2024 Major League Rugby season

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2024 Major League Rugby season
Countries	United States (12 teams)
Date	March 2 – August 4
Champions	New England Free Jacks (2nd Title)
Runners-up	Seattle Seawolves
Matches played	103
Attendance	16,115 (average 156 per match)
Highest attendance	12,085 Seattle Seawolves 11–20 New England Free Jacks August 4, 2024
Official website
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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.

Los Angeles

Dallas

DC

Houston

New England

New Orleans

Miami

San Diego

Seattle

Utah

Carolina

Chicago

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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

The regular season consisted 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:

Updated to match(es) played on May 2, 2024
Colors: Blue: home team win; Yellow: draw; Red: away team win.

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.

July 27, 2024 13:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)

New England Free Jacks	23–17	Chicago Hounds
Try: R. MacDonald (2) 20' m, 23' m A. Quattrin 71' c Con: J. Potroz (1/3) 72' Pen: J. Potroz (2/2) 45', 58' Cards: C. Keys 54' to 64'	Report[11][12]	Try: N. Augspurger 40' c D. Fawsitt 65' c Con: L. Carty (2/2) 40’+1', 66′ Pen: L. Carty (1/2) 54'

Veterans Memorial Stadium Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)

July 28, 2024 16:00 EDT (UTC−04:00)

Seattle Seawolves	28–25	Dallas Jackals
Try: Penalty try 22' J. Taufete’e 36' c J. Smith 50' c R. Rees 78' c Con: M. Mason (1/1) 51' S. Windsor (1/1) 79' Pen: M. Mason (0/1) Cards: M. Ngakuru 30' to 40'	Report[13][14]	Try: N. Benn (2) 12' c, 31' c T. Bekerman 73' m Con: J. Oliver (2/2) 13', 32' Pen: J. Oliver (2/3) 3', 29' Cards: J. Zeiss 21' to 31' M. Alikhan 22' to 32'

Starfire Sports Referee: Scott Green (USA)

August 4, 2024 1:00 pm PDT

Seattle Seawolves	11–20	New England Free Jacks
Try: J. Taufete’e 31' m Con: M. Mason (0/1) Pen: M. Mason (2/3) 25', 48' Cards: T. Lopeti 52' to 62'	Report[15]	Try: L. Malan 14' Con: J. Potroz (0/1) Pen: J. Potroz (5/5) 9', 28', 40’+1', 45', 52'

Snapdragon Stadium Attendance: 12,085 Referee: Luke Rogan (USA)

The top five try and point scorers during the 2024 Major League Rugby season are:

Last updated: September 13, 2024

Most tries No Player Team Tries 1 Michael Manson Seattle Seawolves 14 Dylan Fawsitt Chicago Hounds 3 Taniela Filimone New Orleans Gold 11 Dewald Kotze Dallas Jackals 5 Semi Kunatani RFCLA 10

Most points No Player Team Pts 1 Jayson Potroz New England Free Jacks 181 2 Mack Mason Seattle Seawolves 172 3 Jason Robertson Old Glory DC 138 4 Joel Hodgson Utah Warriors 111 5 AJ Alatimu Houston Sabercats 85

MLR awards the try scorer 7 points when there is an Automatic Conversion (The ball is touched down between the post in the in-goal area).
References:^[16]