2025 USARL season
Rugby league season
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The 2025 USA Rugby League season was the 28th season overall of amateur and semi-professional rugby league competition in the United States and the 13th season under the governance of the USARL.
| 2025 USARL season | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Structure | Regional Round Robin + Playoffs |
| League | USA Rugby League |
| Duration | May 31st - August 9th, 2025 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Matches played | 20 |
| Points scored | 1,460 (73.0 points per match) |
| Champions |  Brooklyn Kings RLFC (2nd title) |
| Biggest home win |  Jacksonville Axemen 102–0  Miami Shoremen (June 14th) |
| Biggest away win | Miami Shoremen 4–100 Jacksonville Axemen (July 12th) |
League notes
Postseason controversy and league contraction
After the end of the 2024 postseason, the Utah Rugby League Association (URLA) had pulled out from USARL play due to differences between the regional body and the national body surrounding eligibility to play in the national championship. The 2024 national final ended with RLU champion DC Cavalry being crowned national champion after the USARL deemed that the Utah champion Provo Broncos were ineligible to play in the final.[1][2] The URLA will operate independently until the two parties reach an agreement.
In the Spring of 2025, the USARL made a change in voting parity for clubs and changes to the registration policy for clubs. This happened without the knowledge of participating clubs in the West. Also, a change in voting parity led the Pacific Coast Rugby League (PCRL) to withdraw from competition for the 2025 season.[3] It is unknown if the PCRL will return in 2026.
Club changes
Miami Shoremen were introduced as new members of the Florida Rugby League. The club is run by former member South Florida Speed as they retry their hand at rugby league.
Former national champion clubs, Boston Bears and Atlanta Rhinos chose to not participate in the 2025 season. Both clubs may return in 2026.
Format
Due to the temporary contraction of the competition, the format reverts to the pre-expansion method, in which both divisions will play its opponents twice. After the round robin, the top two of each division will playoff for their divisional championship. The winners of the divisional finals will meet for the National Championship at the highest ranked divisional champion.
Participating clubs
| Northeast Rugby League | |||||
| Colors | Club | Founded | City (MSA) | Stadium | National Titles
(Last) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Brooklyn Kings RLFC | 2006 | Brooklyn | McCarren Park | 1 (2019) |
 |
DC Cavalry | 2021 | Washington Metro | Central Sports Complex | 0 (N/A) |
 |
Delaware Black Foxes | 2018 | Wilmington, Delaware | Eden Park | 0 (N/A) |
| Florida Rugby League | |||||
| Colors | Club | Founded | City (MSA) | Stadium | National Titles
(Last) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jacksonville Axemen | 2006 | Jacksonville, FL | North Rugby Fields at UNF | 3 (2022) |
|
Miami Shoremen | 2025 | Miami, FL | Lester Brown Park
Ives Estate Park |
0 (N/A) |
 |
Southwest Florida Copperheads | 2018 | Naples, FL | Estero Sports Park | 0 (N/A) |
 |
Tampa Mayhem | 2014 | Tampa, FL | Leto High School | 1 (2021) |
Regular season
Week 1
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time (EST) | Venue | Report | ||||
| Tampa Mayhem |
82–0 | Miami Shoremen |
May 31st - 6:30pm | Leto High School | [4] | |
| Southwest Florida Copperheads |
12–32 | Jacksonville Axemen |
May 31st - 6:45pm | Estero Sports Park | [5] | |
Week 2
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time (EST) | Venue | Report | ||||
| DC Cavalry |
70–16 | Delaware Black Foxes |
June 7th - 10:30am | Central Sports Complex | [6] | |
| Southwest Florida Copperheads |
30–32 | Tampa Mayhem |
June 7th - 6:45pm | Estero Sports Park | [7] | |
Week 3
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time (EST) | Venue | Report | ||||
| DC Cavalry |
58–18 | Brooklyn Kings RLFC |
June 14th - 10:30am | Central Sports Complex | [8] | |
| Jacksonville Axemen |
102–0 | Miami Shoremen |
June 14th - 7:00pm | North Rugby Fields at UNF | [9] | |
Week 4
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time (EST) | Venue | Report | ||||
| Delaware Black Foxes |
18–44 | Brooklyn Kings RLFC |
June 21st - 5:00pm | Eden Park | [10] | |
| Miami Shoremen |
4–82 | Southwest Florida Copperheads |
June 21st - 5:30pm | Lester Brown Park | [11] | |
| Tampa Mayhem |
46–16 | Jacksonville Axemen |
June 21st - 6:30pm | Leto High School | [12] | |
Week 5
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time (EST) | Venue | Report | ||||
| Brooklyn Kings RLFC |
56–20 | Delaware Black Foxes |
June 28th - 12:00pm | McCarren Park | [13] | |
| Jacksonville Axemen |
52–20 | Southwest Florida Copperheads |
June 28th - 6:30pm | North Rugby Fields at UNF | [14][15] | |
Week 6
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time (EST) | Venue | Report | ||||
| Brooklyn Kings RLFC |
58–28 | DC Cavalry |
July 12th - 1:00pm | McCarren Park | [16] | |
| Miami Shoremen |
4–100 | Jacksonville Axemen |
July 12th - 5:30pm | Ives Estate Park | [17] | |
| Tampa Mayhem |
56–6 | Southwest Florida Copperheads |
July 12th - 6:30pm | Leto High School | [18] | |
Week 7
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time (EST) | Venue | Report | ||||
| Delaware Black Foxes |
6–94 | DC Cavalry |
July 19th - 4:00pm | Eden Park | [19] | |
| Southwest Florida Copperheads |
80–14 | Miami Shoremen |
July 19th - 6:45pm | Estero Sports Park | [20] | |
| Jacksonville Axemen |
32–22 | Tampa Mayhem |
July 19th - 7:00pm | North Rugby Fields at UNF | [21] | |
Standings
| Legend |
|---|
| Advance to Divisional Finals |
| Northeast Rugby League Standings | |||||||||
| # | Team | P | W | T | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DC Cavalry |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 250 | 98 | +152 | 6 |
| 2 | Brooklyn Kings RLFC |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 124 | +52 | 6 |
| 3 | Delaware Black Foxes |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 60 | 264 | -234 | 0 |
| Florida Rugby League Standings | |||||||||
| # | Team | P | W | T | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacksonville Axemen |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 334 | 94 | +240 | 10 |
| 2 | Tampa Mayhem |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 274 | 86 | +188 | 10 |
| 3 | Southwest Florida Copperheads |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 230 | 86 | +144 | 4 |
| 4 | Miami Shoremen |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 444 | -422 | 0 |
National playoffs
Divisional Championships
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time (EST) | Venue | Report | ||||
| DC Cavalry |
30–36 | Brooklyn Kings RLFC |
July 26th - 6:30pm | Eden Park | [22] | |
| Jacksonville Axemen |
30–14 | Tampa Mayhem |
July 26th - 7:00pm | North Rugby Fields at UNF | [23] | |
2025 USA Rugby League National Championship Game
| Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and Time (EST) | Venue | Report | ||||
| Jacksonville Axemen |
18–34 | Brooklyn Kings RLFC |
August 9th - 7:00pm | North Rugby Fields at UNF | [24][25][26][27][28][29] | |