2021 – RD 2: NOLA Gold v Rugby United New York

51 v 28

Report

NOLA Gold host Rugby United New York at the Gold Mine for the first game of Round 2 of MLR 2021!

NOLA proved to be the superior team on the day with a 51-28 win despite picking up 3 yellow cards throughout the game, putting them a man down for a total of 30 minutes. NOLA become the first MLR team to score 50+ points in a game in 2021 and Joeli Tikoisuva proved to be a stand out, scoring 3 tries for the 1st hattrick of the 2021 season, the 4th in NOLA franchise history, and the 8th in MLR history!

On the New York side, Ben Bonasso crossed under the posts in the 48th minute, scoring the first automatic 7pt try in franchise history!

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
March 27, 2021	3:00 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2021

Results

Team	Tries	Conversions	Penalty Kick	TB	LB	Points
Gold	6	4/4	3/3	1	0	51
Ironworkers	4	3/3	0/0	1	0	28

Gold

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Matt Harmon 17	Prop	0	0	0	9	7	0	0
2	Pat O’Toole 16	Hooker	0	0	0	11	10	0	0
3	Dino Waldren 18	Prop	0	0	0	20	8	0	0
4	Kyle Baillie 21	Lock	0	0	0	13	8	0	0
5	Ignacio Dotti 19	Lock	0	0	0	18	6	0	0
6	Moni Tonga’uiha 20	Flanker	0	0	0	17	6	0	0
7	Andrew Guerra	Flanker	0	0	0	10	21	0	0
8	Cam Dolan	Number 8	1	0	0	30	13	0	5
9	Holden Yungert 22	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
10	Robbie Coleman 23	Fly-half	0	0	0	58	4	0	0
11	Julián Domínguez	Wing	0	0	0	19	7	0	0
12	JP du Plessis	Center	0	0	0	41	18	0	0
13	Juan Cappiello	Center	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
14	Joeli Tikoisuva	Wing	3	1	0	111	16	0	17
15	Carl Meyer	Fullback	0	2	2	44	2	4/4	10
16	Eric Howard 2	Hooker	0	0	0	13	9	0	0
17	Kevin Sullivan 1	Prop	0	0	0	10	5	0	0
18	Brian Nault 3	Prop	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
19	Billy Stewart 5	Lock	0	0	0	6	7	0	0
20	Nikola Bursic 6	Flanker	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
21	Devin Short 4	Flanker	0	0	0	14	3	0	0
22	Damian Stevens 9	Scrum-half	1	2	1	16	5	3/3	12
23	Timothée Guillimin 10	Fly-half	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Penalty Try	-	1	1	0	0	0	0	7
	Total		6	6	3	460	179	7/7	51

Ironworkers

#	Player	Position	T	C	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	James Rochford 17	Prop	0	0	14	4	0	0
2	Dylan Fawsitt 16	Hooker	0	0	23	6	0	0
3	Samu Tawake 18	Prop	1	0	9	11	0	5
4	Nate Brakeley	Lock	0	0	13	11	0	0
5	Charlie Hewitt 19	Lock	0	0	14	5	0	0
6	Hanco Germishuys	Flanker	0	0	87	2	0	0
7	Kara Pryor	Flanker	0	0	50	8	0	0
8	Evan Mintern	Lock	0	0	36	7	0	0
9	Andy Ellis 20	Scrum-half	0	0	23	2	0	0
10	Dan Hollinshead	Fly-half	0	3	42	3	3/3	6
11	Apenisa Cakabalavu 23	Wing	0	0	10	3	0	0
12	Will Leonard 21	Center	0	0	21	8	0	0
13	Fa’asiu Fuatai	Center	1	0	106	4	0	5
14	Quinn Ngawati 22	Center	0	0	38	2	0	0
15	Ben Foden	Fullback	1	0	107	2	0	5
16	Rob Irimescu 2	Hooker	0	0	3	0	0	0
17	Anthony Parry 1	Prop	0	0	21	0	0	0
18	Wilton Rebolo 3	Prop	0	0	6	1	0	0
19	Benjamín Bonasso 5	Flanker	1	1	58	4	0	7
20	Connor Buckley 9	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Chris Mattina 14	Center	0	0	10	0	0	0
21	Harry Bennett 12	Fly-half	0	0	13	1	0	0
23	Conor McManus 11	Scrum-half	0	0	10	1	0	0
	Total		4	4	714	85	3/3	28