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The Seattle Seawolves enjoyed their first run-out of 2020 as they coasted to a 55-0 shutout win over the Vancouver Island Crimson Tide at Starfire Stadium on Thursday evening. A 36-0 halftime lead had the defending Major League Rugby champions in cruise control for the second part of the exhibition.
Riekert Hattingh led the way for Seattle with two tries including the first of the evening on a cheeky show-and-go. Tim Metcher followed in short order before two new backs got in on the act. Harry Davies and Ross Neal each finished off attacks for tries on debut.
Before the break there was a penalty try from a dominant scrum followed by Stephan Coetzee’s score on a driving maul as the forwards exerted their dominance. Brock Staller added two conversions with three attempts drifting just wide of their target.
Hattingh was again first to the score sheet in the second half, making the corner with Ben Cima knocking over the extras. Siti Tamaivena came on for his first Seawolves appearance and grabbed a try on the end of a Scott Dean grubber, with a barreling Joey Iosefa run accounting for the final score of the evening.
Seattle will now await the arrival of the Tasman Mako next week in a champion-vs-champion match. The Mitre 10 Cup holders start their American tour in Houston with a match against the SaberCats at AVEVA Stadium on Saturday.
SCORING
SEAWOLVES 55
Tries – R. Hattingh 2, T. Metcher, H. Davies, R. Neal, Penalty try, S. Coetzee, Si. Tamaivena, J. Iosefa
Cons – B. Staller 2/5, B. Cima 2/3
CRIMSON TIDE 0
TEAMS
SEATTLE SEAWOLVES
1 John Hayden, 2 Stephan Coetzee, 3 Tim Metcher, 4 Jérémy Lenaerts, 5 Brad Tucker, 6 Eric Duechle, 7 Nakai Penny, 8 Riekert Hattingh, 9 JP Smith, 10 Ben Cima, 11 Brock Staller, 12 Shalom Suniula, 13 Ross Neal, 14 Mat Turner, 15 Harry Davies
Replacements: 16 Kellen Gordon, 17 Mike Shepherd, 18 Jake Ilnicki, 19 Taylor Krumrei, 20 Vili Toluta’u, 21 Jope Motokana, 22 Scott Dean, 23 Joey Iosefa, 24 Siti Tamaivena, 25 Suli Tamaivena, 26 George Barton
VANCOUVER ISLAND CRIMSON TIDE
1 John Braddock, 2 Nico Krawczyk, 3 Tom Scanlan, 4 Tyler Symon-Burke, 5 Quinn Horton, 6 Mason Flesch, 7 James O’Neill (capt.), 8 Siaki Vikilani, 9 Crosby Stewart, 10 Thomas Isherwood, 11 Kainoa Lloyd, 12 Mua Uluilelata, 13 Gabriel Casey, 14 Ty Benson, 15 Sam Reimer
Replacements: 16 Foster DeWitt, 17 Blake van Heyningen, 18 Ed Ilnicki, 19 Carter Filion, 20 Peyton Eagar, 21 Brandon Schellenberger, 22 Taylor de Souza, 23 Reid Watkins, 24 David Devillers
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Shanda Mosher-Gallant (Canada)
