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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 will last 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.

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Locations of teams in Major League Rugby
Conference Club Metro area Stadium Capacity Coach Captain
Western Conference Dallas Jackals Dallas, Texas Choctaw Stadium 48,114 Argentina Agustín Cavalieri Argentina Jerónimo Gómez Vara
Houston SaberCats Houston, Texas SaberCats Stadium 4,000 South Africa Pote Human South Africa Johan Momsen
Rugby Football Club Los Angeles Carson, California Dignity Health Sports Park 27,000 New Zealand Stephen Brett Ireland Niall Saunders
San Diego Legion San Diego, California Snapdragon Stadium 35,000 New Zealand Danny Lee Scotland Blair Cowan
Seattle Seawolves Seattle, Washington Starfire Stadium 4,500 Ireland Allen Clarke United States Riekert Hattingh
Utah Warriors Salt Lake City, Utah Zions Bank Stadium 5,000 New Zealand Greg Cooper United States Bailey Wilson
Eastern Conference Anthem Rugby Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina American Legion Memorial Stadium 10,500 New Zealand Alama Ieremia United States Jake Turnbull
Chicago Hounds Chicago, Illinois SeatGeek Stadium 20,000 Australia Sam Harris Australia Bill Meakes
Miami Sharks Fort Lauderdale, Florida AutoNation Sports Field 1,500 Argentina José Pellicena Argentina Tomás Cubelli
New England Free Jacks Boston, Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Stadium 5,000 South Africa Scott Mathie Canada Josh Larsen
New Orleans Gold New Orleans, Louisiana Gold Mine 10,000 New Zealand Cory Brown United States Moni Tongaʻuiha
Old Glory DC Washington, D.C. Maryland SoccerPlex 5,000 Scotland Simon Cross United States Jamason Faʻanana-Schultz


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 ()
Club P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 New England Free Jacks 7 5 0 2 222 153 69 31 21 3 1 24
3 Chicago Hounds 8 4 1 3 254 204 50 36 28 0 1 23
2 New Orleans Gold 7 3 0 4 176 187 -11 25 25 2 1 16
4 Old Glory DC 7 2 2 3 159 193 -34 20 27 2 0 14
5 Miami Sharks 7 2 0 5 172 177 -5 18 21 2 2 12
6 Anthem Rugby Carolina 7 0 0 7 158 347 -189 23 54 3 0 3
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):

  1. number of matches won
  2. the difference between points for and points against
  3. the number of tries scored
  4. the most points scored
  5. the difference between tries for and tries against
  6. the fewest red cards received
  7. the fewest yellow cards received
2024 MLR Western Conference ()
Club P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
3 Seattle Seawolves 8 7 0 1 250 176 74 29 22 4 1 33
1 Houston SaberCats 7 6 0 1 224 177 47 30 25 5 0 29
2 San Diego Legion 7 5 0 2 182 151 31 23 14 4 2 26
4 Dallas Jackals 7 3 0 4 226 206 20 33 27 4 3 19
5 Utah Warriors 7 3 0 4 186 169 17 26 24 3 3 18
6 RFC Los Angeles 7 1 1 5 153 222 -69 23 29 4 2 12
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):

  1. number of matches won
  2. the difference between points for and points against
  3. the number of tries scored
  4. the most points scored
  5. the difference between tries for and tries against
  6. the fewest red cards received
  7. the fewest yellow cards received


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
Anthem Rugby Carolina – 28–68 – – – 13–46 – 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 – – 22–15
Rugby Football Club Los Angeles 29–32 12–27 – – – – 5–36 36-32
Miami Sharks 50-21 19–23 – – – – 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 – – – – – 13–23

Updated to match(es) played on March 24, 2024
Colors: Blue: home team win; Yellow: draw; Red: away team win.

Scheduled matches

Further information: List of 2024 Major League Rugby matches


References

  1. ^ "Major League Rugby Unveils 2024 Slate Of Matchups". Major League Rugby. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  2. ^ "Toronto Arrows to not compete in 2024 MLR Season". Major League Rugby. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  3. ^ "Former champions New York out of 2024 MLR season". Americas Rugby News. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Major_League_Rugby_season