2022 – RD 5: Rugby New York v New England Free Jacks

29 v 38

Recap

Rugby New York host their MLR rivals the New England Free Jacks for their Home Opener at JFK Stadium in Hoboken.

The Free Jacks spoiled the show, with fly-half Beaudein Waaka a standout, scoring 23 of New England’s 38pts. This tied the season-record of individual points in a game, with Rugby ATL‘s Joaquin de la Vega Mendia in Round 1.

Many reports record Waaka as scoring a hattrick in this game, but the highlights clearly show John Poland as the man who reaches for the Free Jacks’ second try, off the back of a scrum.

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
March 6, 2022	3:00 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2022

Results

Team	Penalty Kick	Tries	Conversions	TB	LB	Points
Ironworkers	1	4	3	1	0	29
Free Jacks	1	5	4	1	0	38

Ironworkers

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Chance Wenglewski 17	Prop	0	0	0	45	9	0	0
2	Dylan Fawsitt 16	Hooker	0	0	0	33	5	0	0
3	Kalolo Tuiloma 18	Prop	0	0	0	40	5	0	0
4	Nate Brakeley	Lock	0	0	0	39	13	0	0
5	Will Tucker	Lock	0	0	0	57	8	0	0
6	Benjamín Bonasso	Flanker	0	0	0	36	10	0	0
7	Joe Basser 20	Flanker	0	0	0	18	11	0	0
8	Brendon O’Connor 19	Number 8	1	0	0	40	9	0	5
9	Connor Buckley 21	Scrum-half	0	0	0	18	4	0	0
10	Sam Windsor	Fly-half	0	2	1	22	5	3/4	7
11	Ed Fidow 23	Wing	0	0	0	35	5	0	0
12	Jason Emery	Centre	0	0	0	80	6	0	0
13	Fa’asiu Fuatai	Centre	0	0	0	93	12	0	0
14	Andrew Coe	Wing	2	0	0	102	5	0	10
15	Jack Heighton	Fly-half	1	1	0	32	2	1/1	7
16	Wilton Rebolo 2	Hooker	0	0	0	10	3	0	0
17	Zak Taulafo 1	Prop	0	0	0	14	2	0	0
18	Nic Mayhew 3	Prop	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
19	Charlie Hewitt 8	Lock	0	0	0	15	2	0	0
20	Pago Haini 22	Number 8	0	0	0	9	1	0	0
21	Andy Ellis 9	Scrum-half	0	0	0	2	5	0	0
22	Ishmail Shabazz 20	Centre	0	0	0	6	1	0	0
23	Quinn Ngawati 11	Centre	0	0	0	11	3	0	0
	Total		4	3	1	757	129	4/5	29

Free Jacks

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	AC	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Alex Johnston 16	Prop	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0
2	Foster DeWitt 17	Hooker	0	0	0	0	20	8	0	0
3	Tevita Sole 18	Prop	0	0	0	0	13	11	0	0
4	Josh Larsen	Lock	0	0	0	0	21	15	0	0
5	Stan van den Hoven 19	Lock	0	0	0	0	28	10	0	0
6	Joe Johnston	Flanker	1	0	0	0	8	11	0	5
7	Slade McDowall 20	Flanker	1	0	0	0	22	18	0	5
8	Terrell Peita 23	Number 8	0	0	0	0	34	4	0	0
9	John Poland	Scrum-half	1	0	0	0	24	14	0	5
10	Beaudein Waaka	Fly-half	2	4	1	1	137	1	5/5	23
11	Harry Barlow	Wing	0	0	0	0	27	8	0	0
12	Le Roux Malan	Centre	0	0	0	0	89	10	0	0
13	Wayne van der Bank	Centre	0	0	0	0	81	12	0	0
14	Jack Reeves 22	Centre	0	0	0	0	17	5	0	0
15	Mitch Wilson	Fullback	0	0	0	0	87	4	0	0
16	Pieter Jansen 1	Hooker	0	0	0	0	10	5	0	0
17	Kyle Ciquera 2	Prop	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
18	Erich de Jager 3	Prop	0	0	0	0	8	6	0	0
19	Reegan O’Gorman 5	Lock	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0
20	Cam Davidowicz 7	Flanker	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
21	Holden Yungert	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Harrison Boyle 14	Fly-half	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	Mills Sanerivi 8	Hooker	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0
	Total		5	4	1	1	654	154	5/5	38