Английская Википедия:2018 Major League Rugby season

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The 2018 Major League Rugby season was the inaugural season of Major League Rugby, an annual rugby union competition sanctioned by USA Rugby. The seven inaugural teams were based in the United States. The competition began the weekend of April 21–22 with three matches, with New Orleans defeating Houston 35–26 to open the season.

Glendale and Seattle were the best two teams at the end of the regular season and won their respective semi-final matches to advance to the championship game at Torero Stadium in San Diego. Seattle became Major League Rugby's first champion team with a surprise come-from-behind 23–19 win in the final over Glendale, who had only lost once previously during the season.

Teams

Team	Head coach	Captain	Stadium	Capacity
Austin Elite	Шаблон:Flagicon Alain Hyardet	Шаблон:Flagicon Andrew Suniula	Multipurpose Complex	3,500
Glendale Raptors	Шаблон:Flagicon David Williams	Шаблон:Flagicon Shaun Davies	Infinity Park	5,000
Houston SaberCats	Шаблон:Flagicon Justin Fitzpatrick	Шаблон:Flagicon Kyle Sumsion	Dyer Stadium	6,000
New Orleans Gold	Шаблон:Flagicon Nate Osborne	Шаблон:Flagicon Taylor Howden	Eagle Athletic Facility	3,000
San Diego Legion	Шаблон:Flagicon Rob Hoadley	Шаблон:Flagicon Nate Augspurger	Torero Stadium	6,000
Seattle Seawolves	Шаблон:Flagicon Phil Mack	Шаблон:Flagicon Shalom Suniula	Starfire Stadium	3,800
Utah Warriors	Шаблон:Flagicon Alf Daniels	Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Lasike	Zions Bank Stadium	5,000

Regular season

All seven participating teams played eight matches and received two rounds of byes during the regular season held over ten weeks from April through to June. The schedule was short of a full home and away draw by four match rounds, so each side played two of the other teams twice and four of them only once. The top four teams at the end of the regular season advanced to the MLR playoffs.

Standings

The final standings for the 2018 Major League Rugby regular season were: {{#invoke:sports table|main|style=Rugby | res_col_header = Q |show_tries_for=no|show_tries_against=no | team1 = GLE | name_GLE = Glendale Raptors (P) | team2 = SEA | name_SEA = Seattle Seawolves (C) | team3 = SDL | name_SDL = San Diego Legion | team4 = UTA | name_UTA = Utah Warriors | team5 = AUS | name_AUS = Austin Elite | team6 = NOG | name_NOG = New Orleans Gold | team7 = HOU | name_HOU = Houston SaberCats | win_GLE = 7 | draw_GLE = 0 | loss_GLE = 1| pf_GLE =249 | pa_GLE =165| tb_GLE =6 | lb_GLE =0 | win_SEA = 6 | draw_SEA = 0 | loss_SEA = 2| pf_SEA =232 | pa_SEA =188| tb_SEA =4 | lb_SEA =1 | win_SDL = 5 | draw_SDL = 0 | loss_SDL = 3| pf_SDL =214 | pa_SDL =201| tb_SDL =3 | lb_SDL =1 | win_UTA = 3 | draw_UTA = 0 | loss_UTA = 5| pf_UTA =269 | pa_UTA =274| tb_UTA =7 | lb_UTA =3 | win_AUS = 3 | draw_AUS = 0 | loss_AUS = 5| pf_AUS =224 | pa_AUS =238| tb_AUS =5 | lb_AUS =1 | win_NOG = 3 | draw_NOG = 0 | loss_NOG = 5| pf_NOG =209 | pa_NOG =291| tb_NOG =4 | lb_NOG =1 | win_HOU = 1 | draw_HOU = 0 | loss_HOU = 7| pf_HOU =216 | pa_HOU =256| tb_HOU =3 | lb_HOU =4 | result1 = Q | result2 = Q | result3 = Q | result4 = Q | col_Q = #aaffaa | text_Q = Semifinals | update = June 23, 2018| source = rugbyarchive.net Шаблон:Webarchive | class_rules = Four points for a win, two for a draw, and no points for a bye. One bonus point for scoring four or more tries (TB). One bonus point for losing by seven or less (LB). }}

