The 2020 Austin Gilgronis season was the club's third season in Major League Rugby. The 2020 season was the program's first season under the name Austin Gilgronis, having competed under the name Austin Elite for its first two season. Brent Semmons was the coach of the club for the first year. Zinzan Elan-Puttick was the captain the club for the first year as well. The season was later canceled in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Gilgronis played their home matchups at Bold Stadium in Austin, Texas for the first time since playing in Round Rock the past two seasons. The program used an alternate stadium to host a game in San Antonio at Toyota Field.
Schedule +2020 Austin Gilgronis match resultsDate Round OpponentVenueScore February 9 Round 1 Toronto Arrows Bold Stadium L 10–38 February 15 Round 2 at Rugby United New York Sam Boyd Stadium L 31–49 February 22 Round 3 Utah Warriors Bold Stadium D 20–20 February 29 Round 4 Old Glory DC Toyota Field L 19–28 March 7 Round 5 at Houston SaberCats Aveva Stadium W 24–20
Standings Season StandingsWestern ConferenceTeam 1 San Diego Legion 5 5 0 0 161 108 +53 21 13 3 0 23 2 Utah Warriors 5 2 1 2 125 134 -9 15 18 2 0 12 3 Colorado Raptors 5 2 0 3 98 130 -32 11 16 0 1 9 4 Seattle Seawolves 5 1 0 4 138 162 -24 15 22 2 2 8 5 Austin Gilgronis 5 1 1 3 104 155 -51 13 19 1 0 7 6 Houston SaberCats 5 1 0 4 99 116 -17 11 12 0 2 6 If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order number of matches won the difference between points for and points against the number of tries scored the most points scored the difference between tries for and tries against the fewest red cards received the fewest yellow cards receivedGreen background indicates teams in position for the Conference Finals Blue background indicates teams in position for the Conference Semi-Finals (CH) Champions. (RU) Runners-up. (SF) Losing semi-finalists. Last Updated: March 7, 2020
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