The 2016 USA Rugby League season was the sixth season of the USA Rugby League National Premiership competition, and its second as the undisputed top-level rugby league competition in the United States. Fourteen teams competed for the National Championship. The season began on Saturday, June 4, and concluded with the Championship Final on Saturday, August 27, in Boston. The Philadelphia Fight won their fourth USARL Championship, defeating the Jacksonville Axemen 42-20.

Teams

The Connecticut Wildcats folded after the 2015 season, and were replaced by the White Plains Wombats

North Conference
Northeast Division
Colors	Club	City	State	Stadium	Foundation	Joined
	Boston Thirteens	Boston	Massachusetts	Nickerson Field	2009	2011
	Brooklyn Kings	Brooklyn	New York	Midwood Athletic Complex	2014	2014
	New York Knights	New York City	New York	The Castle Pier 40	2001	2015
	Rhode Island Rebellion	Providence	Rhode Island	Classical High School	2011	2011
	White Plains Wombats	White Plains	New York	SUNY Purchase College	2016	2016
Mid-Atlantic Division
Colors	Club	City	State	Stadium	Foundation	Joined
	Bucks County Sharks	Levittown	Pennsylvania	Falls Township Community Park	1998	2015
	D.C. Slayers	Washington	Washington	Duke Ellington Field	2003	2011
	Delaware Black Foxes	Wilmington	Delaware	Eden Park Stadium	2015	2015
	Northern Virginia Eagles	Manassas	Virginia	Grizzly Sports Complex	2007	2014
	Philadelphia Fight	Conshohocken	Pennsylvania	A. A. Garthwaite Stadium	1998	2011

South Conference
Colors	Club	City	State	Stadium	Foundation	Joined
	Atlanta Rhinos	Atlanta	Georgia	Atlanta Silverbacks Park	2014	2014
	Central Florida Warriors	DeLand	Florida	Spec Martin Stadium	2014	2014
	Jacksonville Axemen	Jacksonville	Florida	Hodges Stadium	2006	2011
	Tampa Mayhem	Tampa Bay	Florida	Larry Sanders Field	2014	2014

Regular season

Teams in the South Conference played 6 games on a double round-robin schedule. Teams in the North Conference played 8 games, primarily within their own division. A win was worth 2 points, a draw worth 1 point, and a loss worth 0 points. There were no bonus points for number of tries or close losses.^[1]

Northeast Division # Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 New York Knights 8 7 0 1 354 142 212 14 2 Boston Thirteens 8 5 0 3 336 150 186 10 3 Brooklyn Kings 8 4 0 4 290 264 26 8 4 White Plains Wombats 8 4 0 4 286 312 -26 8 5 Rhode Island Rebellion 8 1 0 7 190 402 -212 2

Mid-Atlantic Division # Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 Philadelphia Fight 8 8 0 0 384 72 312 16 2 Delaware Black Foxes 8 5 0 3 390 266 124 10 3 Northern Virginia Eagles 8 4 0 4 280 246 34 8 4 D.C. Slayers 8 2 0 6 156 440 -284 4 5 Bucks County Sharks 8 0 0 8 86 458 -372 0

South Conference # Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 Jacksonville Axemen 6 6 0 0 211 58 153 12 2 Tampa Mayhem 6 3 0 3 178 161 17 6 3 Atlanta Rhinos 6 2 1 3 170 234 -64 5 4 Central Florida Warriors 6 0 1 5 114 234 -120 1

Final regular-season standings.

