2024 – RD 14: Rugby FC LA v Miami Sharks

45 v 15

Recap

The Miami Sharks travel across the country to face Rugby FC LA at Dignity Health Sport Park in a cross-conference clash, and one of the longest road trips in the league.

This marks the first meeting between the Sharks and RFCLA, and it proven to be a feisty one! It seemed like it would be a back and forth slugfest, with a low scoring first half that saw Miami score 2 tries to LA’s 1, but the score was level at 10-10. The second half, however, was a very different story.

A 53rd minute Miami try from Nick Grigg took the score to 10-15 to the visitors, and this would be the final Sharks score of the day. Rugby FC LA went ont he offensive with terrifying results, scoring 35 unanswered points and 4 second half tries for a 45-15 victory to keep their playoff hopes alive. For the Sharks, a heavy defeat puts a blow in their post-season aspirations, now sitting 9pts back of Old Glory DC for the final playoff spot in the East, with 4 games to play.

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
June 2, 2024	6:00 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2024

Results

Team	Penalty Kick	Tries	Conversions	TB	LB	Points
RFCLA	1/1	6	6/6	1	0	45
Sharks	0/1	3	0/3	0	0	15

RFCLA

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	AC	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Dane Zander 17	Prop	0	0	0	0	18	8	0	0
2	Ben Strang 16	Hooker	0	0	0	0	22	13	0	0
3	Alex Maughan 18	Hooker	0	0	0	0	12	9	0	0
4	Jason Damm	Lock	0	0	0	0	17	12	0	0
5	Reegan O’Gorman 19	Lock	0	0	0	0	15	15	0	0
6	Max Katjijeko	Flanker	1	0	0	1	49	15	0	7
7	Matt Heaton	Flanker	0	0	0	0	5	16	0	0
8	Semi Kunatani 20	Number 8	1	0	0	0	84	13	0	5
9	Niall Saunders 22	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	Tas Smith	Fly-half	1	0	0	0	54	7	0	5
11	Jack Shaw 21	Wing	1	0	0	0	21	4	0	5
12	Jason Emery	Centre	0	5	1	0	39	12	6/6	13
13	Will Leonard	Centre	0	0	0	0	10	9	0	0
14	Andrew Coe	Wing	1	0	0	0	100	10	0	5
15	James Stokes	Fullback	0	0	0	0	107	6	0	0
16	Bruce Kauika-Petersen 2	Hooker	0	0	0	0	29	3	0	0
17	Wilton Rebolo 1	Prop	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
18	Conor Young 3	Prop	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0
19	Liam Antrobus 5	Lock	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	Bruce Yun 8	Flanker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Austin White 11	Fullback	1	0	0	0	28	0	0	5
22	Seth Purdey 23	Centre	0	0	0	0	9	7	0	0
23	Brooklyn Hardaker 22	Fullback	0	0	0	0	39	0	0	0
	Total		6	5	1	1	661	170	6/6	45

Sharks

#	Player	Position	T	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Rob Evans 18	Prop	0	32	3	0	0
2	Kirby Myhill 20	Hooker	0	64	3	0	0
3	Tahukiha’amea Koloamatangi 19	Prop	0	27	4	0	0
4	Rick Rose	Lock	0	37	15	0	0
5	Stan van den Hoven	Lock	0	2	11	0	0
6	Tomas Casares 17	Flanker	0	85	12	0	0
7	Roelof Smit 16	Flanker	0	17	5	0	0
8	Benjamín Bonasso	Number 8	0	41	14	0	0
9	Tomás Cubelli 22	Scrum-half	0	37	6	0	0
10	Felipe Etcheverry	Fly-half	0	22	6	0/4	0
11	Marcos Young 21	Wing	0	22	8	0	0
12	Nick Grigg	Centre	2	65	7	0	10
13	Tomás Inciarte	Centre	0	29	11	0	0
14	Michael Hand 23	Wing	1	22	1	0	5
15	Matías Freyre	Fullback	0	97	2	0	0
16	Sean McNulty 7	Hooker	0	32	6	0	0
17	Alexis Glover 6	Hooker	0	6	0	0	0
18	Jonas Petrakopoulos 1	Prop	0	0	3	0	0
19	Alec McDonnell 3	Prop	0	6	6	0	0
20	Micheal Etete 2	Flanker	0	18	6	0	0
21	Nicolas Elewaut 11	Wing	0	0	2	0	0
22	Guiseppe du Toit 9	Centre	0	21	4	0	0
23	Avery Oitomen 14	Wing	0	0	4	0	0
	Total		3	682	139	0/4	15

Officials

Referee	Assistant 1	Assistant 2	TMO
Damian Schneider	Mike Lawrenson	Alex Alfaro	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	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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