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New Orleans Gold

Professional rugby union team from New Orleans, Louisiana From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The New Orleans Gold (stylized as NOLA Gold) were an American professional rugby union team based in the New Orleans metropolitan area that competes in Major League Rugby (MLR). The team were founded in 2017.[1] Since January 2020, French rugby power ASM Clermont Auvergne has owned a minority stake in the team.[2] The team withdrew from competition at the end of the 2025 Major League Rugby season.

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Home field

Gold Mine on Airline

The team played at the Gold Mine on Airline, also known as the Shrine on Airline and was previously Zephyr Field, in Metairie, Louisiana, on the East Bank of the New Orleans metropolitan area.[3]

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.[4]

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Broadcasts

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

In 2025, the Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network became the official broadcast network of the team.

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.[3]

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Players and personnel

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Current squad

The New Orleans Gold squad for the 2025 Major League Rugby season was:[5]

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

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  • 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

  • Samoa Kane Thompson, forwards and defense (2019–2021, 2024-2025)
  • New Zealand Taylor Howden, backs (2022-2025)
  • France Nicolas Godignon, scrum, breakdown & director of player pathway (2024-2025)
  • New Zealand Carlos Spencer (2022)[9]

Captains

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Records

Season standings

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2018 season

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2019 season

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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.[11] One week later (March 19), MLR announced that it had canceled the rest of the 2020 season.[12]

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2021 season

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2022 season

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2023 season

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2024 season

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NOLA Gold played 16 games in the 2024 regular season, with all eight home games played at the Gold Mine. The team finished the regular season 10–6 and qualified for its first playoff berth, losing to the Chicago Hounds 45-21 in the Eastern Conference semifinal.[13]

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Notes

  1. 2020 regular season shortened and playoffs cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

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