Friday, 28 December 2018

USA Seasons 1998-2005

For the first eight years of the competition, the detail is missing. Below are the teams that participated, a '1' show in which years. The total number of teams is listed along the bottom of the chart. Four sides were there for all of the time.


AMNRL 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05

Boston Storm 1







Bucks County Sharks 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Connecticut Wildcats




1 1 1

Delaware Mantarays

1 1 1 1 1

Glen Mills Bulls 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

New York Knights 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

New York Raiders

1 1 1 1 1 1

Pennsylvania Raiders 1 1 1


Philadelphia Fight 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Washington DC Slayers




1 1 1

Total AMNRL 6 5 6 6 6 8 8 8

Now I can reveal the grand final from each season. The Glen Mills Bulls (called in the other articles as the Aston Bulls) were in all the eight finals, winning all but two of them. They were there for all sixteen years of the AMNRL but didn't join the USARL when it took over.


1998

Glen Mills Bulls 66 Philadelphia Fight 10

1999

Glen Mills Bulls 28 New Jersey Sharks 12

2000

Glen Mills Bulls 38 Philadelphia Fight 26

2001

Glen Mills Bulls 26 Delaware Mantarays 16

2002

New York Knights 18 Glen Mills Bulls 12

2003

Connecticut Wildcats 38 Glen Mills Bulls 14

2004

Glen Mills Bulls 32 Connecticut Wildcats 24

2005

Glen Mills Bulls 32 Connecticut Wildcats 30

The 2006 season can be seen by clicking here.

My thanks to Ken, for his assistance in with the AMNRL history.

Tuesday, 25 December 2018

USA Season : 2006

The ninth season is a bit thin on detail but at least we have the final points in the league. The Boston Braves turned up their solitary season, but the Jacksonville Axemen and New Haven Warriors were starting a much longer journey. The Delaware Mantarays were having their last season before merging with the Philadelphia Fight.

The Aston Bulls were top again, with the new Axemen doing surprisingly well for a first up season.


2006 AMNRL Season


Teams Pl W L PD Pts

1 Aston Bulls



35

2 Jacksonville



34

3 New Jersey



32

4 Connecticut



32

5 DC Slayers



32

6 NY Knights



32

7 New Haven



30

8 NY Raiders



28

9 Philadephia



26

10 Delaware M



24

11 Boston Braves



24



Finals: At least we have a more comprehensive coverage here. In an unusual system, three games made up the first round which covered the teams from second to seventh. The three winners were joined by the Bulls and unless the ranking of the teams on 32 points is incorrect, I can't see why the Sharks got to meet them while the teams lower down got were matched up.

Anyway, on to the semi-finals and Connecticut and the Glen Mills Aston Bulls side were the winners. The final looked intriguing with a six-time winner taking on a side that had won just one. These were the same teams that had contested the previous three finals too. The Bulls led two to one in the head to head grand finals from 2003 to 2005. However, the Wildcats were the victors on this occasion, evening up the tally two apiece. 


Playoffs



First Round

Connecticut Wildcats 20 Washington DC Slayers 10

New York Knights 26 New Haven Warriors 22

New Jersey Sharks 50 Jacksonville Axemen 24



Semi-Finals

Connecticut Wildcats 54 New York Knights 6

Aston Bulls 54 New Jersey Sharks 18



Grand Final

Connecticut Wildcats 36 Aston Bulls 28



The 2007 season can be viewed by clicking here.

My thanks to Ken, for his assistance in compiling this season.

Friday, 21 December 2018

USA Season : 2007

The tenth season saw the end of the Delaware Mantarays, that took the number of teams down to ten. They all played once each and at the end, the Connecticut Wildcats were on top undefeated. Poor Northern Virginia didn't win a game but at least their points differential didn't blow out. Both the New Haven Warriors and Jacksonville Axemen were only in their second season, with mixed results.


2007 AMNRL Season

1 Connecticut 9 9 0 261 18

2 Aston Bulls 9 7 2 90 14

3 Bucks County 9 6 3 70 27

4 NY Knights 9 5 4 94 26

5 New Haven 9 4 5 68 20

6 DC Slayers 9 4 5 74 18

7 Jacksonville 9 3 6 -204 18

8 Philadephia 9 3 6 -88 13

9 NY Raiders 9 1 8 -145 6

10 Nthn Virginia 9 0 9 -140 -3



Finals: Things are a bit thin on the ground here, with little known of what happened. If anyone can add something, please leave a message or email me on rdc1234@gmail.com. Thanks. There must be some people in the USA who know what happened.

I know the teams for the first round, but not the scores. The teams that progressed lost the semi-final matches as I know the final result at least. The Wildcats compleated a second most successful season. It was the first time a team went undefeated for two consecutive seasons, obviously winning consecutive grand finals in the process.


Playoffs



First Round

Bucks County Sharks
Washington DC Slayers

New York Knights New Haven Warriors



Semi-Finals

Connecticut Wildcats



Aston Bulls





Grand Final

Connecticut Wildcats 22 Aston Bulls 18



2008 can be viewed by clicking here.
2006 is seen by clicking here.

My thanks to Ken, for his assistance in compiling this season.