Rugby ATL On September 21, 2018,
Major League Rugby announced that Atlanta was one of the expansion teams joining the league for the 2020 season. The team name "Rugby ATL" was revealed on February 26, 2019. The team was unofficially known as the Rattlers and in 2021 an alternate logo with a rattlesnake was unveiled. Rugby ATL played its first three seasons at Lupo Family Field on the campus of
Life University in the Atlanta suburb of
Marietta. The field was damaged by flooding in September 2021 and the team moved to
Silverbacks Park ahead of the 2022 season. Following the death of their original team owner, S. Marcus Calloway, the ownership of the team was placed into an investment group, acquiring control of the franchise on an interim basis. The move kept Rugby ATL operational, until a permanent ownership group was acquired in 2023. On August 17, it was announced the team would relocate to
Los Angeles. On December 21, it was announced that the team would be renamed to
Rugby FC Los Angeles, abbreviated to RFCLA. This marked the return of Major League Rugby back to Los Angeles since the removal of the former
LA Giltinis in October 2022. On the same day, it was announced that RFCLA would play out of
Dignity Health Sports Park in
Carson, CA. In July 2025 it was announced that Rugby Football Club Los Angeles and
San Diego Legion would unite to form a single, statewide rugby franchise,
The California Legion. ==Sponsorship==