Matches

The following matches were played for the 2018 Major League Rugby regular season: {{#invoke:sports results|main |matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey |team1=AUS|team2=GLE|team3=HOU|team4=NOLA|team5=SAN |team6=SEA|team7=UTA

|name_AUS=Austin Elite |match_AUS_GLE=null |match_AUS_HOU=null |match_AUS_NOLA=30–17 |match_AUS_SAN=31–5 |match_AUS_SEA=19–20 |match_AUS_UTA=41–33

|name_GLE=Glendale Raptors |match_GLE_AUS=41–26 |match_GLE_HOU=37–24 |match_GLE_NOLA=null |match_GLE_SAN=31–27 |match_GLE_SEA=33–11 |match_GLE_UTA=null

|name_HOU=Houston SaberCats |match_HOU_AUS=50–38 |match_HOU_GLE=null |match_HOU_NOLA=26–35 |match_HOU_SAN=null |match_HOU_SEA=7–20 |match_HOU_UTA=30–36

|name_NOLA=New Orleans Gold |match_NOLA_AUS=null |match_NOLA_GLE=10–47 |match_NOLA_HOU=24–20 |match_NOLA_SAN=22–39 |match_NOLA_SEA=29–31 |match_NOLA_UTA=null

|name_SAN=San Diego Legion |match_SAN_AUS=31–17 |match_SAN_GLE=23–5 |match_SAN_HOU=35–32 |match_SAN_NOLA=null |match_SAN_SEA=null |match_SAN_UTA=31–24

|name_SEA=Seattle Seawolves |match_SEA_AUS=null |match_SEA_GLE=15–19 |match_SEA_HOU=null |match_SEA_NOLA=55–26 |match_SEA_SAN=39–23 |match_SEA_UTA=41–32

|name_UTA=Utah Warriors |match_UTA_AUS=41–22 |match_UTA_GLE=29–36 |match_UTA_HOU=31–27 |match_UTA_NOLA=43–46 |match_UTA_SAN=null |match_UTA_SEA=null

|update=June 23, 2018|source= }}

Playoffs

The top four teams from the regular season qualified for the playoffs. The format was two semifinal matches – first versus fourth, and second versus third – followed by a Championship game between the semifinal winners to determine the MLR champion team.

The semifinals were played as a double header at Infinity Park in Glendale on June 30, followed a week later by the final at Torero Stadium in San Diego on July 7.

Team statistics

Points by week

Шаблон:Diagonal split header	Шаблон:01Шаблон:0		Шаблон:02Шаблон:0		Шаблон:03Шаблон:0		Шаблон:04Шаблон:0		Шаблон:05Шаблон:0		Шаблон:06Шаблон:0		Шаблон:07Шаблон:0		Шаблон:08Шаблон:0		Шаблон:09Шаблон:0		Шаблон:010Шаблон:0		Шаблон:0TotalШаблон:0		Шаблон:0AverageШаблон:0
Austin	26	41	38	50	30	17	22	41	–	–	31	5	41	33	19	20	17	31	–	–	224	238	28.0	29.8
Glendale	41	26	19	15	36	29	31	27	–	–	–	–	47	10	37	24	33	11	5	23	249	165	31.1	20.6
Шаблон:Nowrap	26	35	50	38	32	35	–	–	20	24	30	36	7	20	24	37	–	–	27	31	216	256	27.0	32.0
Шаблон:Nowrap	35	26	–	–	17	30	29	31	24	20	26	55	10	47	22	39	46	43	–	–	209	291	26.1	36.4
San Diego	23	39	31	24	35	32	27	31	–	–	5	31	–	–	39	22	31	17	23	5	214	201	26.8	25.1
Seattle	39	23	15	19	–	–	31	29	41	32	55	26	20	7	20	19	11	33	–	–	232	188	29.0	23.5
Utah	–	–	24	31	29	36	41	22	32	41	36	30	33	41	–	–	43	46	31	27	269	274	33.6	34.3

