The New Orleans Gold, stylized as NOLA Gold, is a professional
rugby union
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team based in
. The team was founded in 2017 and competes in
Major League Rugby
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.
[ Since January 2020, ]French
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rugby power ASM Clermont Auvergne
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has owned a minority stake in the team.
Home field
Gold Mine on Airline
The team plays at the Gold Mine on Airline
Gold Mine on Airline, formerly Shrine on Airline, is a 10,000-seat stadium in Metairie, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. It is home field for the New Orleans Gold team in Major League Rugby. Known as Zephyr Field when built in 1997 as the hom ...
, formerly known as the Shrine on Airline and Zephyr Field, in Metairie, Louisiana
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, on the East Bank of the New Orleans metropolitan area
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.
Joe Zimmerman Stadium
For the first two seasons of Major League Rugby in 2018 and 2019, the team played at Joe Zimmerman Stadium
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at Archbishop Shaw High School
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under the branding of Gold Stadium. The natural turf field with grandstand seating for up to 3,000 people is located on the West Bank at Marrero, Louisiana
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.
Broadcasts
Home games are shown on Cox Sports Television
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. Ian McNulty and Geoffrey Ormsby are the on air talent.
Sponsorship
For the 2022 season, NOLA Gold partnered with local Louisiana, Port Orleans Brewing Company to make "GOLDen Ale". These 16-ounce cans will be available for purchase in the brewery's tap room and on tap at the start of the season. It will also be sold throughout the season in the team's home stadium, the Shrine on Airline.
Players and personnel
Current squad
The New Orleans Gold squad for the 2022 Major League Rugby season
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The Dallas Jackals made their debut this season, hav ...
is:
Head coaches
* Nate Osborne
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He last served as the head coach of ...
(2018–2021)[
* ]Kane Thompson
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Professional rugby career
He debuted for th ...
(2022–)
Assistant coaches
* Kane Thompson, forwards and defense (2019–2021)
* Taylor Howden
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* Justice Taylor (disambiguation)
Plac ...
(2022)
* Carlos Spencer
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During his playing ...
(2022)
Captains
*Taylor Howden (2018)
*Eric Howard
Eric Gerald Howard (born September 5, 1993) is a Canadian rugby union player. He plays as a hooker for the NOLA Gold of Major League Rugby (MLR) and the Canadian national team.
Howard started his rugby career with the Ottawa Beavers, before j ...
(2019–2020)
*Kyle Baillie
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He previously played for NOLA Gold and the Toronto Arrows in the ML ...
(2021)
*Cam Dolan
Cameron Dolan (born March 7, 1990) is an American rugby union player who normally plays at the Number 8 position. He currently plays professionally for the NOLA Gold, since 2018, in the Major League Rugby (MLR). Dolan previously played rugby out ...
(2022–)
Records
Season standings
2018 season
° = Exhibition game
2019 season
Exhibitions
Regular season
2020 season
On March 12, 2020, MLR announced the season would go on hiatus immediately for 30 days due to fears surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic
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. One week later (March 19), MLR announced that it had canceled the rest of the 2020 season.
Regular season
2021 season
Regular season
2022 season
Regular season
References
External links
Official site
{{New Orleans Gold squad
Major League Rugby teams
Rugby union teams in Louisiana
Sports teams in New Orleans
Rugby clubs established in 2017
2017 establishments in Louisiana