2024 – RD 1: Rugby FC LA v Dallas Jackals

29 v 32

Recap

The Dallas Jackals travel to the west coast to face the new boys in the Western Conference, Rugby FC LA. This game marks the first game in franchise history for Rugby FC LA, having changed ownership and relocated from Atlanta following the 2023 season.

This proved to be a game of two halves, with the hosts running out to a comfortable lead before the Jackals came back at them in the second half, and snatched the victory with a Martin Elias drop goal in the closing minutes. They were helped in teh comeback by a very effective Jackals rolling maul. Canadian hooker Dewald Kotze scored 3 tries off the back of this to record the 33rd hattrick in MLR history, and the first in Jackals history!

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
March 3, 2024	10:45 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2024

Results

Team	Penalty Kick	Tries	Conversions	TB	LB	Points
RFCLA	1/2	4	3/4	1	1	29
Jackals	1/1	4	3/4	1	0	32

RFCLA

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Dane Zander	Prop	0	0	0	31	6	0	0
2	Ben Strang 16	Hooker	0	0	0	51	11	0	0
3	Alex Maughan 18	Prop	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
4	Jurie van Vuuren	Lock	0	0	0	33	6	0	0
5	Max Katjijeko	Lock	0	0	0	15	7	0	0
6	Michael Amiras 19	Flanker	0	0	0	99	8	0	0
7	Matt Heaton	Flanker	0	0	0	25	13	0	0
8	Jason Damm	Number 8	1	0	0	52	8	0	5
9	Niall Saunders 21	Scrum-half	0	0	0	6	5	0	0
10	Dan Hollinshead	Fly-half	0	3	1	22	7	4/6	9
11	Jack Shaw 22	Wing	0	0	0	49	3	0	0
12	Jason Emery	Centre	0	0	0	34	5	0	0
13	James Stokes	Centre	0	0	0	52	1	0	0
14	Andrew Coe	Wing	2	0	0	91	4	0	10
15	Rory van Vugt	Fullback	1	0	0	85	0	0	5
16	Bruce Kauika-Petersen 2	Hooker	0	0	0	25	11	0	0
17	Lincoln Sii	Prop	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Conor Young 3	Prop	0	0	0	21	5	0	0
19	Semi Kunatani 6	Flanker	0	0	0	40	3	0	0
20	Bruce Yun	Flanker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Tas Smith 9	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	Sam Walsh 11	Fly-half	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Austin White	Fullback	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		4	3	1	731	107	4/6	29

Jackals

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	DG	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Nicolás Revol Pitt 16	Prop	0	0	0	0	20	3	0	0
2	Dewald Kotze 17	Hooker	3	0	0	0	32	9	0	15
3	Juan Pablo Zeiss 18	Prop	0	0	0	0	14	11	0	0
4	Sam Golla	Lock	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0
5	Lucas Bur	Lock	0	0	0	0	16	16	0	0
6	Jerónimo Gómez Vara	Flanker	0	0	0	0	46	7	0	0
7	Marques Fuala’au 19	Flanker	0	0	0	0	15	3	0	0
8	Ronan Foley	Number 8	0	0	0	0	52	21	0	0
9	Pedro Imhoff 21	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	18	5	0	0
10	Martin Elias	Fly-half	0	3	1	1	18	5	5/6	12
11	Nic Benn 23	Centre	0	0	0	0	13	4	0	0
12	Manuel Covella	Centre	0	0	0	0	33	9	0	0
13	Mitch Richardson	Centre	1	0	0	0	14	7	0	5
14	Tomás Malanos	Wing	0	0	0	0	51	3	0	0
15	Nazareno Valentini	Fullback	0	0	0	0	29	4	0	0
16	Liam Murray 1	Prop	0	0	0	0	2	8	0	0
17	Tomás Bekerman 2	Hooker	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0
18	Kyle Steeves 3	Prop	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	Daemon Torres 7	Flanker	0	0	0	0	15	11	0	0
20	Cameron Nelson	Flanker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Brock Gallagher 9	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Ronnie McElligott	Flanker	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0
23	Joeli Tikoisuva 11	Wing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		4	3	1	1	401	148	5/6	32

Officials

Referee	Assistant 1	Assistant 2	TMO
Scott Green	Kat Roche	Will Nelson	Saro Turner

Venue

Dignity Health Sports Park

Dignity Health Sports Park Soccer Stadium, 18400, South Avalon Boulevard, Carson, Los Angeles County, California, 90747, 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

Pos	Team	P	W	L	D	PD	Pts
0	Legion	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	RFCLA	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	SaberCats	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	Seawolves	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	Warriors	0	0	0	0	0	0

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