The 2017 USA Rugby League season is the seventh season of the

USA Rugby League The USA Rugby League (USARL) is the official governing body for rugby league, a code of rugby football, in the United States. The organization also runs the national amateur competition for club teams in the US. The league consists of six te ...

National Premiership competition, and its third as the undisputed top-level

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competition in the

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. Twelve teams compete for the USARL Championship. The season began on Saturday, June 3, and concluded with the Championship Final on Saturday, August 26.

Team changes

The

Bucks County Sharks The Bucks County Sharks were a rugby league football team based in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The team currently plays in the USA Rugby League. Originally known as the New Jersey Sharks, the team was founded in 1997 and joined the now-defunct ...

and the DC Slayers folded after the 2016 season bringing the number of teams down to 12.

Regular season

Teams in the North Conference play in an eight-round regular season with semi-finals on August 5 and final on August 12. South Conference teams play a six-round regular season with semi-finals on July 29 and final on August 12

Week 1

Final

The

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defeated the New York Knights 32-18 in the grand final to become the 2017 USARL National Champions.

References

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