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Rugby FC LA travel all the way to Massachusetts to face the New England Free Jacks in a cross-conference mid-week clash, before RFCLA fly back to California to host the San Diego Legion in 4 days time, playing 2 games in RD 11 of 2025 as the midweek mayhem of the 2025 season begins! Luckily for LA, they are coming off of a bye week while the Free Jacks are roaring back in the Eastern Conference, on a 4 game win streak following a victory over Anthem RC in Round 10.
These teams have met twice in the past with RFCLA yet to defeat the New England Free Jacks, who last defeated LA on the road in their first game of the 2025 season.
Despite an Early red card to John Poland, the first score of the game came from New England’s Dan Hollinshead, but it was the visitors who ran out to a 3-14 lead off of tries from Rory van Vugt and Nick Chan. As the 2nd half began however, the Free Jacks began to scrape their way back into the game, scoring through Captain Wian Conradie and the boot of Hollinshead, taking advantage of poor discipline from Rugby FC LA. A couple of penalties and a try from Kyle Steeves took the hosts to a 23-14 lead with 20 unanswered points, before LA’s Semi Kunatani scored with the clock in the red to secure a losing BP for the guests from California.
Details
Date | Time | League | Season |
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April 22, 2025 | 7:00 pm | Major League Rugby | MLR 2025 |
Results
Team | Tries | Conversions | Penalty Kick | TB | LB | Points |
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Free Jacks | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
RFCLA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
Free Jacks
# | Player | Position | T | C | P | AC | DG | MG | Tackles | KS/KA | Pts |
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1 | Malakai Hala-Ngatai 17 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Connal McInerney 16 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Kyle Steeves 18 | Prop | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
4 | Kyle Baillie 19 | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Conor Keys | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Ethan Fryer | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Kaipono Kayoshi 20 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Wian Conradie | Number 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 5 |
9 | John Poland | Scrum-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Dan Hollinshead 23 | Fly-half | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4/4 | 11 |
11 | Paula Balekana | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Isaac Olson 22 | Center | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Jack Reeves | Center | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Oscar Lennon | Wing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 1/1 | 2 |
15 | Brock Webster | Fullback | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Lindsey Stevens 2 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Tevita Sole 1 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Kaleb Geiger 3 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Josh Larsen 4 | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Joe Johnston 7 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Cameron Nordli-Kelemeti | Scrum-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Le Roux Malan 12 | Center | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Jed Melvin 10 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 313 | 230 | 5/5 | 23 |
RFCLA
# | Player | Position | T | C | P | AC | DG | MG | Tackles | KS/KA | Pts |
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1 | Alessandro Heaney 22 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Ben Sugars 16 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Maliu Niuafe 17 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Lucas Bur 19 | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Jason Damm | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Tim Anstee | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Ed Timpson 20 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Semi Kunatani | Number 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 11 | 0 | 5 |
9 | Tas Smith | Scrum-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Sean Nolan 21 | Fly-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Will Leonard 23 | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Nick Chan | Center | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 11 | 0 | 5 |
13 | Matias Jensen | Center | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Rory van Vugt | Wing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 11 | 0 | 5 |
15 | Vaughen Isaacs | Fullback | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 5 | 2/2 | 4 |
16 | Ben Strang 2 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Justus Tavai 3 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Franco van den Berg 1 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Mikaea Wynyard 4 | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Matt Heaton 7 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Gonzalo Bertranou 10 | Scrum-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Robert Mapa 1 | Center | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Reece MacDonald 11 | Fly-half | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 1/1 | 2 |
Total | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 750 | 206 | 3/3 | 21 |
Officials
Referee | Assistant 1 | Assistant 2 | TMO |
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Luke Rogan | Jarrod Ford | Miles McIvor | Cam Russell |
Venue
Veteran's Memorial Stadium |
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Veterans Memorial Stadium, Hancock Street, Quincy Center, Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 02170, United States |