2012 Rugby Super League season

2012 Rugby Super League season
Countries	United States
Champions	NYAC
Runners-up	Old Puget Sound Beach
Matches played	35

The 2012 Rugby Super League season was the seventeenth and final season of the Rugby Super League, the United States premier division of rugby union, before being replaced by the USA Rugby Elite Cup. The regular season commenced on March 10, 2012. On May 19, 2012, the regular season ended, and was followed by the playoffs, for which the top four clubs qualified.

The defending champions and premiers were the San Francisco Golden Gate. New York Athletic Club RFC won both the regular season and the playoffs.

Participating clubs

Club	Coach	Captain	Ground	Capacity
Boston	Eugene Mountjoy	—	Franklin Park	500
Chicago Griffins	Wesley Parkes	—	Schiller Woods	1,000
Dallas Harlequins	Michael Engelbrecht	—	Glencoe Park	2,000
Denver Barbarians	Jason Kelly	Kevin Whitcher	Shea Stadium	18,086
Life	James Isaacson	—	LU Sports Complex	10,000
New York Athletic	Mike Tolkin	Alexander Magleby	Travers Island	5,000
Old Blue	Marty Veale	Dominic Wareing	Baker Field	1,200
OPSB	Evan Haigh	—	Magnuson Park	3,000
San Francisco	Paul Keeler	—	Ray Sheeran Field	4,500

Standings

Red Conference

	Team	Pld	W	L	D	Bonus	Total
1	Old Puget Sound Beach	9	9	0	0	7	43
2	San Francisco	9	5	4	0	9	29
3	Griffins	8	4	4	0	3	19
4	Barbarians	8	3	5	0	7	19

Blue Conference

	Team	Pld	W	L	D	Bonus	Total
1	New York	9	9	0	0	8	44
2	Life	9	6	3	0	5	29
3	Old Blue	8	3	4	1	4	18
4	Dallas	8	0	6	2	5	9
5	Boston	8	1	6	1	2	8

• 4 Points awarded to the winning team
• 0 Points to the losing team
• 2 Points to each team in the case of a tie
• 1 Bonus Point to a team scoring 4 or more tries
• 1 Bonus Point to a losing team keeping the score within 7 points

References:

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	R1	Old Puget Sound Beach	39
	R2	San Francisco	6
						R1	Old Puget Sound Beach	29
						B1	NYAC	32
	B1	NYAC	38
	B2	Life	12

External links

• Official website