2019 Austin Elite season

2019 Austin Elite season
Major League Rugby Rank9th overall
2019 recordWins: 0; draws: 0; losses: 16
Team information
CoachFrance Alain Hyardet
Captain
StadiumDell Diamond (11,500)
Toyota Field (Alternate)
(Capacity: 8,296)
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The 2019 Austin Elite season was club's second season in Major League Rugby.[1] The 2019 season was the program's last season under the name Austin Elite. In September 2019, the program announced the club to be renamed to Austin Herd, but was later changed to Austin Gilgronis, due to new ownership.[2][3] Alain Hyardet was the coach of the club for the second consecutive year. Ben Mitchell was the captain the club for the first year.

The Elite played their home matchups at Dell Diamond in Round Rock, Texas.[4] The program used an alternate stadium to host a game in San Antonio at Toyota Field.

Austin Elite finished the season winless and became the first time in Major League Rugby to do so.[2]

Schedule

Exhibition

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
January 11 Houston SaberCats Away Won, 14–10
January 19 Dallas Reds Away Postponed

Regular season

2019 Austin Gilgronis match results
Date Round Opponent Venue Score
January 26 Round1 Houston SaberCats Dell Diamond L 20–21
February 1 Round 2 Utah Warriors Dell Diamond L 9–17
February 8 Round 3 Toronto Arrows Dell Diamond L 19–23
February 17 Round 4 Glendale Raptors Dell Diamond L 13–24
February 23 Round 5 San Diego Legion Dell Diamond L 17–45
March 9 Round 7 at Glendale Raptors Infinity Park L 19–38
March 16 Round 8 Seattle Seawolves Dell Diamond L 17–29
March 23 Round 9 at New Orleans Gold Archbishop Shaw Stadium L 31–35
March 30 Round 10 Rugby United New York Toyota Field L 11–19
April 7 Round 11 at San Diego Legion Torero Stadium L 15–45
April 27 Round 14 at Utah Warriors Zions Bank Stadium L 19–35
May 4 Round 15 at New Orleans Gold Archbishop Shaw Stadium L 14–26
May 9 Round 12[5] Toronto Arrows Alumni Field L 13–24
May 19 Round 17 Rugby United New York MCU Park L 7–27
May 25 Round 18 Houston SaberCats Aveva Stadium L 15–36
June 2 Round 19 Seattle Seawolves Starfire Sports Complex L 26–38

Standings

Major League Rugby
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts
1 San Diego Legion 16 12 1 3 457 296 +161 8 3 61
2 Seattle Seawolves 16 11 1 4 498 407 +91 10 2 58
3 Toronto Arrows 16 11 0 5 472 362 +110 9 4 57
4 Rugby United New York 16 11 0 5 411 320 +91 7 3 54
5 New Orleans Gold 16 9 0 7 463 403 +60 11 6 53
6 Glendale Raptors 16 7 2 7 456 463 −7 10 1 43
7 Houston SaberCats 16 6 0 10 343 496 −151 5 1 30
8 Utah Warriors 16 2 2 12 381 517 −136 4 5 21
9 Austin Elite 16 0 0 16 263 482 −219 2 3 5
Updated: June 2, 2019

Source: [1]

Four points for a win, two for a draw, and no points for a bye.
One bonus point for scoring four or more tries (TB).
One bonus point for losing by seven or less (LB).
 • Teams 1 to 4 (Green background) at the end of the regular season qualify for the semifinals.

References

  1. ^ Cantu, Rick (March 18, 2022). "New-look Gilgronis..." Austin American Statesman. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Goff, Alex (September 24, 2019). "MLR Signings, Name Changes, And A Quick Release". FloSports. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  3. ^ "Austin Herd – Rebranded as Austin Gilgronis". Texas Happens. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  4. ^ Killough, Kirby (November 14, 2018). "Dell Diamond to host 6 home games for Austin Elite Rugby 2019 season". Community Impact. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  5. ^ "Arrows' home game against Austin postponed due to weather-related flight issues". Canadian Press. April 14, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2022.