Nov 172011
The USA Rugby Super League confirmed its 2012 schedule.
The league will feature ten teams, with the Chicago Lions dropping out, as announced earlier this fall, in two conferences of five.
The Dallas Harlequins and Chicago Griffins have switched conferences, with Dallas going east and Chicago west.
The teams will play their longest regular season ever, with each team playing its in-conference rivals twice for a total of eight regular-season games.
No Super League season has seen more than seven regular season games.
With the teams playing a longer season, there is less pressure to give more teams playoff matches, so the playoff system will be unchanged from last year, with only the top two teams from each conference going on to the semifinals.
| 2012 RSL SCHEDULE | |
| WEST Conference (RED) | EAST Conference (BLUE) |
| Chicago Griffins | Boston Rugby |
| Denver Barbarians | Dallas Harlequins |
| Old Puget Sound Beach | Life University |
| San Francisco Golden Gate | New York Athletic Club |
| Utah Warriors | Old Blue New York |
| AWAY | HOME |
| Week 1 – March 10, 2012 | |
| Denver Barbarians | Utah Warriors |
| Old Blue New York | New York Athletic Club |
| Dallas Harlequins | Life University |
| Week 2 – March 17, 2012 | |
| Utah Warriors | San Francisco Golden Gate |
| Chicago Griffins | Denver Barbarians |
| Boston Rugby | Old Blue New York |
| New York Athletic Club | Dallas Harlequins |
| Week 3 – March 24, 2012 | |
| Old Puget Sound Beach | Utah Warriors |
| San Francisco Golden Gate | Chicago Griffins |
| New York Athletic Club | Boston Rugby |
| Life University | Old Blue New York |
| Week 4 – March 31, 2012 | |
| Denver Barbarians | San Francisco Golden Gate |
| Chicago Griffins | Old Puget Sound Beach |
| Boston Rugby | Life University |
| Old Blue New York | Dallas Harlequins |
| Week 5 – April 7, 2012 – (EASTER) | |
| Old Puget Sound Beach | San Francisco Golden Gate |
| Week 6 – April 14, 2012 | |
| Old Puget Sound Beach | Denver Barbarians |
| Utah Warriors | Chicago Griffins |
| Life University | New York Athletic Club |
| Dallas Harlequins | Boston Rugby |
| Week 7, April 21, 2012 | |
| Denver Barbarians | Chicago Griffins |
| San Francisco Golden Gate | Utah Warriors |
| New York Athletic Club | Old Blue New York |
| Life University | Dallas Harlequins |
| Week 8 – April 28, 2012 | |
| Utah Warriors | Old Puget Sound Beach |
| Chicago Griffins | San Francisco Golden Gate |
| Old Blue New York | Life University |
| Boston Rugby | New York Athletic Club |
| Week 9 – May 5, 2012 | |
| Old Puget Sound Beach | Chicago Griffins |
| San Francisco Golden Gate | Denver Barbarians |
| Life University | Boston Rugby |
| Dallas Harlequins | Old Blue New York |
| Week 10 – May 12, 2012 | |
| Denver Barbarians | Old Puget Sound Beach |
| Chicago Griffins | Utah Warriors |
| New York Athletic Club | Life University |
| Boston Rugby | Dallas Harlequins |
| Week 11 – May 19, 2012 | |
| San Francisco Golden Gate | Old Puget Sound Beach |
| Utah Warriors | Denver Barbarians |
| Dallas Harlequins | New York Athletic Club |
| Old Blue New York | Boston Rugby |
| RSL Semi Final’s/Final dates to be finalized | |