The 2025 Major League Rugby season is the eighth season of Major League Rugby, the professional rugby union competition sanctioned by USA Rugby. The regular season began on February 15, 2025, and will last through June 28, 2025. Following the shutdown of the Dallas Jackals in September 2024, Major League Rugby features 11 teams competing in the 2025 season.[1]

The season marked the first of a multiyear media agreement between Major League Rugby and ESPN, with all games streaming on ESPN+ and select games aired nationwide.[2]

Teams and format

The Dallas Jackals ceased to exist after the 2024 season, leaving 11 teams in the 2025 season.[1]

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Locations of teams in Major League Rugby
# Club Metro area Stadium Capacity Coach Captain
WESTERN Houston SaberCats Houston, Texas SaberCats Stadium 4,000 South Africa Pote Human South Africa Johan Momsen
Rugby Football Club Los Angeles Carson, California Wallis Annenberg Stadium 2,145 Australia Stephen Hoiles Ireland Niall Saunders
San Diego Legion San Diego, California Torero Stadium 6,000 Australia John Manenti Scotland Blair Cowan
Seattle Seawolves Seattle, Washington Starfire Stadium 4,500 Ireland Allen Clarke United States Riekert Hattingh
Utah Warriors Salt Lake City, Utah Zions Bank Stadium 5,000 New Zealand Greg Cooper United States Bailey Wilson
EASTERN Anthem Rugby Carolina Charlotte, North Carolina American Legion Memorial Stadium 10,500 New Zealand Alama Ieremia United States Jake Turnbull
Chicago Hounds Chicago, Illinois SeatGeek Stadium 20,000 Australia Chris Latham Australia Bill Meakes
Miami Sharks Fort Lauderdale, Florida AutoNation Sports Field 1,500 Argentina José Pellicena Argentina Tomás Cubelli
New England Free Jacks Boston, Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Stadium 5,000 New Zealand Ryan Martin Canada Josh Larsen
New Orleans Gold New Orleans, Louisiana Gold Mine 10,000 New Zealand Cory Brown United States Moni Tongaʻuiha
Old Glory DC Washington, D.C. Maryland SoccerPlex 5,000 Scotland Simon Cross United States Jamason Faʻanana-Schultz

Regular season

All teams will play eight home games and eight away games followed by a postseason.

2025 MLR Eastern Conference
Club P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 New Orleans Gold 1 1 0 0 35 14 21 5 2 1 0 5
2 New England Free Jacks 1 1 0 0 24 17 7 4 2 1 0 5
3 Old Glory DC 1 1 0 0 31 29 1 5 4 1 0 5
4 Chicago Hounds 1 1 0 0 25 22 3 3 3 0 0 4
5 Miami Sharks 1 0 0 1 29 31 -2 4 5 1 1 2
6 Anthem Rugby Carolina 1 0 0 1 14 35 -21 2 5 0 0 0
Tiebreakers

If teams are level at any stage, tiebreaker criteria are as follows (coin tosses or draw of lots will be used if those below fail):

  1. number of matches won
  2. the difference between points for and points against
  3. the number of tries scored
  4. the most points scored
  5. the difference between tries for and tries against
  6. the fewest red cards received
  7. the fewest yellow cards received
2025 MLR Western Conference
Club P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 San Diego Legion 1 1 0 0 40 26 14 6 4 1 0 5
2 Houston SaberCats 1 0 0 1 22 25 -3 3 3 0 1 1
3 RFC Los Angeles 1 0 0 1 17 24 -7 2 4 0 1 1
4 Seattle Seawolves 1 0 0 1 26 40 -14 4 6 1 0 1
5 Utah Warriors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tiebreakers

If teams are level at any stage, tiebreaker criteria are as follows (coin tosses or draw of lots will be used if those below fail):

  1. number of matches won
  2. the difference between points for and points against
  3. the number of tries scored
  4. the most points scored
  5. the difference between tries for and tries against
  6. the fewest red cards received
  7. the fewest yellow cards received

References

  1. ^ a b "Major League Rugby reveals big schedule changes for 2025". Americas Rugby News. November 19, 2024. Archived from the original on November 23, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  2. ^ Winslow, George (February 10, 2025). "ESPN Signs Multiyear Deal To Air Major League Rugby". TV News Check.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Major_League_Rugby_season
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