Match Thread: 2023 Championship | July 8th @ 3:00 PM Eastern
Match Thread: 2023 Championship | July 8th @ 3:00 PM Eastern
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 |
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Good first half! Match is close, plenty of turnovers keeping every pass interesting. Looking forward to the second half!
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.
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Super impressive try. Couldn't believe he got the ball down before his knee hit in touch
The Flying Fijian!
What an exciting half. Can't ask for much more in a championship match.
Conradie made that run look easy.
Let's see the replay a couple more times. Not because the try call was questionable, just to revel in that close by Balekana.
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.
Really miss Balekana down here in Houston
Free Jacks should have brought Rene Rancourt from Boston for the anthem.
That was a b-e-a-utiful offload!
that was crazy
The exponential improvement in teams' kicking games since the start of MLR is impressive.
Balekana brings the BOOM
I hope he scores today.
Seeing it on Lemmy.world.
gracias amigo!
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.
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?
What is that, the third mishandle turnover by Nonu?
If he had any one of those back, the outcome could have been SD on top. What a match.
Another mishandling turnover by Legion!
Appreciate the level of technical commentary here; pointing out Wilson shifting up to Potroz's spot to take some of the beatings.
agree. hope they can have more like it on a regular basis next season.
Another blocked kick. People were speaking some concerns for NE's starting forward pack put they're not slouching.
San Diego is just making so many mistakes.
Ha, I feel the same about NEFJ. Clean it up! Says the person sipping a drink from their air conditioned living room.
And then they do that! Try Augspurger!
Is that guy unconscious?
oh there he goes.
off the field now though.
I love clutch defensive tackles like that one on MacDonald! And then those diving touch line tries like Balekana!
Huzzah!
Huh? I thought MLR didn't allow for more than one scrum reset.
Yeah I was thinking the same. I wonder if SDL ownership will file a complaint or inquiry.
Two minutes left. Does San Diego goof or does NE get a penalty?
Ope, San Diego goofs.
and at a time when a drop goal would get them back in the lead.
That was a huge gap to leave open for Malan that close to the try line.