2021 – RD 1: San Diego Legion v Rugby United New York

29 v 36

Report

The first game of the 2021 Major League Rugby season saw the San Diego Legion face Rugby United New York in Las Vegas, on a field that left a lot to be desired.

The men from the Empire State emerged victorious with a 6 try performance, overcoming the Legion by a score of 29-36. Siaosi Mahoni scored the Legion’s first try of 2021, and Hanco Germishuys did the same for New York. The third try of the game, scored by San Diego flanker Psalm Wooching on a fantastic line was directly under the posts and, under the new MLR rules for this season, was awarded an automatic conversion (AC) for a 7pt try. this was the first 7pt try in MLR history!

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
March 20, 2021	3:00 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2021

Results

Team	Tries	Conversions	Penalty Kick	TB	LB	Points
Legion	4	2/3	1/1	1	1	29
Ironworkers	6	3/6	0/0	1	0	36

Legion

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Faka’osi Pifeleti 17	Prop	0	0	0	20	2	0	0
2	Dean Muir 16	Hooker	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	Cronan Gleeson 18	Prop	1	0	0	11	2	0	5
4	Ben Mitchell	Lock	0	0	0	15	10	0	0
5	Siaosi Mahoni 20	Lock	1	0	0	19	6	0	5
6	Keni Nasoqeqe	Number 8	0	0	0	37	11	0	0
7	Psalm Wooching	Flanker	1	1	0	77	8	0	7
8	Tevita Tameilau 19	Number 8	0	0	0	31	7	0	0
9	Nate Augspurger 21	Scrum-half	0	0	0	27	14	0	0
10	Josh Thiel 22	Center	0	0	0	4	7	0	0
11	Ryan Matyas	Wing	1	0	0	8	8	0	5
12	Dylan Audsley	Center	0	2	1	53	10	3/4	7
13	Cameron Clark	Center	0	0	0	23	12	0	0
14	Save Totovosau 23	Wing	0	0	0	60	4	0	0
15	Cecil Afrika	Fullback	0	0	0	10	5	0	0
16	Peter Malcolm 2	Hooker	0	0	0	4	11	0	0
17	Nathan Sylvia 1	Prop	0	0	0	7	6	0	0
18	Chris Baumann 3	Prop	0	0	0	8	7	0	0
19	Jasa Veremalua 8	Flanker	0	0	0	15	2	0	0
20	Travis Larsen 5	Flanker	0	0	0	12	6	0	0
21	Carlo de Nysschen 9	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias 10	Fly-half	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	Bjorn Basson 14	Wing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		4	3	1	441	141	3/4	29

Ironworkers

#	Player	Position	T	C	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	James Rochford 17	Prop	0	0	4	3	0	0
2	Dylan Fawsitt	Hooker	2	0	12	11	0	10
3	Zak Taulafo 18	Prop	0	0	4	7	0	0
4	Nate Brakeley	Lock	0	0	33	13	0	0
5	Charlie Hewitt 19	Lock	0	0	0	5	0	0
6	Hanco Germishuys	Flanker	1	0	14	7	0	5
7	Kara Pryor	Flanker	0	0	5	5	0	0
8	Evan Mintern	Lock	0	0	26	20	0	0
9	Andy Ellis	Scrum-half	0	0	11	9	0	0
10	Dan Hollinshead	Fly-half	0	3	4	4	3/6	6
11	Apenisa Cakabalavu	Wing	0	0	87	9	0	0
12	Will Leonard 21	Center	2	0	43	9	0	10
13	Fa’asiu Fuatai	Center	1	0	69	10	0	5
14	Quinn Ngawati	Wing	0	0	14	1	0	0
15	Ben Foden	Fullback	0	0	18	1	0	0
16	Rob Irimescu	Hooker	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Anthony Parry 1	Prop	0	0	9	1	0	0
18	Wilton Rebolo 3	Prop	0	0	7	2	0	0
19	Benjamín Bonasso 5	Flanker	0	0	17	6	0	0
20	Conor McManus	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Harry Bennett 12	Fly-half	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Chris Mattina	Center	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Connor Buckley	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		6	3	377	123	3/6	36