Week 1

Home	Score	Away	Match information
			Date and time (Local)	Venue
Bucks County Sharks	6-66	White Plains Wombats	4 Jun 2016, 1:00PM	Falls Township Park
D.C. Slayers	0-72	Philadelphia Fight	4 Jun 2016, 2:00PM	Duke Ellington Field
Northern Virginia Eagles	34-22	Delaware Black Foxes	4 Jun 2016, 4:00PM	Grizzly Sports Complex
Central Florida Warriors	28-28	Atlanta Rhinos	4 Jun 2016, 6:00PM	Spec Mart Stadium
Boston Thirteens	58-20	Rhode Island Rebellion	4 Jun 2016, 7:00PM	Nickerson Field
Brooklyn Kings	24-26	New York Knights	5 Jun 2016, 6:00PM	Bushwick Inlet Park

Week 2

Home	Score	Away	Match information
			Date and time (Local)	Venue
Bucks County Sharks	6-96	Delaware Black Foxes	11 Jun 2016, 1:00PM	Falls Township Park
D.C. Slayers	12-34	Brooklyn Kings	11 Jun 2016, 3:30PM	Duke Ellington Field
Northern Virginia Eagles	42-24	Boston Thirteens	11 Jun 2016, 4:00PM	Grizzly Sports Complex
Philadelphia Fight	60-6	White Plains Wombats	11 Jun 2016, 5:00PM	A.A. Garthwaite Stadium
Rhode Island Rebellion	10-46	New York Knights	11 Jun 2016, 5:00PM	Brown University
Atlanta Rhinos	22-32	Jacksonville Axemen	11 Jun 2016, 5:00PM	Silverback Stadium
Tampa Mayhem	24-16	Central Florida Warriors	11 Jun 2016, 5:00PM	Tampa Catholic High School

Week 3

Home	Score	Away	Match information
			Date and time (Local)	Venue
White Plains Wombats	90-20	D.C. Slayers	18 Jun 2016, 1:00PM	SUNY Purchase College
Rhode Island Rebellion	32-0	Bucks County Sharks	18 Jun 2016, 5:00PM	Brown University
Jacksonville Axemen	32-0	Tampa Mayhem	18 Jun 2016, 5:00PM	Hodges Stadium
New York Knights	42-6	Boston Thirteens	18 Jun 2016, 6:00PM	Randalls Island
Delaware Black Foxes	18-68	Philadelphia Fight	18 Jun 2016, 8:00PM	Nickerson Field
Brooklyn Kings	48-20	Northern Virginia Eagles	19 Jun 2016, 6:00PM	Bushwick Inlet Park

Week 4

Home	Score	Away	Match information
			Date and time (Local)	Venue
Bucks County Sharks	48-52	D.C. Slayers	25 Jun 2016, 1:00PM	Falls Township Park
Philadelphia Fight	68-0	Northern Virginia Eagles	25 Jun 2016, 5:00PM	A.A. Garthwaite Stadium
Atlanta Rhinos	30-58	Tampa Mayhem	25 Jun 2016, 5:00PM	Silverback Stadium
Central Florida Warriors	12-32	Jacksonville Axemen	25 Jun 2016, 6:00PM	Spec Mart Stadium
New York Knights	82-24	Delaware Black Foxes	25 Jun 2016, 6:00PM	Pier 40
Boston Thirteens	32-6	White Plains Wombats	25 Jun 2016, 7:00PM	Nickerson Field
Brooklyn Kings	38-28	Rhode Island Rebellion	26 Jun 2016, 6:00PM	Bushwick Inlet Park

Week 5

Home	Score	Away	Match information
			Date and time (Local)	Venue
White Plains Wombats	40-28	Rhode Island Rebellion	9 Jul 2016, 12:00PM	SUNY Purchase College
Northern Virginia Eagles	74-18	D.C. Slayers	9 Jul 2016, 12:00PM	Grizzly Sports Complex
Philadelphia Fight	30-22	New York Knights	9 Jul 2016, 5:00PM	A.A. Garthwaite Stadium
Jacksonville Axemen	48-6	Atlanta Rhinos	9 Jul 2016, 5:00PM	Hodges Stadium
Central Florida Warriors	24-58	Tampa Mayhem	9 Jul 2016, 6:00PM	Spec Mart Stadium
Delaware Black Foxes	64-6	Bucks County Sharks	9 Jul 2016, 8:00PM	Eden Park Stadium
Brooklyn Kings	18-50	Boston Thirteens	10 Jul 2016, 6:00PM	Bushwick Inlet Park

