2024 Major League Rugby season

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]

2024 Major League Rugby season
CountriesUnited States (12 teams)
DateMarch 2 — June 29
Matches played6
Attendance16,115
(average 2,686 per match)
Official website
majorleague.rugby

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.

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 Agustín Cavalieri Jerónimo Gómez Vara
Houston SaberCats Houston, Texas SaberCats Stadium 4,000 Pote Human Johan Momsen
Rugby Football Club Los Angeles Carson, California Dignity Health Sports Park 27,000 Stephen Brett Niall Saunders
San Diego Legion San Diego, California Snapdragon Stadium 35,000 Danny Lee Blair Cowan
Seattle Seawolves Seattle, Washington Starfire Stadium 4,500 Allen Clarke Riekert Hattingh
Utah Warriors Salt Lake City, Utah Zions Bank Stadium 5,000 Greg Cooper Bailey Wilson
Eastern Conference Anthem Rugby Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina American Legion Memorial Stadium 10,500 Alama Ieremia Jake Turnbull
Chicago Hounds Chicago, Illinois SeatGeek Stadium 20,000 Sam Harris Bill Meakes
Miami Sharks Fort Lauderdale, Florida AutoNation Sports Field 1,500 José Pellicena Tomás Cubelli
New England Free Jacks Boston, Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Stadium 5,000 Scott Mathie Josh Larsen
New Orleans Gold New Orleans, Louisiana Gold Mine 10,000 Cory Brown Moni Tongaʻuiha
Old Glory DC Washington, D.C. Maryland SoccerPlex 5,000 Simon Cross 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
1New England Free Jacks 86022561659137234129
3Chicago Hounds 84132542045036280123
2New Orleans Gold 84042161922431263121
4Old Glory DC 8224183224-4124313116
5Miami Sharks 8206189215-2621272212
6Anthem Rugby Carolina 8008163387-2242460303
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
1Houston SaberCats 87012571778035255034
3Seattle Seawolves 87012501767429224133
2San Diego Legion 8503182184-222194226
4Dallas Jackals 84042642234139305324
5Utah Warriors 84042171932430274323
6RFC Los Angeles 8116165256-9125344212
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 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
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.
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