Life West Gladiators faced off against San Francisco Golden Gate in California Cup action this past weekend, a match that served as a de facto semi final with the winner earning a spot in the Grand Final this coming Saturday. The tense battle went right down to the wire with both sides throwing everything at each other through to the last. Video of the match in its entirety can be seen below, albeit with no audio. A brief synopsis and scoring details can be seen here.
LIFE WEST
1 Fancy Namulau’ulu, 2 Jay Finau, 3 Holo Mo’ungaloa, 4 Alex Pedjase, 5 Rich Knight, 6 Siupeli Sakalia, 7 Zach Bonte, 8 Akuila Uaisele (capt.), 9 Devereaux Ferris, 10 Guillaume Cazenave, 11 Junior Helu, 12 Nua Vete, 13 Moni Tonga’uiha, 14 Pila Iongi, 15 Martini Talapusi
16 Lopeti Liu, 17 Tone Ngaluafe, 18 Maka Tameilau, 19 Zack Tannous, 20 Naibuka Tawake, 21 Taniela Vakauta, 22 Siaosi Lata, 23 Anthony Munoz
SFGG
1 Jacob Nelson, 2 Neil Barrett, 3 Saimone Laulaupea’alu, 4 Brendan Hardiman, 5 Tom Rooke, 6 Opeti Okusi, 7 Isaac Helu, 8 Brendan Daly (capt.), 9 Colby Stevens, 10 Volney Rouse, 11 Pila Huihui, 12 Eae Okusi, 13 Isimeli Ratumaimuri, 14 Fatai Vailala, 15 Isoa Donaldson
16 Grant Hyjer, 17 Patrick Latu, 18 J Adeamo, 19 Drew Hyjer, 20 Samuela Vailala, 21 Connor Ring, 22 Lemoto Filikitonga, 23 Tevita Vehikite