Week 6

Home	Score	Away	Match information
			Date and time (Local)	Venue
New York Knights	52-16	Rhode Island Rebellion	16 Jul 2016
Bucks County Sharks	0-70	Northern Virginia Eagles	16 Jul 2016, 1:00PM	Falls Township Park
D.C. Slayers	24-70	Delaware Black Foxes	16 Jul 2016, 2:00PM	Duke Ellington Field
White Plains Wombats	50-46	Brooklyn Kings	16 Jul 2016, 3:30PM	SUNY Purchase College
Tampa Mayhem	6-19	Jacksonville Axemen	16 Jul 2016, 5:00PM	Tampa Catholic High School
Atlanta Rhinos	44-22	Central Florida Warriors	16 Jul 2016, 5:00PM	Silverback Stadium
Boston Thirteens	16-22	Philadelphia Fight	16 Jul 2016, 7:00PM	Nickerson Field

Week 7

Home	Score	Away	Match information
			Date and time (Local)	Venue
Boston Thirteens	32-0	D.C. Slayers	23 Jul 2016	Nickerson Field
Delaware Black Foxes	50-30	Northern Virginia Eagles	23 Jul 2016, 11:00AM	Eden Park Stadium
White Plains Wombats	12-62	New York Knights	23 Jul 2016, 12:00PM	SUNY Purchase College
Philadelphia Fight	48-0	Bucks County Sharks	23 Jul 2016, 5:00PM	A.A. Garthwaite Stadium
Rhode Island Rebellion	56-62	Brooklyn Kings	23 Jul 2016, 5:00PM	Brown University

Week 8

Home	Score	Away	Match information
			Date and time (Local)	Venue
New York Knights	22-20	Brooklyn Kings	30 Jul 2016
D.C. Slayers	30-20	Bucks County Sharks	30 Jul 2016, 2:00PM	Duke Ellington Field
Northern Virginia Eagles	10-16	Philadelphia Fight	30 Jul 2016, 4:00PM	Grizzly Sports Complex
Tampa Mayhem	34-40	Atlanta Rhinos	30 Jul 2016, 5:00PM	Tampa Catholic High School
Jacksonville Axemen	48-12	Central Florida Warriors	30 Jul 2016, 5:00PM	Hodges Stadium
Rhode Island Rebellion	0-106	Boston Thirteens	30 Jul 2016, 5:00PM	Brown University
Delaware Black Foxes	46-16	White Plains Wombats	30 Jul 2016, 8:00PM	Eden Park Stadium

Playoffs

In the South Conference, the teams with the best and worst records, and the second- and third-best records, played each other in the South Conference Semi-Finals. The winners met in the South Conference Final. In the North Conference, the teams with the second-and third-best records in each division played each other in the North Conference Division Semi-Finals. The winners played the teams with the best records in their respective divisions in the North Conference Divisional Finals. The Winners of the Divisional Finals played in the North Conference Final. The winners of the Conference Finals met in the Championship Final.

Round 1

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
North Conference Divisional Semi-Finals
Boston Thirteens	64 - 40	Brooklyn Kings	August 6
Delaware Black Foxes	24-22	Northern Virginia Eagles	August 6
South Conference Semi-Finals
Jacksonville Axemen	38-14	Central Florida Warriors	August 6
Tampa Mayhem	26-16	Atlanta Rhinos	August 6

Round 2

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
North Conference Divisional Finals
New York Knights	12-19	Boston Thirteens	August 13
Philadelphia Fight	76-6	Delaware Black Foxes	August 13

Conference finals

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
North Championship[2]
Boston Thirteens	24 - 33	Philadelphia Fight	August 20
South Championship
Jacksonville Axemen	38-28	Atlanta Rhinos	August 13

Championship final

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date	Venue
National Championship
Philadelphia Fight	42 - 20	Jacksonville Axemen	August 27	Nickerson Field

All-Star Game

After the conclusion of the 2016 season, the USARL held the first annual All-Star Game, with two teams made up of the best players from each conference.^[3]