SaberCatsRecap
The Utah Warriors host the Houston SaberCats at Zions Bank Stadium in one of the most action packed games in Major League Rugby History!
A total of 13 tries saw the Warriors emerge victorious in a 93pt game, by a score of 50-43. This was the 4th time in the 2021 season that a team scored 50+ points, and was the highest scoring game of the 2021 season. As of the conclusion of the 2022 season, this game was still the 5th highest scoring game in MLR history!
Houston fly-half Robbie Povey scored a hattrick in this game, which was the 1st hattrick in Franchise history for the SaberCats, and the 12th hattrick in MLR history!
Details
| Date | Time | League | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 24, 2021 | 7:00 pm | Major League Rugby | MLR 2021 |
Warriors
| # | Player | Position | T | C | P | AC | DG | MG | Tackles | KS/KA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olive Kilifi 17 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Tuvere Vugakoto 16 | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Angus MacLellan 18 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Aston Fortuin | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Matt Jensen 20 | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Thomas Tu’avao 22 | Flanker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Bailey Wilson 19 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Jurie van Vuuren | Number 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Michael Baska 21 | Scrum-half | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Hagen Schulte | Fly-half | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 7/9 | 15 |
| 11 | Joe Mano | Wing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Calvin Whiting | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Tyler Fisher | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Mika Kruse 23 | Wing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 15 | Mikey Te’o | Fullback | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 16 | Chad Gough 2 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Alex Tucci 1 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Paul Mullen 3 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Mike Gieselman 7 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Saia ‘Uhila 5 | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Danny Christensen 9 | Scrum-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Derek Ellingson 6 | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | James Vaifale 14 | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 679 | 181 | 7/9 | 50 |
SaberCats
| # | Player | Position | T | C | P | AC | DG | MG | Tackles | KS/KA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicolás Solveyra 18 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Tiaan Erasmus | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Charlie Connolly 16 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Kody O’Neil | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Lucas Albornoz 19 | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Apisai Tauyavuca 20 | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Cecil Garber | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Diego Magno | Flanker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Nick Boyer | Scrum-half | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Robbie Povey | Fly-half | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Zack Godfrey 23 | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Sam Windsor | Centre | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 8 | 5/6 | 16 |
| 13 | Taylor Howden 22 | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Jake Hidalgo | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Paula Balekana | Wing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Nikoloz Khatiashvili 3 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Patrick Donovan | Hooker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Nik Hildebrand 1 | Prop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Van Stewart 5 | Lock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Adriaan Booysen 6 | Number 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 21 | Zachary Short | Scrum-half | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Max Tacket 13 | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Joe Thomas 11 | Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 853 | 138 | 5/6 | 43 |
Venue
| Zions Bank Stadium |
|---|
| Zions Bank Stadium, South Academy Parkway, Herriman, Salt Lake County, Utah, 84096, United States |