New Orleans Gold

The New Orleans Gold, stylized as NOLA Gold, is a professional rugby union team based in New Orleans.

The team was founded in 2017 and competes in Major League Rugby. Since January 2020, French rugby power ASM Clermont Auvergne has owned a minority stake in the team.

New Orleans Gold
New Orleans Gold
Founded2017
LocationMetairie, Louisiana
Ground(s)Gold Mine on Airline (Capacity: 10,000)
Coach(es)Cory Brown
Captain(s)Moni Tongaʻuiha
Top scorerJP Eloff (206)
Most triesTristan Blewett (12)
League(s)Major League Rugby
20234th (Eastern Conference)
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Official website
www.nolagoldrugby.com

Home field

Gold Mine on Airline

The team plays at the Gold Mine on Airline, formerly known as the Shrine on Airline and Zephyr Field, in Metairie, Louisiana, on the East Bank of the New Orleans metropolitan area.

Joe Zimmerman Stadium

For the first two seasons of Major League Rugby in 2018 and 2019, the team played at Joe Zimmerman Stadium at Archbishop Shaw High School under the branding of Gold Stadium. The natural turf field with grandstand seating for up to 3,000 people is located on the West Bank at Marrero, Louisiana.

Broadcasts

Home games are shown on Cox Sports Television. Ian McNulty and Geoffrey Ormsby are the on air talent.

Sponsorship

For the 2022 season, NOLA Gold partnered with local Louisiana, Port Orleans Brewing Company to make "GOLDen Ale". These 16-ounce cans will be available for purchase in the brewery's tap room and on tap at the start of the season. It will also be sold throughout the season in the team's home stadium, the Shrine on Airline.

Season Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2018 XBlades None
2019 Louisiana Tourism
2020 Paladin Sports None
2021 None
2022 Louisiana Tourism
2023 LCMC Health

Players and personnel

Current squad

The New Orleans Gold squad for the 2024 Major League Rugby season is:

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union
Augusto Böhme Hooker New Orleans Gold  Chile
Ale Lopeti Hooker New Orleans Gold  United States
Pat O'Toole Hooker New Orleans Gold  United States
George Sharpe Hooker New Orleans Gold  United States
Jarred Adams Prop New Orleans Gold  Samoa
Matt Harmon Prop New Orleans Gold  United States
James Irey Prop New Orleans Gold  United States
Sam Klimkowski Prop New Orleans Gold  United States
Sean Paranihi Prop New Orleans Gold  New Zealand
Trent Rogers Prop New Orleans Gold  United States
Isaac Salmon Prop New Orleans Gold  New Zealand
Bart Vermeulen Prop New Orleans Gold  Belgium
Callum Botchar Lock New Orleans Gold  Canada
Cam Dolan Lock New Orleans Gold  United States
Chase Jones Lock New Orleans Gold  United States
Olajuwon Noa Lock New Orleans Gold  Samoa
William Waguespack Lock New Orleans Gold  United States
Fintan Coleman* Back row New Orleans Gold  Ireland
Cian Darling* Back row New Orleans Gold  Ireland
Maciu Koroi* Back row New Orleans Gold  Fiji
Jonah Mau'u Back row New Orleans Gold  New Zealand
Malcolm May Back row New Orleans Gold  United States
Moni Tongaʻuiha (c) Back row New Orleans Gold  United States
Osaiasi Tongaʻuiha Back row New Orleans Gold  United States
Player Position Union
Luke Campbell Scrum-half New Orleans Gold  New Zealand
Damian Stevens Scrum-half New Orleans Gold  Namibia
Sebastiano Villani* Scrum-half New Orleans Gold  Italy
Reece Botha* Fly-half New Orleans Gold  South Africa
Rodney Iona Fly-half New Orleans Gold  Samoa
Dorian Jones Fly-half New Orleans Gold  Wales
Ross Depperschmidt Centre New Orleans Gold  United States
JP du Plessis Centre New Orleans Gold  South Africa
Taniela Filimone Centre New Orleans Gold  Tonga
Jordan Jackson-Hope Centre New Orleans Gold  Australia
Domingo Saavedra Centre New Orleans Gold  Chile
Nick Feakes* Wing New Orleans Gold  Australia
Ed Fidow Wing New Orleans Gold  Samoa
Julian Roberts Wing New Orleans Gold  United States
Jack Webster Wing New Orleans Gold  United States
Harley Wheeler Wing New Orleans Gold  United States
Dougie Fife Fullback New Orleans Gold  Scotland
Christian Olney Fullback New Orleans Gold  United States
  • Senior 15s and senior 7s internationally capped players are listed in bold.
  • * denotes players qualified to play for the United States on dual nationality or residency grounds.
  • MLR teams are allowed to field up to ten overseas players per match.

