Sunday 30 December 2018

USA RL Club History (Both Comps)

Trying to make sense of the club changes and ultimately competition switch, I put together this chart. The top half is the AMNRL and the lower section the USARL. A '1' shows in which years the teams participated. Some sides feature on both lists as they went to the new competition. There was an overlap of three seasons, from 2011 to 2013.

Philadelphia is the only team to feature in every season. The New York Knights have existed for all the years but missed one season (2014), when that AMNRL season didn't materialise. The most teams playing were for 201 and 2012 when fourteen sides were involved in the two competitions.

I get a feeling that RL in the US is at a crossroads. How it takes the game to another level is problematic. I don't have the answer and I wonder if anyone has. Instituting junior levels of participation is essential as the younger you get into anything, the easier it is to play. Having the northern and southern teams become feeder clubs for two representative sides entering the UK competition would be ideal but costs would prohibit such an ambitious move.

What I can say is that retaining the status quo is a road to nowhere. It will be interesting to see how things develop from here.

AMNRL 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13




Boston Br






1











Boston St 1



















Boston 13s










1 1







Bucks C 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1




Connecticut




1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1




Delaware M

1 1 1 1 1 1











Delaware Vip












1






Glen Mills 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1




Jacksonville







1 1 1 1 1







New Haven







1 1 1 1 1







N Y Knights 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1




N Y Raiders

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1




Nthn Virginia








1 1 1 1
1 1




Pennsylvan 1 1 1











Pittsburgh 











1







Philadelph 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1







S'hampton














1




DC Slayers




1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1







Tot AMNRL 6 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 11 10 10 11 11 6 6 7




USARL












11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Atlanta















1 1 1 1 1
Baltimore Bl













1 1




Boston 13s












1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Brooklyn Ki















1 1 1 1 1
Bucks C
















1 1

Cen Florida















1 1 1 1
Connecticut
















1


Delaware BF















1 1 1 1
Jacksonville












1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
N Y Knights
















1 1 1 1
New Haven












1 1





New Jersey












1





Nthn Virginia















1 1 1 1 1
Oneida FC












1 1





Philadelph












1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Rhode Is












1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sth Florida



















1
Tampa Bay















1 1 1 1 1
DC Slayers












1 1 1 1 1 1

White Plains

















1 1 1
Tot USARL












8 8 6 10 14 14 12 11

Combined 6 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 11 10 10 11 11 14 14 13 10 14 14 12 11