Tries by week

Шаблон:Diagonal split header	Шаблон:01Шаблон:0		Шаблон:02Шаблон:0		Шаблон:03Шаблон:0		Шаблон:04Шаблон:0		Шаблон:05Шаблон:0		Шаблон:06Шаблон:0		Шаблон:07Шаблон:0		Шаблон:08Шаблон:0		Шаблон:09Шаблон:0		Шаблон:010Шаблон:0		Шаблон:0TotalШаблон:0		Шаблон:0AverageШаблон:0
Austin	4	5	6	7	4	2	3	6	–	–	4	1	5	5	1	3	2	3	–	–	29	32	3.6	4.0
Glendale	5	4	2	2	5	4	4	3	–	–	–	–	7	2	5	4	5	1	1	2	34	22	4.3	2.8
Шаблон:Nowrap	4	4	7	6	2	5	–	–	2	3	3	5	1	2	4	5	–	–	3	5	26	35	3.3	4.4
Шаблон:Nowrap	4	4	–	–	2	4	5	4	3	2	4	7	2	7	3	6	5	7	–	–	28	41	3.5	5.1
San Diego	2	5	5	3	5	2	3	4	–	–	1	4	–	–	6	3	3	2	2	1	27	24	3.4	3.0
Seattle	5	2	2	2	–	–	4	5	5	5	7	4	2	1	3	1	1	5	–	–	29	25	3.6	3.1
Utah	–	–	3	5	4	5	6	3	5	5	5	3	5	5	–	–	7	5	5	3	40	34	5.0	4.3

Attack

Defense

Player statistics

The leading scorers in 2018 over the regular season and playoffs combined were:

Leading try scorers

No.	Player	Team	Tries excl. playoffs	Total tries
1	Шаблон:Sortname	Utah Warriors	8	9
2	Шаблон:Sortname	Glendale Raptors	6	7
	Шаблон:Sortname	Glendale Raptors	4	Шаблон:Pad7Шаблон:HspШаблон:Refn
4	Шаблон:Sortname	Austin Elite	6	6
5	Шаблон:Sortname	Houston SaberCats	5	5
	William Rasileka	Seattle Seawolves	3	5
	Шаблон:Sortname	San Diego Legion	5	5
	Шаблон:Sortname	Houston SaberCats	5	5
9	Шаблон:Sortname	Utah Warriors	4	4
	Шаблон:Sortname	Seattle Seawolves	4	4
	Шаблон:Sortname	Houston SaberCats	4	4
	Шаблон:Sortname	Austin Elite	4	4

Sources:Americas Rugby News and MLR (archived).

Leading point scorers

No.	Player	Team	Points excl. playoffs	Total points
1	Шаблон:Sortname	Houston SaberCats	103	103
2	Шаблон:Sortname	Austin Elite	84	84
3	Шаблон:Sortname	Glendale Raptors	64	77
4	Шаблон:Sortname	New Orleans Gold	65	65
5	Шаблон:Sortname	Seattle Seawolves	60	60
6	Шаблон:Sortname	Utah Warriors	47	49
7	Шаблон:Sortname	Utah Warriors	40	45
8	Шаблон:Sortname	San Diego Legion	42	42
9	Шаблон:Sortname	Seattle Seawolves	20	41
10	Maximo de Achaval	Glendale Raptors	35	35

Sources: Americas Rugby News and MLR (archived).

