Following USA RL in its glory and chaos

[İzmir Rugby League]

Yep, another USA group of clubs has arisen. 

Rugby League United. 

@rugby_league_united  - Instagram. 

Brooklyn Kings

Boston 13s 

Delaware Black Foxes 

DC Cavalry

Also independently Cleveland is playing a Canadian team. 

So, it seems we have...

USARL - ? 3-4? 

Championship Rugby League - 8 clubs

Pacific Coast Rugby League - 4 - 5 clubs

Rugby League United - 4 clubs 

Never seems to end. 

Ps. Whoever does the graphic design for RLU should ask for help. It is awful. It feels like NARL (bad)

[langpark]

Good Lord, what a mess.

That said, these seem to be the most serious clubs in the USA involved in this particular one.  Just a shame it could not have been a regional division of USARL (or whoever the actual governing body is these days).

From what I have seen so far, this is the 'faction' that probably has the best chance of success.

[Futtocks]

With the distances involved, regional competitions are a good way to embed an amateur sport. If it takes root, then there's the possibility of playoffs between champions and a "Super Bowl" ending to the season.

[Kayakman]

I just want to watch a proper RL game in Toronto...is that too much to ask?

[Canis Lupus]

With you there all the way !

[bazza_merged]

On 11/02/2023 at 06:10, Futtocks said:

With the distances involved, regional competitions are a good way to embed an amateur sport. If it takes root, then there's the possibility of playoffs between champions and a "Super Bowl" ending to the season.

at college level there is no issue with teams playing in their own leagues and then playing end of season "bowl" matches seemingly at random against similarly placed teams

could well do the same here - just need to have the same parent organisation at the top

[DoubleD]

 

[fighting irish]

8 minutes ago, DoubleD said:

 

Are they affiliated to the newly revised USARL? 

[stookie]

17 hours ago, fighting irish said:

Are they affiliated to the newly revised USARL? 

Yep, affiliated is a good word I think, as there seems to still be some separation.

Check out Tackle 4 here: https://www.rugbyleagueinamerica.net/post/rugby-league-news-of-the-week-april-7th

 

Edited April 24, 2023 by stookie

[JM2010]

Is there 3 conferences in the USARL at the moment?

North East, South East and Pacific?

[stookie]

6 minutes ago, JM2010 said:

Is there 3 conferences in the USARL at the moment?

North East, South East and Pacific?

I don't have any first hand knowledge so hopefully someone can provide better info, but I listen to the Rugby League in America podcast.

I think it's more there are 4 separate competitions, but the PCRL has some affiliation with USARL.

Then there is also the CRL on the west coast and RLU which the podcast has only just covered, and seems to be some teams getting together in the north east. There seems some hope RLU can form some affiliation with USARL also. Very little hope for CRL, sadly.

Then there are a few teams not linked as far as I know to a competition; probably just waiting to see how this all plays out.

This page has some recent details, but is a little out of date since Atlanta have just announced they are returning to USARL:
https://www.rugbyleagueinamerica.net/northamerica

[İzmir Rugby League]

New team trying to launch in Miami. I think it is an alternative to the South Florida Speed who play Union as well and have forfeited League matches. 

[DlEHARD]

Haha there is a unique emblem. Go the Miami Street Sharks!

[BadlyOverdrawnBoy]

Do any of these leagues post fixture lists, results and league tables?

[RugbyLeagueRaj]

Pacific Coast Rugby League - https://www.pacificcoastrl.com/ has up to date fixture and results

Championship Rugby League - https://championshiprugbyleague.com/ has results

USARL doesn't seem to have a league table for its comp but individual teams like Jackonsville - http://www.jaxaxe.com have their schedule and results