2012 USARL season

2012 USA Rugby League
Teams 8
Premiers Jacksonville Axemen (1st title)
Minor premiers Jacksonville Axemen (2nd title)
Matches played 35

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

Colors Club City State Stadium Foundation Joined
 Baltimore Blues Baltimore  Maryland N/A 2012 2012
 Boston Thirteens Boston  Massachusetts MIT Steinbrenner Stadium 2009 2011
 Jacksonville Axemen Jacksonville  Florida Hodges Stadium 2006 2011
 New Haven Warriors New Haven  Connecticut Ken Strong Stadium 2006 2011
 Oneida FC Cambridge  Massachusetts Steinbrenner Stadium 2011 2011
 Philadelphia Fight Conshohocken  Pennsylvania A. A. Garthwaite Stadium 1998 2011
 Rhode Island Rebellion Providence  Rhode Island Classical High School 2011 2011
 Washington DC Slayers Washington  Washington Duke Ellington Field 2003 2011

Season table

2012 USARL season
# Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Jacksonville Axemen 88003989830016
2 Philadelphia Fight 860245811634212
3 Boston Thirteens 860244213231012
4 Washington D.C. Slayers 85032751888710
5 Rhode Island Rebellion 8404358291678
6 Oneida FC 8206154498-3444
7 New Haven Warriors 8107122354-2322
8 Baltimore Blues 800860590-5300

Ladder progression

  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 4.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Jacksonville Axemen 246810121416
2 Philadelphia Fight 24688101212
3 Boston Thirteens 2466881012
4 Washington D.C. Slayers 022246810
5 Rhode Island Rebellion 00244668
6 Oneida FC 00024444
7 New Haven Warriors 22222222
8 Baltimore Blues 00000000

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

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (Local) Venue
Baltimore Blues 0 – 48 New Haven Warriors June 2 TBA
Oneida FC 8 – 68 Boston Thirteens June 2 @ 2pm MIT Steinbrenner Stadium
Philadelphia Fight 78 – 4 Rhode Island Rebellion June 2 TBA
Washington D.C. Slayers 18 – 48 Jacksonville Axemen June 2 Duke Ellington Field

Round 2

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (Local) Venue
Jacksonville Axemen 62 – 10 Oneida FC June 9 Hodges Stadium
Rhode Island Rebellion 10 – 41 Washington D.C. Slayers June 9 Classical High School
New Haven Warriors 16 – 46 Boston Thirteens June 9 Ken Strong Stadium
Baltimore Blues 6 – 86 Philadelphia Fight June 9 TBA

Round 3

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (Local) Venue
Jacksonville Axemen 48 – 10 Washington D.C. Slayers June 16 Hodges Stadium
New Haven Warriors 8 – 78 Rhode Island Rebellion June 16 Ken Strong Stadium
Philadelphia Fight 82 – 6 Baltimore Blues June 16 Dixon Field, Cabrini College
Boston Thirteens 64 – 6 Oneida FC June 16 @ 2pm MIT Steinbrenner Stadium

Round 4

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (Local) Venue
Oneida FC 68 – 28 Baltimore Blues June 23 @ 3pm MIT Steinbrenner Stadium
Boston Thirteens 32 – 36 Jacksonville Axemen June 23 @ 1pm MIT Steinbrenner Stadium
Rhode Island Rebellion 54 – 24 New Haven Warriors June 23 Classical High School
Washington D.C. Slayers 18 – 36 Philadelphia Fight June 23 Duke Ellington Field

Round 5

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (Local) Venue
Oneida FC 44 – 20 New Haven Warriors June 30 @ 3pm MIT Steinbrenner Stadium
Philadelphia Fight 12 – 32 Jacksonville Axemen June 30 Dixon Field, Cabrini College
Boston Thirteens 58 – 22 Rhode Island Rebellion June 30 @ 1pm MIT Steinbrenner Stadium
Baltimore Blues 4 – 50 Washington D.C. Slayers June 30 TBA

Round 6

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (Local) Venue
Jacksonville Axemen 88 – 0 Baltimore Blues July 14 Hodges Stadium
Washington D.C. Slayers 34 – 30 Boston Thirteens July 14 Duke Ellington Field
New Haven Warriors 6 – 72 Philadelphia Fight July 14 Ken Strong Stadium
Oneida FC 12 – 100 Rhode Island Rebellion July 14 Classical High School

Round 7

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (Local) Venue
Jacksonville Axemen 54 – 22 Rhode Island Rebellion July 21 Hodges Stadium
Baltimore Blues 0 – 100 Boston Thirteens July 21 TBA
Philadelphia Fight 82 – 0 Oneida FC July 21 Dixon Field, Cabrini College
Washington D.C. Slayers 30 – 0 (forfeit) New Haven Warriors July 21 Duke Ellington Field

Round 8

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (Local) Venue
Boston Thirteens 44 – 10 Philadelphia Fight July 28 @ 1pm MIT Steinbrenner Stadium
Oneida FC 12 – 74 Washington D.C. Slayers July 28 @ 3pm MIT Steinbrenner Stadium
New Haven Warriors 0 – 30 Jacksonville Axemen July 28 Ken Strong Stadium
Rhode Island Rebellion 68 – 16 Baltimore Blues July 28 Classical 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.

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (Local) Venue Referee Crowd
SEMI-FINALS
Jacksonville Axemen 58 – 0 Washington DC Slayers August 11, 2012 Hodges Stadium, Jacksonville
Philadelphia Fight 18 – 58 Boston 13s August 11, 2012 Dixon Field, Cabrini College
CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
Jacksonville Axemen 28 – 22 Boston 13s August 25, 2012 Boston, Massachusetts

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
  2. ↑ "USARL Constitution, Teams, Entry Qualifications Announced" (PDF). usarugbyleague.com. USA Rugby League. February 17, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Axemen slice through Philly for 1st". usarugbyleague.com. USA Rugby League. August 1, 2011. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20121027043318/http://www.usarugbyleague.com/standings/
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