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Posted in: Rugby League
By Brian Lowe
May 28, 2009 - 9:06:04 AM
(Allene Rachal photo)
The 2009 American National Rugby League season is set to kick off this weekend, although it wont be with a full slate of matches.
The Washington DC Slayers and the Jacksonville Axemen are getting an early start on Saturday.
It promises to be a competitive game as both teams made the postseason in 2008. Jacksonville (5-3) finished third in the standings, while the Slayers (4-4) finished in sixth place.
They met in the opening round of the AMNRL playoffs with the Axemen posting a 12-point victory, but that was then and this is now.
Both teams have recruited solidly in the off-season and each club will be looking to get off to a good start in 2009.
The season proper will swing into gear next week with eight of the 11 teams in the league hitting the paddock.
There will be nine rounds of regular season play, two rounds of playoffs and a national championship final in New York City on Saturday, August 29.
The league has expanded this year to 11 teams with the Boston 13s RLFC joining the fray. The new club takes its name from the 13 original colonies that founded America, as well as from the number of players who take the field in a game of rugby league.
Every club will have a bye at some stage of the season and one of the AMNRLs main showcase events - War at the Shore - will feature five games on August 1 in Sea Isle City, NJ.
The New Haven Warriors are the defending champions having beaten the Aston Bulls in last summers Grand Final. It was the first time that New Haven had been there.
This could well be the last year of the AMNRL as we know it as there are plans in the pipeline to launch a newly structured national competition in 2010.
The National Rugby League USA is in its developmental stages. It is proposed to be an eight-city professional competition.
The NRL USA would be a single entity league, meaning owners would have a financial stake in the entire league and not just their own teams.
The league would be centrally run and would manage costs ranging from stadium rental, team travel and equipment to front office and player compensation.
Players and coaches would be paid salaries that would be determined by the league.
However, all of that is possibly in the future, whats in the present is the 12th year of domestic rugby league in America and ARN will keep you up to speed on the season week by week so make sure to check back here regularly to get caught up on who wins, who loses and whos in the playoff hunt.
Posted in: Rugby League
By Brian Lowe
May 28, 2009 - 9:06:04 AM
![League_AxemenvWarriors_AlleneRachal_.jpg](http://www.americanrugbynews.com/artman/uploads/1/League_AxemenvWarriors_AlleneRachal_.jpg)
The 2009 American National Rugby League season is set to kick off this weekend, although it wont be with a full slate of matches.
The Washington DC Slayers and the Jacksonville Axemen are getting an early start on Saturday.
It promises to be a competitive game as both teams made the postseason in 2008. Jacksonville (5-3) finished third in the standings, while the Slayers (4-4) finished in sixth place.
They met in the opening round of the AMNRL playoffs with the Axemen posting a 12-point victory, but that was then and this is now.
Both teams have recruited solidly in the off-season and each club will be looking to get off to a good start in 2009.
The season proper will swing into gear next week with eight of the 11 teams in the league hitting the paddock.
There will be nine rounds of regular season play, two rounds of playoffs and a national championship final in New York City on Saturday, August 29.
The league has expanded this year to 11 teams with the Boston 13s RLFC joining the fray. The new club takes its name from the 13 original colonies that founded America, as well as from the number of players who take the field in a game of rugby league.
Every club will have a bye at some stage of the season and one of the AMNRLs main showcase events - War at the Shore - will feature five games on August 1 in Sea Isle City, NJ.
The New Haven Warriors are the defending champions having beaten the Aston Bulls in last summers Grand Final. It was the first time that New Haven had been there.
This could well be the last year of the AMNRL as we know it as there are plans in the pipeline to launch a newly structured national competition in 2010.
The National Rugby League USA is in its developmental stages. It is proposed to be an eight-city professional competition.
The NRL USA would be a single entity league, meaning owners would have a financial stake in the entire league and not just their own teams.
The league would be centrally run and would manage costs ranging from stadium rental, team travel and equipment to front office and player compensation.
Players and coaches would be paid salaries that would be determined by the league.
However, all of that is possibly in the future, whats in the present is the 12th year of domestic rugby league in America and ARN will keep you up to speed on the season week by week so make sure to check back here regularly to get caught up on who wins, who loses and whos in the playoff hunt.