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By Brian Lowe, Date: 19/8/12

The New York Knights have secured back-to-back championships with a high-scoring 60-40 defeat of the Connecticut Wildcats in the American National Rugby League championship game Saturday in Fairfield, Connecticut.

By Brian Lowe, Date 16/8/12

The 2012 American National Rugby League championship game will be a replay of the 2011 matchup between the New York Knights and Connecticut Wildcats.

The Knights won the 2011 Championship with a 38-4 victory, but this Saturday they'll face a Wildcats team with a ton of momentum, as they surged into their 7th Grand Final appearance.

By Damian Flint, Date: 13/8/12

The 2012 American National Rugby League championship game will be contested between the New York Knights and Connecticut Wildcats after both teams were victorious Saturday in the Atlantic Conference playoffs.

In the first semifinal, the Connecticut Wildcats came from behind to snatch a thrilling 38-32 victory against the Pennsylvania Bulls.

By Damian Flint, Date 9/8/12

The 2012 American National Rugby League playoff series continues this weekend with the semifinals in the Atlantic Conference. The winning teams will progress to Grand Final XV.

The defending champion New York Knights are looking to make it back to back championships, but in order to do so will have to get past a fired up Bucks County Sharks side that was narrowly defeated last week.

By Damian Flint, Date: 6/8/12

The American National Rugby League's Atlantic Conference is down to the money rounds and in the first week of the 2012 playoff series the Pennsylvania Bulls and Connecticut Wildcats reigned supreme over their opposition.

In scorching summer conditions, the Bulls ended the Northern Raiders Championship hopes with a 30-20 victory.

By Brian Lowe, Date: 3/8/12

It's show time this weekend in the American National Rugby League as we usher in the opening round of the 2012 playoff series.

Four teams with their eyes on the Cup will duke it out Saturday in the Atlantic Conference quarterfinals.

By Brian Lowe, Date: 1/8/12

The American National Rugby League's Atlantic Conference playoff series is set and it all gets started this coming weekend.

The #1 ranked New York Knights have earned a bye for the first round of the postseason by finishing the regular season at the top of the standings. The 2011 champions will also get home field advantage.

By Brian Lowe, Date: 18/7/12

The American National Rugby League has unveiled the new format for this year's Atlantic Conference playoffs.

In a return to formats of past seasons there will be quarterfinals, semi-finals and then the championship game, although there is a slight difference in the makeup of which teams qualify for the early rounds.

By Brian Lowe, Date: 15/7/12

The Game of the Week in the American National Rugby League Atlantic Conference lived up to its billing with the surging Pennsylvania Bulls and Connecticut Wildcats putting on a show Saturday in the Philadelphia area.

In the end, the Bulls powered home to a 60-30 victory to punctuate Round 6 action.

By Brian Lowe, Date: 11/7/12

The Iowa City Crash have made a promising start on debut in the American National Rugby League Midwest Conference with a spirited performance before going down 32-14 to the Chicago Stockyarders at Winnemac Park in Chicago Sunday in Round 2 of the Conference schedule.

The Crash raced to an early 8-0 lead with unconverted tries by Irish import Tom Lenihan, after good work from standout Nick Young, and player/coach Brad Fuhrmann to stun the home side.