USARL News

The US Association of Rugby League Inc has announced the USA Hawks train-on squad for the upcoming 2021 Rugby League World Cup Americas region qualifying series

USA Hawks coaches Sean Rutgerson and Brent Richardson have some hard decisions to make this week on who to include in the national team train-on squad (Photo courtesy Tampa Mayhem)

The teams have been announced for this weekend’s USA Rugby League Select side match-up (Photo: Gene Thorpe Photography)

It’s a long way from Tampa Bay in Florida to the Emerging Nations Rugby League World Championship in Australia, although for former Tampa Mayhem forward Andrew Zuluaga maybe not so much

The US Association of Rugby League Inc. is pleased to announce that it has been successful in its bid to host the 2021 Rugby League World Cup Americas region qualifying series later this year

The final roll of the dice for players hoping to catch the eye of USA national team selectors is fast approaching (Photo: Gene Thorpe Photography)

The SOUTH has prevailed by the narrowest of margins against the NORTH in an entertaining and competitive USA Rugby League All-Star game (Photo: Gene Thorpe)

Showcasing the best of America’s domestic rugby league talent (Photo: Brian Cole)

There’s an old saying in sports that you have to lose a championship before you can win one and that has rung true for the Brooklyn Kings (Photos: Allene Rachal)

It all comes down to one game - this Saturday’s USA Rugby League national championship title decider

The Jacksonville Axemen and Brooklyn Kings are getting set to face off in the USA Rugby League’s national championship game this weekend and both teams are tweaking their defensive strategies in an effort to shut down the opposition’s potent attack

The Brooklyn Kings are all geared up for their first tilt at a title when they go up against the Jacksonville Axemen in the USA Rugby League national championship game

The countdown is on for the 2018 USA Rugby League national championship game and both the Jacksonville Axemen and Brooklyn Kings will be looking to stamp their authority on the USARL competition (photo: Allene Rachal)

The Ontario Rugby League provincial team has shown that it has what it takes to compete in the United States if it gets the chance to do so after scoring a 24-12 win against the Chicago Stockyarders in an exhibition game in Chicago (photo by Carolyn Ritchie)

The Jacksonville Axemen have clinched a spot in the USA Rugby League national championship game with a 44-16 victory over the defending champion Atlanta Rhinos in the SOUTH Conference final

The Brooklyn Kings have punched their ticket to the USA Rugby League 2018 championship game with a hard-fought 34-18 win against the White Plains Wombats in the NORTH Conference final Saturday in New York

The Ontario Rugby League is upbeat at the prospect of playing the Chicago Stockyarders in this weekend’s exhibition game in Chicago

Defending USA Rugby League champions Atlanta are one game away from a trip back to the national title match but standing in their way are the red-hot Jacksonville Axemen

The Brooklyn Kings will face the White Plains Wombats in the NORTH Conference championship game after Saturday’s semifinals in the USA Rugby League national clubs competition

It’s make or break time as the USA Rugby League’s national clubs competition moves into the semifinals this weekend in both conferences

The Tampa Mayhem (3-3-0) overcame scoring deficits to defeat the Southwest Florida Copperheads (0-6-0) at home in the final round of the regular season in the SOUTH Conference

There were no surprises in the first round of playoff action in the NORTH Conference with both the White Plains Wombats and New York Knights advancing to the next round, although in New York’s case it was by the skin of their teeth

They seem to have come around fast, but nonetheless, the opening games of the 2018 USARL playoffs are upon us in the NORTH Conference

The USA Rugby League’s SOUTH Conference clubs enter their final week of regular six-match season competition Saturday, July 28

The 2018 Midwest Rugby League season is due to open this weekend in Chicago with a series of games under a Nines format