011 USA Rugby League
Teams8
Premiers Philadelphia colours.svg Philadelphia Fight (1st title)
Minor premiers Jacksonville colors.svg Jacksonville Axemen (1st title)
Wooden spoon Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Oneida FC
Matches played35

The 2011 USARL season was the inaugural season of the USA Rugby League (USARL). The league was formed in January 2011 as a breakaway competition from the American National Rugby League (AMNRL). The regular season kicked off on June 4 and ended on July 30; the Jacksonville Axemen won the minor premiership with the best regular season record. The first round of playoffs were played on August 13, 2011, with the New Haven Warriors and Philadelphia Fight winning the round. The league's Grand Final took place on August 27 between the Philadelphia Fight and the New Haven Warriors. Philadelphia won 28–26, receiving their first national championship. [1] [2]

Contents

Teams

USARL teams
TeamStadiumCity/AreaFoundationJoined
Boston Thirteens Moakley Stadium Boston, Massachusetts 20092011
Jacksonville Axemen Hodges Stadium Jacksonville, Florida 20062011
New Haven Warriors Ken Strong Stadium New Haven, Connecticut 20062011
New Jersey Turnpike Titans Cochran Stadium Jersey City, New Jersey 20112011
Oneida FC Steinbrenner Stadium Boston, Massachusetts 20112011
Philadelphia Fight Garthwaite Stadium Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19982011
Rhode Island Rebellion Classical High School Providence, Rhode Island 20112011
Washington DC Slayers Duke Ellington Field Washington, D.C. 20032011

Season table

2011 USARL season
#TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1 Jacksonville colors.svg Jacksonville Axemen 87013348824614
2 St. George colours.svg Washington D.C. Slayers 870130214515714
3 Philadelphia colours.svg Philadelphia Fight 860233512820712
4 New Haven colours.svg New Haven Warriors 850329617212410
5 Melbourne colours.svg Rhode Island Rebellion 8305208198106
6 Ipswich Colours.svg Boston Thirteens 8206114324−2104
7 Wests Tigers colours.svg New Jersey Turnpike Titans 8107134382−2482
8 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Oneida FC 8107118404−2862

Ladder progression

Team12345678
1 Jacksonville colors.svg Jacksonville Axemen 24668101214
2 St. George colours.svg Washington D.C. Slayers 246810121214
3 Philadelphia colours.svg Philadelphia Fight 24688101212
4 New Haven colours.svg New Haven Warriors 024466810
5 Melbourne colours.svg Rhode Island Rebellion 00024446
6 Ipswich Colours.svg Boston Thirteens 00000244
7 Wests Tigers colours.svg New Jersey Turnpike Titans 22222222
8 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Oneida FC 00022222

Regular season

The inaugural USARL season opened with a pre-season rugby league nines tournament. Seven of the top-tier teams participated, with the Philadelphia Fight fielding two teams. Additionally, two developmental teams (the Orange County Outlaws and the Utah Avalanche) participated, along with a West Chester University student team and the visiting New Zealand Police invitational side. [3] The New Zealand Police won the tournament over the New Haven Warriors. [4]

For the regular season, each team played home and away against six teams once, and one team twice, in an eight-round home and away season. Teams qualified for the playoffs based on point differential, with a win counting for 2 points, a draw for 1, a loss for 0, and a forfeit for −2. [5] The Jacksonville Axemen won the minor premiers with the best season record. [6]

Round 1

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)Venue
Jacksonville colors.svg Jacksonville Axemen 48–10 New Haven colours.svg New Haven Warriors June 4, 5:00 pm Hodges Stadium
Ipswich Colours.svg Boston Thirteens 16–38 Wests Tigers colours.svg New Jersey Turnpike Titans June 4, 7:00 pmCharlestown Highschool Stadium
Melbourne colours.svg Rhode Island Rebellion 4–46 Philadelphia colours.svg Philadelphia Fight June 4, 8:00 pmClassical Highschool Stadium
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Oneida FC 10–54 St. George colours.svg Washington D.C. Slayers June 4, 9:00 pmCharlestown Highschool Stadium

Round 2

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)Venue
Wests Tigers colours.svg New Jersey Turnpike Titans 22–30 St. George colours.svg Washington D.C. Slayers June 11Lincoln Park
New Haven colours.svg New Haven Warriors 36–28 Melbourne colours.svg Rhode Island Rebellion June 11, 3:00pmKen Strong Stadium
Jacksonville colors.svg Jacksonville Axemen 52–10 Ipswich Colours.svg Boston Thirteens June 12, 9:00 am Hodges Stadium
Philadelphia colours.svg Philadelphia Fight 104–0 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Oneida FC June 11, 5:00pmA. A. Garthwaite Stadium

