Houston Homewreckers
Much of the excitement of the MLR's opening weekend surrounded Austin Elite's new venue at Dell Diamond. The Sabercats spoiled the festivities with the 20-21 narrow victory adding fuel to the budding rivalry.
#MLRugby 2019 opening-weekend action ???
— Major League Rugby (@usmlr) January 27, 2019
?: @nlsalinas12 pic.twitter.com/Kq9Qfk9ERa
Amazing effort from the squad last night to pull away with a win against @Austin_E_Rugby . What a way to start the #MajorLeagueRugby. We’re brining it this year #Houston ??
— Houston SaberCats (@Hou_Sabercats) January 27, 2019
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?: Norma Salinas
—#JoinTheUncaged #MLRugby #Houston pic.twitter.com/JbCJgE7sEG
Toronto's First Try
The inaugural try for the Toronto Arrow's MLR debut goes to the Canadian 7s legend John Moonlight. Moonlight is used to the space of 7s, but on Saturday he wore the 7 jersey for the fifteens squad and made a nice spin move in tight quarters for the try.
The Toulouse Tumble
So two really interesting things happened here. First, Filipo Nakosi chipped the ball, recovered it, and tumbled in for the try as time expired to win the match. Much of the buzz around this play came from Stade Francais fans' criticism of their fly half, Jules Plisson, and his poor defensive effort on the play.
French rugby for you, watch Jules Plisson jogging when the game is on the line allowing Nakosi to score the winner for Toulon!! pic.twitter.com/wi60iLguWd
— Andy Goode (@AndyGoode10) January 27, 2019
Savvy Southern Kings
A rugby ball is not small and this man is palming it at top speed. This offload looks like it happens in slow-motion because of the pace at which the two Southern Kings are moving.
How's your offload game? Not as good as this guy's. Get the FloRugby app to watch @PRO14Official games all season in Latin America, Spain, Portugal, France, Middle East, and North Africa. https://t.co/7yF7uE7P65 pic.twitter.com/vSeJ3dODA9
— FloRugby (@FloRugby) January 27, 2019
First Class Fiji
The USA made another cup final, but were no match for this Fiji side or crowd. This is a classic Fiji play with multiple no look offloads in the blindside channel. Tuwai jogging in for a try with a sea of Fiji fans makes for one of those beautiful moments in sports. We'll be seeing these clips for years to come.
WORLD CLASS OFFLOADING
— World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) January 27, 2019
Let's just take a minute to appreciate just how good this try was from @fijirugby pic.twitter.com/Wu9USmpSDL
In front of a sea of Fiji fans, Jerry Tuwai runs it in. pic.twitter.com/pYijxLAlTG
— World Rugby Sevens (@WorldRugby7s) January 27, 2019