2023 – RD 8: Houston SaberCats v Utah Warriors

24 v 30

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The Houston SaberCats host the Utah Warriors in a Western Conference clash at SaberCats Stadium during Round 8 of the 2023 season.

Thomas Tu’avao completed a season-high 29 tackles in a heroic performance to help the Utah Warriors secure a win, more than any other player in the 2023 season and the most tackles ever from a Utah Warriors player at the time. This was also the 2nd highest single-game tackle count in MLR history at the time, behind Matt Heaton’s 32 tackles for Rugby ATL in 2021.

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
April 8, 2023	8:00 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2023

Results

Team	Tries	Conversions	Penalty Kick	TB	LB	Points
SaberCats	3	3	1	0	1	24
Warriors	3	1	3	0	0	30

SaberCats

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Rob Cobb 17	Prop	0	0	0	16	5	0	0
2	Dean Muir 16	Hooker	0	0	0	30	8	0	0
3	Morgan Mitchell 18	Prop	0	0	0	18	5	0	0
4	Siaosi Mahoni 23	Lock	0	0	0	29	5	0	0
5	Nathan Den Hoedt	Lock	0	0	0	11	7	0	0
6	Marno Redelinghuys	Flanker	0	0	0	53	6	0	0
7	Danny Barrett 20	Flanker	1	0	0	8	4	0	5
8	Wynand Grassmann 19	Lock	0	0	0	7	1	0	0
9	Carlo de Nysschen 21	Scrum-half	0	0	0	8	1	0	0
10	Davy Coetzer	Fly-half	0	3	1	39	2	4/4	9
11	Gerrie Labuschagne 22	Wing	0	0	0	31	3	0	0
12	Louritz van der Schyff	Center	0	0	0	81	4	0	0
13	Dominic Akina	Flanker	0	0	0	109	5	0	0
14	Christian Dyer	Center	0	0	0	6	4	0	0
15	Drew Wild	Fullback	0	0	0	103	1	0	0
16	Axel Zapata 2	Hooker	1	0	0	26	2	0	5
17	Alec McDonnell 1	Prop	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
18	Pono Davis 3	Prop	0	0	0	17	3	0	0
19	Asa Carter 8	Flanker	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
20	Malon Al-Jiboori 7	Flanker	0	0	0	45	5	0	0
21	Nick Boyer 9	Scrum-half	1	0	0	11	0	0	5
22	Zach Pangelinan 11	Fullback	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	Emmanuel Albert 4	Flanker	0	0	0	28	2	0	0
	Total		3	3	1	682	76	4/4	24

Warriors

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Olive Kilifi 17	Prop	0	0	0	12	7	0	0
2	Tuvere Vugakoto 16	Hooker	0	0	0	8	18	0	0
3	Angus MacLellan 18	Prop	0	0	0	19	5	0	0
4	Jurie van Vuuren 19	Number 8	0	0	0	0	12	0	0
5	Onehunga Havili	Lock	0	0	0	17	13	0	0
6	Bailey Wilson 20	Flanker	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
7	Lance Williams	Flanker	0	0	0	9	18	0	0
8	Thomas Tu’avao	Flanker	0	0	0	43	29	0	0
9	Connor McLeod 21	Scrum-half	1	1	0	25	2	0	7
10	Joel Hodgson	Fly-half	0	1	3	0	6	4/4	11
11	Calvin Whiting	Center	0	0	0	18	6	0	0
12	Tyler Fisher	Center	0	0	0	11	14	0	0
13	Mika Kruse 22	Center	0	0	0	41	2	0	0
14	Logan Tago	Center	0	0	0	61	8	0	0
15	Caleb Makene 23	Fly-half	1	0	0	57	1	0	5
16	Joey Backe 2	Hooker	0	0	0	3	5	0	0
17	Franco van den Berg 1	Prop	0	0	0	17	6	0	0
18	Paul Mullen 3	Prop	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
19	Saia ‘Uhila 4	Lock	0	0	0	8	5	0	0
20	Jeremiah Noaese 6	Flanker	0	0	0	6	4	0	0
21	Zion Going 9	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
22	Tomasi Tonga 13	Center	0	0	0	27	10	0	0
23	Cliven Loubser 15	Fly-half	1	1	0	35	0	0	7
	Total		3	3	3	417	193	4/4	30