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After their calamitous defeat to Old Glory last week, the Miami Sharks host the NOLA Gold in an Eastern Conference Southern Showdown.

Fresh off their healthy victory last week, the NOLA Gold started stronger, with tries from Cooper Coats and Xavier Mignot giving them a healthy early lead before Martin Elias slotted a penalty to get Miami on the board and settle things down. 5 minutes later, Alex Tucci scored his 1st try for the Miami Sharks to bring the game back to 10-12 to the Gold. Both sides would exchange penalties and a late first-half drop goal attempt from Dorian Jones sailed wide, so 13-15 was the halftime score.

The second half started slow, with both sides probing the other’s defences, before the Miami Sharks found a breakthrough via Manu Ardao, who rumbled through defenders for an Auto-7pt try, followed up by a Ben Bonasso score just minutes later to give the Sharks a commanding 27-15 lead. The Gold would respond through Cooper Coats’ 2nd of the day before Elias added another penalty as well as a drop goal attempt that rang off the upright. Jones would add another 3 with 3 minutes to go and the score at 30-25, before more drama in Miami. The Sharks won a penalty and elected to take a shot at goal to burn the remaining time off the clock, but Elias took too long and the shot clock expired, handing the ball over to the Gold for one last kick at the can, knowing a converted try could steal the victory as it had done last week. Thankfully for the Sharks, there would be no repeat defeat.

Details

Date Time League Season
February 23, 2025 4:00 pm Major League Rugby MLR 2025

Results

TeamTriesConversionsPenalty KickTBLBPoints
Sharks3330030
Gold3220125

Sharks

# Player Position T C P AC DG MG Tackles KS/KA Pts
1Ma’ake Muti 17Prop0000010900
2Kirby Myhill 16Hooker00000151000
3Alex Tucci 18Prop100006405
4Mauro Rebussone 19Lock000000700
5Federico GutíerrezLock0000020900
6Manuel ArdaoFlanker10010761707
7Benjamín BonassoFlanker10000441405
8Marques Fuala’au 20Number 80000026800
9Tomás Cubelli 22Scrum-half000006900
10Martin EliasFly-half023003935/613
11Connor Burns 21Wing0000020000
12Santiago VidelaCenter0000010600
13Guiseppe du ToitCenter00000161000
14Marcos YoungWing0000060700
15Tomás MalanosCenter0000079500
16Sean McNulty 2Hooker0000011500
17Jonas Petrakopoulos 1Prop000000300
18Tahukiha’amea Koloamatangi 3Prop000002200
19Tomas Casares 4Flanker0000022400
20Tomás Bekerman 8Hooker000002200
21Tomás Inciarte 11Center000001700
22Lautaro Soto 9Center000000300
23Chase Schor-HaskinFlanker000000000
 Total 323104651445/630

Gold

# Player Position T C P AC DG MG Tackles KS/KA Pts
1Matt Harmon 17Prop000002800
2Pat O’Toole 16Hooker0000056700
3Paul Mullen 18Prop0000051200
4Malcolm May 19Lock0000010900
5Cam Dolan 20Lock0000021400
6Moni Tonga’uihaFlanker0000012700
7Kélian GalletierFlanker00000131700
8Jonah Mau’u 21Flanker000001181600
9Luke Campbell 22Scrum-half0000016300
10Dorian JonesFly-half022003634/610
11Julian RobertsWing0000085600
12Nikolai Foliaki 23Center0000012600
13Isaac Te TamakiCenter000003700
14Xavier MignotWing1000023405
15Cooper CoatsFullback200001341010
16Alex Lopeti 2Hooker000000700
17Jarred Adams 1Prop000002200
18Isaac Salmon 3Prop000000300
19William Waguespack 4Lock000000500
20Aidan King 5Flanker000000100
21Tupou Ma’afu Afungia 8Number 8000005900
22Ruben de Haas 9Scrum-half000000500
23Reece Botha 12Center000001000
 Total 322005351524/625

Officials

RefereeAssistant 1Assistant 2TMO
Robin KaluzniakAmelia LucianoTom CiampaAmanda Cox

Venue

Baptist Health Community Field
Northwest 15th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida, 33309, United States