2020 – RD 1: Houston SaberCats v Colorado Raptors

21 v 12

Recap

The first fixture of Major League Rugby’s 2020 season saw the Glendale Raptors, rebranded to the Colorado Raptors, travel to the Lone Star State to face the Houston SaberCats at Aveva Stadium.

In perhaps a shock based on previous results of this match-up, Houston came out on top with a 21-12 victory.

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
February 8, 2020	12:00 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2020

Results

Team	Penalty Kick	Tries	Conversions	TB	LB	Points
SaberCats	2/2	3	0/3	0	0	21
Raptors	0/1	2	1/2	0	0	12

SaberCats

#	Player	Position	T	P	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Valdemar Lee-Lo 18	Prop	0	0	7	7	0	0
2	Diego Fortuny	Hooker	0	0	37	20	0	0
3	Charlie Connolly 17	Prop	0	0	15	6	0	0
4	Kyle Breytenbach	Flanker	0	0	42	10	0	0
5	Victor Comptat 20	Lock	0	0	5	7	0	0
6	Cecil Garber	Flanker	0	0	8	17	0	0
7	Diego Magno	Flanker	0	0	35	15	0	0
8	Adriaan Booysen	Number 8	1	0	105	11	0	5
9	De Wet Roos	Scrum-half	0	0	0	7	0	0
10	Sam Windsor	Fly-half	1	2	34	7	0	11
11	Malacchi Esdale	Wing	1	0	46	4	0	5
12	Tiaan Loots 21	Centre	0	0	76	10	0	0
13	Matías Freyre	Fullback	0	0	76	8	0	0
14	Zach Pangelinan 23	Fullback	0	0	34	7	0	0
15	Osea Kolinisau	Centre	0	0	30	5	0	0
16	CJ Burke	Prop	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Boyd Wiggins 3	Prop	0	0	9	3	0	0
18	Nicolás Solveyra 1	Prop	0	0	17	1	0	0
19	Robert Meeson	Lock	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Luke Beauchamp 5	Flanker	0	0	3	4	0	0
21	Taylor Howden 12	Centre	0	0	8	4	0	0
22	Jake Christmann	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Kieran Farmer 14	Fly-half	0	0	16	0	0	0
	Total		3	2	603	153	2/5	21

Raptors

#	Player	Position	T	C	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Zak Taulafo 16	Prop	0	0	10	6	0	0
2	Chad Gough	Flanker	0	0	21	9	0	0
3	Marco Fepulea’i	Prop	0	0	29	11	0	0
4	Michael Curry 19	Flanker	0	0	33	5	0	0
5	Luke White	Lock	0	0	23	11	0	0
6	Brendan Daly	Flanker	0	0	12	12	0	0
7	Mike Stewart 20	Flanker	0	0	38	10	0	0
8	Sam Slade	Number 8	0	0	48	16	0	0
9	Carlo de Nysschen 23	Scrum-half	0	0	26	11	0	0
10	Tomás Quinlan 21	Fly-half	0	0	39	5	0/2	0
11	John Ryberg	Wing	1	0	113	5	0	5
12	Robbie Petzer 18	Centre	0	1	29	7	1/1	2
13	Chad London 22	Centre	0	0	36	7	0	0
14	Mika Kruse	Centre	0	0	43	4	0	0
15	Mason Emerson	Fullback	0	0	87	7	0	0
16	Kelepi Fifita 1	Prop	1	0	4	1	0	5
17	Xendy Tatibouët	Prop	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Jay Finau 12	Hooker	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Kody O’Neil 4	Lock	0	0	5	4	0	0
20	Connor Cook 7	Flanker	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	Ata Malifa 10	Centre	0	0	3	2	0	0
22	Rene Ranger 13	Centre	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	Nick Boyer 9	Scrum-half	0	0	9	1	0	0
	Total		2	1	608	136	1/3	12

Venue

SaberCats Stadium

Aveva Stadium, 12131, Kirby Drive, Houston, Harris County, Texas, 77045, United States

Pos	Team	P	W	L	D	PD	Pts
0	Anthem	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	Free Jacks	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	Gold	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	Hounds	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	Old Glory	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	Sharks	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pos	Team	P	W	L	D	PD	Pts
0	Legion	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	RFCLA	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	SaberCats	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	Seawolves	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	Warriors	0	0	0	0	0	0

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