The 2019 Austin Elite season was club's second season in Major League Rugby. 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. 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. 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.
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 resultsDate Round OpponentVenueScore 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 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 RugbyTeam 1 San Diego Legion 16 12 1 3 457 296 +161 8 3 612 Seattle Seawolves 16 11 1 4 498 407 +91 10 2 583 Toronto Arrows 16 11 0 5 472 362 +110 9 4 574 Rugby United New York 16 11 0 5 411 320 +91 7 3 545 New Orleans Gold 16 9 0 7 463 403 +60 11 6 536 Glendale Raptors 16 7 2 7 456 463 −7 10 1 437 Houston SaberCats 16 6 0 10 343 496 −151 5 1 308 Utah Warriors 16 2 2 12 381 517 −136 4 5 219 Austin Elite 16 0 0 16 263 482 −219 2 3 5Updated: June 2, 2019 Source: 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.
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