Good to see that they we able to get the schedule out early enough for people to make plans to attend the matches. http://www.usarugbysuperleague.com/template2.php USA Rugby Super League 2009 Schedule Announced Week 1 - March 14, 2009 Potomac Athletic Club @ Charlotte St. Louis Bombers @ Dallas Harlequins Boston Rugby @ New York Athletic Club Boston Irish Wolfhounds @ Old Blue New York Chicago Lions @ Belmont Denver Barbarians @ San Francisco Golden Gate Chicago Griffins @ Santa Monica Old Puget Sound Beach @ Old Mission Beach Athletic Club Week 2 - March 21, 2009 Boston Irish Wolfhounds @ Charlotte Boston Rugby @ Potomac Athletic Club Old Blue New York @ Dallas Harlequins New York Athletic Club @ St. Louis Bombers Santa Monica @ Old Puget Sound Beach Belmont Shore @ San Francisco Golden Gate Chicago Griffins @ Chicago Lions Old Mission Beach Athletic Club @ Denver Barbarians Week 3 - March 28, 2009 Charlotte @ New York Athletic Club St. Louis Bombers @ Potomac Athletic Club Dallas Harlequins @ Boston Irish Wolfhounds Old Blue New York @ Boston Belmont Shore @ Old Mission Beach Athletic Club Denver Barbarians @ Santa Monica San Francisco Golden Gate @ Chicago Griffins Old Puget Sound Beach @ Chicago Lions Week 4 - April 4, 2009 Boston Rugby @ Charlotte Potomac Athletic Club @ Old Blue New York New York Athletic Club @ Dallas Harlequins Boston Irish Wolfhounds @ St. Louis Bombers Santa Monica @ Belmont San Francisco Golden Gate @ Old Mission Beach Athletic Club Chicago Griffins @ Old Puget Sound Beach Chicago Lions @ Denver Barbarians Week 5 - April 11, 2008 Bye - Hold Open for Make Up Games Week 6 - April 18, 2009 Dallas Harlequins @ Charlotte St. Louis Bombers @ Old Blue New York New York Athletic Club @ Potomac Athletic Club Boston Irish Wolfhounds @ Boston Old Puget Sound Beach @ Belmont Denver Barbarians @ Chicago Griffins Old Mission Beach Athletic Club @ Chicago Lions Santa Monica @ San Francisco Golden Gate Week 7 - April 25, 2009 Old Blue New York @ New York Athletic Club Potomac Athletic Club @ Boston Irish Wolfhounds Boston Rugby @ Dallas Harlequins Charlotte @ St. Louis Bombers Belmont Shore @ Denver Barbarians Santa Monica @ Chicago Lions Chicago Griffins @ Old Mission Beach Athletic Club San Francisco Golden Gate @ Old Puget Sound Beach Week 8 - May 2, 2009 Charlotte @ Old Blue New York Dallas Harlequins @ Potomac Athletic Club New York Athletic Club @ Boston Irish Wolfhounds St. Louis Bombers @ Boston Belmont Shore @ Chicago Griffins Chicago Lions @ San Francisco Golden Gate Denver Barbarians @ Old Puget Sound Beach Old Mission Beach Athletic Club @ Santa Monica Week 9 - May 9, 2009 Bye - Hold Open for Make Up Games Week 10 - May 16, 2009 RSL Quarter Finals Week 11 - May 23, 2009 RSL Semi Finals Week 12 - May 30, 2009 RSL Championship
Here is an article on ARN about the new Super League structure. http://www.americanrugbynews.com/artman/publish/super_league/New_structure_for_Super_League.shtml Super League tweaks structure The Rugby Super League has realigned its conferences for the 2009 season to structure the competition more along geographic boundaries. The RSL also has pared down its conferences from three to two - Red and Blue. The Red Conference is basically a Western zone, while the Blue Conference is largely an Eastern split, and unlike the last couple of years, there will be no inter-conference matchups during the regular season. The league also has reduced the number of teams to 16 with each conference consisting of eight teams, to make adjustments for the dropping of Washington and Philadelphia-Whitemarsh from the competition. The 2009 regular season is set to start on Saturday, March 14. It will be a seven-game schedule with a break over the Easter weekend and a make-up weekend set aside in early May to allow for any postponed games to be played prior to the playoffs. The quarterfinals are scheduled to be played on May 16, with the semifinals a week later and the championship game on May 30. Reigning champions New York AC will open their title defense at home against Boston, while runners-up Belmont Shore will be at home to the Chicago Lions, a team they eliminated in the 2008 semis. Red Conference Santa Monica Belmont Shore Chicago Lions Denver Barbarians Chicago Griffins OMBAC Old Puget Sound Beach San Francisco Golden Gate Blue Conference Boston Irish Wolfhounds Boston Charlotte Dallas Harlequins NYAC Old Blue PAC St Louis Bombers