2012 USARL season explained

Year:2012
Teams:8
Count:1st
Mpcount:2nd
Matches:35
Prevseason Link:2011 USARL season
Prevseason Year:2011
Nextseason Link:2013 USARL season
Nextseason Year:2013

The 2012 USARL season was the second season of the USA Rugby League (USARL). The 2012 season was an 8-team competition with the addition of the Baltimore Blues and departure of the New Jersey Turnpike Titans. The season began on June 2, and ended with the Championship Final on August 25 in Boston, Massachusetts.[1] The Jacksonville Axemen completed the USARL's first perfect season, capturing the Axemen's first USARL Championship and second minor premiership.

Teams

ColorsClubCityStateStadiumFoundationJoined
Baltimore BluesBaltimoreN/A20122012
Boston ThirteensBostonMIT Steinbrenner Stadium20092011
Jacksonville AxemenJacksonvilleHodges Stadium20062011
New Haven WarriorsNew HavenKen Strong Stadium20062011
Oneida FCCambridgeSteinbrenner Stadium20112011
Philadelphia FightConshohockenA. A. Garthwaite Stadium19982011
Rhode Island RebellionProvidenceClassical High School20112011
Washington DC SlayersWashingtonDuke Ellington Field20032011

Season table

bgcolor=darkblue align="center" colspan="11"2012 USARL season
Team
1 Jacksonville Axemen88003989830016
2 Philadelphia Fight860245811634212
3 Boston Thirteens860244213231012
4 Washington D.C. Slayers85032751888710
5 Rhode Island Rebellion8404358291678
6 Oneida FC8206154498-3444
7 New Haven Warriors8107122354-2322
8 Baltimore Blues800860590-5300

Ladder progression

width=20 abbr="Position" width=175 Teamwidth=20 abbr="Round 1" 1width=20 abbr="Round 2" 2width=20 abbr="Round 3" 3width=20 abbr="Round 4" 4width=20 abbr="Round 5" 5width=20 abbr="Round 6" 6width=20 abbr="Round 7" 7width=20 abbr="Round 8" 8
1 Jacksonville Axemen246810121416
2 Philadelphia Fight24688101212
3 Boston Thirteens2466881012
4 Washington D.C. Slayers022246810
500244668
6 Oneida FC00024444
7 New Haven Warriors22222222
8 Baltimore Blues00000000

Regular season

The league played a single round-round schedule, plus one additional game per team. 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 (or greater).[2] [3] All fixtures sourced from the USARL.[4]

Round 1

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
width=26%Date and Time (Local)width=26%Venue
align=left Baltimore Blues0 – 48align=left New Haven WarriorsJune 2TBA
align=left Oneida FC8 – 68align=left Boston ThirteensJune 2 @ 2pmMIT Steinbrenner Stadium
align=left Philadelphia Fight78 – 4align=left Rhode Island RebellionJune 2TBA
align=left Washington D.C. Slayers18 – 48align=left Jacksonville AxemenJune 2Duke Ellington Field

Round 2

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
width=26%Date and Time (Local)width=26%Venue
align=left Jacksonville Axemen62 – 10align=left Oneida FCJune 9Hodges Stadium
align=left Rhode Island Rebellion10 – 41align=left Washington D.C. SlayersJune 9Classical High School
align=left New Haven Warriors16 – 46align=left Boston ThirteensJune 9Ken Strong Stadium
align=left Baltimore Blues6 – 86align=left Philadelphia FightJune 9TBA

Round 3

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
width=26%Date and Time (Local)width=26%Venue
align=left Jacksonville Axemen48 – 10align=left Washington D.C. SlayersJune 16Hodges Stadium
align=left New Haven Warriors8 – 78align=left Rhode Island RebellionJune 16Ken Strong Stadium
align=left Philadelphia Fight82 – 6align=left Baltimore BluesJune 16Dixon Field, Cabrini College
align=left Boston Thirteens64 – 6align=left Oneida FCJune 16 @ 2pmMIT Steinbrenner Stadium

