Sam Boyd Stadium

2020 – RD 2: San Diego Legion v Colorado Raptors

In the final Major League Rugby game held at Sam Boyd Stadium, the San Diego Legion faced the Colorado Raptors in front of the Las Vegas crowd.

The Legion came away with a comfortable 49-22 victory. Interestingly, the Raptors became the 4th team in one weekend to score 22pts with only one of these teams taking a win.

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2020 – RD 2: Toronto Arrows v Houston SaberCats

The Toronto Arrows and Houston SaberCats put on a great rugby spectacle in Vegas when they met at Sam Boyd Stadium.

There was buckets of later drama, with the Arrows led 27-15 with 5 minuters to go when a yellow card to Tomy de la Vega took them down to 14 men. Shortly after this, a converted Houston try took the score to 27-22 with minutes to go and Houston on attack when a high tackle from Toronto lock Mike Sheppard resulted in a red card, sending the Canadian outfit down to 13 men with one play to go.

The ‘Cats kicked to the corner and set up a strong rolling maul that reached and crossed the try line……but the referee ruled that the ball had been held up, and that was the end of the game, with Toronto emerging 27-22 winners.

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2020 – RD 2: Rugby United New York v Austin Gilgronis

In another Major League Rugby game held at Sam Boyd Stadium in las Vegas to celebrate the kick off of the 2020 MLR season, Rugby United New York and the Austin Gilgronis gave the crowd plenty to cheer about with a 11 try game that ultimately went the way of New York.

Austin continue their MLR-record losing streak that dates all the way back to 2018, followed by a 0-16 season in 2019.

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2020 – RD 2: Utah Warriors v New England Free Jacks

The second Major League Rugby game held at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, and the first game of Round 2 of MLR 2020. The Utah Warriors faced the New England Free Jacks, and emerged as 39-33 victors, handing the Free Jacks their first defeat in MLR.

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2020 – RD 1: New England Free Jacks v Rugby United New York

The New England Free Jacks explode onto the MLR scene, with a resounding victory over 2019 semifinalists, Rugby United New York in Las Vegas. Major League Rugby hosted 4 games at San Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas as part of the launch of the 2020 season, this game was the first of those 4, and the only one on the MLR opening weekend to be held in Vegas.

It did not take long for the Free Jacks to record their first franchise MLR points, with Mitch Wilson scoring a try in the 6th minute.

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