WER 2026 – RD 4: New York Exiles v Denver Onyx

19 v 53

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The defending Champion Denver Onyx travel to New York to face the Exiles at Mt. Vernon Memorial Stadium in a repeat of the 2025 Legacy Cup Final!

These two sides have faced each other more than any teams in WER history, meeting 3 times in total with the Denver Onyx holding a 2-1 series lead. The New York Exiles were the only team to defeat the Onyx during their inaugural season, doing so at home. Will history repeat itself?

This is the first time that these sides have faced each other since the first ever Legacy Cup match, where the Denver Onyx took a commanding 53-13 victory at home. Unfortunately for the Exiles, it was a very similar story, and scoreline, in this one. The Onyx started strong with tries from Caroline Bullock and Soraia Parr within the first 10 minutes, who then both doubled up by the half hour mark. By half time, Denver had scored 7 tries while shutting out the Exiles, and were coasting to the victory with a halftime score of 39-0.

Things only got a little better for the home side in the second half, but not before they got worse. Although the Exiles kept the Onyx out for nearly the first 20 minutes of the second half, Captain Carson Hann bagged her second of the game before New York got on the board. Carly Lehman opened the scoring in the 62nd minute, which was cancelled out by a ninth Denver try 5 minutes later. The Exiles would end strong with a pair of tries in the final 10 minutes, but the damage was done. The Onyx leave the big apple with a 19-53 victory, and improve to 3-1 sat in 2nd place. The exiles mirror the Onyx’s record, falling to 1-3 and remain at the bottom of the standings in 6th.

Details

Date	Time	League	Season
May 31, 2026	2:00 pm	Women's Elite Rugby	WER 2026

Results

Team	Tries	Conversions	Penalty Kick	TB	LB	Points
Exiles	3	2	0	0	0	19
Onyx	9	4	0	1	0	53

Exiles

#	Player	Position	T	C	KS/KA	Pts
1	Nic Carroll 20	Prop	0	0	0	0
2	Carly Lehman	Hooker	1	0	0	5
3	Kathryn Lanzante 16	Prop	0	0	0	0
4	Cari Pick 18	Lock	0	0	0	0
5	Jess Salud 17	Lock	0	0	0	0
6	Adriana Castillo 19	Flanker	0	0	0	0
7	Chloe Jex	Flanker	0	0	0	0
8	Misha Green-Yotts	Number 8	0	0	0	0
9	Maggie Ribardo 22	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0
10	Jetta Owens	Fly-half	0	2	2/3	4
11	Caitlyn Caldon	Wing	0	0	0	0
12	Allysa O’Neill 21	Center	0	0	0	0
13	Sophie Frick	Center	0	0	0	0
14	Erin Walsh 23	Wing	0	0	0	0
15	Eve Mango	Fullback	0	0	0	0
16	Faith Morley 3	Flanker	0	0	0	0
17	Emily Brower 5	Hooker	0	0	0	0
18	Caoimhe O’Sullivan-Roche 4	Hooker	0	0	0	0
19	Tara McWilliams 6	Lock	1	0	0	5
20	Ana van Ravenswaay 1	Flanker	0	0	0	0
21	Mahdia Parker 12	Center	1	0	0	5
22	Sarah Minahan 9	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0
23	Kailynn Hampton 14	Flanker	0	0	0	0
	Total		3	2	2/3	19

Onyx

#	Player	Position	T	C	KS/KA	Pts
1	Laura Lavigne 17	Prop	0	0	0	0
2	Sydney Davis	Hooker	1	0	0	5
3	Sheila Decker 20	Prop	0	0	0	0
4	Caroline Bullock	Lock	2	0	0	10
5	Anna van Dyk 19	Lock	0	0	0	0
6	Madison Sheveland 16	Flanker	0	0	0	0
7	Carson Hann	Flanker	2	0	0	10
8	Joanna Kitlinski	Number 8	0	0	0	0
9	Sadie Schier	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0
10	Alyssa Cunningham	Fly-half	1	4	4/9	13
11	Makayla Wilkins 23	Wing	1	0	0	5
12	Saher Hamdan	Center	0	0	0	0
13	Kiana Lally 21	Center	0	0	0	0
14	Soraia Parr	Wing	2	0	0	10
15	KB Slaughter 22	Fullback	0	0	0	0
16	Gianna Solomon 6	Hooker	0	0	0	0
17	Meghan Tualamali’i 1	Prop	0	0	0	0
18	Evie Oglesby	Prop	0	0	0	0
19	Alexandra Hammon 5	Lock	0	0	0	0
20	Seq’hiya Simmons 3	Lock	0	0	0	0
21	Carly Waters 13	Scrum-half	0	0	0	0
22	Emily Colesworthy 15	Fullback	0	0	0	0
23	Leah Lockerman 11	-	0	0	0	0
	Total		9	4	4/9	53