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. 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 JoinedBaltimore BluesBaltimoreN/A20122012Boston ThirteensBostonMIT Steinbrenner Stadium20092011Jacksonville AxemenJacksonvilleHodges Stadium20062011New Haven WarriorsNew HavenKen Strong Stadium20062011Oneida FCCambridgeSteinbrenner Stadium20112011Philadelphia FightConshohockenA. A. Garthwaite Stadium19982011Rhode Island RebellionProvidenceClassical High School20112011Washington DC SlayersWashingtonDuke Ellington Field20032011
Season table
2012 USARL season Team 1 Jacksonville Axemen880039898300162 Philadelphia Fight8602458116342123 Boston Thirteens8602442132310124 Washington D.C. Slayers850327518887105 Rhode Island Rebellion84043582916786 Oneida FC8206154498-34447 New Haven Warriors8107122354-23228 Baltimore Blues800860590-5300
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. Team123456781 Jacksonville Axemen246810121416 2 Philadelphia Fight246881012123 Boston Thirteens2466881012 4 Washington D.C. Slayers0222468105 Rhode Island Rebellion 002446686 Oneida FC00024444 7 New Haven Warriors222222228 Baltimore Blues00000000
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). All fixtures sourced from the USARL.
Round 1 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)Venue Baltimore Blues 0 – 48 New Haven Warriors June 2 TBA Oneida FC 8 – 68 Boston Thirteens June 2 @ 2pmMIT Steinbrenner Stadium Philadelphia Fight 78 – 4 Rhode Island Rebellion June 2TBA Washington D.C. Slayers 18 – 48 Jacksonville Axemen June 2Duke Ellington Field
Round 2 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)Venue Jacksonville Axemen62 – 10 Oneida FC June 9 Hodges Stadium Rhode Island Rebellion10 – 41 Washington D.C. Slayers June 9Classical High School New Haven Warriors16 – 46 Boston Thirteens June 9Ken Strong Stadium Baltimore Blues6 – 86 Philadelphia Fight June 9TBA
Round 3 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate 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 16Dixon Field, Cabrini College Boston Thirteens 64 – 6 Oneida FC June 16 @ 2pmMIT Steinbrenner Stadium
Round 4 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)Venue Oneida FC 68 – 28 Baltimore Blues June 23 @ 3pmMIT Steinbrenner Stadium Boston Thirteens 32 – 36 Jacksonville Axemen June 23 @ 1pmMIT Steinbrenner Stadium Rhode Island Rebellion 54 – 24 New Haven Warriors June 23Classical High School Washington D.C. Slayers 18 – 36 Philadelphia Fight June 23Duke Ellington Field
Round 5 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate 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 30TBA
Round 6 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)Venue Jacksonville Axemen88 – 0 Baltimore Blues July 14 Hodges Stadium Washington D.C. Slayers34 – 30 Boston Thirteens July 14 Duke Ellington Field New Haven Warriors6 – 72 Philadelphia Fight July 14Ken Strong Stadium Oneida FC12 – 100 Rhode Island Rebellion July 14Classical High School
Round 7 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)Venue Jacksonville Axemen54 – 22 Rhode Island Rebellion July 21 Hodges Stadium Baltimore Blues0 – 100 Boston Thirteens July 21 TBA Philadelphia Fight82 – 0 Oneida FC July 21Dixon Field, Cabrini College Washington D.C. Slayers30 – 0 (forfeit) New Haven Warriors July 21Duke Ellington Field
Round 8 HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)Venue Boston Thirteens44 – 10 Philadelphia Fight July 28 @ 1pmMIT Steinbrenner Stadium Oneida FC12 – 74 Washington D.C. Slayers July 28 @ 3pmMIT Steinbrenner Stadium New Haven Warriors0 – 30 Jacksonville Axemen July 28Ken Strong Stadium Rhode Island Rebellion68 – 16 Baltimore Blues July 28Classical 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. HomeScoreAwayMatch InformationDate and Time (Local)VenueRefereeCrowd SEMI-FINALS Jacksonville Axemen58 – 0 Washington DC Slayers August 11, 2012 Hodges Stadium, Jacksonville Philadelphia Fight18 – 58 Boston 13s August 11, 2012 Dixon Field, Cabrini College CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL Jacksonville Axemen28 – 22 Boston 13s August 25, 2012Boston, Massachusetts
References
External links Official website