The TC Gemini travel to the west coast to face the Bay Breakers at Heart Health Park in Sacramento during Round 10 of the 2026 WER season!

Both the Gemini and the Breakers finish their 2026 regular seasons with this game, having previously met in Round 3 at TCO Stadium where the Gemini earned a big 42-10 victory at home to take a 2-1 lead in the all-time series. These two sides have been almost neck and neck for most of the 2026 WER season, and enter this game separated by just 3pts. The Banshees have the upper hand in 2nd place with a 7-2 record and are playing at home, while the Gemini are in 3rd with a 6-3 record but got the better of the Banshees in their first meeting this season, as already mentioned. The winner of this game will likely claim the 2nd place spot in the standings and with it, a spot in the 2026 Legacy Cup where they will face the defending champion Denver Onyx in Colorado on 8th August.

It was obvious that both sides were playing cautiously, knowing what is on the line and not wanting to give their opponents an opportunity. Unusually for WER, the first 10 minutes went by without a score but in the 14th minute, the Gemini opened the scoring through Sophie Pyrz, giving them a 0-5 lead in this crucial game. This would be the only score of the half for the Twin Cities, however. The Bay Breakers would cancel out Pyrz’s score just after the 20 minute mark, with Olivia Bernadel-Huey converting her own score to give the Breakers a 7-5 lead, before Roxelle Thomas extended that lead to 12-5 a few minutes later. Although the Gemini quickly rallied from this 2-score swing, the Breakers kept the scoreboard moving with a pair of successful penalties (rarely used in WER) from Bernadel-Huey right before the half, giving the hosts a commanding 18-5 lead at the break.

As with the first half, the second half began as a stalemate. Knowing that they could’ve afford to go further behind, the Gemini did a good job of stifling the Bay Breakers but with the clock not on their side, the hosts seems almost content to sit back and let the Gemini come to them, which they eventually did. Almost 20 minutes into the second half, the Gemini bagged a second score through Serena Liu to cut the deficit to 18-10, but a dagger from the Bay Breakers Ari Jurkowski just 2 minutes later cancelled this score out and with another conversion from Bernadel-Huey, the Gemini found themselves further behind than before Liu’s score, now trailing 25-10 with less than 20 minutes to go. At the 69 minute mark, WER top scorer Chloe Headland dotted down and the Canadian converted her own score to cut the lead to 25-17, but the TC Gemini were unable to shift the scoreboard any more, falling to the Bay Breakers in their final game of the season.

For the second year in a row, the Bay Breakers and TC Gemini split the regular season series but it’s the Breakers that take the spoils, improving to 8-2 and securing the 2nd spot to earn their first Legacy Cup appearance, where they will face the Denver Onyx on 8th August. The scoreline is a little deceptive here, with the Breakers seeming in control for the majority of the game. The TC Gemini finish their 2026 campaign in 3rd place with a strong 6-4 record, much improved from the 2025 campaign and fighting for a Legacy Cup spot for the entire season.

The New York Exiles travel across the country to face the Bay Breakers at Heart Health Park during Round 9 of the 2026 WER season.

This is the second meeting of the season between these sides following a Round 2 clash at Mount Vernon Memorial Stadium in which the Breakers took a dominant 12-46 victory on the road. Now entering this game with a 3-0 all-time series lead over the Exiles, the Bay Breakers are pushing for a spot in the Legacy Cup and need a win here to keep that push alive. They currently sit in 3rd with a 6-2 record and just 1pt behind the TC Gemini, but with the Gemini facing the 1st placed Denver Onyx, a bonus point win here would jump the Bay Breakers up to at least 2nd. The New York Exiles sit somewhat in limbo. 4th placed coming into this game with a 3-5 record, they sit 8pts ahead of the 5th played Boston Banshees, and 17pts behind the Breakers above them. A win would secure them 4th place for the 2026 season, but they have already been eliminated from Legacy Cup contention.

The Bay Breakers exploded out of the games, and Laura Thacker opened the scoring after only a minute before Celine Liulamaga added a 2nd after 5 minutes. By the time that the New York Exiles got on the board through a 23rd minute try by Misha Green-Yotts, the Breakers had already secured the bonus point and added a 5th try shortly afterwards. By the half-time break, the Breakers were up 34-7, and that deficit proved insurmountable for the New York Exiles. The second half was closer at 12-7, but still belonged to the Breakers who finished the game with a dominant 46-14 victory, almost identical to the first meeting of the season between these teams.

