| 2019 Major League Rugby season | |
| Countries: | United States (8 teams) Canada (1 team) |
| Date: | January 26 – June 16 |
| Champions: | Seattle Seawolves (2nd title) |
| Runnersup: | San Diego Legion |
| Matches: | 75 |
| Attendance: | 159941 |
| Highest Attendance: | 6,000 San Diego v Seattle (June 16, 2019) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 578 Austin v San Diego (February 22, 2019) |
| Top Point Scorer: | Brock Staller (223) |
| Top Try Scorer: | John Ryberg & Dylan Fawsitt (13) |
| Website: | www.usmlr.com |
| Prevseason: | 2018 |
| Nextseason: | 2020 |
The 2019 Major League Rugby season was the second season of Major League Rugby, the professional rugby union competition sanctioned by USA Rugby. The regular season began on January 26 and concluded on June 2.[1]
Two teams made their debut in 2019, the Toronto Arrows and Rugby United New York. The Seattle Seawolves won the championship for the second consecutive season, defeating the San Diego Legion 26-23 on June 16.
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11,500 | |||||
 David Williams | 5,000 | ||||
| Justin Fitzpatrick (to May 2, 2019) Paul Emerick (interim from May 3, 2019) | 4,000 7,500 6,000 | ||||
| 3,000 | |||||
| 7,000 | |||||
| 6,000 | |||||
| 3,800 | |||||
 Chris Silverthorn | 3,500 9,600 | ||||
 Alf Daniels | 5,000 |
Notes:
The regular season was expanded from ten weeks in 2018 to nineteen weeks for 2019, with each team playing 16 matches.
The standings for the 2019 Major League Rugby regular season are:
The following are the matches for the 2019 Major League Rugby regular season:
See main article: 2019 Major League Rugby final.
The top ten try and point scorers during the 2019 Major League Rugby season are:[2]
Last updated June 5, 2019
| Most tries | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Team | Tries< | -- Pos | Player | Team | Tries--> |
| 1 | John Ryberg | 13 | |||||
| Rugby United New York | |||||||
| 3 | 12 | ||||||
| 4 | 9 | ||||||
| San Diego Legion | |||||||
| 6 | 8 | ||||||
| Seattle Seawolves | |||||||
| Riekert Hattingh | Seattle Seawolves | ||||||
| 9 | Connor Wallace-Sims | 7 | |||||
| Seattle Seawolves | |||||||
| Toronto Arrows | |||||||
| Most points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Team | Pts< | -- Pos | Player | Team | Tries--> |
| 1 | 223 | ||||||
| 2 | 163 | ||||||
| 3 | 160 | ||||||
| 4 | 152 | ||||||
| 5 | 141 | ||||||
| 6 | 134 | ||||||
| 7 | 85 | ||||||
| 8 | 69 | ||||||
| 9 | John Ryberg | 65 | |||||
| Player | Team | Red | Yellow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josua Vici | 1 | 2 | ||
 Keni Nasoqeqe | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | |||
| Lance Williams | 0 | 3 | ||
| Connor Cook | 0 | 2 | ||
 Con Foley | 0 | 2 | ||
| Pat O'Toole | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jamie Dever | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jack Evans | 0 | 1 | ||
| Matt Hughston | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tim Maupin | 0 | 1 | ||
| Peni Tagive | 0 | 1 | ||
| Sione Tuihalamaka | 0 | 1 | ||
| Chris Turori | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rob Brouwer | 0 | 1 | ||
| Phil Mack | 0 | 1 | ||
| Sam Malcolm | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dylan Fawsitt | 0 | 1 | ||
 Soheyl Jaoudat | 0 | 1 | ||
| Maikeli Naromaitoga | 0 | 1 | ||
| Josh Whippy | 0 | 1 | ||
