2025 – RD 4: Utah Warriors v Houston SaberCats

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The Utah Warriors host the Houston SaberCats in a Western Conference Clash at Zion’s Bank Stadium! The Utah Warriors are flying high after a convincing 55-21 victory over the NOLA Gold, and are looking to go 3-0 for the first time in their history. The Houston SaberCats are also coming off a victory, having squeaked past the Seattle Seawolves with a 24-21 win, and sit at 2-1. These two MLR founding teams have met 12 times prior to this game, and split the series 6-6 heading into this game. Their last meeting saw the SaberCats walk away with a 24-29 victory, also at Zion’s Bank.

This is the 100th MLR game played by the Houston SaberCats, and they celebrated by showing the rest of the league that the Utah Warriors are mortal after all, with a convincing 17-37 victory on the road to claim a bonus point victory over a Utah side that were flying high!

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
March 8, 2025	4:00 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2025

Results

Team	Tries	Conversions	Penalty Kick	TB	LB	Points
Warriors	3	1	0/0	0	0	17
SaberCats	5	4	2/2	1	0	37

Warriors

#	Player	Position	T	C	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Aki Seiuli 17	Prop	0	0	2	11	0	0
2	Liam Coltman 16	Hooker	0	0	4	16	0	0
3	Tonga Kofe 18	Prop	1	0	6	12	0	5
4	Matt Jensen 19	Lock	0	0	0	11	0	0
5	Gavin Thornbury	Lock	0	0	11	13	0	0
6	Frank Lochore	Flanker	0	0	43	19	0	0
7	Kalisi Moli 20	Flanker	0	0	12	8	0	0
8	Dylan Nel	Number 8	0	0	23	15	0	0
9	Zion Going 21	Scrum-half	0	0	0	9	0	0
10	D’Angelo Leuila 23	Fly-half	0	0	69	4	0/1	0
11	Joe Mano	Wing	0	0	59	7	0	0
12	Spencer Jones	Center	0	0	25	8	0	0
13	Kyle Brown 22	Center	0	0	0	8	0	0
14	Nic Benn	Wing	1	0	70	5	0	5
15	Jordan Trainor	Fullback	0	0	117	2	0	0
16	Tuvere Vugakoto 2	Hooker	0	0	9	2	0	0
17	Emerson Prior 1	Prop	0	0	0	5	0	0
18	Angus MacLellan 3	Prop	0	0	17	4	0	0
19	Reid Davis 4	Flanker	0	0	9	4	0	0
20	Bailey Wilson 7	Flanker	0	0	13	2	0	0
21	Logan Crowley 9	Scrum-half	0	0	23	2	0	0
22	Paul Lasike 13	Center	0	0	9	1	0	0
23	Joel Hodgson 10	Fly-half	1	1	25	2	1/2	7
	Total		3	1	546	170	1/3	17

SaberCats

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	DG	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Valdemar Lee-Lo 17	Prop	0	0	0	0	2	9	0	0
2	Seth Smith	Hooker	0	0	0	0	4	13	0	0
3	Pono Davis 18	Prop	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0
4	Johan Momsen	Lock	0	0	0	0	26	10	0	0
5	Nathan Den Hoedt 19	Lock	1	0	0	0	31	5	0	5
6	Emmanuel Albert	Flanker	0	0	0	0	21	18	0	0
7	Marno Redelinghuys 20	Flanker	0	0	0	0	12	9	0	0
8	Sam Tuifua	Number 8	0	0	0	0	33	6	0	0
9	Jay Renton 21	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	37	1	0	0
10	Davy Coetzer	Fly-half	0	4	2	0	105	6	6/6	14
11	Max Schumacher	Wing	0	0	0	0	31	5	0	0
12	Louritz van der Schyff 22	Center	0	0	0	0	34	3	0	0
13	Tautalatasi Tasi 23	Center	1	0	0	0	40	9	0	5
14	Rufus McLean	Wing	0	0	0	0	83	10	0	0
15	Drew Wild	Fullback	2	0	0	1	140	5	1/1	13
16	LaRome White 23	Prop	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
17	Ezekiel Lindenmuth 1	Prop	0	0	0	0	12	4	0	0
18	Michael Scott 3	Prop	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
19	Justin Basson 5	Lock	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
20	Ronan Murphy 7	Flanker	0	0	0	0	24	2	0	0
21	Juan Dee Oliver 9	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	AJ Alatimu 12	Center	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
23	Dominic Akina 16	Center	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
	Total		4	4	2	1	640	135	7/7	37