2021 – RD 2: Houston SaberCats v New England Free Jacks

0 v 32

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The New England Free Jacks travelled to the Space City to face the SaberCats at AVEVA Stadium.

Unfortuntely for the Houston crowd, they weren’t given much to cheer about. The Free Jacks scored in the first minute through Pieter Jansen and never looked back, shutting out the Cats with a score of 0-32. This is despite the Free Jacks receiving 3 yellow cards throughout the match, including 2 in the first quarter which put them down to 13 men for about 8 minutes.

This was the 3rd shut out in Major League Rugby history and at the time this was the largest, surpassing a 22-0 effort from the Raptors over the Arrows in 2019.

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
March 27, 2021	7:00 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2021

Results

Team	Tries	Conversions	Penalty Kick	TB	LB	Points
SaberCats	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
Free Jacks	4	2/3	2/2	1	0	32

SaberCats

#	Player	Position	MG	Tackles
1	Nicolás Solveyra 16	Prop	32	9
2	Tiaan Erasmus 17	Hooker	9	1
3	Nikoloz Khatiashvili 18	Prop	24	7
4	Kody O’Neil	Lock	54	8
5	Van Stewart 19	Lock	18	0
6	Luke Beauchamp	Flanker	46	9
7	Diego Magno	Flanker	18	5
8	Adriaan Booysen 20	Number 8	26	9
9	Jinho Mun 21	Scrum-half	22	6
10	Sam Windsor	Fly-half	48	3
11	Zack Godfrey 22	Wing	35	4
12	Gabe Farley	Center	72	6
13	Veramu Dikidikilati	Center	96	4
14	Paula Balekana	Wing	54	4
15	Matías Freyre	Fullback	65	1
16	Valdemar Lee-Lo 1	Prop	23	1
17	Diego Fortuny 2	Hooker	10	7
18	Charlie Connolly 3	Prop	11	1
19	Lucas Albornoz 5	Lock	12	1
20	Bronson Teles 8	Flanker	0	4
21	Zachary Short 9	Scrum-half	3	0
22	Robbie Povey 11	Fly-half	10	3
23	Max Tacket	Center	0	0
	Total		688	93

Free Jacks

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Sef Fa’agase 18	Prop	0	0	0	21	12	0	0
2	Pieter Jansen 16	Hooker	1	0	0	0	17	0	5
3	Erich de Jager 17	Prop	0	0	0	4	10	0	0
4	Josh Larsen 20	Lock	0	0	0	20	11	0	0
5	Jackson Thiebes 19	Lock	0	0	0	17	12	0	0
6	Justin Johnson 22	Flanker	1	0	0	56	6	0	5
7	Joe Johnston	Flanker	0	0	0	22	18	0	0
8	Wian Conradie	Number 8	0	0	0	32	25	0	0
9	John Poland 21	Scrum-half	0	2	1	15	9	3/4	7
10	Harrison Boyle	Fly-half	0	0	0	17	6	0	0
11	Harry Barlow 23	Wing	0	0	0	30	5	0	0
12	Akeli Morris-Lome	Center	0	0	0	24	7	0	0
13	Poasa Waqanibau	Center	0	0	0	12	14	0	0
14	Mitch Wilson	Wing	0	0	1	3	9	1/1	3
15	Dougie Fife	Fullback	2	1	0	75	4	0	12
16	Vili Toluta’u 2	Flanker	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
17	Kensuke Hatakeyama 3	Prop	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
18	Kyle Ciquera 1	Prop	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
19	Ronan McCusker 5	Lock	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
20	Conor Kindregan 4	Lock	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
21	Ollie Engelhart 9	Scrum-half	0	0	0	15	4	0	0
22	Evan Geist 6	Flanker	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
23	Danny Collins 11	Fullback	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		4	3	2	363	198	4/5	32