USA Season : 2019 (Rounds 1 to 10)

This competition was slow to get proper coverage at the official site, but information can be found on a Wiki page entitled '2019 USARL Season' if you wish to follow it from there. Otherwise, yours truly will also be doing periodic updates although not as often as the Wiki one.

Here are the games so far. Blue shading is for the Northern Conference and yellow the Southern one. In the south, one game in round three was called off due to weather and will be replayed at a later date. In rounds 1 and 5, the SW Florida team fielded ineligible players and lost their two points on each occasion (four in total). Round 6 also had a bad weather cancellation, in this instance Jacksonville are awarded the two points and a 30-0 scoreline. In round 7 yet again weather intervened in a game and what the outcome of that is yet to be stated.

In round 8, two games were not played and the matches forfeited so two 30-0 results. With weather, ineligible players and no-shows, this has been a trying season. Hopefully the administrators have things in hand. For round 9, another fixture was not completed due to weather.

	2019 Results
	R1	Lakeland Renegades	16	Tampa Mayhem	30
		SW Florida Copperheads	14	Jacksonville Axemen	42
	R2	Philidelphia Fight	38	Nthn Virginia Eagles	34
		White Plains Wombats	34	Delaware Black Foxes	44
		Brooklyn Kings	36	Boston 13s	12
		Lakeland Renegades	22	Atlanta Rhinos	18
		Tampa Mayhem	12	Jacksonville Axemen	52
	R3	Nthn Virginia Eagles	12	Brooklyn Kings	62
		Delaware Black Foxes	38	Philidelphia Fight	34
		Boston 13s	50	White Plains Wombats	30
		Jacksonville Axemen	106	Lakeland Renegades	4
		Atlanta Rhinos	NR	SW Florida Copperheads
	R4	Boston 13s	34	Delaware Black Foxes	18
		White Plains Wombats	32	Nthn Virginia Eagles	36
		Brooklyn Kings	84	Philidelphia Fight	12
		SW Florida Copperheads	32	Tampa Mayhem	24
		Atlanta Rhinos	0	Jacksonville Axemen	70
	R5	Delaware Black Foxes	36	Brooklyn Kings	44
		Philidelphia Fight	28	White Plains Wombats	38
		Nthn Virginia Eagles	28	Boston 13s	52
		Atlanta Rhinos	64	Tampa Mayhem	28
		Lakeland Renegades	12	SW Florida Copperheads	30
	R6	Nthn Virginia Eagles	52	Delaware Black Foxes	44
		Boston 13s	42	Philidelphia Fight	6
		Brooklyn Kings	52	White Plains Wombats	12
		Jacksonville Axemen	30	SW Florida Copperheads	0
		Atlanta Rhinos	40	Lakeland Renegades	12
	R7	Lakeland Renegades	NR	Jacksonville Axemen
		Tampa Mayhem	56	Atlanta Rhinos	0
	R8	Nthn Virginia Eagles	30	Philidelphia Fight	0
		Boston 13s	18	Brooklyn Kings	38
		Delaware Black Foxes	16	White Plains Wombats	52
		Tampa Mayhem	66	Lakeland Renegades	4
		SW Florida Copperheads	30	Atlanta Rhinos	0
	R9	Philidelphia Fight	38	Delaware Black Foxes	44
		White Plains Wombats	28	Boston 13s	40
		Brooklyn Kings	30	Nthn Virginia Eagles	0
		Tampa Mayhem	NR	SW Florida Copperheads
		Jacksonville Axemen	68	Atlanta Rhinos	10
	R10	Philidelphia Fight	16	Boston 13s	44
		White Plains Wombats	10	Brooklyn Kings	76
		Delaware Black Foxes	46	Nthn Virginia Eagles	26
		SW Florida Copperheads	42	Lakeland Renegades	12
		Jacksonville Axemen	32	Tampa Mayhem	18

The season ended with matches not played not counted. In addition, teams that were deducted points were in some cases losing four points. I found that very unusual but have run with their system. As it turns out, it makes no difference to how the teams line up in the finals. The Atlanta Rhinos pulled out of the SCF series and the only side in that region not to take part.

For the tables, see below. A pink shading means a game was forfeited. Orange points deducted for ineligible players, green the match to be replayed (hopefully) and for the Southern Conference, blue denotes a bye.

	Standings (NC)
	Teams 2019	Tot	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Brooklyn Kings	16	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
	Boston 13s	12	0	2	2	2	2	0	2	2
	Delaware Black Foxes	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
	Nthn Virginia Eagles	6	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	0
	White Plains Wombats	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
	Philidelphia Fight	0	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0
	Standings (SC)
	Teams 2019	Tot	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Jacksonville Axemen	14	2	2	2	2	b	2	-	b	2	2
	Tampa Mayhem	6	2	0	b	0	0	b	2	2	-	0
	Atlanta Rhinos	2	b	0	-	0	2	2	0	-2	0	b
	Lakeland Renegades	2	0	2	0	b	0	0	-	0	b	0
	SW Florida Copperheads	0	-2	b	-	2	-2	-2	b	2	-	2

The finals can be followed by clicking here.

International Results (Women) : 2019 May/June

The international calendar for women's RL isn't as busy as the men's but it is catching up. Four matches will make up this summary.

18th May, Istambul, Turkey. Turkey vs Italy

I couldn't predict the score due to a lack of history and form to go by. The match was played at the Beylerbeyi Stadium with the hosts taking an early 12-0 lead. Italy scored just before the break to trail 4-12. Turkey then got away to 18-8 and a late score by Italy was insufficient to take the lead.

Turkey Women 18-14 Italy Women.

22nd June. Auckland, New Zealand. NZ vs Samoa

I watched the full match which was televised on NZ television. The Kiwi Ferns were expected to be too experienced for their island opponents. NZ hit the ground running and were ahead 26-0 in the first half. A late try to Samoa on the half time hooter gave them something to cling to. The second period was a continuation of the first.

NZ Women 46-8 Samoa Women

22nd June. Sydney, Australia. PNG vs Fiji

This was Fiji's first women's international mach so a total unknown as to how they would perform. As it turned out, the lack of experience didn't count for anything as they went in at the break up 12-0. The second half was much the same as Fiji announced their arrival in the women's game with an emphatic victory.

Fiji 28-0 PNG

22nd June. Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy. Italy vs Serbia

Serbia were making their first appearance in the sport against a more experienced Italian team. The Serbs had only a few months of playing behind them and the side was comprised of members 18 years of age or younger. Due to that, the 12-0 lead to Italy after the first stanza was a good result for them. Italy then pulled away to win comfortably. The experience will be invaluable for all the players.

Italy 26-0 Serbia Women