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The 2024 MLR season started with a growing rivalry, as Old Glory DC travelled to Louisiana to take on the NOLA Gold at the Gold Mine.

It was the visitors who won the first half, with Jason Robertson slotting 2 penalties to score the first points of the MLR season to give the Flags a 0-6 lead and weathering a Gold storm early. By the 2nd water break the score remained the same and the first try of the season was desperately needed by both sides, and it came not long after play resumed. A yellow card to Cory Daniel created an overlap and Jordan Jackson-Hope had an easy finish to score the Gold’s first points of the season and the league’s first try!

The Gold were in the ascendency for much of the 2nd half and dominated the final 20. Not long after Jackson-Hope’s try, a beautiful chip over the top from Reece Botha was collected by Taniela Filimone to extend the Gold’s lead and cement the victory in front of a home crowd. The Gold take the first game of 2024 by a score of 18-6. Old Glory DC still await their first try of the campaign.