Round 3

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)Venue
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Oneida FC 10–54 Jacksonville colors.svg Jacksonville Axemen June 18, 1:00pmMIT Steinbrenner Stadium
St. George colours.svg Washington D.C. Slayers 30–24 Melbourne colours.svg Rhode Island Rebellion June 18, 1:00pmDuke Ellington Field
Ipswich Colours.svg Boston Thirteens 0–52 New Haven colours.svg New Haven Warriors June 18, 3:00pmMIT Steinbrenner Stadium
Philadelphia colours.svg Philadelphia Fight 30–22 Wests Tigers colours.svg New Jersey Turnpike Titans June 18, 5:00pmA. A. Garthwaite Stadium

Round 4

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)Venue
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Oneida FC 36–26 Ipswich Colours.svg Boston Thirteens June 25, 1:00pmMIT Steinbrenner Stadium
St. George colours.svg Washington D.C. Slayers 28–16 New Haven colours.svg New Haven Warriors June 25, 2:30pmDuke Ellington Field
Philadelphia colours.svg Philadelphia Fight 14–12 Jacksonville colors.svg Jacksonville Axemen June 25, 5:00pmA. A. Garthwaite Stadium
Melbourne colours.svg Rhode Island Rebellion 30–16 Wests Tigers colours.svg New Jersey Turnpike Titans June 25, 8:00pmClassical Highschool Stadium

Round 5

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)Venue
Wests Tigers colours.svg New Jersey Turnpike Titans 6–62 Jacksonville colors.svg Jacksonville Axemen July 9TBD
St. George colours.svg Washington D.C. Slayers 24–13 Philadelphia colours.svg Philadelphia Fight July 9, 2:30pmDuke Ellington Field
New Haven colours.svg New Haven Warriors 60–12 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Oneida FC July 9, 3:00pmKen Strong Stadium
Melbourne colours.svg Rhode Island Rebellion 48–0 Ipswich Colours.svg Boston Thirteens July 9, 8:00pmClassical Highschool Stadium

Round 6

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)Venue
Wests Tigers colours.svg New Jersey Turnpike Titans 16–62 St. George colours.svg Washington D.C. Slayers July 16New Jersey 7's Tournament
Ipswich Colours.svg Boston Thirteens 32–22 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Oneida FC July 16, 1:00pmMIT Steinbrenner Stadium
New Haven colours.svg New Haven Warriors 22–28 Philadelphia colours.svg Philadelphia Fight July 16, 3:00pmKen Strong Stadium
Jacksonville colors.svg Jacksonville Axemen 30–4 Melbourne colours.svg Rhode Island Rebellion July 16, 5:00pm Hodges Stadium

Round 7

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)Venue
Ipswich Colours.svg Boston Thirteens 32–18 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Oneida FC July 23, 1:00pmMIT Steinbrenner Stadium
St. George colours.svg Washington D.C. Slayers 16–36 Jacksonville colors.svg Jacksonville Axemen July 23, 2:30pmDuke Ellington Field
Philadelphia colours.svg Philadelphia Fight 84–4 Wests Tigers colours.svg New Jersey Turnpike Titans July 23, 5:00pmA. A. Garthwaite Stadium
Melbourne colours.svg Rhode Island Rebellion 18–32 New Haven colours.svg New Haven Warriors July 23, 8:00pmClassical Highschool Stadium

Round 8

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)Venue
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Oneida FC 8–46 Melbourne colours.svg Rhode Island Rebellion July 30, 1:00pmMIT Steinbrenner Stadium
New Haven colours.svg New Haven Warriors 68–10 Wests Tigers colours.svg New Jersey Turnpike Titans July 30, 3:00pmKen Strong Stadium
Ipswich Colours.svg Boston Thirteens 8–58 St. George colours.svg Washington D.C. Slayers July 30, 3:00pmMIT Steinbrenner Stadium
Jacksonville colors.svg Jacksonville Axemen 40–16 Philadelphia colours.svg Philadelphia Fight July 30, 5:00pm Hodges Stadium

Playoffs

The playoffs consist of a two-round single-elimination tournament in August. The season's top four teams competed in a semi-final round, with the two winners going on to the Championship Final. In the first round on August 13, the first-place Jacksonville Axemen hosted fourth-place New Haven Warriors at Hodges Stadium, and the second-place Washington D.C. Slayers hosted the third-place Philadelphia Fight at Duke Ellington Field. The games were won by New Haven and Philadelphia, who went on to the inaugural Grand Final on August 27. [7] Philadelphia defeated New Haven 28–26, winning their first ever national championship. [1]

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)VenueRefereeCrowd
SEMI-FINALS
Jacksonville colors.svg Jacksonville Axemen 4–13 Auckland colours.svg New Haven Warriors August 13, 2011 [8] Hodges Stadium
St. George colours.svg Washington D.C. Slayers 18–32 Philadelphia colours.svg Philadelphia Fight August 13, 2011 [9] Duke Ellington Field
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
Philadelphia colours.svg Philadelphia Fight 28–26 Auckland colours.svg New Haven Warriors August 28, 2011A. A. Garthwaite Stadium

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