2023 – RD 3: Houston SaberCats v San Diego Legion

31 v 26

Recap

The San Diego Legion travel to Texas to face the Houston SaberCats at SaberCat Stadium.

The home side prevailed with a 31-26 victory in what would turn out to be the San Diego Legion’s only loss during the 2023 regular season, finishing with an historic 15-1 record. This game would be the 1, as they fell victom to the ‘Cats.

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
March 5, 2023	3:00 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2023

Results

Team	Penalty Kick	Tries	Conversions	TB	LB	Points
SaberCats	1	4	3	1	0	31
Legion	0	4	1	1	1	26

SaberCats

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	AC	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Rob Cobb 17	Prop	0	0	0	0	16	5	0	0
2	Axel Zapata 16	Hooker	0	0	0	0	41	4	0	0
3	Morgan Mitchell 18	Prop	0	0	0	0	34	10	0	0
4	Siaosi Mahoni 20	Lock	0	0	0	0	10	3	0	0
5	Nathan Den Hoedt	Lock	0	0	0	0	17	6	0	0
6	Hanco Germishuys	Flanker	0	0	0	0	31	11	0	0
7	Keni Nasoqeqe 19	Number 8	0	0	0	0	28	7	0	0
8	Gideon van Wyk	Number 8	1	0	0	0	60	6	0	5
9	Carlo de Nysschen 21	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
10	Davy Coetzer 22	Fly-half	0	1	1	0	89	5	2/2	5
11	Vereniki Tikoisolomone	Wing	0	0	0	0	57	3	0	0
12	Dominic Akina	Centre	1	0	0	0	61	10	0	5
13	Christian Dyer	Centre	1	0	0	0	60	10	0	5
14	Gerrie Labuschagne	Wing	1	0	0	1	103	4	0	7
15	Drew Wild	Fullback	0	0	0	0	35	1	0	0
16	Andrew Tuala 2	Hooker	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0
17	Alec McDonnell 1	Prop	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0
18	Pono Davis 3	Prop	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	0
19	Emmanuel Albert 7	Flanker	0	0	0	0	14	10	0	0
20	Marno Redelinghuys 4	Flanker	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
21	Nick Boyer 9	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	38	6	0	0
22	Robbie Povey 10	Fly-half	0	2	0	0	21	2	2/2	4
23	Zach Pangelinan	Fullback	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		4	3	1	1	739	116	4/4	31

Legion

#	Player	Position	T	C	AC	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Faka’osi Pifeleti 17	Hooker	0	0	0	12	12	0	0
2	Sama Malolo 16	Hooker	0	0	0	62	16	0	0
3	Chris Baumann 18	Prop	0	0	0	5	9	0	0
4	Ben Grant	Lock	1	0	0	29	13	0	5
5	Isaac Ross 19	Lock	0	0	0	34	10	0	0
6	Christian Poidevin	Flanker	1	0	0	55	16	0	5
7	Blair Cowan	Flanker	0	0	0	14	22	0	0
8	Tupou Ma’afu Afungia 20	Number 8	0	0	0	46	9	0	0
9	Richard Judd	Scrum-half	1	0	1	26	8	0	7
10	Josh Henderson 22	Fly-half	0	1	0	15	3	1/1	2
11	Nate Augspurger	Scrum-half	1	0	1	82	7	0	7
12	Ma’a Nonu 23	Centre	0	0	0	40	8	0	0
13	Marcel Brache	Centre	0	0	0	73	5	0	0
14	Tomas Aoake	Wing	0	0	0	73	7	0	0
15	Mikey Te’o	Fullback	0	0	0	125	3	0	0
16	Shilo Klein 2	Hooker	0	0	0	18	5	0	0
17	Djustice Sears-Duru 1	Prop	0	0	0	10	1	0	0
18	Fred Apulu 3	Prop	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
19	Chris Turori 5	Flanker	0	0	0	3	2	0	0
20	Dan Pryor 8	Flanker	0	0	0	19	6	0	0
21	Malakai Latu	Flanker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Will Hooley 10	Fly-half	0	0	0	35	5	0/1	0
23	Ryan Matyas 12	Centre	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	Total		4	1	2	776	170	1	26

Officials

Referee	Assistant 1	Assistant 2	TMO
Chris Assmus	Brian Dusablon	Jono Cooper	Austin Reed

Venue

SaberCats Stadium

Aveva Stadium, 12131, Kirby Drive, Houston, Harris County, Texas, 77045, United States

Pos	Team	P	W	L	D	PD	Pts
0	Anthem	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	Free Jacks	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	Gold	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	Hounds	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	Old Glory	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	Sharks	0	0	0	0	0	0

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