2020 – RD 5: Seattle Seawolves v Utah Warriors

31 v 33

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The Utah Warriors travel up to Starfire Stadium to face the back-to-back Major League Rugby Champs, the Seattle Seawolves.

The Seawolves held a 28-21 lead at the 75 minute mark before Stephan Coetzee was yellow carded, reducing Seattle to 14 men. Shortly afterwards, the ref awarded Utah a penalty try to bring the score to 28-28 with minutes to play. Seawolves points machine Brock Staller slotted a penalty in the 79th minute to give Seattle a 31-28 lead and surelysecuring the game.

The Warriors however, had other ideas. In a remarkable passage of play, Utah managed to score a game-winning try in the 88th minute of play to snatch the victory away from Seattle by a score of 31-33. This would turn out to be the last MLR game of the 2020 season for both sides, as the season would be postponed for 30 days on March 12, 2020, and then cancelled on March 19, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
March 7, 2020	6:00 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2020

Results

Team	Tries	Conversions	Penalty Kick	TB	LB	Points
Seawolves	4	4/4	1/1	1	1	31
Warriors	5	3/4	0/0	1	0	33

Seawolves

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Djustice Sears-Duru 17	Prop	0	0	0	25	8	0	0
2	Mike Shepherd 16	Hooker	1	0	0	15	8	0	5
3	Tim Metcher 18	Prop	0	0	0	3	8	0	0
4	FP Pelser 19	Lock	0	0	0	16	11	0	0
5	Brad Tucker	Lock	0	0	0	27	15	0	0
6	Vili Toluta’u	Flanker	0	0	0	42	18	0	0
7	Nakai Penny 20	Flanker	0	0	0	18	10	0	0
8	Riekert Hattingh	Number 8	2	0	0	72	19	0	10
9	JP Smith	Scrum-half	0	0	0	4	14	0	0
10	Ben Cima 21	Fly-half	0	4	0	4	7	4/4	8
11	Peter Tiberio 22	Wing	0	0	0	46	4	0	0
12	Shalom Suniula 23	Center	0	0	0	69	8	0	0
13	David Busby	Center	0	0	0	12	11	0	0
14	Brock Staller	Wing	0	0	1	44	9	1/1	3
15	Mat Turner	Fullback	0	0	0	39	11	0	0
16	Stephan Coetzee 2	Hooker	1	0	0	26	5	0	5
17	Kellen Gordon 1	Prop	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
18	Jake Ilnicki 3	Prop	0	0	0	4	9	0	0
19	Jeremy Lenaerts 4	Lock	0	0	0	9	13	0	0
20	Eric Duechle 7	Flanker	0	0	0	0	12	0	0
21	Ryno Eksteen 10	Fly-half	0	0	0	17	5	0	0
22	Suli Tamaivena 11	Wing	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
23	Joey Iosefa 12	Center	0	0	0	37	3	0	0
	Total		4	4	1	529	218	5/5	31

Warriors

#	Player	Position	T	C	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Franco van den Berg 17	Prop	0	0	18	5	0	0
2	Tuvere Vugakoto 16	Hooker	1	0	12	2	0	5
3	Angus MacLellan 18	Prop	0	0	29	9	0	0
4	John Cullen	Lock	0	0	27	11	0	0
5	Matt Jensen 20	Lock	0	0	66	14	0	0
6	Bailey Wilson	Flanker	0	0	74	15	0	0
7	Ara Elkington	Flanker	0	0	15	5	0	0
8	Jurie van Vuuren 19	Number 8	0	0	20	13	0	0
9	Michael Baska	Fullback	0	0	27	7	0	0
10	Robbie Povey	Fly-half	0	3	87	9	3/4	6
11	Josh Whippy	Wing	0	0	109	6	0	0
12	Calvin Whiting	Center	1	0	95	5	0	5
13	Tyler Fisher	Center	1	0	101	11	0	5
14	Gannon Moore	Wing	0	0	84	3	0	0
15	Vatemo Ravouvou	Fullback	0	0	100	0	0	0
16	Sama Malolo 2	Hooker	0	0	16	0	0	0
17	Huluholo Mo’ungaloa 1	Prop	0	0	25	4	0	0
18	Kalolo Tuiloma 3	Prop	1	0	28	3	0	5
19	Saia ‘Uhila 8	Lock	0	0	21	3	0	0
20	Puna Vuli 5	Lock	0	0	5	4	0	0
21	Dwayne Polataivao	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Dom Toluono	Center	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Jared Whippy	Fullback	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Penalty Try	-	1	1	0	0	0	7
	Total		5	4	959	129	3/4	33