MLR Week 9 Wrapup: 35 Canadians in Action, 23 Starters, 12 Reserves; San Diego Leads West, New England Tops East
San Diego have gone top of the standings in the West with Houston, Seattle and Utah giving chase. In the East, New England continues to lead with NY, Atlanta and DC in the chasing pack.
San Diego 48 – Chicago 24
Jason Higgins got his first start for San Diego at scrum half.
Djustice Sears-Duru San Diego Legion R
Jason Higgins San Diego Legion S
DC 42 – New York 31
The second start at #10 for Grady Bowd at DC. Andrew Coe led NY in running and kicking metres, plus scored a try.
Cali Martinez Old Glory DC R
Gradyn Bowd Old Glory DC S
Quinn Ngawati New York Ironworkers S
Andrew Coe New York Ironworkers S
Utah 41 – Seattle 35
Nakai Penny was 3rd on the top tacklers for Seattle with 16 tackles.
Nakai Penny Seattle Seawolves S
Houston 33 – Dallas 21
Liam Murray Dallas Jackals S
Dewald Kotze Dallas Jackals R
Kyle Steeves Dallas Jackals S
Atlanta 23 – New Orleans 7
Matt Heaton was 2nd on the top tacklers for Atlanta with 14 tackles.
Matt Heaton Rugby Atlanta S
Eric Howard New Orleans Gold R
New England 80 – Toronto 5
Lucas Rumball was top tackler for Toronto with 12 tackles. Conor Keys was 2nd in tackles for New England with 13 tackles. Isaac Olson was 3rd in running metres for New England, remarkable since he was a sub. Andrew Quattrin was the only Canadian to make the MLR Team of the Week.
Cole Keith New England Free Jacks S
Spencer Jones New England Free Jacks S
Foster DeWitt New England Free Jacks R
Andrew Quattrin New England Free Jacks S
Conor Keys New England Free Jacks S
Reegan O’Gorman New England Free Jacks R
Ben LeSage New England Free Jacks S
Isaac Olson New England Free Jacks R
Mason Flesch Toronto Arrows S
Lucas Rumball Toronto Arrows S
Ross Braude Toronto Arrows S
Mitch Richardson Toronto Arrows S
Jack McRogers Toronto Arrows R
Mike Sheppard Toronto Arrows S
Adrian Wadden Toronto Arrows S
Shane O’Leary Toronto Arrows S
Nik Hildebrand Toronto Arrows R
James O’Neill Toronto Arrows R
Kobe Faust Toronto Arrows R
Dawson Fatoric Toronto Arrows S
Will Grant Toronto Arrows R
D’Shawn Bowen Toronto Arrows S
Peter Nelson Toronto Arrows S