# Utah Warriors

The Utah Warriors are an American professional rugby union team based in Herriman, Utah, that competes in Major League Rugby (MLR). The team was founded in 2010 as the Utah Warriors of the 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. 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.

## Broadcasts

2019 home games were shown on KMYU a CBS affiliate station owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Jarom Jordan and Jonny Linehan were the on air talent.

## Sponsorship

| Season | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| 2018-2019 | XBlades | Nui Social |
| 2020–2021 | Paladin Sports | None |
| 2022 | Paladin Sports | Intermountain Healthcare |
| 2023 | Paladin Sports | None |

## Players and personnel
### Current squad

The Utah Warriors squad for the 2025 Major League Rugby season is:
Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.
| Player | Position | Union |
| Phil Bradford | Hooker | Australia |
| Liam Coltman | Hooker | New Zealand |
| Tuvere Vugakoto | Hooker | Fiji |
| Tyler Wong | Hooker | Canada |
| Fred Apulu* | Prop | Samoa |
| Tonga Kofe | Prop | United States |
| Angus MacLellan | Prop | United States |
| Tesimale Niupulusu | Prop | United States |
| Emerson Prior | Prop | Canada |
| Remsy Lemisio | Prop | Australia |
| Aki Seiuli | Prop | Samoa |
| Matt Jensen | Lock | United States |
| Frank Lochore | Lock | New Zealand |
| Gavin Thornbury (c) | Lock | Ireland |
| Saia Uhila | Lock | United States |
| Mason Barker | Back row | United States |
| Reid Davis | Back row | Canada |
| Sione Latu | Back row | United States |
| Papa Matalau | Back row | United States |
| Tamarau McGahan | Back row | New Zealand |
| Kalisi Moli | Back row | United States |
| Dylan Nel | Back row | South Africa |
| Jeremiah Noaese | Back row | United States |
| Bailey Wilson | Back row | United States |
| Player | Position | Union |
| Logan Crowley | Scrum-half | New Zealand |
| Zion Going* | Scrum-half | New Zealand |
| Sam Reimer | Scrum-half | Canada |
| Joel Hodgson | Fly-half | England |
| D'Angelo Leuila | Fly-half | Samoa |
| Kyle Brown | Centre | New Zealand |
| Gabe Casey | Centre | Canada |
| Spencer Jones | Centre | Canada |
| Paul Lasike | Centre | United States |
| Cole Semu | Centre | United States |
| Tomasi Tonga | Centre | United States |
| Nic Benn | Wing | Canada |
| Joe Mano | Wing | United States |
| Tielu Sagala | Wing | United States |
| Sione Mahe | Fullback | United States |
| Jordan Trainor | Fullback | New Zealand |
* 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

* Alf Daniels (2018–2019)
* Chris Latham (2020)
* Shawn Pittman (2021–2022)
* Greg Cooper (2022-Present)

### Captains

* Paul Lasike (2018)
* Tim O'Malley (2019)
* Dwayne Polataivao (2020)
* Bailey Wilson (2021–present)

### Honorary members

* Josh Pray (2019–present)

## Records
### Season standings

| Season | Conference | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Postseason | Postseason | Postseason | Postseason | Postseason | Postseason | Postseason |
| Season | Conference | 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 | 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 |
| 2024 | Western | 5th | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 424 | 471 | -47 | 15 | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Did not qualify |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 93 | 37 | 3 | 53 | 2,550 | 2,676 | -102 | 69 | 230 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 51 | -17 | 2 postseason appearances |