RFC Los Angeles is in the Major League Rugby Western Conference and plays at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California. Their head coach is Steve Brett and the captain is Niall Saunders.
RFC Los Angeles Players with Article Links
The team has 11 international player spots (Players names Bolded)
- Prop: Alessandro Heaney, Dane Zander, Sam Buckley, Alex Maughan, Wilton Rebolo (Also hooker), Lincoln Sii, Conor Young
- Hooker: Bruce Kauika-Petersen, Ben Strang, Bruce Yun
- Lock: Liam Antrobus, Matt Gelhaus, Ben Mitchell, Reegan O’Gorman, Jurie Van Vuuren, Theo Vukasinovic
- Back-Row: Michael Amiras, Matt Heaton, Max Katjijeko, Semi Kunatani, Jason Damm
- Scrumhalf: Niall Saunders (C), Tasman Smith
- Flyhalf: Matthew Anticev, Jordan Chait, Dan Hollinshead, Sam Walsh
- Center: Jason Emery, Will Leonard, Seth Purdy, James Stokes
- Back Three: Derek Adams, Andrew Coe, Brooklyn Hardaker, Jack Shaw, Austin White, Rory Van Yugt
Week 1: RFC Los Angeles vs Dallas Jackals
RFC Los Angeles lost a heartbreaker in their inaugural Major League Rugby match 32-29 when Dallas Jackals Martín Elías slotted a drop goal in the 79th minute to break the tie. Read the American Rugby News Match Preview! Watch the match replay and match highlights on The Rugby Network.
Andrew was named to the First XV MLR Week 1 Squad at wing (#14).
RFC LOS ANGELES 1 Dane Zander, 2 Ben Strang, 3 Alex Maughan, 4 Jurie van Vuuren, 5 Max Katjijeko, 6 Michael Amiras, 7 Matt Heaton, 8 Jason Damm, 9 Niall Saunders (capt.), 10 Dan Hollinshead, 11 Jack Shaw, 12 Jason Emery, 13 James Stokes, 14 Andrew Coe, 15 Rory van Vugt 16 Bruce Kauika-Petersen, 17 Lincoln Si’i, 18 Conor Young, 19 Semi Kunatani, 20 Bruce Yun, 21 Tas Smith, 22 Sam Walsh, 23 Austin White
DALLAS JACKALS 1 Nicolás Revol, 2 Dewald Kotze, 3 Juan Pablo Zeiss, 4 Sam Golla (co-capt.), 5 Lucas Bur, 6 Jerónimo Gómez Vara (co-capt.), 7 Marques Fuala’au, 8 Ronan Foley, 9 Pedro Imhoff, 10, 11 Nic Benn, 12 Manuel Covella, 13 Mitch Richardson, 14 Tomás Malanos, 15 Nazareno Valentini 16 Liam Murray, 17 Tomás Bekerman, 18 Kyle Steeves, 19 Daemon Torres, 20 Cam Nelson, 21 Ronnie McElligott, 22 Brock Gallagher, 23 Joeli Tikoisuva
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