2025 – RD 2: Rugby FC LA v Houston SaberCats

28 v 45

Report

Rugby FC LA continue their 2025-opening home stand by hosting the Houston SaberCats in a Western Conference clash at Wallis Annenberg Stadium. Both LA and Houston are coming off losses in Round 1, and will be looking to bounce back in this one.

This is the 3rd meeting between these two sides, with the Houston SaberCats taking the season sweep in 2024. The last time these sides met was in Houston during Round 15 of 2024, with the SaberCats taking a 29-12 victory. Despite all the change to Rugby FC LA over the off-season, the margin of victory would remain at 17pts and, despite having home field advantage, LA would fall to 0-2 on the season, while the Houston SaberCats made up for last weeks defeat with a 28-45 bonus point victory in Round 2 against their Western Conference rivals.

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
February 23, 2025	9:00 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2025

Results

Team	Tries	Conversions	Penalty Kick	TB	LB	Points
RFCLA	4	4	0	1	0	28
SaberCats	7	5	1	1	0	45

RFCLA

#	Player	Position	T	C	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Alessandro Heaney 17	Prop	0	0	4	6	0	0
2	Ben Sugars 16	Hooker	0	0	6	10	0	0
3	Cronan Gleeson 18	Prop	0	0	2	8	0	0
4	Jason Damm	Lock	0	0	3	21	0	0
5	Reegan O’Gorman 20	Lock	0	0	5	8	0	0
6	Tim Anstee	Flanker	0	0	16	16	0	0
7	Ed Timpson	Flanker	0	0	17	19	0	0
8	Ben Houston 21	Number 8	0	0	25	19	0	0
9	Gonzalo Bertranou	Scrum-half	0	0	46	3	0	0
10	Christian Leali’ifano 22	Fly-half	0	4	37	10	4/4	8
11	Seth Purdey	Wing	1	0	37	4	0	5
12	Billy Meakes	Center	0	0	55	11	0	0
13	Nick Chan	Center	1	0	23	12	0	5
14	Jack Shaw 23	Wing	0	0	57	9	0	0
15	Rory van Vugt	Fullback	2	0	71	3	0	10
16	Mikey Sosene-Feagai 2	Hooker	0	0	0	9	0	0
17	Declan Leaney 1	Prop	0	0	9	11	0	0
18	Maliu Niuafe 3	Prop	0	0	7	8	0	0
19	Mikaea Wynyard	Lock	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Matt Heaton 5	Flanker	0	0	8	13	0	0
21	Ben Strang 8	Hooker	0	0	0	2	0	0
22	Tas Smith 10	Scrum-half	0	0	21	0	0	0
23	Cameron Gerlach 14	Fullback	0	0	8	1	0	0
	Total		4	4	457	203	4/4	28

SaberCats

#	Player	Position	T	C	AC	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Valdemar Lee-Lo 17	Prop	0	0	0	5	4	0	0
2	Pita Anae-Ah Sue 16	Hooker	0	0	0	9	8	0	0
3	Pono Davis 18	Prop	0	0	0	9	5	0	0
4	Johan Momsen	Lock	0	0	0	14	8	0	0
5	Nathan Den Hoedt 19	Lock	1	0	0	3	4	0	5
6	Emmanuel Albert 20	Flanker	0	0	0	32	7	0	0
7	Marno Redelinghuys 21	Flanker	0	0	0	14	5	0	0
8	Sam Tuifua	Number 8	1	0	0	75	14	0	5
9	André Warner 22	Scrum-half	0	0	0	12	4	0	0
10	Davy Coetzer	Fly-half	0	3	0	78	8	3/5	6
11	Jeremy Misailegalu	Wing	1	0	0	41	2	0	5
12	Sam Hill 23	Center	0	0	0	3	6	0	0
13	Dominic Akina	Center	1	0	1	121	5	0	7
14	Rufus McLean	Wing	0	0	0	36	3	0	0
15	Max Schumacher	Fullback	1	0	0	29	1	0	5
16	Seth Smith 2	Hooker	0	0	0	4	4	0	0
17	Ezekiel Lindenmuth 1	Prop	0	0	0	11	3	0	0
18	Michael Scott 3	Prop	0	0	0	4	5	0	0
19	Justin Basson 5	Lock	1	0	0	15	5	0	5
20	Keni Nasoqeqe 6	Flanker	0	0	0	4	5	0	0
21	Ronan Murphy 7	Flanker	0	0	0	9	6	0	0
22	Jay Renton 9	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
23	AJ Alatimu 12	Center	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
	Penalty Try	-	1	0	1	0	0	0	7
	Total		7	3	2	528	120	3/5	45