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The NOLA Gold host the New England Free Jacks in Louisiana, with a chance for the visitors to lock in the #1 seed in the Eastern Conference.

The Gold had other ideas however. Although the Free Jacks got on the board first through a Reece MacDonald penalty, NOLA hit back with 3 quick tries to stun the guests and take a 19-3 lead by the first water break. Former Free Jack Taniela Filimone scored NOLA’s third tryr for his 10th of the 2024 season.

The scoreline remained 19-3 at the break, but Foster DeWitt struck back for the Free Jacks early in the 2nd half, cutting the deficit to 9 after the conversion. The Gold would respond through Jordan Jackson-Hope and their lead was back up to 14pts, but the Free Jacks wouldn’t go away, responing themselves and cutting the lead to 7 with 20 minutes to play. Only a Rodney Iona penalty in the 75th minute finally dispatched the Free Jacks, who remain top of the Eastern Conference, but now only 2pts ahead of the Gold.

Details

Date Time League Season
June 22, 2024 6:00 pm Major League Rugby MLR 2024

Results

TeamTriesConversionsPenalty KickTBLBPoints
Gold42/41/11027
Free Jacks22/21/10017

Gold

# Player Position T C P AC DG MG Tackles KS/KA Pts
1Jarred Adams 17Prop0000010500
2Pat O’Toole 16Hooker0000015700
3Isaac Salmon 18Prop0000019800
4Malcolm May 19Lock0000025700
5Cam Dolan 20Lock1000011005
6Moni Tonga’uihaFlanker0000025900
7Jonah Mau’u 21Flanker10010431007
8Tom Florence 23Number 80000014800
9Luke CampbellScrum-half000009800
10Rodney IonaFly-half011004782/45
11Taniela FilimoneWing1000048405
12Jordan Jackson-HopeCenter10000561005
13JP du PlessisCenter0000028800
14Harley Wheeler 22Wing0000014100
15Dougie FifeFullback0000012100
16Alex Lopeti 2Hooker0000014600
17Matt Harmon 1Prop0000011400
18James ‘Doc’ Irey 3Prop000000100
19Callum Botchar 4Flanker000009500
20William Waguespack 5Lock0000031000
21Osaiasi Tonga’uiha 7Center000000600
22Reece Botha 14Center0000028100
23Julian Roberts 8Center000000200
 Total 411104411292/427

Free Jacks

# Player Position T C P AC DG MG Tackles KS/KA Pts
1Kyle Ciquera 17Prop0000021600
2Foster DeWitt 16Hooker1000023605
3John-Roy Jenkinson 18Prop0000011200
4Conor KeysLock0000021400
5Jackson Thiebes 19Lock0000020600
6Ethan Fryer 20Flanker0000030200
7Jed Melvin 23Flanker0000050900
8Mitch JacobsonNumber 800000411000
9Holden Yungert 21Scrum-half0000010200
10Reece MacDonaldFly-half021009233/37
11Toby FrickerWing0000040100
12Le Roux MalanCenter0000061500
13Ben LeSageCenter000006800
14Mitch WilsonWing0000080100
15Danyon Morgan-Puterangi 22Fullback0000038300
16Sean Ralph 2Hooker100006305
17Malakai Hala-Ngatai 1Prop0000011600
18Cole Keith 3Prop0000010400
19Piers von Dadelszen 5Flanker0000019500
20Seta Baker 6Flanker0000031100
21Oscar Lennon 9Scrum-half000005400
22Killian Coghlan 15Center000000000
23Cam Davidowicz 7Flanker0000020000
 Total 22100646913/317

Officials

RefereeAssistant 1Assistant 2TMO
Federico AnselmiMarquise GoodwinIan SeatonCam Russell

Venue

Gold Mine
Gold Mine on Airline, La Salle Park Big Loop, Harahan Junction, Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, 70123, United States