LegionReport
The San Diego Legion travel to Texas to face the Houston SaberCats at SaberCat Stadium.
The home side prevailed with a 31-26 victory in what would turn out to be the San Diego Legion’s only loss during the 2023 regular season, finishing with an historic 15-1 record. This game would be the 1, as they fell victom to the ‘Cats.
Details
| Date | Time | League | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 5, 2023 | 3:00 pm | Major League Rugby | MLR 2023 |
SaberCats
| # | Player | Position | T | C | P | AC | DG | MG | Tackles | KS/KA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rob Cobb 17 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Axel Zapata 16 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Morgan Mitchell 18 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Siaosi Mahoni 20 | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Nathan Den Hoedt | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Hanco Germishuys | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Keni Nasoqeqe 19 | Number 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Gideon van Wyk | Number 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Carlo de Nysschen 21 | Scrum-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Davy Coetzer 22 | Fly-half | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 5 | 2/2 | 5 |
| 11 | Vereniki Tikoisolomone | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Dominic Akina | Center | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Christian Dyer | Center | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Gerrie Labuschagne | Wing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 15 | Drew Wild | Fullback | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Andrew Tuala 2 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Alec McDonnell 1 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Pono Davis 3 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Emmanuel Albert 7 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Marno Redelinghuys 4 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Nick Boyer 9 | Scrum-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Robbie Povey 10 | Fly-half | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 2/2 | 4 |
| 23 | Zach Pangelinan | Fullback | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 739 | 116 | 4/4 | 31 |
Legion
| # | Player | Position | T | C | P | AC | DG | MG | Tackles | KS/KA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faka’osi Pifeleti 17 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Sama Malolo 16 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Chris Baumann 18 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ben Grant | Lock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Isaac Ross 19 | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Christian Poidevin | Flanker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Blair Cowan | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Tupou Ma’afu Afungia 20 | Number 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Richard Judd | Scrum-half | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Josh Henderson 22 | Fly-half | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1/1 | 2 |
| 11 | Nate Augspurger | Scrum-half | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Ma’a Nonu 23 | Center | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Marcel Brache | Center | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Tomas Aoake | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Mikey Te’o | Fullback | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Shilo Klein 2 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Djustice Sears-Duru 1 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Fred Apulu 3 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Chris Turori 5 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Dan Pryor 8 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Malakai Latu | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Will Hooley 10 | Fly-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 23 | Ryan Matyas 12 | Center | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 776 | 170 | 1 | 26 |
Officials
| Referee | Assistant 1 | Assistant 2 | TMO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Assmus | Brian Dusablon | Jono Cooper | Austin Reed |
Venue
| SaberCats Stadium |
|---|
| Aveva Stadium, 12131, Kirby Drive, Houston, Harris County, Texas, 77045, United States |