MLR Week 15 Wrapup: 41 Canadians in Action, 22 Starters, 19 Reserves; San Diego Leads West, New England Secures 1st Place in East
New England have secured 1st place in the east as they’re 20 points ahead of second place DC with only 3 games remaining. DC, NY, Atlanta and NOLA all still have a chance to claim the two remaining playoff spots. In the west it’s San Diego leading by 5 points over Seattle, with only those two teams in the running for top spot. Houston and Utah are competing for the last remaining playoff spot.
New England 57 – Toronto 20
Andrew Quattrin scored a try for New England. Owain Ruttan was the top tackler for Toronto and Travis Larsen was second.
Seattle 41 – Old Glory 19
Doug Fraser scored a try for DC. Kyle Baillie was 3rd and Grady Bowd 5th in tackles made for DC.
Houston 40 – Chicago 33
Rob Povey scored a try and kicked four conversions for Houston. Povey was also 3rd in running metres for Houston, he also was the only Canadian on the MLR Team of the Week and the first Canadian #10 to be named to the Team of the Week.
Utah 28 – Atlanta 12
San Diego 36 – New York 13
Andrew Coe was second in running metres for NY and third in ball carries.