2024 – RD 17: NOLA Gold v New England Free Jacks

27 v 17

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The NOLA Gold host the New England Free Jacks in Louisiana during Round 17 of the 2024 MLR season 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

Team	Tries	Conversions	Penalty Kick	TB	LB	Points
Gold	4	2/4	1/1	1	0	27
Free Jacks	2	2/2	1/1	0	0	17

Gold

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Jarred Adams 17	Prop	0	0	0	10	5	0	0
2	Pat O’Toole 16	Hooker	0	0	0	15	7	0	0
3	Isaac Salmon 18	Prop	0	0	0	19	8	0	0
4	Malcolm May 19	Lock	0	0	0	25	7	0	0
5	Cam Dolan 20	Lock	1	0	0	11	0	0	5
6	Moni Tonga’uiha	Flanker	0	0	0	25	9	0	0
7	Jonah Mau’u 21	Flanker	1	1	0	43	10	0	7
8	Tom Florence 23	Number 8	0	0	0	14	8	0	0
9	Luke Campbell	Scrum-half	0	0	0	9	8	0	0
10	Rodney Iona	Fly-half	0	1	1	47	8	2/4	5
11	Taniela Filimone	Wing	1	0	0	48	4	0	5
12	Jordan Jackson-Hope	Center	1	0	0	56	10	0	5
13	JP du Plessis	Center	0	0	0	28	8	0	0
14	Harley Wheeler 22	Wing	0	0	0	14	1	0	0
15	Dougie Fife	Fullback	0	0	0	12	1	0	0
16	Alex Lopeti 2	Hooker	0	0	0	14	6	0	0
17	Matt Harmon 1	Prop	0	0	0	11	4	0	0
18	James ‘Doc’ Irey 3	Prop	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
19	Callum Botchar 4	Flanker	0	0	0	9	5	0	0
20	William Waguespack 5	Lock	0	0	0	3	10	0	0
21	Osaiasi Tonga’uiha 7	Center	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
22	Reece Botha 14	Center	0	0	0	28	1	0	0
23	Julian Roberts 8	Center	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	Total		4	2	1	441	129	2/4	27

Free Jacks

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Kyle Ciquera 17	Prop	0	0	0	21	6	0	0
2	Foster DeWitt 16	Hooker	1	0	0	23	6	0	5
3	John-Roy Jenkinson 18	Prop	0	0	0	11	2	0	0
4	Conor Keys	Lock	0	0	0	21	4	0	0
5	Jackson Thiebes 19	Lock	0	0	0	20	6	0	0
6	Ethan Fryer 20	Flanker	0	0	0	30	2	0	0
7	Jed Melvin 23	Flanker	0	0	0	50	9	0	0
8	Mitch Jacobson	Number 8	0	0	0	41	10	0	0
9	Holden Yungert 21	Scrum-half	0	0	0	10	2	0	0
10	Reece MacDonald	Fly-half	0	2	1	92	3	3/3	7
11	Toby Fricker	Wing	0	0	0	40	1	0	0
12	Le Roux Malan	Center	0	0	0	61	5	0	0
13	Ben LeSage	Center	0	0	0	6	8	0	0
14	Mitch Wilson	Wing	0	0	0	80	1	0	0
15	Danyon Morgan-Puterangi 22	Fullback	0	0	0	38	3	0	0
16	Sean Ralph 2	Hooker	1	0	0	6	3	0	5
17	Malakai Hala-Ngatai 1	Prop	0	0	0	11	6	0	0
18	Cole Keith 3	Prop	0	0	0	10	4	0	0
19	Piers von Dadelszen 5	Flanker	0	0	0	19	5	0	0
20	Seta Baker 6	Flanker	0	0	0	31	1	0	0
21	Oscar Lennon 9	Scrum-half	0	0	0	5	4	0	0
22	Killian Coghlan 15	Center	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Cam Davidowicz 7	Flanker	0	0	0	20	0	0	0
	Total		2	2	1	646	91	3/3	17