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| 2019 Austin Elite season | |
| Year: | 2019 |
| League: | Major League Rugby |
| Coach: |  Alain Hyardet |
| Captain: | Ben Mitchell |
| Stadium: | Dell Diamond (11,500) Toyota Field (Alternate) (Capacity: 8,296) |
| Prev Season: | 2018 |
| Next Season: | 2020 |
| League Wins: | 0 |
| League Draws: | 0 |
| League Losses: | 16 |
| League Rank: | 9th overall |
The 2019 Austin Elite season was club's second season in Major League Rugby.[1] The 2019 season was the program's last season under the name Austin Elite. In September 2019, the program announced the club to be renamed to Austin Herd, but was later changed to Austin Gilgronis, due to new ownership.[2] [3] Alain Hyardet was the coach of the club for the second consecutive year. Ben Mitchell was the captain the club for the first year.
The Elite played their home matchups at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas.[4] The program used an alternate stadium to host a game in San Antonio at Toyota Field.
Austin Elite finished the season winless and became the first time in Major League Rugby to do so.[2]
| Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 11 | Away | Won, 14–10 | ||
| January 19 | Dallas Reds | Away | Postponed |
| January 26 | Round1 | L 20–21 | |||
| February 1 | Round 2 | Dell Diamond | L 9–17 | ||
| February 8 | Round 3 | Dell Diamond | L 19–23 | ||
| February 17 | Round 4 | Dell Diamond | L 13–24 | ||
| February 23 | Round 5 | Dell Diamond | L 17–45 | ||
| March 9 | Round 7 | at Glendale Raptors | L 19–38 | ||
| March 16 | Round 8 | Dell Diamond | L 17–29 | ||
| March 23 | Round 9 | L 31–35 | |||
| March 30 | Round 10 | L 11–19 | |||
| April 7 | Round 11 | at San Diego Legion | L 15–45 | ||
| April 27 | Round 14 | at Utah Warriors | L 19–35 | ||
| May 4 | Round 15 | at New Orleans Gold | Archbishop Shaw Stadium | L 14–26 | |
| May 9 | Round 12[5] | Toronto Arrows | L 13–24 | ||
| May 19 | Round 17 | Rugby United New York | L 7–27 | ||
| May 25 | Round 18 | Houston SaberCats | L 15–36 | ||
| June 2 | Round 19 | Seattle Seawolves | L 26–38 |
| Major League Rugby | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | < | -- | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TB | LB | Pts--> | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego Legion | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 457 | 296 | +161 | 8 | 3 | 61 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Seattle Seawolves | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 498 | 407 | +91 | 10 | 2 | 58 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Toronto Arrows | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 472 | 362 | +110 | 9 | 4 | 57 | |||||||||||
| 4 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 411 | 320 | +91 | 7 | 3 | 54 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | New Orleans Gold | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 463 | 403 | +60 | 11 | 6 | 53 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Glendale Raptors | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 456 | 463 | −7 | 10 | 1 | 43 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Houston SaberCats | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 343 | 496 | −151 | 5 | 1 | 30 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Utah Warriors | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 381 | 517 | −136 | 4 | 5 | 21 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Austin Elite | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 263 | 482 | −219 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Updated: June 2, 2019 Source: http://www.espn.com/rugby/table/_/league/289262 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Four points for a win, two for a draw, and no points for a bye. One bonus point for scoring four or more tries (TB). One bonus point for losing by seven or less (LB). < | --If teams are level on points in the standings at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Difference between points for and against Match result between tied teams Total number of tries scored in the competition --> Teams 1 to 4 (Green background) at the end of the regular season qualify for the semifinals. | |||||||||||||||||||||