| 2024 Major League Rugby season | |
| Countries: | United States (12 teams) |
| Date: | March 2 – August 4 |
| Champions: | New England Free Jacks (2nd Title) |
| Runnersup: | Seattle Seawolves |
| Matches: | 103 |
| Highest Attendance: | 12,085 Seattle Seawolves 11–20 New England Free Jacks |
| Website: | majorleague.rugby |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
The 2024 Major League Rugby season was 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 lasted 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.[2] [3] [4] The Toronto Arrows and Rugby New York withdrew from the league following the 2023 season.[5] [6] This leaves a total of 12 teams competing for the 2024 season.
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.
The regular season will consist of 18 weeks, with each team playing 16 matches, beginning on March 2, 2024, and ending on June 29.
The following are the match results for the 2024 Major League Rugby regular season:
| CAR | CHI | DAL | HOU | LA | MIA | NE | NO | DC | SD | SEA | UTA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthem Rugby Carolina | 29–38 | 28–68 | 15–38 | 29–33 | 14–30 | 13–46 | 5–40 | 32–46 | |||||
| Chicago Hounds | 59–26 | 54–31 | 38–26 | 17-22 | 13–25 | 21–22 | 22–16 | 26–34 | |||||
| Dallas Jackals | 22–20 | 27–30 | 26–29 | 22-35 | 34–36 | 23–30 | 14–7 | 22–20 | |||||
| Houston SaberCats | 23–22 | 29–28 | 29–12 | 30–19 | 35–47 | 33–0 | 28–25 | 22–15 | |||||
| Rugby Football Club Los Angeles | 29–32 | 12–27 | 45–15 | 12–34 | 21–38 | 19–27 | 5–36 | 36-32 | |||||
| Miami Sharks | 50-21 | 19–23 | 17–38 | 15–13 | 13–20 | 17–12 | 21–22 | 20–19 | |||||
| New England Free Jacks | 40–7 | 20–26 | 26–24 | 25–3 | 27–21 | 34–35 | 21–29 | 36–27 | |||||
| New Orleans Gold | 34–19 | 21–38 | 7–21 | 27–42 | 27–17 | 18–6 | 32–31 | 21–14 | |||||
| Old Glory DC | 47–29 | 22–22 | 17–38 | 22–22 | 13–10 | 30–31 | 27–24 | 11-27 | |||||
| San Diego Legion | 34–24 | 30–24 | 37–24 | 19–18 | 23–24 | 33–20 | 45–33 | 32–33 | |||||
| Seattle Seawolves | 29–13 | 34–32 | 40-42 | 29–12 | 29–18 | 26–24 | 25–19 | 68–29 | |||||
| Utah Warriors | 44–19 | 29–15 | 50–46 | 24–29 | 24–31 | 31–24 | 20–27 | 13–23 |
The play-off draw is seeded based on final positions in the regular season conference tables.
The higher-ranked teams in the Conference Semi-finals and Conference Finals have home field advantage.
See main article: 2024 Major League Rugby final.
Agustín Cavalieri
