WarriorsRecap
The LA Giltinis host the Utah Warriors for the Western Conference Final, and the chance to face Rugby ATL in the MLR Grand Final!
As they did so many times through the regular season, LA were the first on the scoreboard even if it did take 35 minutes. LA took this 7-0 lead into the break, but it was quickly erased early in the second half by two penalties from the boot of Hagen Schulte, before a try under the posts from Sama Malolo in the 58th minute gave Utah a 7-13 lead to carry into the last 20 minutes.
It took 10 minutes for LA to shift the momentum, and they did so with a 68th minute try from Ryan James. The conversion was missed however, so Utah held on to a narrow 12-13 lead into the last 10 minutes. It took until the 77th minute for Harrison Goddard to connect again with Ryan James, who scored his second try of the game with a fantastic finish! James becomes only the 2nd player in MLR history to score multiple tries in a single playoff game.
LA advance to a home MLR Final against Rugby ATL!
Details
| Date | Time | League | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 25, 2021 | 3:00 pm | Major League Rugby | MLR 2021 |
Giltinis
| # | Player | Position | T | C | P | AC | DG | MG | Tackles | KS/KA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean-Pierre (JP) Smith 18 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Mahe Vailanu 16 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Marco Fepulea’i 17 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Dave Dennis | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Luke White 19 | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Nathan Den Hoedt | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Christian Poidevin 20 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Corey Thomas | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Harrison Goddard | Scrum-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Matt Giteau 21 | Fly-half | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 7 | 1/1 | 2 |
| 11 | DTH van der Merwe | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Billy Meakes | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Adam Ashley-Cooper | Centre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | John Ryberg 22 | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Luke Burton 23 | Fly-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 16 | Sean McNulty 2 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Blake Rogers 3 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Charlie Abel 1 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Sean O’Brien 5 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Pago Haini 7 | Number 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Ryan James 10 | Wing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 22 | Luke Carty 14 | Fly-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0/2 | 0 |
| 23 | Serupepeli Vularika 15 | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 828 | 189 | 1/4 | 17 |
Warriors
| # | Player | Position | T | C | P | AC | DG | MG | Tackles | KS/KA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olive Kilifi 17 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Sama Malolo 16 | Hooker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Angus MacLellan 18 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Saia ‘Uhila | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Matt Jensen 19 | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Aston Fortuin | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Bailey Wilson 20 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Jurie van Vuuren | Number 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Michael Baska | Fullback | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Hagen Schulte 23 | Fly-half | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 2/3 | 6 |
| 11 | Mika Kruse | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Calvin Whiting | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Tyler Fisher | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | James Vaifale 22 | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Mikey Te’o | Fullback | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Tuvere Vugakoto 2 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Franco van den Berg 1 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Paul Mullen 3 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Chad Gough 5 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Mike Gieselman 7 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Danny Christensen | Scrum-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Cliven Loubser 14 | Fly-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Logan Tago 10 | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 674 | 162 | 2/3 | 13 |
Venue
| Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
|---|
| Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Exposition Park Drive, Exposition Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 90037, United States |