Saturday 24 November 2018

USA Season : 2017

Along with the demise of the Bucks Couty side, an original USARL team the Washington DC Slayers also left the competition. Due to that the two divisions of the Northern Conference were amalgamated.

Conference: New York won the northern section from Brooklyn, last years grand final winner back at 5th spot. In the south, the other grand finalist came 3rd, with Atlanta and Tampa outperforming the usually consistent Axemen.

Playoffs: The top four from each conference then locked horns, in the south that meant all the sides. The top four conference teams made the semi finals with New York and Atlanta making the grand final. It was NY's first final in its 3rd year while Atlanta was in its second in four seasons. The winner would be a champion for the first time.

They say you have to lose a final before you can will one and in this instance, that was how it panned out. Atlanta prevailed 32-18 over the Knights.

2017
Northern Conference Southern Conference
1 New York Knights 16 1 Atlanta Rhinos 11
2 Brooklyn Kings 12 2 Tampa Bay Mayhem 7
3 White Plains Wombats 10 3 Jacksonville Axemen 4
4 Northern Virginia Eagles 8 4 Central Florida Warriors 2
5 Philadelphia Fight 6
6 Boston 13s 6
7 Delaware Black Foxes 4
8 Rhode Island Rebelion 0

Playoffs – Northern Playoffs – Southern


R1 New York Knights 42 R1 Atlanta Rhinos 58

Northern Virginia Eagles 20
Central Florida Warriors 10






R1 Brooklyn Kings 46 R1 Tampa Bay Mayhem 42

White Plains Wombats 10
Jacksonville Axemen 24






R2 New York Knights 46 R2 Atlanta Rhinos 32

Brooklyn Kings 24
Tampa Bay Mayhem 24



Grand Final



S Atlanta Rhinos 32
N New York Knights 18



The 2018 season can be seen by clicking here.
The 2016 year can be viewed by clicking here.

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