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The 2021 USA Rugby League season is the 24th season overall of amateur and semi-professional rugby league competition in the United States and the 11th season under the governance of the USARL.

USARL membership was in flux since the announcement of the North American Rugby League in Spring 2021. Atlanta Rhinos, Boston 13s and Philadelphia Fight left USARL to be founding members of the new competition. White Plains folded after NARL established the New York Freedom. Northern Virginia folded after most of its players joined the newly established DC Cavalry in NARL. Lakeland Renegades suspended operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2021 USARL season was contested by six teams. Philadelphia and Delaware in the North; Tampa, Jacksonville, Southwest Florida Copperheads, and South Florida Speed in the South.

Participating clubs

Participating clubs
Colors	Club	Founded	City (MSA)	State	Stadium	Titles (Last)
	Delaware Black Foxes	2015	Wilmington	Delaware	Eden Park Stadium	0 (N/A)
	Jacksonville Axemen	2006	Jacksonville	Florida	UNF Rugby Field	2 (2018)
	Philadelphia Fight	1998	Conshohocken (Philadelphia)	Pennsylvania	Garthwaite Stadium	4 (2016)
	South Florida Speed	2021	Miami, FL	Florida	North Dade Optimist Park	0 (N/A)
	Southwest Florida Copperheads	2018	Naples, FL	Florida	Paradise Coast Sports Complex
	Tampa Mayhem	2014	Tampa Bay	Florida	Keystone Prep High School (Tampa)

Fixtures and results

Week 1 – June 12, 2021

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Report
Tampa Mayhem	18 - 40	Jacksonville Axemen	Keystone Prep High School (Tampa)
Southwest Florida Copperheads	40 - 6	South Florida Speed	Paradise Coast Sports Complex

Week 2 – June 19, 2021

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Report
South Florida Speed	22 - 24	Southwest Florida Copperheads	North Dade Optimist Park

Week 3 – June 26, 2021

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Report
Jacksonville Axemen	56 - 14	Southwest Florida Copperheads	UNF Rugby Field
South Florida Speed	0 - 30	Tampa Mayhem	North Dade Optimist Park
Delaware Black Foxes	74 - 10	Philadelphia Fight	Eden Park Stadium

Week 4 – July 3 and July 10, 2021

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Report
Tampa Mayhem	72 - 0	South Florida Speed	Keystone Prep High School (Tampa)
Southwest Florida Copperheads	26 - 30	Jacksonville Axemen	Paradise Coast Sports Complex

Week 5 – July 17, 2021

Home Team	Score	Away	Venue	Report
Jacksonville Axemen	55 - 16	South Florida Speed	UNF Rugby Field
Southwest Florida Copperheads	24 - 28	Tampa Mayhem	Paradise Coast Sports Complex

Week 6 – July 24, 2021

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Report
Jacksonville Axemen	30 - 20	Tampa Mayhem	UNF Rugby Field
Philadelphia Fight	14 - 30	Delaware Black Foxes	Garthwaite Stadium

Week 7 – July 31, 2021

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Report
Tampa Mayhem	30 - 0	Southwest Florida Copperheads	Keystone Prep High School (Tampa)
Delaware Black Foxes	50 - 10	Philadelphia Fight	Eden Park Stadium

Delaware qualifies for USARL Grand Final

Overall standings

Overall USA Rugby League Standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Jacksonville Axemen (P)	6	6	0	0	211	68	+143	12
2	Tampa Mayhem (C)	6	4	0	2	178	94	+84	8
3	Delaware Black Foxes (RU)	3	3	0	0	154	30	+124	6
4	Southwest Florida Copperheads	6	2	0	4	90	170	-80	4
5	Philadelphia Fight	3	0	0	3	30	154	-124	0
6	South Florida Speed	6	0	0	6	44	221	-177	0
P: Played W: Wins D: Draws L: Losses (P): Premiers (C): Champions (RU): Runner-Up

South Conference playoffs

South Conference final at Jacksonville – August 14, 2021

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Report
Jacksonville Axemen	14 - 18	Tampa Mayhem	UNF Rugby Field

Tampa qualifies for USARL Grand Final

USA Rugby League National Championship

USA Rugby League National Championship – August 28, 2021

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Report
Tampa Mayhem	60 - 10	Delaware Black Foxes	Sportsplex of Tampa

References

1. "USA Rugby League | USARL | XIIIs SOUTH Conference". www.usarl.org. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
2. "USARL Men's 2021 Domestic Competition Schedule announced". www.usarl.org. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
3. ^ "USA Rugby League | USARL | XIIIs SOUTH Conference". www.usarl.org. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
4. "Close call for the Axemen in a tough win over the Copperheads". www.usarl.org. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
5. "Axemen Grind Out a Tough Win over Mayhem to Remain Undefeated". www.usarl.org. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
6. "Black Foxes welcome the Fight to their den". www.usarl.org. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
7. "Black Foxes fend off the Fight at home". www.usarl.org. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
8. "Axemen go down in South playoffs with historical defeat by the Tampa Mayhem". www.usarl.org. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
9. "USARL XIIIs Competition History | About USARL". www.usarl.org. Retrieved 2024-06-24.

External links

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