2024 – RD 7: San Diego Legion v NOLA Gold

33 v 20

Recap

The San Diego Legion travel to the Gold Mine in Louisiana to face the NOLA Gold in a cross-conference clash.

The first half was entirely the hosts’. They ran out to a 17-0 lead over last season’s runners-up, and looked completely in control for the first 40. It’s unclear if the Gold took their foot off the gas, or if Legion coach Danny Lee gave an all-time great half-time speech to his San Diego team, but the 2nd half was almost entirely the visitors.

The Legion held the Gold to just 3pts in the 2nd half while scoring 33 of their own to claim a 20-33 BP victory on the road after a shaky first 40. The Gold will have to wait until either the Championship Final or the 2025 season to have another crack at defeating the Legion, a feat that they have never achieved in now 8 attempts.

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
April 14, 2024	4:00 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2024

Results

Team	Penalty Kick	Tries	Conversions	TB	LB	Points
Legion	0/1	5	4	1	0	33
Gold	2/2	2	2/2	0	0	20

Legion

#	Player	Position	T	C	AC	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Faka’osi Pifeleti 17	Prop	0	0	0	11	6	0	0
2	Hugh Roach 16	Hooker	0	0	0	12	11	0	0
3	Darcy Breen 18	Prop	0	0	0	51	8	0	0
4	Jay Tuivaiti 20	Lock	0	0	0	5	6	0	0
5	Greg Peterson 19	Lock	0	0	0	28	9	0	0
6	Vili Helu	Flanker	0	0	0	63	7	0	0
7	Blair Cowan	Flanker	0	0	0	58	13	0	0
8	Tevita Tameilau	Number 8	0	0	0	27	3	0	0
9	Connor Tupai	Scrum-half	1	0	0	36	8	0	5
10	Lincoln McClutchie	Fly-half	0	2	0	19	2	2/4	4
11	Ryan James	Wing	0	0	0	72	6	0	0
12	Ma’a Nonu 22	Centre	0	0	0	61	5	0	0
13	Filimone Waqainabete 23	Centre	0	0	0	97	7	0	0
14	Tomas Aoake	Wing	1	0	0	81	10	0	5
15	Marcel Brache	Centre	0	0	0	97	3	0	0
16	Chris Mickelson 2	Hooker	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
17	Nathan Sylvia 1	Prop	0	0	0	18	3	0	0
18	Oliver Kane 3	Prop	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Charlie Hewitt 5	Lock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Cyrille Cama 4	Flanker	1	0	1	14	1	0	7
21	Danny Christensen 23	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	Tiaan Loots 12	Centre	1	0	0	72	1	0	5
23	Chris Mattina 21	Centre	0	0	0	13	2	0	0
	Penalty Try	-	1	0	1	0	0	0	7
	Total		5	2	2	835	113	2/4	33

Gold

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Matt Harmon 17	Prop	0	0	0	36	6	0	0
2	Augusto Böhme 16	Hooker	0	0	0	32	7	0	0
3	James ‘Doc’ Irey 18	Prop	0	0	0	35	6	0	0
4	Callum Botchar	Lock	0	0	0	22	14	0	0
5	William Waguespack	Lock	1	0	0	8	12	0	5
6	Malcolm May	Flanker	0	0	0	40	12	0	0
7	Moni Tonga’uiha	Flanker	0	0	0	15	4	0	0
8	Osaiasi Tonga’uiha 20	Number 8	0	0	0	38	8	0	0
9	Luke Campbell 21	Scrum-half	0	0	0	53	7	0	0
10	Dorian Jones 19	Fly-half	0	2	2	34	11	4/4	10
11	Ed Fidow 23	Wing	1	0	0	61	2	0	5
12	Rodney Iona 22	Centre	0	0	0	102	8	0	0
13	JP du Plessis	Centre	0	0	0	94	11	0	0
14	Taniela Filimone	Centre	0	0	0	60	9	0	0
15	Dougie Fife	Fullback	0	0	0	84	3	0	0
16	Pat O’Toole 2	Hooker	0	0	0	30	6	0	0
17	Trent Rogers 1	Prop	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
18	Sam Klimkowski 3	Prop	0	0	0	3	4	0	0
19	Maciu Koroi 10	Number 8	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
20	Alex Lopeti 8	Hooker	0	0	0	3	7	0	0
21	Damian Stevens 9	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
22	Reece Botha 12	Centre	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	Ross Depperschmidt 11	Centre	0	0	0	4	2	0	0
	Total		2	2	2	754	147	4/4	20

Officials

Referee	Assistant 1	Assistant 2	TMO
Cisco Lopez	Kat Roche	Fernando Garcia	Greg Gilliam

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

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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