US professional rugby union team from Salt Lake City, Utah
Rugby team
Utah Warriors |
Union | USA Rugby |
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Founded | 2017; 7 years ago (2017) |
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Ground(s) | Zions Bank Stadium Herriman, Utah |
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CEO | Kimball Kjar |
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Coach(es) | Greg Cooper |
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Captain(s) | Bailey Wilson |
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Top scorer | Tim O'Malley (134) |
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Most tries | Tonata Lauti (10) |
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League(s) | Major League Rugby |
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2023 | 4th (Western Conference) |
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Official website |
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warriorsrugby.com |
The Utah Warriors are a professional rugby union team that competes in Major League Rugby, the top-level rugby union competition in the United States and Canada that played its first season in 2018.[1] The team is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and was founded in 2010 as Utah Warriors (Rugby Super League) and re-refounded in 2017 by Rugby Utah Ventures.
Home field
The Utah Warriors play at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman, Utah, which has a seating capacity of 5,000.[2] The adjacent training facility includes two full-sized indoor turf fields. The Warriors share the venue with Real Monarchs, an MLS Next Pro team affiliated with Real Salt Lake.[3]
Broadcasts
2019 home games were shown on KMYU a CBS affiliate station owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group. Jarom Jordan and Jonny Linehan were the on air talent.
Players and personnel
Current squad
The Utah Warriors squad for the 2024 Major League Rugby season is:[4]
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
- Senior 15s internationally capped players are listed in bold.
- * denotes players qualified to play for the United States on dual nationality or residency grounds.
- MLR teams are allowed to field up to ten overseas players per match.
Head coaches
Captains
Honorary members
Records
Season standings
Season | Conference | Regular season | Postseason |
Pos | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | +/− | BP | Pts | Pld | W | L | F | A | +/− | Result |
2018 | - | 4th | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 269 | 274 | –5 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 34 | -13 | Lost Semifinal (Glendale Raptors) 21–34 |
2019 | - | 8th | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 381 | 517 | −136 | 9 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Did not qualify |
2020[a] | Western | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 125 | 134 | -9 | 2 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Cancelled |
2021 | Western | 2nd | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 506 | 464 | +42 | 17 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 17 | -4 | Lost West Conference Final (LA Giltinis) 13-17 |
2022 | Western | 6th | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 424 | 395 | +29 | 6 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Did not qualify |
2023 | Western | 4th | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 445 | 421 | +24 | 10 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Did not qualify |
Totals | 77 | 32 | 3 | 42 | 2,126 | 2,205 | -55 | 54 | 195 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 51 | -17 | 2 postseason appearances |
Notes
Honors
2018 season
Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Venue | Location | Result |
March 30 | Glendale Raptors° | Home | Rio Tinto Stadium | Sandy, Utah | Lost, 42–15 |
April 6 | Ontario Arrows° | Home | Rio Tinto Stadium | Sandy, Utah | Lost, 24–20 |
April 20 | Prairie Wolf Pack° | Home | Zions Bank Stadium | Herriman, Utah | Won, 80–12 |
April 29 | San Diego Legion | Away | Torero Stadium | San Diego, California | Lost, 24–31 |
May 5 | Glendale Raptors | Home | Zions Bank Stadium | Herriman, Utah | Lost, 29–36 |
May 11 | Austin Elite | Home | Zions Bank Stadium | Herriman, Utah | Won, 41–22 |
May 20 | Seattle Seawolves | Away | Starfire Stadium | Seattle, Washington | Lost, 30–41 |
May 26 | Houston SaberCats | Away | Dyer Stadium | Houston, Texas | Won, 36–30 |
June 1 | Austin Elite | Away | Round Rock Multipurpose Complex | Austin, Texas | Lost, 33–41 |
June 16 | New Orleans Gold | Home | Zions Bank Stadium | Herriman, Utah | Lost, 43–46 |
June 23 | Houston SaberCats | Home | Zions Bank Stadium | Herriman, Utah | Won, 31–27 |
June 30 | Glendale Raptors°° | Away | Infinity Park | Glendale, Colorado | Lost, 21–34 |
° = Preseason game
°° = Playoff semifinal
Matches won are colored green
2019 season
Exhibition
Regular season
Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Venue | Result |
