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The Major League Rugby regular season is now just two weeks away and preseason games officially get underway in Chula Vista on Friday afternoon. Four games are scheduled to take place this weekend, two each on Friday and Saturday.
SAN DIEGO LEGION vs AUSTIN GILGRONIS
Friday, January 21, 13:00 local (16:00 Eastern)
This scrimmage will now take place at the Elite Athlete Training Center in Chula Vista, where both sides have been training this week. Neither team has posted a lineup at the time of writing. Fans cannot attend but a live stream will be available on YouTube, link here.
OLD GLORY DC vs TORONTO ARROWS
Friday, January 21, 20:00 local (17:00 Pacific)
Fans will be in attendance for this indoor clash at The St. James in Springfield, but there will be no live stream. Updates will be provided on social media. This will also be a scrimmage with open substitutions. Old Glory have named a lineup while the Arrows have provided a match day squad.
OLD GLORY DC
1 Jack Iscaro, 2 Rob Irimescu, 3 Jack Carroll, 4 Matthew Gordon, 5 Apisai Naikatini, 6 Dacoda Worth, 7 Cory Daniel, 8 Luke Campbell, 9 John LeFevre, 10 Mike Dabulas, 11 Simi Moala, 12 Labi Koi-Larbi, 13 Doug Fraser (capt.), 14 Jack Russell, 15 Owen Sheehy
Replacements: 16 Will Vakalahi, 17 Dante Lopresti, 18 Hannibal Vaivao, 19 Nick Hryekewicz, 20 David Beach, 21 Dom Bailey, 22 Danny Thomas, 23 Palema Roberts, 24 Junior Sa’u
TORONTO ARROWS
Forwards: (prop) Cole Keith, Marc-Antoine Ouellet, Tyler Rowland, Isaac Salmon, (hooker) Sam Mace, Jack McRogers, (lock) Kyle Baillie, Paul Ciulini, Mike Sheppard, Adrian Wadden, (back row) Mason Flesch, Ollie Nott James O’Neill, Lucas Rumball, Marcello Wainwright
Backs: (scrumhalf) Ross Braude, Andrew Ferguson, (flyhalf) Will Kelly, (center) Spencer Jones, Mitch Richardson, Ueta Tufuga, (wing) Matthew Hood, Gastón Mieres, (fullback) Conor McCann, Mitch Voralek
SEATTLE SEAWOLVES vs SEATTLE RUGBY CLUB
Saturday, January 22, 15:00 local (18:00 Eastern)
The only game involving a non-MLR side this weekend will see the Seawolves hosting the local Seattle Rugby Club, a team that has supplied numerous players to the professional club. Fans will be in attendance but there will not be a live stream provided, with updates instead available on social media. EDIT: The Seawolves starting lineup has been added below.
SEATTLE SEAWOLVES
1 Kellen Gordon, 2 James Malcolm, 3 Henry Hall, 4 Ben Landry, 5 Rhyno Herbst, 6 Tommy Clark, 7 Nakai Penny, 8 Riekert Hattingh (capt.), 9 JP Smith, 10 AJ Alatimu, 11 Lauina Futi, 12 Tavite Lopeti, 13 Martin Iosefo, 14 Cole Zarcone, 15 Duncan Matthews
HOUSTON SABERCATS vs DALLAS JACKALS
Saturday, January 22, 19:00 local (17:00 Pacific, 20:00 Eastern)
Through the turmoil of losing their Head Coach this week, the Jackals will take the field for the first time as a team at AVEVA Stadium in Houston on Saturday evening. Neither team has identified a player roster at the time of writing. Fans will be in attendance and there will also be a live stream provided on the SaberCats YouTube page, link here.
