2021 – RD 4: Houston SaberCats v San Diego Legion

34 v 32

Report

The San Diego Legion travel to Texas to take on the SaberCats at AVEVA stadium in what proved to be an exhilarating contest.

This game had the makings of a barnburner with 6 tries scored in the first half alone, 3 for each side. Houston held a 34-27 lead entering the final 10 minutes of the game, and there was no score for either side until the 82nd minute, well after the clock had turned red. Legion centre Cameron Clark found space on the wing and made the try to bring the score to 34-32 with the conversion still to come.

The home crowd and SaberCats players could do nothing but watch as Legion fly-half and Captain Joe Pietersen lined up the conversion… which flew to the left of the uprights, giving Houston the shock victory in front of an elated home crowd.

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
April 10, 2021	7:00 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2021

Results

Team	Tries	Conversions	Penalty Kick	TB	LB	Points
SaberCats	4	3/3	2/6	1	0	34
Legion	5	2/5	1/1	1	1	32

SaberCats

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Nikoloz Khatiashvili	Prop	0	0	0	23	5	0	0
2	Diego Fortuny 16	Hooker	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	Charlie Connolly 17	Prop	0	0	0	16	3	0	0
4	Kody O’Neil	Lock	0	0	0	0	17	0	0
5	Lucas Albornoz 19	Lock	0	0	0	18	10	0	0
6	Luke Beauchamp	Flanker	0	0	0	18	13	0	0
7	Cecil Garber 20	Flanker	0	0	0	5	7	0	0
8	Diego Magno	Number 8	0	0	0	12	9	0	0
9	Nick Boyer 22	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
10	Robbie Povey 21	Fly-half	0	0	0	17	6	0	0
11	Zach Pangelinan 23	Fullback	0	0	0	8	2	0	0
12	Sam Windsor	Center	0	3	2	0	10	5/10	12
13	Veramu Dikidikilati	Center	1	0	0	54	4	0	5
14	Paula Balekana	Wing	1	0	0	27	5	0	5
15	Matías Freyre	Fullback	1	0	0	21	4	0	5
16	Tiaan Erasmus 2	Hooker	0	0	0	15	8	0	0
17	Nicolás Solveyra 3	Prop	0	0	0	20	10	0	0
18	Nik Hildebrand	Prop	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Van Stewart 5	Lock	0	0	0	5	5	0	0
20	Adriaan Booysen 7	Number 8	0	0	0	9	4	0	0
21	Taylor Howden 10	Center	0	0	0	0	4	0/1	0
22	Jinho Mun 9	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	Zack Godfrey 11	Wing	0	0	0	6	4	0	0
	Private: Penalty Try	-	1	1	0	0	0	0	7
	Total		4	4	2	274	136	5/11	34

Legion

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Nathan Sylvia 17	Prop	0	0	0	26	7	0	0
2	Dean Muir 16	Hooker	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
3	Aaron Mitchell 18	Prop	0	0	0	11	5	0	0
4	Ben Mitchell	Lock	0	0	0	29	10	0	0
5	Keni Nasoqeqe 19	Lock	0	0	0	22	3	0	0
6	Psalm Wooching	Flanker	0	0	0	28	12	0	0
7	Chris Robshaw 20	Flanker	0	0	0	14	3	0	0
8	Tevita Tameilau 21	Number 8	0	0	0	6	2	0	0
9	Carlo de Nysschen	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	14	0	0
10	Joe Pietersen	Fly-half	1	2	1	29	3	3/6	12
11	Bjorn Basson	Wing	1	0	0	40	4	0	5
12	Dylan Audsley	Fullback	1	0	0	16	7	0	5
13	Cameron Clark	Center	1	0	0	36	4	0	5
14	Save Totovosau 23	Wing	0	0	0	20	4	0	0
15	Cecil Afrika	Fullback	0	0	0	44	4	0	0
16	Peter Malcolm 2	Hooker	1	0	0	18	4	0	5
17	Cronan Gleeson 1	Prop	0	0	0	8	7	0	0
18	Chris Baumann 3	Prop	0	0	0	9	3	0	0
19	Siaosi Mahoni 5	Lock	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
20	Jasa Veremalua 7	Flanker	0	0	0	9	3	0	0
21	Travis Larsen 8	Flanker	0	0	0	2	8	0	0
22	Patrick Madden	Fly-half	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Ryan Matyas 14	Center	0	0	0	38	4	0	0
	Total		5	2	1	405	121	3/6	32