2024 – RD 1: Anthem RC v New England Free Jacks

13 v 46

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The Reigning Champion New England Free Jacks travel to Charlotte to face MLR’s newest team, Anthem Rugby Carolina.

Unsurprising to many, this proved a baptism of fire for Anthem. The Free Jacks got on the board after 4 minutes through the forwards, with Cam Davidowicz scoring the first try of 2024 for the defending champs, and they never looked back. In total, the Free Jacks tallied 8 tries including 3 from Reece MacDonald, the 32nd hattrick in MLR history and 3rd by a Free Jack. He also gained 222m in this game alone, a season-high and good enough for the 4th best in MLR history.

Anthem RC didn’t just roll over however. Oscar Koller recorded a penalty to score the first points in MLR history for the team, and they picked up 2 tries in the 2nd half with Mateo Gadsden recording the first try in franchise history.

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
March 3, 2024	7:00 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2024

Results

Team	Tries	Conversions	Penalty Kick	TB	LB	Points
Anthem	2	0/2	1/1	0	0	13
Free Jacks	8	3/8	0/0	1	0	46

Anthem

#	Player	Position	T	P	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Jake Turnbull 17	Prop	0	0	24	11	0	0
2	Jack Manzo 16	Hooker	0	0	11	7	0	0
3	Mika Felix 18	Prop	0	0	0	5	0	0
4	James Rivers	Lock	0	0	10	11	0	0
5	Lucas Gramlick 19	Lock	0	0	0	4	0	0
6	Braemar Murray	Flanker	0	0	0	9	0	0
7	Albert O’Shannessey	Flanker	0	0	38	15	0	0
8	Dylan Fortune 20	Number 8	0	0	33	6	0	0
9	Chase Suznevich	Fly-half	0	0	46	4	0	0
10	Oscar Koller 21	Fly-half	0	1	57	6	1/1	3
11	Uluamu Niutupuivaha 22	Wing	0	0	9	3	0	0
12	Junior Gafa 23	Center	0	0	70	10	0	0
13	Cael Hodgson	Center	0	0	33	9	0	0
14	Tyren Al-Jiboori	Wing	1	0	37	4	0	5
15	Shane Barry	Fly-half	0	0	41	6	0/2	0
16	Connor Robinson 2	Hooker	0	0	12	7	0	0
17	Dan Hanson 1	Prop	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	Ivan Pula 3	Prop	0	0	11	5	0	0
19	Logan Weidner 5	Flanker	0	0	7	6	0	0
20	Joe Basser 8	Flanker	0	0	5	5	0	0
21	Siaosi Nai 10	Scrum-half	0	0	3	2	0	0
22	Mateo Gadsden 11	Wing	1	0	19	4	0	5
23	Josh Shetler 12	Fullback	0	0	0	1	0	0
	Total		2	1	466	141	1/3	13

Free Jacks

#	Player	Position	T	C	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Foster DeWitt 17	Hooker	0	0	5	8	0	0
2	Andrew Quattrin 16	Hooker	1	0	31	5	0	5
3	John-Roy Jenkinson 18	Prop	0	0	16	2	0	0
4	Josh Larsen	Lock	0	0	15	12	0	0
5	Conor Keys 19	Lock	0	0	8	5	0	0
6	Martín Sigren	Flanker	0	0	18	12	0	0
7	Cam Davidowicz	Flanker	1	0	56	3	0	5
8	Wian Conradie 20	Number 8	1	0	62	8	0	5
9	John Poland 21	Scrum-half	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	Jayson Potroz 23	Fly-half	0	2	17	4	2/7	4
11	Danyon Morgan-Puterangi	Wing	0	0	102	8	0	0
12	Wayne van der Bank	Center	0	0	30	15	0	0
13	Ben LeSage 22	Center	2	1	36	3	0	12
14	Zach Bastres	Wing	0	0	15	7	0	0
15	Reece MacDonald	Fullback	3	0	222	2	0	15
16	Sean Ralph 2	Hooker	0	0	33	5	0	0
17	Kyle Ciquera 1	Prop	0	0	0	3	0	0
18	Kaleb Geiger 3	Prop	0	0	23	7	0	0
19	Kyle Baillie 5	Lock	0	0	15	6	0	0
20	Piers von Dadelszen 8	Flanker	0	0	1	4	0	0
21	Cameron Nordli-Kelemeti 9	Scrum-half	0	0	4	1	0	0
22	Gabe Casey 13	Center	0	0	0	2	0	0
23	Isaac Olson 10	Wing	0	0	7	5	0	0
	Total		8	3	716	131	2/7	46