SaberCatsReport
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 |
Atlanta
| # | Player | Position | T | C | P | AC | DG | MG | Tackles | KS/KA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Maughan 17 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Marko Janse van Rensburg 16 | Hooker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| 3 | John-Roy Jenkinson 18 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Justin Basson 19 | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Johan Momsen | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Vili Helu | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Matt Heaton | Flanker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Ross Deacon 20 | Number 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Ryan Rees 21 | Scrum-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Kurt Coleman 23 | Fly-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Austin White | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Will Leonard | Center | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Joaquin de la Vega Mendia | Center | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 4/6 | 9 |
| 14 | Te Rangatira Waitokia | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Martini Talapusi 22 | Fullback | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Tiaan Erasmus 2 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Jonas Petrakopoulos 1 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | John Sullivan 3 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Conor Keys 4 | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Daemon Torres 8 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Eamonn Matthews 9 | Scrum-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Nolan Tuamoheloa 15 | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Ryan Nell 10 | Center | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 801 | 158 | 4/6 | 29 |
SaberCats
| # | Player | Position | T | C | P | AC | DG | MG | Tackles | KS/KA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicolás Solveyra 17 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Dean Muir 16 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Aaron Mitchell 18 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Will Crawford 20 | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Wynand Grassmann 23 | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Danny Barrett 19 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Keni Nasoqeqe | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Jaco Bezuidenhout | Number 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Dillon Smit 22 | Scrum-half | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Davy Coetzer 21 | Fly-half | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 11 | 3/3 | 12 |
| 11 | Jake Hidalgo | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Matai Leuta | Center | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Christian Dyer | Center | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Kisi Unufe | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Marcos Moroni | Fullback | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Patrick Donovan 2 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Frikkie de Beer 1 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Pono Davis 3 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Gideon van Wyk 6 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Malon Al-Jiboori 4 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Robbie Povey 10 | Fly-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0/1 | 0 |
| 22 | Nick Boyer 9 | Scrum-half | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 23 | Emmanuel Albert 5 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 582 | 136 | 3/4 | 22 |
Venue
| Silverbacks Park |
|---|
| Atlanta Silverbacks Park, Silverbacks Way, DeKalb County, Georgia, 30340, United States |