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2025 – RD 5: Chicago Hounds v Old Glory DC

An Eastern Conference clash sees the Chicago Hounds host Old Glory DC at Seatgeek Stadium in Round 5 of the 2025 Major League Rugby season.

Both sides are coming off of victories over Eastern Conference rivals, with the Hounds defeating the Miami Sharks by a score of 18-31 on the road, and Old Glory DC squeaking past an improving Anthem RC side, 26-22. These teams have met 3 times in the past, and Old Glory having won 2 of the previous meetings with the third a 22-22 draw early last season. The most recent meeting was almost the same, but the Flags took a 21-22 victory on the back of 11pts by Canadian Gradyn Bowd.

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2025 – RD 3: Chicago Hounds v New England Free Jacks

The New England Free Jacks travel to Chicago fresh off a bye week to face the Hounds in an Eastern Conference clash, and repeat of the 2024 Eastern Conference Final. The Hounds are looking to bounce back after a loss to the Utah Warriors.

These teams have met 4 times in the past, with the Free Jacks holding a 3-1 series lead. Their last meeting was a phenomenal game in the Eastern Conference Final, where the Hounds fell narrowly, 23-17. The Hounds would redeem themselves in this game, however.

The Chicago Hounds had the measure of the Free Jacks for almost the entire 80 minutes. A early penalty by Adriaan Carelse and Penalty Try gave them a 10-0 lead, which would have been enough. Winger Michael Hand scored his first try for the Hounds shortly after to extend the lead to 15-0, which is how things stayed for most of the game. Chicago Flanker Mason Flesch was handed a yellow card which could have let the Free Jacks back into the game, but they struggled to get anything going and when they did, the Hounds defence was up to the task.

Two or three try-saving tackles kept the donut on the board for New England through the half-time break, and as the Hounds started to click the Free Jacks were shown two yellow cards in quick succession to reduce them to 13 men, the second of which also conceded a 2nd penalty try to bury them even deeper. The Hounds were able to add a 4th try relatively easily through Ollie Devoto, before the New England Free Jacks finally found a gap and Jayson Potroz went through for an auto-7pt consolation score. Noah Brown would add an opportunistic score in the final minutes to balloon the final score to 36-7 for Chicago, who move to 2-1 on the season. A battered Free Jacks side fall to 1-1, the bye week seemingly more of a disadvantage than anything.

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2025 – RD 2: Chicago Hounds v Utah Warriors

After sitting through a bye in Round 1, the Utah Warriors finally get their 2025 season underway on the road against the Chicago Hounds. The Hounds are fresh off an upset victory over the Houston SaberCats on the road, and now face another Western Conference opponent in the Warriors, who will be looking to return to winning ways after a disappointing 2024 where they missed the playoffs.

These sides have met three times prior to this game, with the Utah Warriors holding a 2-1 lead in this match up. The previous meeting between these two teams was in Round 2 of the 2024 season, when the Warriors came away as 29-15 winners at Zion’s Bank. Of note, This was the 100th game for Chicago Hounds hooker Dylan Fawsitt, who became the first player in Major League Rugby history to reach 100 appearances in the competition. Unfortunately for Fawsitt and the Hounds, the Utah Warriors caught them napping early in the game, with tries from Liam Coltman and Blake Makiri giving the Warriors a 0-14 lead within 7 minutes. Chicago would hit back with a Nate Augspurger try, but the Warriors would respond immediately with a Joe Mano score from a perfect crossfield kick from D’Angelo Leuila.

From the 15 minute mark, it seemed at though the Hounds had woken up. Tries from Mason Flesch and Dylan Fawsitt on his 100th MLR cap drew the game level for a 28-28 half time score, with both teams already locking up the try bonus point. Mitch Short would give the Warriors their first lead early in the 2nd half, before Charlie Abel was handed a controversial red card that halted Chicago’s momentum. The Warriors took advantage, scoring 2 tries while a man up, before sealing the deal with Joe Mano’s 2nd score right at the end. The Warriors get their 2025 season off to a perfect start, while the Hounds suffer a 2nd red card in as many games, and move to 1-1.

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2024 – RD 18: Chicago Hounds v Miami Sharks

The Chicago Hounds finish their 2024 Regular Season by hosting the Miami Sharks at Seatgeek Stadium during the Hounds’ ‘Dawg Town’ Block Party.

The Hounds emerged as 38-26 victors to lock in the 3rd seed in the Eastern Conference. Dylan Fawsitt scored a brace to take his 2024 total up to 12 tries, and the Hounds are now locked in to playing the NOLA Gold in the 2024 QFs.

