Recap

The Seattle Seawolves travel down the west coast to face Rugby FC LA at Dignity Health Sports Park in a Western Conference Clash.

Although it took almost 20 minutes, the Seattle Seawolves took the lead through the boot of Sam Windsor and never looked back. Their convincing 5-try, 5-36 victory puts them into first in the Western Conference and top of the entire MLR.

Seawolves Captain Riekert Hattingh scored 2 tries in this game, the 40th and 41st of his MLR career. Hattingh is just the 2nd player in MLR history to pass the 40 tries scored mark, behind Dylan Fawsitt of the Chicago Hounds (on 47 at tiem of writing). Hattingh also gained 83m with ball in hand to take his career MLR total to 5,069m, becoming the 3rd player in MLR history to pass 5,000m gained behind NOLA Gold’s JP du Plessis (5,349m) and San Diego Legion’s Mikey Te’o (5,437m).

Details

Date Time League Season
April 14, 2024 6:00 pm Major League Rugby MLR 2024

Results

TeamPenalty KickTriesConversionsTBLBPoints
RFCLA0/010/1005
Seawolves1/153/41036

RFCLA

# Player Position T C P AC DG MG Tackles KS/KA Pts
1Dane Zander 17Prop0000001200
2Bruce Kauika-Petersen 16Hooker0000014500
3Conor YoungProp00000161700
4Reegan O’Gorman 19Lock000000900
5Theo VukasinovicLock00000261900
6Semi KunataniFlanker00000821600
7Max Katjijeko 20Flanker0000011600
8Jason DammNumber 800000501500
9Niall Saunders 21Scrum-half00000551700
10Dan HollinsheadFly-half000001780/10
11Rory van VugtWing0000001200
12Jason EmeryCentre0000061300
13Seth Purdey 22Centre00000381400
14Jack Shaw 23Wing000008200
15Austin WhiteFullback0000027100
16Ben Strang 2Hooker1000014705
17Lincoln Sii 1Prop000000000
18Sam BuckleyProp000000000
19Liam Antrobus 4Lock0000013300
20Michael Amiras 7Flanker0000010100
21Tas Smith 9Scrum-half000002100
22Matt Anticev 13Fly-half0000019400
23Sam Walsh 14Fly-half0000011000
 Total 100004641820/15

Seawolves

# Player Position T C P AC DG MG Tackles KS/KA Pts
1Chance Wenglewski 18Prop0000012400
2Joe Taufete’e 16Hooker0000050400
3Sam Matenga 17Prop0000034500
4Rhyno HerbstLock0000024400
5Jean Droste 19Lock0000016300
6Reid Davis 20Flanker0000016800
7Charles EltonFlanker00000441400
8Riekert HattinghNumber 820000839010
9JP SmithScrum-half0000018600
10Sam WindsorFly-half1310010464/514
11Jade Stighling 23Wing0000049400
12Tevita Kuridrani 21Centre0000052300
13Dan KrielCentre0000050500
14Toni PuluWing10010143107
15Divan Rossouw 22Fullback10000111105
16Daquan Perry 2Hooker000001500
17Kellen Gordon 3Prop000000200
18Dewald Donald 1Prop000004400
19Taylor Krumrei 5Lock000003300
20Pago Haini 6Number 80000021200
21Ryan Rees 12Scrum-half000000300
22David Busby 15Wing000000100
23Conner Mooneyham 11Fullback0000021200
 Total 53110856994/536

Officials

RefereeAssistant 1Assistant 2TMO
George MyersMarquise GoodwinWill NelsonCam Russell

Venue

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