2022 – RD 17: New England Free Jacks v NOLA Gold

57 v 5

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The New England Free Jacks host the NOLA Gold at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Quincy in a history-making match during Round 17 of the 2022 season.

The Free Jacks dominated from start to finish scoring 8 tries in a 57-5 win, with the Gold scoring a consolation try in the 80th minute. With this 13th victory on the season the Free Jacks set a new MLR record for the most wins in a single regular season, surpassing the previous record of 12 set by the LA Giltinis in their Championship winning season the year before. This victory clinches the #1 spot in the Eastern Conference, giving New England a bye to the Eastern Conference Final, as well as home field advantage for the playoffs after finishing first overall across both conferences.

Mitch Wilson recorded his first MLR hattrick in this game, the first hattrick in Free Jacks history!

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
May 29, 2022	6:30 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2022

Results

Team	Tries	Conversions	Penalty Kick	TB	LB	Points
Free Jacks	8	6	1	1	0	57
Gold	1	0	0	0	0	5

Free Jacks

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Quentin Newcomer 17	Prop	0	0	0	21	3	0	0
2	Mills Sanerivi	Hooker	1	0	0	66	14	0	5
3	Erich de Jager 18	Prop	0	0	0	28	9	0	0
4	Josh Larsen	Lock	0	0	0	40	12	0	0
5	Stan van den Hoven	Lock	0	0	0	17	15	0	0
6	Terrell Peita 20	Flanker	0	0	0	29	2	0	0
7	Joe Johnston 19	Flanker	1	0	0	74	11	0	5
8	Wian Conradie	Number 8	0	0	0	163	20	0	0
9	John Poland 21	Scrum-half	0	0	0	21	7	0	0
10	Beaudein Waaka 23	Fly-half	0	5	1	34	0	6/7	13
11	Paula Balekana	Wing	0	0	0	151	8	0	0
12	Le Roux Malan	Center	2	1	0	153	8	0	12
13	Wayne van der Bank 22	Center	0	0	0	33	9	0	0
14	Mitch Wilson	Wing	3	1	0	116	5	1/1	17
15	Dougie Fife	Fullback	1	0	0	61	4	0	5
16	Foster DeWitt	Hooker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Kyle Ciquera 1	Prop	0	0	0	10	8	0	0
18	Tevita Sole 3	Prop	0	0	0	9	11	0	0
19	Justin Johnson 7	Flanker	0	0	0	8	5	0	0
20	Cam Davidowicz 6	Flanker	0	0	0	29	13	0	0
21	Holden Yungert 9	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
22	Jack Reeves 13	Center	0	0	0	34	5	0	0
23	Harrison Boyle 10	Fly-half	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		8	7	1	1097	175	7/8	57

Gold

#	Player	Position	T	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Matt Harmon 17	Prop	0	12	20	0	0
2	George Sharpe 16	Hooker	0	0	12	0	0
3	Brian Nault 18	Prop	0	4	11	0	0
4	Malcolm May 20	Lock	0	17	18	0	0
5	Taylor Krumrei 19	Lock	0	10	12	0	0
6	Moni Tonga’uiha	Flanker	0	57	17	0	0
7	Devin Short 21	Flanker	0	35	15	0	0
8	Cam Dolan	Number 8	0	39	14	0/1	0
9	Damian Stevens	Scrum-half	0	27	6	0	0
10	Robbie Coleman 23	Fly-half	0	29	5	0	0
11	Nick Feakes	Wing	0	47	10	0	0
12	Aaron Matthews	Center	1	80	13	0	5
13	JP du Plessis	Center	0	112	17	0	0
14	Harley Wheeler 22	Wing	0	87	6	0	0
15	JP Eloff	Fly-half	0	149	4	0	0
16	Alex Lopeti 2	Hooker	0	31	4	0	0
17	Kevin Sullivan 1	Prop	0	16	5	0	0
18	Dino Waldren 3	Prop	0	18	5	0	0
19	Billy Stewart 5	Lock	0	44	5	0	0
20	William Waguespack 4	Lock	0	4	8	0	0
21	Osaiasi Tonga’uiha 7	Flanker	0	49	0	0	0
22	Devereaux Ferris 14	Scrum-half	0	3	0	0	0
23	Ross Depperschmidt 10	Center	0	0	2	0	0
	Total		1	870	209	0/1	5