The 2012 USARL season was the second season of the
USA Rugby League
The USA Rugby League (USARL) is the official governing body for rugby league, a code of rugby football, in the United States.
The organization also runs the national amateur competition for club teams in the US. The league consists of six te ...
(USARL). The 2012 season was an 8-team competition with the addition of the
Baltimore Blues
Rugby league has been played in the United States by club teams since the 1970s. In that time a number of amateur and semi-professional clubs have been established and ended up going defunct.
American National Rugby League
*Aston Bulls (1998–2 ...
and departure of the
New Jersey Turnpike Titans
Rugby league has been played in the United States by club teams since the 1970s. In that time a number of amateur and semi-professional clubs have been established and ended up going defunct.
American National Rugby League
*Aston Bulls (1998–2 ...
. The season began on June 2, and ended with the Championship Final on August 25 in
Boston, Massachusetts. The
Jacksonville Axemen
The Jacksonville Axemen are a semi-professional rugby league team based in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. They currently play in the USA Rugby League (USARL). They play their home games at the North Practice Soccer Fields at the University of North F ...
completed the USARL's first perfect season, capturing the Axemen's first USARL Championship and second minor premiership.
Teams
Season table
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.
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
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
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.
References
External links
Official website
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USARL season
USA Rugby League
Seasons in American rugby league
2012 in American sports