Head coaches

Assistant coaches

  • New Orleans Gold  Kane Thompson, forwards and defense (2019–2021, 2024-)
  • New Orleans Gold  Taylor Howden, backs (2022-)
  • New Orleans Gold  Nicolas Godignon, scrum, breakdown & director of player pathway (2024-)
  • New Orleans Gold  Carlos Spencer (2022)

Captains

Records

Season standings

Season Conference Regular season Postseason
Pos Pld W D L F A +/− BP Pts Pld W L F A +/− Result
2018 - 6th 8 3 0 5 209 291 -82 5 17 - - - - - - Did not qualify
2019 - 5th 16 9 0 7 463 403 +60 17 53 - - - - - - Did not qualify
2020 Eastern 3rd 5 3 0 2 135 102 +33 4 16 - - - - - - Cancelled
2021 Eastern 3rd 16 10 1 5 375 378 -3 9 51 - - - - - - Did not qualify
2022 Eastern 5th 16 4 0 12 358 517 -159 6 25 - - - - - - Did not qualify
2023 Eastern 4th 16 7 0 9 339 435 -96 6 35 - - - - - - Did not qualify
Totals 77 36 1 40 1,879 2,126 -247 41 162 - - - - - - 0 postseason appearances

2018 season

Exhibitions

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
January 20 Capital Selects Home Won, 68–15
February 24 Houston SaberCats Away Won, 30–12
March 10 Glendale Raptors Home Lost, 14–38
March 28 Houston SaberCats Home Draw, 32–32
March 31 Austin Elite Home Won, 48–17
April 7 Austin Elite Away Won, 38–10

Regular season

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
April 21 Houston SaberCats Away Won, 35–26
May 3 Austin Elite Away Lost, 17–30
May 12 Seattle Seawolves Home Lost, 29–31
May 19 Houston SaberCats Home Won, 24–20
May 27 Seattle Seawolves Away Lost, 26–55
June 3 Glendale Raptors Home Lost, 10–41
June 9 San Diego Legion Home Lost, 22–39
June 16 Utah Warriors Away Won, 46–43

2019 season

Exhibitions

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
December 8, 2018 USA South Panthers Home Won, 45–10
December 15, 2018 Stars Rugby Home Won, 113–0
January 5, 2019 Midwest Selects Home Won, 74–0
January 12, 2019 Dallas Reds Home Won, 72–0

Regular season

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
January 26 Toronto Arrows Home Won, 36-31
February 2 Glendale Raptors Home Won, 40-31
February 10 Seattle Seawolves Home Won, 41-31
February 16 Rugby United New York Home Lost, 24–27
March 2 Utah Warriors Away Won, 21-19
March 16 Houston SaberCats Away Won, 49-11
March 23 Austin Elite Home Won, 35–31
March 30 Glendale Raptors Away Lost, 33-34
April 7 Toronto Arrows Away Won, 35-31
April 13 Utah Warriors Home Won, 28-19
April 21 Seattle Seawolves Away Lost, 24–25
May 4 Austin Elite Away Won, 26-14
May 11 San Diego Legion Home Lost, 19–26
May 18 Houston SaberCats Home Lost, 20–27
May 26 Rugby United New York Away Lost, 22-24
June 2 San Diego Legion Away Lost, 10-22

2020 season

On March 12, 2020, MLR announced the season would go on hiatus immediately for 30 days due to fears surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. One week later (March 19), MLR announced that it had canceled the rest of the 2020 season.