This marked the Bay Breakers’ 4th straight victory over the Exiles and keeps their hunt for a spot in the Legacy Cup alive. With the TC Gemini and Denver Onyx meeting this weekend, this pushes the Bay up to at least 2nd. The New York Exiles fall to 3-6 but remain in 4th, and will face the Boston Banshees next week to determine who will finish in 4th following the Banshees victory earlier this weekend.

The Bay Breakers host the Boston Banshees in the second ‘Battle of the B’s’ of the 2026 WER season, this time at Heart Health Stadium in Sacramento, CA!

These teams last met at Veteran’s Memorial Stadium in Quincy, MA back in Round 5 when the Breakers took a 25-40 home victory. This is the 4th meeting between these sides, with the Breakers holding a 2-1 series lead heading into the game. The travelling Banshees are sat on a 1-5 record in 5th place, just a single point up on the Chicago Tempest and with the end of the season in sight, they will be eager to get a win and starting moving up that table. The Breakers on the other hand, are at the top of the table with a 5-1 record but are in a 3-way fight with the TC Gemini and Denver Onyx, both of whom won their games this weekend so the Breakers need a win to hold on to the top spot.

Unlike many games of the WER season so far, this one got off to a slow start. The Banshees opened the scoring through Lauryn Carlton after 16 minutes, and held a 0-7 lead for all of 3 minutes before the Breakers hit back with a try of their own from Emily Nelson. The score stayed at 7-7 until the half hour mark when the Breakers took their first lead of the game, and extended it to 19-7 through Nikki Lynch on the stroke of half-time. The start of the 2nd half was all Breakers, scoring 3 tries between the restart and the hydration break to race out to a 38-7 lead before the Banshees got on the board again in the 63rd minute, but by this point the hosts were in full control. A pair of tries from Tapaita Satini sandwiched a Banshees try from Canadian Natalie Armatage in the final 13 minutes, and to put the game to bed, Nikki Lynch scored her 3rd try of the game on the final play to secure her hat trick in a big 57-19 win for the Breakers.

The Bay Breakers retain 1st place in the WER standings heading into the international break, improving to 6-1 on the season so far. The Boston Banshees record mirrors this, falling to 1-6 but staying ahead of the Tempest, they remain 5th.

The Bay Breakers host the travelling Chicago Tempest at Heart Health Park in Sacramento during Round 4 of the 2026 WER season!

The Bay Breakers come into this game with a 2-0 all time record against the Tempest, with the most recent meeting coming in Round 12 of the 2025 season when they recorded a 45-21 victory, also at home albeit down in Lodi, CA.

The Tempest’s woes against the Breakers would continue in their third ever meeting. The on-form Breakers opened the scoring in the first minute through Taina Tukuafu and never looked back. They were 21-0 up by the 10 minute mark and the reeling Tempest did rally and open their account after 15 minutes through fly-half Chloe Runge, starting a small alternation of rapid scoring, with the Breakers securing the try BP a few minutes later before Kaylee Westmoreland scored a second for Chicago in the 23rd minute. At this point, the Breakers pulled away with another 3 tries before the half time break, taking a  47-12 lead into the sheds.

The second half started calmer, with the Tempest able to hold off the Breakers for almost the first 20 minutes, but unable to add any score of their own. The floodgates eventually opened once again though, with another 3 scores for the Breakers in the 10 minutes from 58 to 68, before Katie Lohaus and the Tempest were able to get the final score of the day, but it was far too late. The league-leading Breakers take a huge 66-17 victory and remain at the top of the standings. The Tempest were unable to salvage a point, but stay just ahead of the NY Exiles in 5th place.

The Bay Breakers host the Denver Onyx as both teams kick off their 2026 WER campaigns at Heart Health Stadium in Sacramento!

This game marks the first WER game held at Heart Health Stadium as the reigning champion Denver Onyx start their title defence campaign on the road. The Onyx recorded a near-flawless inaugural season with a 9-1 regular season record, surely looking to at least equal that in WER’s 2nd campaign. The Bay Breakers finished 3rd in 2025 with a 6-4 record just a single point behind the New York Exiles and a chance to fight for the Legacy Cup. After coming so close last season, the Breakers will look to improve on their 32pts from last year.

The Denver Onyx hold a 2-0 lead in the series between these two franchises, with the most recent meeting a 17-40 road victory for the Onyx. How will the Breakers fare this time around?

The answer, it turns out, is far better than last season. The defending champions stumble out of the starting blocks and fall 36-19 to the Bay Breakers on the road, with the hosts picking up a bonus point victory while failing to allow the Onyx to do the same. This is the first time the Breakers have defeated the Onyx, with Denver suffering just their 2nd loss ever to kick off the 2026 season.