2025 – RD 7: Houston SaberCats v San Diego Legion

34 v 14

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The San Diego Legion travel to Houston to face the SaberCats, looking to become the first team in MLR history to begin a season with 6 wins in a row!

BY a twist of fate, the only other team to start the season with 5 wins, the Houston SaberCats, stand in the way of the Legion. San Diego came into this Western Conference clash fresh off of a bye week, while the SaberCats are coming off a frenetic game against Anthem RC from which they were lucky to escape with a victory. These teams have met 11 times in the past, with the Legion holding a 7-4 series lead. The most recent meeting between these teams came in Round 17 of the 2024 season, when the Legion won a comfortable 37-24 game at Snapdragon Stadium on the back of 14pts from Harris Rutherford.

The San Diego Legion would have to settle for equalling the Houston SaberCats’ record of 5 wins to start a season, as the hosts recorded a dominant bonus point victory over their Western Conference rivals.

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
March 29, 2025	8:00 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2025

Results

Team	Tries	Conversions	Penalty Kick	TB	LB	Points
SaberCats	4	4	2	1	0	34
Legion	2	2	0	0	0	14

SaberCats

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	Asst.	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Ezekiel Lindenmuth 17	Prop	0	0	0	0	21	10	0	0
2	Seth Smith 16	Hooker	0	0	0	0	14	9	0	0
3	Pono Davis 18	Prop	0	0	0	0	23	7	0	0
4	Johan Momsen	Flanker	0	0	0	0	4	8	0	0
5	Nathan Den Hoedt 19	Lock	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0
6	Emmanuel Albert 20	Flanker	0	0	0	0	4	11	0	0
7	Marno Redelinghuys	Flanker	0	0	0	0	11	10	0	0
8	Sam Tuifua 21	Number 8	0	0	0	1	106	5	0	0
9	André Warner	Scrum-half	1	1	0	1	40	7	0	7
10	Davy Coetzer	Fly-half	1	2	1	1	41	10	3/3	12
11	Max Schumacher	Wing	0	0	0	0	30	3	0	0
12	Dominic Akina	Center	0	0	0	0	39	1	0	0
13	Tautalatasi Tasi 23	Center	0	0	0	0	31	5	0	0
14	Rufus McLean 22	Wing	1	0	0	0	22	3	0	5
15	Drew Wild	Fullback	0	0	0	0	27	4	0	0
16	Pita Anae-Ah Sue 2	Hooker	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
17	LaRome White 1	Prop	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	Michael Scott 3	Prop	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0
19	Justin Basson 5	Lock	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
20	Keni Nasoqeqe 6	Flanker	0	0	0	0	33	5	0	0
21	Ronan Murphy 8	Flanker	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0
22	Jay Renton 14	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	AJ Alatimu 13	Center	0	0	1	0	1	1	1/1	3
	Private: Penalty Try	-	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7
	Total		4	4	2	3	462	115	4/4	34

Legion

#	Player	Position	T	C	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Djustice Sears-Duru 17	Prop	0	0	0	8	0	0
2	Shilo Klein 16	Hooker	1	0	20	14	0	5
3	Darcy Breen 18	Prop	0	0	0	13	0	0
4	Jed Holloway	Lock	0	0	21	9	0	0
5	Brandon Harvey	Lock	0	0	13	16	0	0
6	Paddy Ryan	Flanker	0	0	11	17	0	0
7	Brad Wilkin 19	Flanker	0	0	0	13	0	0
8	Jimmy Hokafonu 20	Number 8	0	0	29	7	0	0
9	Richard Judd 21	Scrum-half	0	0	3	9	0	0
10	Lincoln McClutchie 22	Fly-half	0	1	20	2	1/1	2
11	Ryan James	Wing	0	0	53	7	0	0
12	Tavite Lopeti	Center	0	0	0	8	0	0
13	Ethan Grayson	Center	0	0	17	8	0	0
14	Tomas Aoake 23	Wing	0	0	9	5	0	0
15	Rhian Stowers	Fullback	0	0	111	1	0	0
16	Liki Chan-Tung 2	Hooker	0	0	14	2	0	0
17	Nathan Sylvia 1	Prop	0	0	1	6	0	0
18	Brook To’omalatai 3	Prop	0	0	0	2	0	0
19	Charlie Hewitt 7	Lock	0	0	1	4	0	0
20	Christian Poidevin 8	Flanker	1	0	0	4	0	5
21	Inoke Waqavesi 9	Center	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Tiaan Loots 10	Center	0	0	3	2	0	0
23	Marcel Brache 14	Center	0	1	3	1	1/1	2
	Total		2	2	329	158	2/2	14