February 1 | Austin Elite | Away | Dell Diamond | Win, 17–9 |
February 17 | San Diego Legion | Away | Torero Stadium | Lost, 10–21 |
February 23 | Glendale Raptors | Home | Zions Bank Stadium | Draw, 26–26 |
March 2 | New Orleans Gold | Home | Zions Bank Stadium | Lost, 19–21 |
March 9 | Rugby United New York | Home | Zions Bank Stadium | Lost, 21–47 |
March 23 | Houston SaberCats | Away | Constellation Field | Lost, 27–29 |
March 30 | Toronto Arrows | Home | Zions Bank Stadium | Lost, 31–64 |
April 5 | Seattle Seawolves | Home | Zions Bank Stadium | Lost, 36–48 |
April 13 | New Orleans Gold | Away | Gold Stadium | Lost, 19–28 |
April 20 | Rugby United New York | Away | MCU Park | Lost, 22–24 |
April 27 | Austin Elite | Home | Zions Bank Stadium | Won, 35–19 |
May 4 | Glendale Raptors | Away | Infinity Park | Lost, 22–64 |
May 12 | Toronto Arrows | Away | York Stadium | Lost, 21–28 |
May 18 | San Diego Legion | Home | Zions Bank Stadium | Lost, 21–31 |
May 26 | Seattle Seawolves | Away | Starfire Sports | Draw, 27–27 |
June 1 | Houston SaberCats | Home | Zions Bank Stadium | Lost, 27–31 |
2020 season
On March 12, 2020, MLR announced the season would go on hiatus immediately for 30 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] It was cancelled the following week.[9]
Regular season
2021 season
Regular season
Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Result |
March 20 | Austin Gilgronis | Away | Won, 30–28 |
March 27 | Toronto Arrows | Home | Won, 39–24 |
April 3 | New England Free Jacks | Away | Lost, 21–22 |
April 10 | Seattle Seawolves | Home | Lost, 15–20 |
April 17 | San Diego Legion | Away | Lost 29-31 |
April 24 | Houston SaberCats | Home | Won, 50-43 |
May 8 | Old Glory DC | Home | Won, 34-33 |
May 15 | LA Giltinis | Away | Lost, 27-38 |
May 22 | New Orleans Gold | Away | Lost, 29-24 |
May 29 | Austin Gilgronis | Home | Won, 45-24 |
June 6 | Seattle Seawolves | Away | Won, 29-28 |
June 12 | San Diego Legion | Home | Won, 45-41 |
June 19 | Rugby United New York | Away | Won, 29-28 |
June 26 | Houston SaberCats | Away | Won, 24-5 |
July 10 | Rugby ATL | Home | Lost, 31-41 |
July 17 | LA Giltinis | Home | Won, 34-29 |
Post season
Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Result |
July 25 | LA Giltinis | Away | Lost, 13-17 |
2022 season
Regular season
Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Result |
February 6 | San Diego Legion | Away | Lost, 31-29 |
February 10 | Seattle Seawolves | Away | Lost, 17-20 |
February 19 | Austin Gilgronis | Away | Lost, 10-24 |
March 5 | Dallas Jackals | Home | Won, 69-22 |
March 13 | LA Giltinis | Away | Won, 28-19 |
March 19 | Toronto Arrows | Home | Lost, 24-27 |
March 26 | Houston SaberCats | Home | Lost, 12-28 |
April 1 | San Diego Legion | Home | Lost, 25-40 |
April 15 | Old Glory DC | Away | Lost, 21-22 |
April 23 | Seattle Seawolves | Home | Lost, 14-20 |
April 30 | New England Free Jacks | Away | Lost, 17-33 |
May 7 | Rugby ATL | Home | Won, 44-26 |
May 14 | Houston SaberCats | Away | Lost, 27-31 |
May 21 | Austin Gilgronis | Home | Won, 22-8 |
May 28 | LA Giltinis | Home | Lost, 32-39 |
June 4 | Dallas Jackals | Away | Won, 33-5 |
2023 season
Regular season
Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Result |
February 19 | San Diego Legion | Away | Lost, 17-33 |
February 25 | Dallas Jackals | Home | Won, 33-25 |
March 5 | Chicago Hounds | Away | Won, 14-10 |
March 18 | NOLA Gold | Away | Lost, 37-14 |
See also
- Utah Warriors (Rugby Super League) – defunct rugby union team of the same name that played nationally in the United States in 2011.
References
- ^ "MLR Notes: Utah announces name, Seattle picks venue". This is American Rugby. 2017-09-25. Archived from the original on 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
- ^ "Utah Warriors Announce Home Venue for the Major League Rugby Season". Utah Warriors. 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
- ^ "Zions Bank Real Academy new home for Real Salt Lake development pyramid". Real Monarchs. May 24, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ "Utah Warriors". Americas Rugby News. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Utah Warriors Names Alf Daniels Head Coach". djcoilrugby. 2017-10-18. Archived from the original on 2017-11-19. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
- ^ "Utah Warriors announce resignation of head coach Chris Latham". OurSports Central. January 14, 2021.
- ^ "Warriors Hand Captaincy to Former USA U20 Captain & Vice-Captaincy to Veteran Eagle". Utah Warriors Rugby. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
- ^ "MAJOR LEAGUE RUGBY SUSPENDS 2020 SEASON FOR 30 DAYS". www.majorleague.rugby. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
- ^ "Major League Rugby cancels remainder of 2020 campaign". Yahoo! Sports. AFP. March 19, 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
External links
- Official website
Utah Warriors
- Founded 2017
- Based in Herriman, Utah
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