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Atlanta were founded in early 2014 and joined the USARL Southern Conference. By March, it was announced that Atlanta would share a partnership with British Super League club Leeds Rhinos . The Rhinos stated they will help bring a professional approach to the Atlanta club by sharing information and playing talent. [ 1 ]
Major League Rugby (MLR) [a] is a professional rugby union competition for clubs in the United States.It is currently contested by eleven teams. While operating outside of the governance and oversight of the national governing body, the league is officially sanctioned by USA Rugby—a member union of Rugby Americas North (RAN)—and is consequently part of World Rugby.
Georgia has professional Rugby league and Rugby union clubs based in Atlanta. The Atlanta Rhinos joined the North American Rugby League for its inaugural season in 2022. [19] They previously played semi-professionally in the USA Rugby League, winning 1 championship in 2017. Rugby ATL were founded in 2018 and began play in Major League Rugby in ...
On September 21, 2018, Major League Rugby announced that Atlanta was one of the expansion teams joining the league for the 2020 season. [1] The team name "Rugby ATL" was revealed on February 26, 2019. [2] The team was unofficially known as the Rattlers and in 2021 an alternate logo with a rattlesnake was unveiled. [3]
The formation of the USA Rugby League was announced on January 12, 2011. Seven teams that had previously competed in the American National Rugby League, the United States' established rugby league organization and recognized governing body for the sport, announced they were breaking with the AMNRL to form a new league.
Following the establishment of the American National Rugby League (AMNRL) in 1997, the team began to participate in more regular international competition. They reached the quarterfinals of the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. In 2014, the USARL became the national governing body for rugby league in the United States.
In 2011 the Axemen launched a reserve grade competition, the Firehouse Subs Southeastern Rugby League Championship, which acts as a feeder club system for the Axemen to further develop players. It developed into teams known today like the Atlanta Rhinos.
The Atlanta Renegades Rugby Football Club (also known as The 'Gades), founded in 1971, is a premier D1 men's rugby union team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The club competes in and is governed by the Georgia Rugby Union [ 1 ] (GRU), USA Rugby South (USARS), and USA Rugby .