2018 – RD 3: San Diego Legion v Houston SaberCats

35 v 32

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The first clash between the San Diego Legion and the Houston SaberCats in Round 3 of the 2018 season saw a few MLR firsts!

This game marked the first Hattrick in Major League Rugby history, as San Diego Legion centre Anthony Salaber crossed the whitewash 3 times in the first half in a span of 18 minutes in front of a home crowd! The Legion recorded 851m gained in this game, at the time a MLR single-game record.

It also saw the first attempted (and successful!) drop goal in Major League Rugby History, as Fijian rugby legend Osea Kolinisau slotted a 3 pointer late in the 2nd half!

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
May 4, 2018	5:30 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2018

Results

Team	Tries	Conversions	Penalty Kick	TB	LB	Points
Legion	5	5/5	0	1	0	35
SaberCats	2	2/2	5/6	0	1	32

Legion

#	Player	Position	T	C	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Sione Tu’ihalamaka 17	Prop	0	0	23	6	0	0
2	Pat Blair 16	Hooker	1	0	17	5	0	5
3	Dolph Botha 18	Prop	0	0	0	6	0	0
4	Siaosi Mahoni 20	Lock	0	0	28	2	0	0
5	Jay Harmon	Lock	0	0	35	7	0	0
6	Chris Turori	Flanker	0	0	18	8	0	0
7	Devin Short 19	Flanker	0	0	35	6	0	0
8	Cam Dolan	Number 8	0	0	55	14	0	0
9	Nate Augspurger	Scrum-half	0	0	58	7	0	0
10	Tadhg Leader 22	Fly-half	0	0	7	6	0	0
11	Ryan Matyas	Wing	0	0	72	4	0	0
12	JP du Plessis	Center	0	0	136	10	0	0
13	Anthony Salaber	Center	3	0	85	7	0	15
14	Taku Ngwenya 21	Wing	0	0	38	3	0	0
15	Dylan Audsley	Fullback	0	4	122	4	4/4	8
16	Gil Covey 2	Hooker	0	0	5	5	0	0
17	Tony Purpura 1	Prop	1	0	15	3	0	5
18	Nathan Sylvia 3	Prop	0	0	0	2	0	0
19	Derek Broussard 7	Flanker	0	0	28	4	0	0
20	Malon Al-Jiboori 4	Flanker	0	0	48	4	0	0
21	Nick Boyer 14	Scrum-half	0	0	2	5	0	0
22	Ben Cima 10	Fly-half	0	1	16	3	1/1	2
23	Naima Fuala’au	Fullback	0	0	8	0	0	0
	Total		5	5	851	121	5/5	35

SaberCats

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	DG	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Jake Turnbull 17	Prop	0	0	0	0	20	9	0	0
2	Lindsey Stevens 16	Hooker	0	0	0	0	79	6	0	0
3	Adam Macklin 18	Prop	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	Robert Meeson 19	Lock	0	0	0	0	29	5	0	0
5	Charlie Hewitt 21	Lock	0	0	0	0	38	7	0	0
6	Chris Coyle	Flanker	0	0	0	0	23	17	0	0
7	Cecil Garber 20	Flanker	0	0	0	0	10	7	0	0
8	Matt Trouville	Number 8	0	0	0	0	28	17	0	0
9	Connor Murphy	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	10	6	0	0
10	Sam Windsor	Fly-half	1	2	5	0	36	7	7/8	24
11	Alex Elkins	Wing	0	0	0	0	67	8	0	0
12	Conor Mills	Center	0	0	0	0	61	11	0	0
13	Osea Kolinisau	Center	1	0	0	1	85	5	1/1	8
14	Malacchi Esdale	Wing	0	0	0	0	70	8	0	0
15	Zach Pangelinan 23	Fullback	0	0	0	0	26	3	0	0
16	Diego Maquieira 2	Hooker	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
17	Petey Hepburn 1	Prop	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
18	Jack Riley 3	Prop	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	0
19	Justin Allen 4	Lock	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	Kyle Sumsion 7	Flanker	0	0	0	0	51	7	0	0
21	Pago Haini 5	Number 8	0	0	0	0	14	2	0	0
22	Chris Slater	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Joey Iosefa 15	Center	0	0	0	0	30	3	0	0
	Total		2	2	5	1	678	140	8/9	32