The Seattle Seawolves are a professional American rugby union team based in Seattle, Washington, that play in Major League Rugby (MLR). They were established in 2017 as one of the seven inaugural teams in MLR and began play in the 2018 season. The Seawolves are a member of the Western Conference and play their home matches at Starfire Sports, a 4,500-seat multipurpose stadium in Tukwila, Washington.
As of the 2026 season, MLR has six teams that play a regular season with 10 matches from March to June. The regular season consists of a full round-robin schedule with the top four teams advancing to the postseason playoffs, a single-elimination tournament in June that culminates in the championship final. The league previously had 12 teams that were divided into conferences and played a more limited intra-conference schedule.
The Seawolves have won two MLR championships, tied for the most in league history with the New England Free Jacks, and have appeared in four finals. The team have qualified for the playoffs in all but one of their full seasons in MLR. They won the inaugural championship in 2018 under player-coach Phil Mack and the 2019 final under Richie Walker, an interim replacement for head coach. The team missed the playoffs in the 2021 season, which they played under three coaches, and did not initially qualify for the 2022 playoffs until the disqualification of the Western Conference leaders, the Austin Gilgronis and LA Giltinis. The Seawolves qualified in a replacement berth under head coach Allen Clarke and finished as runners-up in the 2022 final, where they lost to Rugby New York. The team finished as runners-up in the 2024 final to the New England Free Jacks, who won their second consecutive championship.
As of the 2026 season, the Seawolves have played 119 total regular season games with a record of 68 wins, 2 draws, and 49 losses.
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+ Seattle Seawolves record by seasonSeasonConferenceRegular seasonPostseason resultsHead coach2018 2nd 8 6 0 2 232 188 +44 5 29 Won Semifinal (San Diego) 38–24Won MLR Final (Glendale) 23–19 Phil Mack () 2019 2nd 16 11 1 4 498 405 +93 12 58 Won Semifinal (Toronto) 30–17Won MLR Final (San Diego) 26–23 Richie Walker () †2020 Western 4th 5 1 0 4 138 162 −24 4 8 Not held Kees Lensing () 2021 Western 5th 16 4 0 12 343 461 −118 10 26 Did not qualify Kees Lensing () Pate Tuilevuka () Allen Clarke () 2022 Western 4th 16 9 0 7 435 354 +81 10 46 Won Conference Eliminator (San Diego) 43–19Won Conference Final (Houston) 46–27Lost MLR Final (New York) 15–30 Allen Clarke () 2023 Western 2nd 16 12 0 4 509 348 +161 11 59 Won Conference Eliminator (Houston) 37–26Lost Conference Final (San Diego) 32–10§ 2024 Western 2nd 16 11 0 5 498 373 +125 13 57 Won Conference Semifinals (San Diego) 30–28Won Conference Final (Dallas) 28–25Lost MLR Final (New England) 11–20 2025 Western 4th 16 8 1 7 460 422 +38 15 49 Lost Conference Semifinals (Utah) 21–27§ 2026 2nd 10 6 0 4 311 308 +3 7 31 Lost Conference Semifinals (California) 34–43§ +
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