Recap
The San Diego Legion cross the country for their first cross-conference clash of 2025, hosted by Anthem RC at American Legion Memorial Stadium. The USA’s rising stars are still looking for that elusive first victory, but it won’t be easy against a Legion side coming off a comfortable victory over their rivals the Seattle Seawolves in Week 1.
The only previous meeting between these sides cam in Round 15 of the 2024 season, a 34-24 home win for the Legion in which James Vaifale scored a brace. Although San Diego scored within the first few minutes to give the visitors an early lead, Anthem remained competitive, scoring a try of their own after 25 minutes of good rugby. Unfortunately for Anthem, the Legion switched gears and struck back almost immediately before running up an 8-try blowout for their second win in a row.
Details
Date | Time | League | Season |
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February 21, 2025 | 7:30 pm | Major League Rugby | MLR 2025 |
Anthem
# | Player | Position | T | C | P | AC | DG | MG | Tackles | KS/KA | Pts |
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1 | Jake Turnbull 17 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Connor Robinson 16 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Joe Apikotoa 18 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Puna Vuli 20 | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Mikey Grandy 19 | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Sam Golla | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Makeen Alikhan 21 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Dylan Fortune | Number 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Karl Keane | Scrum-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Line Latu | Fly-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Jason Tidwell | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Junior Gafa 23 | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Erich Storti | Centre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
14 | Conner Mooneyham | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Mitch Wilson 22 | Fullback | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
16 | Ethan Howard 2 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Dan Hanson 1 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Alex Maughan 3 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Colin Turner 5 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Shawn Clark 4 | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Graeme Pedegana 7 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Watson Filikitonga 15 | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Carlo de Nysschen 12 | Scrum-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 534 | 208 | 0/1 | 5 |
Legion
# | Player | Position | T | C | P | AC | DG | MG | Tackles | KS/KA | Pts |
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1 | Djustice Sears-Duru 17 | Prop | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 0 | 5 |
2 | Shilo Klein 16 | Hooker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 15 | 0 | 5 |
3 | Darcy Breen 18 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Jed Holloway 19 | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Vili Helu | Lock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
6 | Christian Poidevin | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Paddy Ryan | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Tevita Tameilau 20 | Number 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Richard Judd | Scrum-half | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
10 | Lincoln McClutchie 23 | Fly-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Ryan James | Wing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
12 | Tavite Lopeti | Centre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
13 | Marcel Brache 22 | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Tomas Aoake | Wing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
15 | Ethan Grayson | Fullback | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 4 | 6/8 | 17 |
16 | Liki Chan-Tung 2 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Nathan Sylvia 1 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Brook To’omalatai 3 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Charlie Hewitt 4 | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Brad Wilkin 8 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Connor Tupai 22 | Fly-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Tiaan Loots 21 | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Alesana Pohla 10 | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 515 | 183 | 6/8 | 52 |
Officials
Referee | Assistant 1 | Assistant 2 | TMO |
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Kat Roche | Jarrod Ford | Alex Hedquist | Derek Summers |
Venue
Mecklenburg County Sportsplex |
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