Sanctions

Player	Team	Файл:Red card.svg Red	Файл:Yellow card.svg Yellow	Suspended match(es):
Zachary Pangelinan	Houston SaberCats	1	2	vs. New Orleans Gold (Шаблон:Tooltip)
Connor Cook	Glendale Raptors	1	0	vs. Austin Elite (Шаблон:Tooltip)
Ben Landry	Glendale Raptors	1	0	vs. Austin Elite (Шаблон:Tooltip)
Jake Turnbull	Houston SaberCats	0	1	vs. New Orleans Gold (Шаблон:Tooltip)
Eric Howard	New Orleans Gold	0	1	vs. Houston SaberCats (Шаблон:Tooltip)
Ben Mitchell	Austin Elite	0	1	vs. Glendale Raptors (Шаблон:Tooltip)
Sani Taylor	Austin Elite	0	1	vs. Glendale Raptors (Шаблон:Tooltip)
Kelepi Fifita	Glendale Raptors	0	1	vs. Austin Elite (Шаблон:Tooltip)
Sione Tuihalamaka	San Diego Legion	0	1	vs. Seattle Seawolves (Шаблон:Tooltip)
Matt Trouville	Houston SaberCats	0	1	vs. Austin Elite (Шаблон:Tooltip)
Maximo de Achaval	Glendale Raptors	0	1	vs. Seattle Seawolves (Шаблон:Tooltip)
Siaosi Finau	Austin Elite	0	1	vs. New Orleans Gold (Шаблон:Tooltip)
Pago Haini	Houston SaberCats	0	1	vs. San Diego Legion (Шаблон:Tooltip)
Taylor Howden	New Orleans Gold	0	1	vs. Seattle Seawolves (Шаблон:Tooltip)
Hubert Buydens	New Orleans Gold	0	1	vs. Houston SaberCats (Шаблон:Tooltip)
Chris Slater	Houston SaberCats	0	1	vs. Glendale Raptors (Шаблон:Tooltip)
Anthony Parry	New Orleans Gold	0	1	vs. San Diego Legion (Шаблон:Tooltip)
Cam Poison	Seattle Seawolves	0	1	vs. Glendale Raptors (Шаблон:Tooltip)
Alec Barton	San Diego Legion	0	1	vs. Austin Elite (Шаблон:Tooltip)
Ben Mitchell	Austin Elite	0	1	vs. San Diego Legion (Шаблон:Tooltip)
Alec Barton	San Diego Legion	0	1	vs. Seattle Seawolves (Шаблон:Tooltip)
Siaosi Mahoni	San Diego Legion	0	1	vs. Seattle Seawolves (Шаблон:Tooltip)

Awards

MVP of the Championship Match

Player	Team
Шаблон:Flagicon Vili Toluta'u	Seattle Seawolves

All-MLR First Team

Player	Position	Team
Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Mullen	Loosehead Prop	Houston SaberCats
Шаблон:Flagicon Zach Fenoglio	Hooker	Glendale Raptors
Шаблон:Flagicon Tim Metcher	Tighthead Prop	Seattle Seawolves
Шаблон:Flagicon Ben Mitchell	Left Lock	Austin Elite
Шаблон:Flagicon Ben Landry	Right Lock	Glendale Raptors
Шаблон:Flagicon Vili Toluta'u	Blindside Flanker	Seattle Seawolves
Шаблон:Flagicon Hanco Germishuys	Openside Flanker	Austin Elite
Шаблон:Flagicon Cam Dolan	No8	San Diego Legion
Шаблон:Flagicon Phil Mack	Scrum-half	Seattle Seawolves
Шаблон:Flagicon Sam Windsor	Fly-half	Houston SaberCats
Шаблон:Flagicon Tonata Lauti	Blindside Wing	Utah Warriors
Шаблон:Flagicon Paul Lasike	Inside Centre	Utah Warriors
Шаблон:Flagicon Ryan Matyas	Outside Centre	San Diego Legion
Шаблон:Flagicon Harley Davidson	Openside Wing	Glendale Raptors
Шаблон:Flagicon Mathew Turner	Fullback	Seattle Seawolves

All-MLR Second Team

Player	Position	Team
Шаблон:Flagicon Olive Kilifi	Loosehead Prop	Seattle Seawolves
Шаблон:Flagicon Pat Blair	Hooker	San Diego Legion
Шаблон:Flagicon Alex Tucci	Tighthead Prop	Utah Warriors
Шаблон:Flagicon Matt Jensen	Left Lock	Utah Warriors
Шаблон:Flagicon Matt Trouville	Right Lock	Houston SaberCats
Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Dahl	Blindside Flanker	Glendale Raptors
Шаблон:Flagicon Matt Hughston	Openside Flanker	NOLA Gold
Шаблон:Flagicon Sam Figg	No8	Glendale Raptors
Шаблон:Flagicon Shaun Davies	Scrum-half	Glendale Raptors
Шаблон:Flagicon Will Magie	Fly-half	Glendale Raptors
Шаблон:Flagicon Josua Vici	Blindside Wing	Houston SaberCats
Шаблон:Flagicon Andrew Suniula	Inside Centre	Austin Elite
Шаблон:Flagicon Osea Kolinisau	Outside Centre	Houston SaberCats
Шаблон:Flagicon Brock Staller	Openside Wing	Seattle Seawolves
Шаблон:Flagicon Zinzan Elan-Puttick	Fullback	Austin Elite