Round 4

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
width=26%Date and Time (Local)width=26%Venue
align=left Oneida FC68 – 28align=left Baltimore BluesJune 23 @ 3pmMIT Steinbrenner Stadium
align=left Boston Thirteens32 – 36align=left Jacksonville AxemenJune 23 @ 1pmMIT Steinbrenner Stadium
align=left Rhode Island Rebellion54 – 24align=left New Haven WarriorsJune 23Classical High School
align=left Washington D.C. Slayers18 – 36align=left Philadelphia FightJune 23Duke Ellington Field

Round 5

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
width=26%Date and Time (Local)width=26%Venue
align=left Oneida FC44 – 20align=left New Haven WarriorsJune 30 @ 3pmMIT Steinbrenner Stadium
align=left Philadelphia Fight12 – 32align=left Jacksonville AxemenJune 30Dixon Field, Cabrini College
align=left Boston Thirteens58 – 22align=left Rhode Island RebellionJune 30 @ 1pmMIT Steinbrenner Stadium
align=left Baltimore Blues4 – 50align=left Washington D.C. SlayersJune 30TBA

Round 6

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
width=26%Date and Time (Local)width=26%Venue
align=left Jacksonville Axemen88 – 0align=left Baltimore BluesJuly 14Hodges Stadium
align=left Washington D.C. Slayers34 – 30align=left Boston ThirteensJuly 14Duke Ellington Field
align=left New Haven Warriors6 – 72align=left Philadelphia FightJuly 14Ken Strong Stadium
align=left Oneida FC12 – 100align=left Rhode Island RebellionJuly 14Classical High School

Round 7

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
width=26%Date and Time (Local)width=26%Venue
align=left Jacksonville Axemen54 – 22align=left Rhode Island RebellionJuly 21 Hodges Stadium
align=left Baltimore Blues0 – 100align=left Boston ThirteensJuly 21 TBA
align=left Philadelphia Fight82 – 0align=left Oneida FCJuly 21Dixon Field, Cabrini College
align=left Washington D.C. Slayers30 – 0 (forfeit)align=left New Haven WarriorsJuly 21Duke Ellington Field

Round 8

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
width=26%Date and Time (Local)width=26%Venue
align=left Boston Thirteens44 – 10align=left Philadelphia FightJuly 28 @ 1pmMIT Steinbrenner Stadium
align=left Oneida FC12 – 74align=left Washington D.C. SlayersJuly 28 @ 3pmMIT Steinbrenner Stadium
align=left New Haven Warriors0 – 30align=left Jacksonville AxemenJuly 28Ken Strong Stadium
align=left Rhode Island Rebellion68 – 16align=left Baltimore BluesJuly 28Classical High School

Playoffs

The playoffs consisted 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 11, the first-placed team hosted the fourth-placed, and the second-placed hosted the third-placed.

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
width=17%Date and Time (Local)width=17%Venuewidth=11%Refereewidth=7%Crowd
SEMI-FINALS
Jacksonville Axemen58 – 0 Washington DC SlayersAugust 11, 2012Hodges Stadium, Jacksonville
Philadelphia Fight18 – 58 Boston 13sAugust 11, 2012Dixon Field, Cabrini College
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
Jacksonville Axemen28 – 22 Boston 13sAugust 25, 2012Boston, Massachusetts

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: USARL USA Rugby League American Rugby League « Uncategorized « USARL welcome the Blues! . 2012-03-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120514212708/http://www.usarugbyleague.com/2012/01/usarl-welcome-the-blues/ . 2012-05-14 . dead .
  2. Web site: USARL Constitution, Teams, Entry Qualifications Announced. February 17, 2011. usarugbyleague.com. USA Rugby League. March 9, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110901005449/http://usarugbyleague.com/usarl-schedule.pdf. September 1, 2011. dead. mdy-all.
  3. Web site: Axemen slice through Philly for 1st . August 1, 2011 . usarugbyleague.com . . August 15, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111017162009/http://www.usarugbyleague.com/2011/08/axemen-slice-through-philly/ . October 17, 2011 . dead . mdy-all .
  4. Web site: USARL | USA Rugby League | American Rugby League « Results . www.usarugbyleague.com . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121027043318/http://www.usarugbyleague.com/standings/ . 27 October 2012 . dead.

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