2022 – RD 5: Rugby ATL v Houston SaberCats

29 v 22

Recap

The Houston SaberCats travelled to Georgia to face Rugby ATL at Silverbacks Park in Round 5 of the 2022 Major League Rugby Season.

Despire ATL prevailing 29-22, it was the SaberCats who got on the board almost immediately after scrum-half Dillon Smit intercepted a pass and dotted down just 13 seconds into the game, marking the quickest try in MLR history at the time. ATL hooker Marko Janse van Rensburg recorded a hattrick in a 20minute span in the first half of this game, the first (and ultimately last) hattrick in Rugby ATL club history.

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
March 5, 2022	3:00 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2022

Results

Team	Penalty Kick	Tries	Conversions	TB	LB	Points
Atlanta	1	4	3	1	0	29
SaberCats	1	3	2	0	1	22

Atlanta

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Alex Maughan 17	Prop	0	0	0	8	8	0	0
2	Marko Janse van Rensburg 16	Hooker	3	0	0	66	10	0	15
3	John-Roy Jenkinson 18	Prop	0	0	0	10	4	0	0
4	Justin Basson 19	Lock	0	0	0	8	11	0	0
5	Johan Momsen	Lock	0	0	0	39	13	0	0
6	Vili Helu	Flanker	0	0	0	18	7	0	0
7	Matt Heaton	Flanker	1	0	0	53	16	0	5
8	Ross Deacon 20	Number 8	0	0	0	8	7	0	0
9	Ryan Rees 21	Scrum-half	0	0	0	17	11	0	0
10	Kurt Coleman 23	Fly-half	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
11	Austin White	Wing	0	0	0	42	5	0	0
12	Will Leonard	Centre	0	0	0	86	14	0	0
13	Joaquin de la Vega Mendia	Centre	0	3	1	31	6	4/6	9
14	Te Rangatira Waitokia	Wing	0	0	0	153	7	0	0
15	Martini Talapusi 22	Fullback	0	0	0	93	1	0	0
16	Tiaan Erasmus 2	Hooker	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
17	Jonas Petrakopoulos 1	Prop	0	0	0	18	3	0	0
18	John Sullivan 3	Prop	0	0	0	32	12	0	0
19	Conor Keys 4	Lock	0	0	0	19	7	0	0
20	Daemon Torres 8	Flanker	0	0	0	23	3	0	0
21	Eamonn Matthews 9	Scrum-half	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
22	Nolan Tuamoheloa 15	Wing	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
23	Ryan Nell 10	Centre	0	0	0	71	4	0	0
	Total		4	3	1	801	158	4/6	29

SaberCats

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Nicolás Solveyra 17	Prop	0	0	0	13	11	0	0
2	Dean Muir 16	Hooker	0	0	0	19	14	0	0
3	Aaron Mitchell 18	Prop	0	0	0	6	5	0	0
4	Will Crawford 20	Lock	0	0	0	2	4	0	0
5	Wynand Grassmann 23	Lock	0	0	0	17	5	0	0
6	Danny Barrett 19	Flanker	0	0	0	12	8	0	0
7	Keni Nasoqeqe	Flanker	0	0	0	16	6	0	0
8	Jaco Bezuidenhout	Number 8	0	0	0	54	11	0	0
9	Dillon Smit 22	Scrum-half	1	0	0	2	4	0	5
10	Davy Coetzer 21	Fly-half	1	2	1	55	11	3/3	12
11	Jake Hidalgo	Wing	0	0	0	32	7	0	0
12	Matai Leuta	Centre	0	0	0	75	12	0	0
13	Christian Dyer	Centre	0	0	0	70	5	0	0
14	Kisi Unufe	Wing	0	0	0	42	3	0	0
15	Marcos Moroni	Fullback	0	0	0	55	3	0	0
16	Patrick Donovan 2	Hooker	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	Frikkie de Beer 1	Prop	0	0	0	12	2	0	0
18	Pono Davis 3	Prop	0	0	0	17	5	0	0
19	Gideon van Wyk 6	Flanker	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
20	Malon Al-Jiboori 4	Flanker	0	0	0	24	7	0	0
21	Robbie Povey 10	Fly-half	0	0	0	29	1	0/1	0
22	Nick Boyer 9	Scrum-half	1	0	0	17	1	0	5
23	Emmanuel Albert 5	Flanker	0	0	0	13	7	0	0
	Total		3	2	1	582	136	3/4	22

Venue

Silverbacks Park

Atlanta Silverbacks Park, Silverbacks Way, DeKalb County, Georgia, 30340, United States

Pos	Team	P	W	L	D	PD	Pts
0	Anthem	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	Free Jacks	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	Gold	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	Hounds	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	Old Glory	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	Sharks	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pos	Team	P	W	L	D	PD	Pts
0	Legion	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	RFCLA	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	SaberCats	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	Seawolves	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	Warriors	0	0	0	0	0	0

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