The 2022 Major League Rugby season is the fifth season of
Major League Rugby, the professional
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
competition sanctioned by
USA Rugby
USA Rugby (officially the United States of America Rugby Football Union, Ltd.) is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in the United States. Its role is to achieve and maintain “high levels of quality in all aspects of ru ...
. The regular season began on February 5, 2022.
The
Dallas Jackals
The Dallas Jackals are a Major League Rugby team that began play in the 2022 season as an expansion franchise. They were originally going to join the MLR for the 2021 season, but on January 19, 2021, the Jackals delayed their inaugural season to ...
made their debut this season, having postponed their inaugural season from 2021.
MLR added Television Match Officials (TMO) to assist in-game referees with making the correct decisions during all matches.
Teams and format
Regular season
The regular season consists of 18 weeks, with each team playing 16 matches, beginning on February 5, 2022.
Standings
Matches
The following are the match results for the 2022 Major League Rugby regular season:
Updated to match(es) played on May 1, 2022
Colors: Blue: home team win; Yellow: draw; Red: away team win.
Eastern Conference Extra Matches
Updated to match(es) played on April 24, 2022
Colors: Blue: home team win; Yellow: draw; Red: away team win.
Scheduled matches
Week 1 (February 5–6)
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Week 2 (February 10–12)
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Week 3 (February 18–20)
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Week 4 (February 26–27)
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Week 5 (March 4–6)
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Week 6 (March 12–13)
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Week 7 (March 19–20)
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Week 8 (March 26–27)
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Week 9 (April 1–3)
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Week 10 (April 9–10)
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Week 11 (April 15–16)
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Week 12 (April 23–24)
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Week 13 (April 30–May 1)
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Week 14 (May 7–8)
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Week 15 (May 13–15)
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Week 16 (May 19–22)
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Week 17 (May 27–29)
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Week 18 (June 3–5)
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Post-Season
Playoffs (June 11–12)
Conference Finals (June 18–19)
Championship Final (June 25/26)
Player statistics
Top scorers
The top ten try and point scorers during the 2022 Major League Rugby season are:
Last updated: May 3, 2022
Sanctions
Notes
References
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