The Utah Warriors are a professional
rugby union
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team that competes in
Major League Rugby
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, the top-level rugby union competition in the United States and Canada that played its first season in 2018.
[ The team is based in ]Salt Lake City
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, Utah, and was founded in 2010 as Utah Warriors (Rugby Super League) and re-refounded in 2017 by Rugby Utah Ventures.
Home field
The Utah Warriors play at Zions Bank Stadium
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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, a ]USL Championship
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team affiliated with Real Salt Lake
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Broadcasts
2019 home games were shown on KMYU a CBS affiliate station owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group
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. Jarom Jordan and Jonny Linehan were the on air talent.
Sponsorship
Players and personnel
Current squad
The Utah Warriors squad for the 2023 Major League Rugby season
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is:
Head coaches
* Alf Daniels (2018–2019)[
* Chris Latham (2020)
* ]Shawn Pittman
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(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
Honors
*Major League Rugby
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**Playoff appearances: 2018
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, 2021
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2018 season
° = Preseason game
°° = Playoff semifinal
Matches won are colored green
2019 season
Exhibition
Regular season
2020 season
On March 12, 2020, MLR announced the season would go on hiatus immediately for 30 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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. It was cancelled the following week.
Regular season
2021 season
Regular season
Post season
2022 season
Regular season
See also
* Utah Warriors (Rugby Super League) – defunct rugby union team of the same name that played nationally in the United States in 2011.
References
External links
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{{Utah Warriors squad
Major League Rugby teams
Rugby union teams in Utah
Sports in Salt Lake City
2017 establishments in Utah
Rugby clubs established in 2017