OMBAC played Life West in a hotly contested Grand Final on Saturday as the California Cup came to a close on at Ray Sheeran Field on Treasure Island. The match featured Eagles captain Todd Clever in his final match before the Americas Rugby Championship, with three further USA internationals in Tai Tuisamoa, Tim Stanfill, and Zach Pangelinan lining up for the San Diego club. Life West fielded a team lined with PRO Rugby reps and new Eagles ARC call-up Siaosi Mahoni as a second half replacement. Referee Derek Summers is also due to make his ARC debut when Canada host Chile on February 11. The match in its entirety – sound excluded – can be viewed below.
OMBAC
1 Josh Bart, 2 Jed Gillespie, 3 Ethan Willis, 4 Jay Harmona, 5 Tai Tuisamoa (capt.), 6 Chris Turori, 7 Todd Clever, 8 Josh Vainikolo, 9 Jamie Purcell, 10 Ben Batger, 11 Tim Stanfill, 12 Kalei Konrad, 13 John Grant, 14 Ian Denham, 15 Zach Pangelinan
16 Derrick Broussard, 17 Nick Zajda, 18 Anthony Kalani, 19 Shane Moise, 20 Bryce Baker, 21 Ian Cassidy, 22 Nick Evans, 23 Matt Long
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 Siokatame Falatau, 14 Pila Iongi, 15 Martini Talapusi
16 Lopeti Liu, 17 Tone Ngaluafe, 18 Maka Tameilau, 19 Siaosi Mahoni, 20 Naibuka Tawake, 21 Taniela Vakauta, 22 Siaosi Lata, 23 Anthony Munoz
Referee: Derek Summers