WER 2025 – RD 12: Denver Onyx v Twin Cities Gemini

The Twin Cities Gemini travel to Colorado to face the Denver Onyx at Infinity Park during Round 12 of the Inaugural Women’s Elite Rugby season!

The travelling TC Gemini come into this game sitting 5th in the standings with a 3-5 record. They are coming off a fiercely contested 12-10 victory over the Chicago tempest, and will be desperate to close the gap to the 3rd placed Boston Banshees with only a few weeks left in the competition. The Denver Onyx lead the league with a 7-1 record entering this game, but fluffed their lines and were handed their first defeat of the season by the New York Exiles in their previous game. They will be looking to bounce back and continue to assert their dominance over the rest of WER. These teams have met once previously, when the Onyx took a 19-38 victory on the road back in Round 8.

It was clear that, having suffered their first loss of the season last week, the Onyx were out for blood and unfortunately for the TC Gemini, they were in the way. An enormous, 11-try, 75-14 victory helped the Onyx to blow off some steam. Denver’s total of 75pts scored is a new WER record, as did the winning margin of 61pts and the try total of 11. The Onyx prove that last week was just a blip, and they shouldn’t be messed with.

WER 2025 – Round 10: Denver Onyx v Boston Banshees

The Boston Banshees travel to Colorado to face the undefeated Denver Onyx at Infinity Park during Round 10 of WER’s inaugural season!

The Onyx sit 1st in the league heading into Round 10 with an incredible +258 points differential. They are coming off a 19-38 road victory over the TC Gemini and are looking to push their win streak to 7 games. The Banshees sit 2nd in the league with +117 points differential in 1 more game than Denver, and would love to leapfrog them into first. They are coming off of a big 49-12 home victory over the Chicago Tempest.

These teams have met once in the past when the Onyx secured a 7-25 victory in Boston. This is the lowest points total by the Onyx all year, however they had no such issues in this one. The Onyx racked up a 53-21 victory that included 4 tries from Erica Coulibaly to continue their 2025 dominance.

WER 2025 – Rd 4: Denver Onyx v Chicago Tempest

The Denver Onyx host the Chicago Tempest at Infinity Park in Colorado to kick off Round 4 of WER’s inaugural season! The Onyx come into this match unbeaten and averaging 62.5pts scored per game, with a 125-14 points differential after only 2 games. The Tempest are still looking for their elusive first WER victory, sitting at the bottom of the standings with a 0-3 record.

Unfortunately, the Tempest will have to keep waiting for that first victory as the Onyx ran riot in front of a home crowd. a final score of 76-7 sets new records for the most points by a side (76), most tries by a side (12), and largest winning margin (69pts) in WER history. Denver’s unbeated run continues, with an incredible points difference of +180 (201-21).

Denver Onyx flanker Tahlia Brody recorded her first career WER hat trick in this game, scoring 3 of Denver’s 12 tries.

WER 2025 – RD 3: Denver Onyx v New York Exiles

The inaugural Women’s Elite Rugby season continues, with the Denver Onyx hosting the New York Exiles at Infinity Park in Colorado. This is the first ever meeting between these sides.

With a dominant 62-7 victory, the Onyx pass 100pts scored on the season in only 2 games played, scoring over 60pts for the 2nd game in a row. The average scoreline for a Denver Onyx game is 62.5-7 after this match.

WER 2025 – RD 2: Denver Onyx v Bay Breakers

The Denver Onyx host the Bay Breakers as both teams play their first match of the inaugural Women’s Elite Rugby (WER) season in 2025!

Featuring a handful of capped USA Eagles on each side, it was the Denver Onyx who got their inaugural season off to a flying start, with a big 63-7 victory over the Bay Breakers. This sets new WER single-game records for most points by a team (63), most tries by a team (9), and biggest winning margin (56pts). McKenzie Hawkins also set a WER record for most successful kicks in a single game, going 8/8 from the tee!

2020 – RD 5: Colorado Raptors v Toronto Arrows

The Toronto Arrows travel to Infinity Park with a 4-0 record on the season, to take on the Colorado Raptors.

The Raptors emerged victorious in an error-riddled game for both sides. Robbie Petzer nailed a 76th minute penalty to give the Raptors a narrow lead that they held on to for a 22-19 victory, handing the Arrows their first defeat of the 2020 Major League Rugby season.

This game turned 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. This game proved to be the last ever MLR game for the Raptors, who announced on April 9, 2020 that they would be pulling out of the competition effective May 2, 2020.

2020 – RD 4: Colorado Raptors v Utah Warriors

The Colorado Raptors hold on to claim their first victory of the 2020 Major League Rugby season against the Utah Warriors at Infinity Park.

2 late converted scores from the Warriors was not enough to overcome the 22pt deficit that the Raptors had amassed throughout the game and a winning margin of 8pts means that Utah didn’t even come away with a losing BP.

2020 – RD 3: Colorado Raptors v NOLA Gold

2019 – RD 17: Glendale Raptors v Seattle Seawolves

2019 – RD 15: Glendale Raptors v Utah Warriors

The Glendale Raptors demolish the Utah Warriors in front of a home crowd at Infinity Park. This game tied the MLR record for points scored by a single side in an MLR game (64), after the Toronto Arrows set the record a few weeks earlier. This also tied the record for the most tries scored by a team in a game (9).

Robbie Petzer was the standout for the Raptors, scoring his first MLR hattrick and the 3rd hattrick in Franchise History. Along with his 3 tries, Petzer went 9/10 from the tee for a total of 34pts in this game alone. At the conclusion of the 2023 season, this is still by far the most points scored by a single player in a MLR game.