Southern California

[T-Boon]

Los Angeles - San Diego area
3 hour driving radius
23 million people.
All those high school/college footballers with no code after the age of 21.

There should be a semi pro league.

 

[Perth Red]

Well as you mention it, there’s a new semi pro North American league starting up!
https://lastwordonsports.com/rugby/2021/04/01/north-american-rugby-league-is-formed/

 

[T-Boon]

Thats good.
I was aware there is a national comp of sorts.
However I've got no illusions about the whole country.
We should focus big time on that LA area.
I would can the national comp and make it purely LA/southern cal.

Edit: I just read the article and it sounds pretty exciting actually.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Great to see the game grow. What happened to the USRL?

Edit: I had a look at their site. They're still in competition.

https://www.usarl.us/team

 

[Perth Red]

Great to see the game grow. What happened to the USRL?

Edit: I had a look at their site. They're still in competition.

https://www.usarl.us/team

looks like three clubs; Boston, Atlanta and Brooklyn have moved to the NARL. USARL is an amateur comp where as this new one is professional so maybe there will be both if there is enough clubs left in USARL? Surprised Axemen haven’t gone into new comp as they seemed to be one of the strongest clubs in States?

 

[T-Boon]

the aim should be to make RL bigger than RU in the US and get some players into the major leagues (NRL, SL). Its never going to be as big as even soccer over their but it should definitely be bigger than AFL (I bet it isnt) and RU.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

looks like three clubs; Boston, Atlanta and Brooklyn have moved to the NARL. USARL is an amateur comp where as this new one is professional so maybe there will be both if there is enough clubs left in USARL? Surprised Axemen haven’t gone into new comp as they seemed to be one of the strongest clubs in States?

Those 3 clubs are fielding teams in the USRL as well.

https://www.usarl.us/team

 

[Perth Red]

Those 3 clubs are fielding teams in the USRL as well.

https://www.usarl.us/team

I wonder if they haven’t updated that website since the narl announcement. I can’t see them playing in both comps.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

I wonder if they haven’t updated that website since the narl announcement. I can’t see them playing in both comps.

It had them listed under the 2021 season schedule.

 

[Perth Red]

It had them listed under the 2021 season schedule.

who knows, they’d be playing at the same time, maybe they are big enough to have two teams in different comps? though it seems the narl has been very hastily announced and put together so maybe the defections have not been updated by the USARL yet? RL in America has been at war with itself for decades so wouldn’t surprise me if this has come as news to USARL!

 

[RedVee]

looks like three clubs; Boston, Atlanta and Brooklyn have moved to the NARL. USARL is an amateur comp where as this new one is professional so maybe there will be both if there is enough clubs left in USARL? Surprised Axemen haven’t gone into new comp as they seemed to be one of the strongest clubs in States?

Axemen not asked.

 

[RedVee]

I wonder if they haven’t updated that website since the narl announcement. I can’t see them playing in both comps.

At least one of them has withdrawn from the USARL.