Regular season

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
February 8 Old Glory DC Home Won, 46–13
February 16 Rugby ATL Home Lost, 10–22
February 22 Colorado Raptors Away Won, 27–20
February 29 San Diego Legion Home Lost, 21–25
March 7 New England Free Jacks Home Won, 31–22
March 13 Utah Warriors Away Postponed, later canceled
March 28 Toronto Arrows Home Canceled
April 5 Rugby ATL Away Canceled
April 11 Old Glory DC Away Canceled
April 18 Rugby United New York Home Canceled
April 25 New England Free Jacks Away Canceled
May 3 Toronto Arrows Away Canceled
May 9 Houston SaberCats Home Canceled
May 17 Seattle Seawolves Away Canceled
May 23 Austin Gilgronis Home Canceled
May 30 Rugby United New York Away Canceled

2021 season

Regular season

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
March 21 Old Glory DC Home Draw, 26–26
March 27 Rugby United New York Home Won, 51–28
April 10 Austin Gilgronis Home Lost, 15–18
April 17 New England Free Jacks Home Won 30-29
April 24 Rugby ATL Away Lost, 28-38
May 2 Toronto Arrows Home Won, 22-14
May 8 Houston SaberCats Away Won, 28-26
May 15 San Diego Legion Away Lost, 17-43
May 22 Utah Warriors Home Won, 29-24
June 5 Rugby ATL Home Lost, 7-8
June 12 Old Glory DC Away Won, 25-21
June 20 Toronto Arrows Away Won, 18-12
June 27 New England Free Jacks Away Won, 17-9
July 4 LA Giltinis Away Won, 21-20
July 11 Seattle Seawolves Away Lost, 6-30
July 17 Rugby United New York Away Won, 35-32

2022 season

Regular season

Date Opponent Home/Away Result
February 5 New England Free Jacks Home Lost, 13-24
February 12 Rugby ATL Home Lost, 9-14
February 19 Toronto Arrows Home Lost, 23-24
March 4 Seattle Seawolves Away Won, 25-24
March 12 Dallas Jackals Away Won, 32-26
March 19 Rugby New York Home Lost, 19-30
March 26 Old Glory DC Away Won, 31-22
April 2 New England Free Jacks Away Lost, 29-33
April 9 Rugby ATL Home Lost, 17-34
April 16 Toronto Arrows Away Lost, 36-53
April 23 Austin Gilgronis Home Lost, 10-32
May 1 Rugby United NY Away Lost, 28-36
May 14 Old Glory DC Home Won, 50-21
May 21 San Diego Legion Home Lost, 12-42
May 29 New England Free Jacks Away Lost, 5-57
June 3 Rugby ATL Away Lost, 19-45

2023 season

Regular season

Date Opponent Home/Away Location Result
February 17 New England Free Jacks Home The Gold Mine Lost, 36-12
February 25 Houston SaberCats Away SaberCats Stadium Lost, 35-14
March 4 Rugby ATL Away Silverbacks Park Lost, 29-16
March 12 New York Ironworkers Home The Gold Mine Won, 31-5
March 18 Utah Warriors Home The Gold Mine Won, 37-14
March 25 Old Glory DC Away Segra Field Won, 20-17
April 2 Seattle Seawolves Home The Gold Mine Lost, 36-35
April 15 Rugby ATL Home The Gold Mine Lost, 23-7
April 23 Chicago Hounds Away SeatGeek Stadium Won, 37-24
April 30 Toronto Arrows Home The Gold Mine Won, 40-24
May 7 New York Ironworkers Away Memorial Field Lost, 54-19
May 13 San Diego Legion Home The Gold Mine Lost, 26-12
May 21 New England Free Jacks Away Veterans Memorial Stadium Lost, 50-3
June 3 Old Glory DC Home The Gold Mine Lost, 28-15
June 10 Dallas Jackals Away Choctaw Stadium Won, 15-10
June 17 Toronto Arrows Away York Lions Stadium Won, 26-24

2024 season

NOLA Gold will play 16 games in the 2024 regular season. All eight home games will be played at the Gold Mine.

Regular season

Date Opponent Home/Away Location Result
March 2 Old Glory DC Home Gold Mine Won, 18-6

Notes

References

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