The Utah Warriors are a professional

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team that competes in

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, the top-level rugby union competition in the United States and Canada that played its first season in 2018. The team is based in

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, Utah, and was founded in 2010 as

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and re-refounded in 2017 by Rugby Utah Ventures.

Home field

The Utah Warriors play at

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, which has a seating capacity of 5,000. The adjacent training facility includes two full-sized indoor turf fields. The Warriors share the venue with

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, a

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team affiliated with

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Broadcasts

2019 home games were shown on

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affiliate station owned by the

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. Jarom Jordan and Jonny Linehan were the on air talent.

Sponsorship

Players and personnel

Current squad

The Utah Warriors squad for the

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is: * Senior 15s internationally capped players are listed in bold. * * denotes players qualified to play for the on dual nationality or residency grounds. * MLR teams are allowed to field up to ten overseas players per match.

Head coaches

* Alf Daniels (2018–2019) * Chris Latham (2020) *

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(2021–2022) * Greg Cooper (2022-Present)

Captains

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(2018) * Tim O'Malley (2019) *

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(2020) * Bailey Wilson (2021–present)

Honorary members

* Josh Pray (2019–present)

Records

Season standings

Honors

**Playoff appearances:

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2018 season

° = Preseason game
°° = Playoff semifinal
Matches won are colored green

2019 season

Exhibition

Regular season

2020 season

On March 12, 2020, MLR announced the season would go on hiatus immediately for 30 days due to the

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. It was cancelled the following week.

Regular season

2021 season

Regular season

Post season

2022 season

Regular season

References

External links

* {{Utah Warriors squad Major League Rugby teams Rugby union teams in Utah Sports in Salt Lake City 2017 establishments in Utah Rugby clubs established in 2017

Home field

Broadcasts

Sponsorship

Players and personnel

Current squad

Head coaches

Captains

Honorary members

Records

Season standings

Honors

2018 season

2019 season

Exhibition

Regular season

2020 season

Regular season

2021 season

Regular season

Post season

2022 season

Regular season

See also

References

External links