2021 – RD 12: Seattle Seawolves v Utah Warriors

28 v 29

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The Utah Warriors travel to Washington State to face the Seawolves at Starfire Stadium.

This game between the two Western Conference rivals went down to the very last tough of the ball. By the 50th minute, Seattle were ahead by a score of 28-15 and holding firm before a Jurie van Vuuren try and Calvin Whiting conversion brough the Warriors to within 6 points. It looked as though the seawall had recovered however, and Seattle were on the attack in the closing stages of the game. Uncharacteristically, AJ Alatimu missed two penalty attempts before Utah were able to set up an attacking platform in the Seattle half.

What came next seemed almost inevitable. The Warriors kept the pressure up until eventually Olive Kilifi rumbled over for an 80th minute try. This made the score 28-27 with just the game-deciding conversion to come, with which Calvin Whiting made no mistake to steal victory from the jaws of defeat in front of a heartbroken Seattle crowd.

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
June 6, 2021	5:00 pm	Major League Rugby	MLR 2021

Results

Team	Tries	Conversions	Penalty Kick	TB	LB	Points
Seawolves	4	3/3	0/2	1	1	28
Warriors	4	3/4	1/1	1	0	29

Seawolves

#	Player	Position	T	C	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Djustice Sears-Duru 17	Prop	0	0	0	6	0	0
2	James Malcolm	Hooker	0	0	21	15	0	0
3	Tim Metcher 18	Prop	0	0	6	5	0	0
4	Ben Landry 21	Lock	0	0	47	14	0	0
5	Rhyno Herbst 19	Lock	0	0	39	8	0	0
6	Brad Tucker 20	Lock	0	0	18	9	0	0
7	Naulia Dawai	Flanker	1	0	5	16	0	5
8	Riekert Hattingh	Number 8	1	1	60	13	0	7
9	Devereaux Ferris 23	Scrum-half	0	0	0	7	0	0
10	JP Smith	Fly-half	0	0	15	12	0	0
11	Suli Tamaivena	Wing	0	0	76	6	0	0
12	AJ Alatimu	Fly-half	0	3	42	9	3/5	6
13	Ross Neal	Center	2	0	55	7	0	10
14	Lauina Futi	Wing	0	0	63	3	0	0
15	Akihito Yamada	Fullback	0	0	18	4	0	0
16	Mike Shepherd	Hooker	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Huluholo Mo’ungaloa 1	Prop	0	0	17	6	0	0
18	Jake Ilnicki 3	Prop	0	0	3	7	0	0
19	Conor McGill 5	Lock	0	0	0	6	0	0
20	Les Soloai 6	Number 8	0	0	0	5	0	0
21	Tommy Clark 4	Flanker	0	0	0	5	0	0
22	George Barton	Center	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Kieran Joyce 9	Scrum-half	0	0	0	5	0	0
	Total		4	4	485	168	3/5	28

Warriors

#	Player	Position	T	C	P	MG	Tackles	KS/KA	Pts
1	Franco van den Berg 17	Prop	1	0	0	23	5	0	5
2	Tuvere Vugakoto 16	Hooker	0	0	0	32	6	0	0
3	Paul Mullen 18	Prop	0	0	0	5	6	0	0
4	Aston Fortuin 19	Lock	0	0	0	22	8	0	0
5	Matt Jensen	Lock	0	0	0	13	13	0	0
6	Lance Williams 20	Flanker	0	0	0	43	11	0	0
7	Bailey Wilson	Flanker	1	0	0	32	10	0	5
8	Jurie van Vuuren	Number 8	1	0	0	30	16	0	5
9	Michael Baska 21	Fullback	0	0	0	11	6	0	0
10	Calvin Whiting	Center	0	3	1	46	10	4/5	9
11	Josh Whippy 23	Wing	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
12	Derek Ellingson 22	Center	0	0	0	32	4	0	0
13	Tyler Fisher	Center	0	0	0	47	8	0	0
14	Mika Kruse	Center	0	0	0	30	5	0	0
15	Mikey Te’o	Fullback	0	0	0	63	1	0	0
16	Chad Gough 2	Flanker	0	0	0	9	4	0	0
17	Olive Kilifi 1	Prop	1	0	0	27	0	0	5
18	Angus MacLellan 3	Prop	0	0	0	11	1	0	0
19	Saia ‘Uhila 4	Lock	0	0	0	14	1	0	0
20	Mike Gieselman 6	Flanker	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
21	Fraser Hurst 9	Scrum-half	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
22	Hagen Schulte 12	Fly-half	0	0	0	24	1	0	0
23	James Vaifale 11	Wing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		4	3	1	517	122	4/5	29