Major League Rugby’s 2022 season marked the inaugural season for the Dallas Jackals. This is the only MLR season to date to have 3 teams from the same state (Dallas, in addition to the Austin Gilgronis and Houston SaberCats).

2022 was the first season since 2019 to have an odd number of teams (13), and as such, the regular season structure was altered slightly. Each team would still play each other team within their conference both home and away, but their out-of-conference games would be reduced to stick with a 16 game regular season. The Championship Series structure remained the same, with the #2 & #3 seeds from each conference facing each other in the Eliminator Round, with the victor advancing to face the #1 seed in the Conference Finals. The Conference Champions would then face off in the Championship Final.

Arguably the most controversial season to date, 2022 saw both Adam Gilchrist-owned teams (Austin Gilgronis and LA Giltinis) disqualified shortly before the Championship Series for which both sides had qualified.  As a result, #4 & #5 seeds in the Western Conference saw themselves qualifying for the post season. This included the Houston SaberCats, marking their first playoff appearance since they joined MLR in the inaugural 2018 season.