# 2025 Major League Rugby season

The 2025 Major League Rugby season is the eighth season of Major League Rugby, the professional rugby union competition sanctioned by USA Rugby. The regular season began on February 15, 2025, and will last through June 28, 2025. Following the shutdown of the Dallas Jackals in September 2024, Major League Rugby features 11 teams competing in the 2025 season.
The season marked the first of a multiyear media agreement between Major League Rugby and ESPN, with all games streaming on ESPN+ and select games aired nationwide.

## Teams and format

The Dallas Jackals ceased to exist after the 2024 season, leaving 11 teams in the 2025 season.
| # | Club | Metro area | Stadium | Capacity | Coach | Captain |
| WESTERN |
| WESTERN | Houston SaberCats | Houston, Texas | SaberCats Stadium | 4,000 | Pote Human | Johan Momsen |
| WESTERN | Rugby Football Club Los Angeles | Carson, California | Wallis Annenberg Stadium | 2,145 | Stephen Hoiles | Niall Saunders |
| WESTERN | San Diego Legion | San Diego, California | Torero Stadium | 6,000 | John Manenti | Blair Cowan |
| WESTERN | Seattle Seawolves | Seattle, Washington | Starfire Stadium | 4,500 | Allen Clarke | Riekert Hattingh |
| WESTERN | Utah Warriors | Salt Lake City, Utah | Zions Bank Stadium | 5,000 | Greg Cooper | Bailey Wilson |
| EASTERN |
| EASTERN | Anthem Rugby Carolina | Charlotte, North Carolina | American Legion Memorial Stadium | 10,500 | Alama Ieremia | Jake Turnbull |
| EASTERN | Chicago Hounds | Chicago, Illinois | SeatGeek Stadium | 20,000 | Chris Latham | Bill Meakes |
| EASTERN | Miami Sharks | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | AutoNation Sports Field | 1,500 | José Pellicena | Tomás Cubelli |
| EASTERN | New England Free Jacks | Boston, Massachusetts | Veterans Memorial Stadium | 5,000 | Ryan Martin | Josh Larsen |
| EASTERN | New Orleans Gold | New Orleans, Louisiana | Gold Mine | 10,000 | Danny Lee | Moni Tongaʻuiha |
| EASTERN | Old Glory DC | Washington, D.C. | Maryland SoccerPlex | 5,000 | Simon Cross | Jamason Faʻanana-Schultz |

## Regular season

All teams will play eight home games and eight away games followed by a postseason.
2025 MLR Eastern Conference :
| | Club | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
| 1 | New Orleans Gold | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | New England Free Jacks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Old Glory DC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Chicago Hounds | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Miami Sharks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 31 | -2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Anthem Rugby Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 35 | -21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tiebreakers If teams are level at any stage, tiebreaker criteria are as follows (coin tosses or draw of lots will be used if those below fail): number of matches won the difference between points for and points against the number of tries scored the most points scored the difference between tries for and tries against the fewest red cards received the fewest yellow cards received ||||||||||||||
2025 MLR Western Conference :
| | Club | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
| 1 | San Diego Legion | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Houston SaberCats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 25 | -3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | RFC Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 24 | -7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Seattle Seawolves | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 40 | -14 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Utah Warriors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tiebreakers If teams are level at any stage, tiebreaker criteria are as follows (coin tosses or draw of lots will be used if those below fail): number of matches won the difference between points for and points against the number of tries scored the most points scored the difference between tries for and tries against the fewest red cards received the fewest yellow cards received ||||||||||||||