2026 – RD 2: Anthem RC v Chicago Hounds - North American Rugby Database

19 v 33

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Following their season opener against the California Legion last week, Anthem RC return to Charlotte for their home opener against the Chicago Hounds. This game marks the first of the season for the Hounds, who had a bye in Round 1.

Anthem RC return to Charlotte to a hero’s welcome after claiming their first victory in franchise history last week against the California Legion, snapping a MLR record 32-game winless streak dating back to the start of the 2024 season. They face a Chicago Hounds team that many have labelled as a favourite for the Shield this year. The Hounds team for this game included 7 players in the starting XV who were earning their Hounds debut, including hooker Theo Fourie who made his MLR debut. In addition, flanker Maclean Jones earned his 50th MLR appearance as a Chicago Hound in this game, becoming the first player to reach a half-century of games for the team.

The Chicago Hounds showed no signs of rust in their first showing of a new campaign, and never trailed in this game scoring 5 tries to Anthem’s 3 to lock up the full 5pts and get their campaign off to a perfect start, taking this one 19-33 on the road. Anthem, perhaps overconfident after their first ever victory last week, return to the drawing board to prep for the Seattle Seawolves next week.

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
April 4, 2026	4:00 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2026

Results

Team	Tries	Conversions	Penalty Kick	TB	LB	Points
Anthem	3	2	0	0	0	19
Hounds	5	4	0	1	0	33

Anthem

#	Player	Position	T	C	Asst.	MG	DB	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Payton Telea-Ilalio 17	Prop	0	0	0	2	0	9	0	0
2	Seth Smith 16	Hooker	1	0	0	5	0	7	0	5
3	Alex Maughan 18	Prop	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0
4	Will Sherman 19	Lock	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0
5	James Scott	Lock	0	0	0	2	0	10	0	0
6	Johan Momsen	Flanker	0	0	0	11	1	13	0	0
7	Moni Tonga’uiha 20	Flanker	0	0	0	11	1	7	0	0
8	Makeen Alikhan 22	Number 8	0	0	0	28	0	12	0	0
9	Zion Going 21	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
10	Luke Carty	Fly-half	0	2	0	31	1	4	2/3	4
11	Julian Roberts	Wing	0	0	0	68	4	3	0	0
12	Tom Pittman	Fly-half	0	0	0	31	1	4	0	0
13	Will Leonard 23	Center	0	0	0	8	1	4	0	0
14	Conner Mooneyham	Wing	0	0	0	84	5	5	0	0
15	Jordan Trainor	Fullback	0	0	0	112	1	2	0	0
16	Ramiro Gurovich 2	Hooker	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0
17	Alessandro Heaney 1	Prop	0	0	0	7	0	6	0	0
18	Oliver Kane 3	Prop	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
19	Sam Golla 4	Flanker	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
20	Baden Godfrey 7	Flanker	1	0	0	40	4	9	0	5
21	Ishma-eel Safodien 9	Scrum-half	1	0	1	65	2	1	0	5
22	Marques Fuala’au 8	Flanker	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0
23	Malacchi Esdale 13	Wing	0	0	0	57	1	0	0	0
	Total		3	2	1	568	23	138	2/3	19

Hounds

#	Player	Position	T	C	Asst.	MG	DB	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Jake Turnbull 17	Prop	0	0	0	10	4	6	0	0
2	Theo Fourie 16	Hooker	0	0	1	22	0	8	0	0
3	Charlie Abel 18	Prop	0	0	0	6	0	6	0	0
4	Tomas Casares	Lock	0	0	0	20	1	7	0	0
5	Nathan Den Hoedt 19	Lock	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	0
6	Mason Flesch	Flanker	2	0	0	33	2	6	0	10
7	Maclean Jones	Flanker	0	0	0	9	1	18	0	0
8	Lucas Rumball 20	Number 8	0	0	0	30	0	13	0	0
9	Ruben de Haas	Scrum-half	0	0	0	6	4	3	0	0
10	Chris Hilsenbeck 22	Fly-half	0	3/4	0	4	1	6	3/4	2
11	Noah Brown 21	Wing	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
12	Ollie Devoto	Center	0	0	1	19	3	4	0	0
13	Tavite Lopeti 23	Center	1	0	0	25	1	5	0	5
14	Mark O’Keeffe	Wing	1	0	0	31	4	5	0	5
15	Brock Webster	Fullback	0	0	0	49	0	2	0	0
16	Jackson Zabierek 2	Hooker	0	0	0	11	0	2	0	0
17	Luke White 1	Prop	0	0	0	11	0	7	0	0
18	Koby Baker 3	Prop	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
19	Brandon Harvey 5	Lock	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
20	Jake Kinneeveauk 8	Flanker	0	0	0	6	1	3	0	0
21	Michael Baska 11	Fullback	0	0	0	4	0	3	0	0
22	Reece Botha 10	Center	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Santiago Videla 13	Fly-half	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	Penalty Try	-	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7
	Total		5	4	2	298	22	127	3/4	33