The Miami Sharks’ inaugural season comes to an end, having failed to qualify for the playoffs but enjoyed an impressive first year ending with a 6-10 record including a shock victory over the reigning champion Free Jacks.

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2024 – RD 16: Chicago Hounds v San Diego Legion

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2024 – RD 13: Chicago Hounds v NOLA Gold

The Chicago Hounds host the NOLA Gold at Seatgeek Stadium in an Eastern Conference clash.

Avenging their defeat at the Gold Mine earlier in the season, the Gold deliver a 13-25 defeat to the Hounds to solidify their position as #2 in the East, now trailing the New England Free Jacks by a single point.

The Hounds and the Gold split the season series, both defeating the other by comfortable margins on the road.

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2024 – RD 11: Chicago Hounds v Old Glory DC

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2024 – RD 8: Chicago Hounds v Rugby FC LA

Rugby FC LA travel to Illinois to face the Chicago Hounds at Seatgeek Stadium in a cross-conference clash during Round 8 of the 2024 MLR season.

The Hounds started quick as they have done many times this season, scoring through Nate Augspurger just 2 minutes in, before Ben Lendry rumbled over for a 7-pointer in the 11th minute, and Dylan Fawsitt picked up his 6th try in his last 3 games in the 16th minute before RFCLA had even woken up. Once they found their footing, LA hit back with two tries of their own through Rory van Vugt & Dan Hollinshead, but Ben Landry secured his 2nd of the game a few minutes before HT to give the Hounds a 26-12 lead at the break.

The 2nd half started pretty calm, with both sides evaluating their opponents defence and launching some probing attacks, before Niall Saunders darted through a gap at the breakdown for another 7-pointer for LA to reduce their deficit to 7pts. A few minutes later, Chicago hit back with a 1-2 punch from wingers Nate Augspurger and Noah Brown within a minute of each other, and a hard hitting try from Mason Flesch 10 minutes later put the game beyond reach for LA, now trailing 47-19. While the game may have been over, LA did not admit defeat. A Semi Kunatani run found paydirt for another 7-pointer, and Jack Shaw dotted down late to make the score a more respectable 47-31, before Nate Augspurger found his hattrick try at the death to take the Hounds over 50pts for the 2nd week in a row.

The Hounds take this one 54-31, recording back-to-back home victories and 3 wins in a row. They now sit at 4 wins on the season, setting a club record and passing the 3 wins they achieved in the whole of the 2023 season.

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2024 – RD 7: Chicago Hounds v Anthem RC

Anthem RC travel to the windy city to face the Chicago Hounds at Seatgeek Stadium in an Eastern Conference clash during Round 7 of the 2024 season.

The Hounds started strong and fast, racing out to a 26-0 lead and securing the Try BP just after the 1st half hydration break. This was the exact position that they were in against the Seattle Seawolves a few weeks previous, before the Seawolves fought back to win decisively. This would have no doubt played on the Hounds’ minds as Anthem got themselves into the game with two tries before half-time both heavily involving Te Rangatira Waitokia, a clear standout for the Charlotte outfit. Dylan ‘The Butcher’ Fawsitt struck back on the stroke of HT for a first-half hattrick (the 38th in MLR history, 2nd for the Hounds and, amazingly the first of Fawsitt’s MLR career) to swing the momentum back towards the hosts.

As has been a problem for Anthem so far this season, they began to tail off as the game went on. Jason Higgins scored the 2nd hattrick of his MLR career for the Hounds as they ran rampant in the 2nd half, becoming the first player in MLR history to score hattricks for 2 different teams (San Diego & Chicago)! Anthem did dot down twice more to secure a try BP of their own, but it was the Hounds’ day as they racked up 9 tries in total en route to a 59-26 victory, their first at home in over a year.

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2024 – RD 5: Chicago Hounds v Seattle Seawolves

The Seattle Seawolves travel to Illinois to face the Chicago Hounds at Seatgeek Stadium.

This game was a true tale of two halves. The hosts got on the board early through rookie Noah Brown for the first of his two, adding an interception for his 2nd of the game as the Hounds romped to a 26-0 lead within half an hour. The Seattle Seawolves, initially shellshocked but the Chicago offence, recovered to dot down twice before the half to bring the score to 26-12. The 2nd half scoring was all Seattle, scoring in total 34 unanswered points to take a 26-34 victory.

The Hounds will be bitterly disappointed to have lost the momentum from an excellent opening 30, and to not even come away with a losing BP is a real gut punch for the Eastern Conference side, who still seem to be struggling to get things in gear for a full 80.

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