2025 – RD 4: Seattle Seawolves v New England Free Jacks

27 v 24

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The Seattle Seawolves host the New England Free Jacks at Starfire Stadium in a Cross-Conference clash, a rematch of the 2024 Championship Game which the Free Jacks won 11-20 in San Diego. Both sides are looking to bounce back, with the 0-2 Seawolves suffering a close defeat at the hands of the Houston SaberCats last week, and the Free Jacks battered and bruised after a shock 36-7 defeat in Chicago. These teams have met 6 times in the past, with the Free Jacks holding a 4-2 series lead including last season’s final. As well as a rematch of the 2024 Championship Game, the winner of this game will also claim the ‘Coffee Cup’, an annual trophy awarded to the winner of the famous Starbucks v Dunkin’ rivalry.

Unlike the previous meeting between these two sides, on this occasion the Seattle Seawolves would get revenge for their 2024 Final defeat, taking a 27-24 victory in front of their crowd for their 2025 Home Opener thanks to a late score by Malacchi Esdale in his Seattle debut and his first MLR game since 2020! The reigning Champions started strong, with 2 tries and a 0-14 lead after 10 minutes, and come away with a losing BP but they were shut out in the second half and didn’t secure the try BP, falling to 1-2 on the season, while the Seattle Seawolves move into the win column for the first time in 2025, securing the Try Bonus Point for the full 5pts in the standings despite an off day from the tee, going just 1/7.

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
March 8, 2025	10:00 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2025

Results

Team	Tries	Conversions	Penalty Kick	TB	LB	Points
Seawolves	5	1	0/2	1	0	27
Free Jacks	3	3	1/2	0	1	24

Seawolves

#	Player	Position	T	C	Asst.	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Cameron Orr 17	Prop	2	0	0	9	3	0	10
2	Kerron van Vuuren 16	Hooker	0	0	0	15	9	0	0
3	Juan Pablo Zeiss 18	Prop	0	0	0	10	5	0	0
4	Rhyno Herbst	Lock	0	0	0	19	6	0	0
5	Malembe Mpofu 19	Lock	0	0	0	18	3	0	0
6	Huw Taylor	Flanker	0	0	0	11	9	0	0
7	Devin Short 20	Flanker	0	0	0	9	9	0	0
8	Riekert Hattingh	Number 8	0	0	0	2	7	0	0
9	JP Smith 21	Scrum-half	0	0	0	7	4	0	0
10	Eddie Fouché 22	Fly-half	0	0	1	40	4	0/3	0
11	Mika Kruse	Wing	1	0	0	14	2	0	5
12	Rodney Iona	Center	0	1	1	8	4	1/4	2
13	Divan Rossouw	Center	1	0	0	42	4	0	5
14	Lauina Futi	Wing	0	0	1	74	0	0	0
15	Duncan Matthews 23	Fullback	0	0	0	32	0	0	0
16	Dewald Kotze 2	Hooker	0	0	0	8	5	0	0
17	Dewald Donald 1	Prop	0	0	0	7	2	0	0
18	Mason Pedersen 3	Prop	0	0	0	3	2	0	0
19	Isaia Lotawa 5	Lock	0	0	0	8	3	0	0
20	Siaosi Mahoni 7	Lock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Brock Gallagher 9	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	David Busby 10	Wing	0	0	0	19	2	0	0
23	Malacchi Esdale 15	Wing	1	0	0	19	0	0	5
	Total		5	1	3	374	83	1/7	27

Free Jacks

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	Asst.	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Tevita Sole 16	Prop	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0
2	Andrew Quattrin 17	Hooker	0	0	0	0	11	10	0	0
3	Jone Koroiduadua 18	Prop	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0
4	Piers von Dadelszen 19	Lock	0	0	0	0	6	7	0	0
5	Conor Keys	Lock	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	0
6	Jerónimo Gómez Vara	Flanker	0	0	0	0	9	13	0	0
7	Joe Johnston	Flanker	1	0	0	0	13	12	0	5
8	Wian Conradie 20	Number 8	0	0	0	0	31	14	0	0
9	Oscar Lennon 21	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
10	Jayson Potroz	Fly-half	0	3	1	1	73	0	4/5	9
11	Brock Webster 23	Wing	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0
12	Faletoi Peni 22	Center	0	0	0	0	31	6	0	0
13	Killian Coghlan	Center	0	0	0	0	61	5	0	0
14	Simon-Peter Toleafoa	Wing	2	0	0	0	68	3	0	10
15	Harrison Boyle	Fullback	0	0	0	0	29	2	0	0
16	Foster DeWitt 1	Hooker	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
17	Cole Keith 2	Prop	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	Kaleb Geiger 3	Hooker	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0
19	Kyle Baillie 4	Lock	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
20	Kaipono Kayoshi 8	Flanker	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
21	Cameron Nordli-Kelemeti 9	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	Jack Reeves 12	Center	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0
23	Wayne van der Bank 11	Center	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0
	Total		3	3	1	1	349	132	4/5	24