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2007 AMNRL Season
The 2007 American National Rugby League season was the tenth annual American National Rugby League season of semi-professional rugby league football in North America. The season began on June 2, 2007 with a match between the Northern Raiders and the New York Knights (rugby league), New York Knights, played at Pier 40 Stadium located on the Hudson River. The 2007 competition sees ten teams participating throughout nine round of the regular season, followed by the top six teams qualifying for the AMNRL playoff series. The championship was won by the Connecticut Wildcats, who defeated the Aston DSC Bulls 20-18 at Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville, North Florida. Pre Season *A new team has been allowed to join the American National Rugby League for the 2007 season the Fairfax Eagles while one team was not granted re-admittance following on from the 2006 AMNRL season, 2006 season being the Boston Braves RLFC, Boston Braves. *The Delaware Valley Mantarays club decided to merge with the Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American National Rugby League
The American National Rugby League (AMNRL) was a rugby league organization in the United States that operated from 1997 to 2014. The country's first domestic rugby league competition, it hosted an annual league from 1998 through 2013. Throughout its existence, the AMNRL was also recognized by the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF) as the governing body for the sport in the United States, and oversaw the United States national rugby league team, the Tomahawks. Australian former professional player David Niu founded the competition that became AMNRL in 1997, with six teams competing in the first season the following year. The league grew to eleven teams by 2010, with plans for westward expansion. On January 12, 2011, seven teams announced they were departing the AMNRL to form the new USA Rugby League (USARL). The AMNRL suffered from competition with the USARL, and did not host a domestic competition after the 2013 season, though it continued to organize international team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connecticut Colors
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capital is Hartford and its most populous city is Bridgeport. Historically the state is part of New England as well as the tri-state area with New York and New Jersey. The state is named for the Connecticut River which approximately bisects the state. The word "Connecticut" is derived from various anglicized spellings of "Quinnetuket”, a Mohegan-Pequot word for "long tidal river". Connecticut's first European settlers were Dutchmen who established a small, short-lived settlement called House of Hope in Hartford at the confluence of the Park and Connecticut Rivers. Half of Connecticut was initially claimed by the Dutch colony New Netherland, which included much of the land between the Connecticut and Delaware Rivers, although the first majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
