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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Let’s see the replay a couple more times. Not because the try call was questionable, just to revel in that close by Balekana.
Good first half! Match is close, plenty of turnovers keeping every pass interesting. Looking forward to the second half!
What an exciting half. Can’t ask for much more in a championship match.
Super impressive try. Couldn’t believe he got the ball down before his knee hit in touch
The Flying Fijian!
Conradie made that run look easy.
Balekana brings the BOOM
I hope he scores today.
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.
Free Jacks should have brought Rene Rancourt from Boston for the anthem.
That was a b-e-a-utiful offload!
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?
The exponential improvement in teams’ kicking games since the start of MLR is impressive.
Really miss Balekana down here in Houston
Is that guy unconscious?
oh there he goes.
off the field now though.
Another blocked kick. People were speaking some concerns for NE’s starting forward pack put they’re not slouching.
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.