| Luke Beauchamp | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jeremy Misailegalu | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kane Thompson | 0 | 1 | ||
| Franco van den Berg | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tiaan Erasmus | 0 | 1 | ||
| Moe Abdelmonem | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kevin Sullivan | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Denise | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | |||
| 0 | 1 | |||
| Andrew Ferguson | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | |||
| 0 | 1 | |||
| 0 | 1 | |||
| 0 | 1 | |||
| 0 | 1 | |||
| Avery Oitomen | 0 | 1 | ||
| Kyle Baillie | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 1 | |||
| Daniel Trierweiler | 0 | 1 | ||
| Leandro Leivas | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mateo Sanguinetti | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mason Pedersen | 0 | 1 | ||
| Murphy Taramai | 0 | 1 | ||
 Fetuʻu Vainikolo | 0 | 1 | ||
| JP du Plessis | 0 | 1 | ||
| Nate Augspurger | 0 | 1 | ||
| Dino Waldren | 0 | 1 | ||
| Alejandro Nieto | 0 | 1 | ||
| Juan Echeverría | 0 | 1 | ||
| Cam Dolan | 0 | 1 | ||
| Shalom Suniula | 0 | 1 | ||
| James Semple | 0 | 1 | ||
| Pat Blair | 0 | 1 | ||
| Tristan Blewett | 0 | 1 | ||
| Awara Elkington | 0 | 1 | ||
| Peter Milazzo | 0 | 1 |
MVP of the Championship Match
All-MLR Awards
All-MLR First Team
| Player | Position | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loosehead Prop | Toronto Arrows | ||
| Hooker | Rugby United New York | ||
| Tighthead Prop | San Diego Legion | ||
| Left Lock | Toronto Arrows | ||
| Right Lock | Rugby United New York | ||
| Blindside Flanker | Seattle Seawolves | ||
| Openside Flanker | Seattle Seawolves | ||
| Riekert Hattingh | No8 | Seattle Seawolves | |
| Scrum-half | San Diego Legion | ||
| Fly-half | San Diego Legion | ||
| Connor Wallace-Sims | Blindside Wing | Rugby United New York | |
| Inside Center | San Diego Legion | ||
| Outside Center | New Orleans Gold | ||
| John Ryberg | Openside Wing | Glendale Raptors | |
| Fullback | New Orleans Gold |
All-MLR Second Team
| Player | Position | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franco van den Berg | Loosehead Prop | Utah Warriors | |
| Hooker | New Orleans Gold | ||
| Morgan Mitchell | Tighthead Prop | Toronto Arrows | |
| Left Lock | Austin Elite | ||
| Right Lock | San Diego Legion | ||
| Lance Williams | Blindside Flanker | Utah Warriors | |
| Matt Hughston | Openside Flanker | Rugby United New York | |
| No8 | New Orleans Gold | ||
| Scrum-half | Rugby United New York | ||
| Fly-half | Toronto Arrows | ||
| Blindside Wing | Toronto Arrows | ||
| Inside Center | Seattle Seawolves | ||
| Outside Center | San Diego Legion | ||
| Openside Wing | Seattle Seawolves | ||
| Fullback | Seattle Seawolves |
| Team | Stadium | Capacity | Total Attendance | Average Attendance | % Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11,500 8,296 | 4,560 1,000 | 894 1,000 | 7% 12% | |||
| 5,000 | 19,704 | 2,463 | 49% | |||
| 7,500 6,000 4,000 | 3,900 1,000 5,382 | 975 1,000 1,794 | 13% 17% 45% | |||
| 3,000 | 12,857 | 1,428 | 47% | |||
| 7,000 | 14,184 | 1,773 | 25% | |||
| 6,000 | 30,425 | 3,043 | 51% | |||
| 3,800 | 29,873 | 3,734 | 98% | |||
| 3,700 9,600 | 7,655 9,953 | 1,913 2,488 | 51% 26% | |||
| 5,000 | 19,448 | 2,431 | 49% |
Notes: