With the federation lags we've been seeing, I'm posting this early and will fill in details as game day approaches.
Standings: San Diego 1st in West (15-1-0, 74 pts), New England 1st in East (14-2-0, 68 pts)
Kickoff: 3:00 PM Eastern, 12:00 PM Pacific
Location: Seat Geek Stadium, Bridgeview, Il
Where to watch: Fox TV, The Rugby Network
Referee: Joe James
Assistant Refs: Cam Stone, Lex Weiner
TMO: Nick Hannon
Lineup
| Legion | Pos | Free Jacks |
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| Pifeleti | 1 | Kianu Kereru-Symes |
| Malolo | 2 | Andrew Quattrin |
| Green | 3 | Joel Hintz |
| Grant | 4 | Semisi Paea |
| Franklin | 5 | Conor Keys |
| Poidevin | 6 | Mitch Jacobson (C) |
| Ma'afu Afungia | 7 | Joe Johnston |
| Tameilau | 8 | Wian Conradie |
| Judd | 9 | John Poland |
| Hooley | 10 | Jayson Potroz |
| Augspurger (VC) | 11 | Paula Balekana |
| Nonu | 12 | Le Roux Malan |
| Brache (C) | 13 | Ben LeSage |
| Aoake | 14 | Mitch Wilson |
| Te'o | 15 | Reece MacDonald |
| Klein | 16 | Mills Sanerivi |
| Sylvia | 17 | Kyle Ciquera |
| Barumann | 18 | Cole Keith |
| Turori | 19 | Sam Fischli |
| Ross | 20 | Cam Davidowicz |
| Smith | 21 | Holden Yungert |
| Henderson | 22 | Spencer Jones |
| Matyas | 23 | Zach Bastres |
#USMLR #rugby
56 Comments
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
Good first half! Match is close, plenty of turnovers keeping every pass interesting. Looking forward to the second half!
Fridge@lemmy.one · 3 pts · 3y
Let's see the replay a couple more times. Not because the try call was questionable, just to revel in that close by Balekana.
Fridge@lemmy.one · 3 pts · 3y
What an exciting half. Can't ask for much more in a championship match.
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Conradie made that run look easy.
WingedThing@lemmy.one · 3 pts · 3y
Super impressive try. Couldn't believe he got the ball down before his knee hit in touch
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
The Flying Fijian!
baronvonj@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y
Well post has been up for two days and still don't see it on lemmy.one or sh.itjust.works. Paging a few regulars to get it sent out.
@Fridge@lemmy.one @8ohighdef@sh.itjust.works
Fridge@lemmy.one · 2 pts · 3y
Checking in from Lemmy.one
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
trying another account over there @baronvonj@sh.itjust.works
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Free Jacks should have brought Rene Rancourt from Boston for the anthem.
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
That was a b-e-a-utiful offload!
Bobbboberson@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Seeing it on Lemmy.world.
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
gracias amigo!
Fridge@lemmy.one · 2 pts · 3y
The exponential improvement in teams' kicking games since the start of MLR is impressive.
Fridge@lemmy.one · 2 pts · 3y
Balekana brings the BOOM
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
I hope he scores today.
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
well, not the result I wanted but it was a great match to the end
San Diego is no 0-2 in the championship, the league's first cursed team?
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Really miss Balekana down here in Houston
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
that was crazy
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
I have to say I'm quite surprised to see Scott Green had no appointments for the entire 2023 playoff season! Just glad we don't have Anselmi helming the final.
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
I wasn't expecting this, but apparently the match is streaming on https://foxsports.com/live after all! In addition to breaking out an antenna there's also free trials of a multitude of streaming services such as DirecTV Stream, Fubo, Hulu+Live, Sling, YouTubeTV, and I'm sure plenty more.
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
What is that, the third mishandle turnover by Nonu?
Fridge@lemmy.one · 2 pts · 3y
If he had any one of those back, the outcome could have been SD on top. What a match.
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Another mishandling turnover by Legion!
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Is that guy unconscious?
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
oh there he goes.
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
off the field now though.
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
San Diego is just making so many mistakes.
Fridge@lemmy.one · 2 pts · 3y
Ha, I feel the same about NEFJ. Clean it up! Says the person sipping a drink from their air conditioned living room.
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
And then they do that! Try Augspurger!
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
That was a huge gap to leave open for Malan that close to the try line.
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Another blocked kick. People were speaking some concerns for NE's starting forward pack put they're not slouching.
Fridge@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y
Let's go, FreeJacks!
Fridge@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y
Wooot, ::: spoiler spoiler Potroz getting his kick blocked ::: wasn't the start I was hoping for but making up for it.
Fridge@lemmy.one · 2 pts · 3y
spoiler tags are weird here. I had to edit that comment a good half dozen times
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Appreciate the effort there, I think I'll refine the spoilers rule though, to no spoilers in post titles/bodies. Anybody clicking into a match thread, especially during the match, should be expecting spoilers within I think.
Fridge@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y
Lol, fair. It was mostly to try out their spoiler tag formatting. I don't really like it from the browser, will have to see what it looks like from mobile apps later.
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
not very good on LiftOff, appears to just be showing the text literally, ignoring the spoiler markdown entirely.
Fridge@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y
The Connect app is ignoring the spoiler tags too. And Jerboa too. Bummer.
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
That sucks. I'm surprised to hear Jerboa too, since main developer works on Lemmy itself too.
Fridge@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y
Two minutes left. Does San Diego goof or does NE get a penalty?
Fridge@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y
Ope, San Diego goofs.
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
and at a time when a drop goal would get them back in the lead.
Fridge@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y
Appreciate the level of technical commentary here; pointing out Wilson shifting up to Potroz's spot to take some of the beatings.
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
agree. hope they can have more like it on a regular basis next season.
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
I love clutch defensive tackles like that one on MacDonald! And then those diving touch line tries like Balekana!
Fridge@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y
Huh? I thought MLR didn't allow for more than one scrum reset.
baronvonj@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Yeah I was thinking the same. I wonder if SDL ownership will file a complaint or inquiry.
Fridge@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y
Huzzah!