2024 – RD 18: San Diego Legion v Seattle Seawolves

45 v 33

Recap

The final game of the 2024 regular season is another chapter of the most storied rivalry in MLR, as the Seattle Seawolves travel down the west coast to San Diego to face the Legion at Snapdragon Stadium in what is a preview of the MLR QF matchup as Seattle (#2) will host San Diego (#3) in the playoffs.

It was the San Diego Legion who took this chapter of MLR’s most historic rivalry, with a 45-33 comeback victory after trailing 3-21 after half an hour. The Legion improve to the same record as Seattle, 11-5 on the season but finish 2pts behind the Seawolves in the standings. A step back from their MLR-best 15-1 season in 2023, but still a very good record for both teams who comfortable qualify for the post-season once again.

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
June 29, 2024	10:00 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2024

Results

Team	Penalty Kick	Tries	Conversions	TB	LB	Points
Legion	3/3	6	3/6	1	0	45
Seawolves	0/0	5	4/5	1	0	33

Legion

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	AC	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Payton Telea-Ilalio 17	Prop	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	0
2	Hugh Roach 16	Hooker	1	0	0	0	26	9	0	5
3	Luke Green 18	Prop	0	0	0	0	18	8	0	0
4	Jay Tuivaiti 19	Lock	1	0	0	0	22	3	0	5
5	Charlie Hewitt 20	Lock	0	0	0	0	41	10	0	0
6	Vili Helu	Flanker	0	0	0	0	39	9	0	0
7	Blair Cowan 21	Flanker	1	0	0	0	33	10	0	5
8	Tupou Ma’afu Afungia	Number 8	0	0	0	0	66	8	0	0
9	Danny Christensen	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	46	5	0	0
10	Matt Giteau 23	Centre	0	2	2	0	12	4	4/5	10
11	Ryan James	Wing	0	0	0	0	5	7	0	0
12	Ma’a Nonu 22	Centre	0	0	0	0	26	6	0	0
13	Filimone Waqainabete	Centre	1	0	0	0	220	7	0	5
14	Tomas Aoake	Wing	0	0	0	0	88	11	0	0
15	Mikey Te’o	Fullback	1	0	0	1	83	2	0	7
16	Cyrille Cama 2	Hooker	0	0	0	0	12	3	0	0
17	Faka’osi Pifeleti 1	Prop	0	0	0	0	16	2	0	0
18	Darcy Breen 3	Prop	0	0	0	0	24	3	0	0
19	Brandon Harvey 4	Lock	0	0	0	0	10	7	0	0
20	Paddy Ryan 5	Flanker	0	0	0	0	17	5	0	0
21	Tevita Tameilau 7	Number 8	0	0	0	0	12	6	0	0
22	Nick Boyer 12	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	17	3	0	0
23	Lincoln McClutchie 10	Fly-half	1	0	1	0	81	2	1/3	8
	Total		6	2	3	1	920	135	5/8	45

Seawolves

#	Player	Position	T	C	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Cameron Orr 18	Prop	0	0	18	10	0	0
2	Daquan Perry 16	Hooker	0	0	14	16	0	0
3	Sam Matenga 17	Prop	0	0	16	4	0	0
4	Isaia Lotawa 19	Lock	0	0	10	6	0	0
5	Mahonri Ngakuru	Lock	1	0	48	10	0	5
6	Devin Short 20	Flanker	0	0	37	9	0	0
7	Monate Akuei	Flanker	1	0	30	17	0	5
8	Huw Taylor	Number 8	0	0	24	12	0	0
9	Ryan Rees	Scrum-half	0	0	28	13	0	0
10	Mack Mason 22	Fly-half	0	3	5	5	3/4	6
11	Lauina Futi	Wing	1	0	33	6	0	5
12	Tavite Lopeti	Centre	0	0	66	10	0	0
13	Divan Rossouw 21	Centre	1	0	5	7	0	5
14	Jeremiah Sio	Wing	1	0	64	5	0	5
15	Duncan Matthews 23	Fullback	0	0	113	2	0	0
16	Jackson Zabierek 2	Hooker	0	0	23	3	0	0
17	Dewald Donald 3	Prop	0	0	4	3	0	0
18	Chance Wenglewski 1	Prop	0	0	3	8	0	0
19	Taylor Krumrei 4	Lock	0	0	1	6	0	0
20	Pago Haini 6	Number 8	0	0	25	4	0	0
21	JP Smith 13	Scrum-half	0	0	14	5	0	0
22	Sam Windsor 10	Fly-half	0	1	8	3	1/1	2
23	Rhys Jones 15	Fly-half	0	0	14	2	0	0
	Total		5	4	603	166	4/5	33

Officials

Referee	Assistant 1	Assistant 2	TMO
Angus Maybey	Marquise Goodwin	Will Nelson	Austin Reed

Venue

Snapdragon Stadium

Aztec Stadium, 1, Street 'B', San Diego, San Diego County, California, 92182, 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

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