Legion 
23 v 25 
Ironworkers
23 v 25 IronworkersRecap
Rugby United New York’s inaugural Major League Rugby game saw them travel across the country to California, to face the San Diego Legion at Torero Stadium.
RUNY get their franchise off to a great start, with a win over the Legion, a 2018 playoff team.
Details
| Date | Time | League | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 27, 2019 | 11:00 am | Major League Rugby | MLR 2019 |
Results
| Team | Penalty Kick | Tries | Conversions | TB | LB | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legion | 3/3 | 2 | 2/2 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Ironworkers | 2/2 | 3 | 1/2 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
Legion
| # | Player | Position | T | C | P | AC | DG | MG | Tackles | KS/KA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Sylvia 17 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Dean Muir 16 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Patrick ‘Paddy’ Ryan | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Louis Stanfill | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Keni Nasoqeqe | Number 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Chris Turori 19 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Devin Short | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Drew Gaffney | Number 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Nick Boyer | Scrum-half | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Joe Pietersen | Fly-half | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 7 | 5/5 | 18 |
| 11 | Jasa Veremalua 23 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Dylan Audsley | Fullback | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | JP du Plessis | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Save Totovosau | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Conor Kearns 22 | Fullback | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Kapeli Pifeleti 2 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Faka’osi Pifeleti 1 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Aaron Mitchell | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Sione Tu’ihalamaka 6 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Alec Barton | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Tai Enosa | Fly-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Kyle Rogers 15 | Fullback | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Marcus Tupuola 11 | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 424 | 201 | 5 | 23 |
Ironworkers
| # | Player | Position | T | C | P | AC | DG | MG | Tackles | KS/KA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Rochford 17 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Dylan Fawsitt | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Patrick ‘Paddy’ Ryan 18 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Nate Brakeley | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Trevor Cassidy | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Kyle Sumsion 19 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | John Quill 20 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Ross Deacon | Number 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Mike Petri | Scrum-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Cathal Marsh | Fly-half | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 3/4 | 8 |
| 11 | Connor Wallace-Sims | Wing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Will Leonard | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Ben Foden | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Chris Mattina | Wing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Luke Hume | Fullback | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Mike Brown | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Anthony Parry 1 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Kirk Hamilton 3 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Alex MacDonald 6 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Matt Hughston 7 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Marcus Walsh | Scrum-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Seimou Smith | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Derek Lipscomb | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Penalty Try | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Total | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 759 | 129 | 3/4 | 25 |
Venue
| Torero Stadium |
|---|
| Torero Stadium, Linda Vista Road, San Diego, San Diego County, California, 92110, United States |