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The LA Giltinis eased past a depleted Dallas Jackals side by a final score of 47-7 at Memorial Coliseum on Sunday afternoon. Despite the scoreline it was a committed display from the visitors, who were fielding four new players – three on loan – after an off-field incident last week left several Jackals injured.
It was an ominous start for the visitors with LA crossing twice by the 10-minute mark. Zach Bonte was the first on the end of simple phase play, running a hard line off a ruck. A quick tap from Tas Smith started the second, with Jordan Trainor taking an outside angle and popping back inside to Ben LeSage for the finish.
Adriaan Carelse missed a penalty attempt but he would make up for in soon after. Short breaks from Eric Naposki and Carlo de Nysshen but the Giltinis on the back foot, and then Carelse picked out Cael Hodgson with a cross-kick for the try. The conversion made it a full seven.
Dallas were hit with a blow as Carelse was forced off with an ankle injury. Campbell Johnstone came into the midfield with Alejandro Torres shifting to flyhalf. LA worked their way back into scoring position and Charlie Abel blasted through the tackle attempt of Adriaan Booysen to score the third try.
The Giltinis had the bonus point wrapped up before halftime. Ryan James knocked on in the act of scoring but got a second opportunity soon after. This time it was a clean strike, a set move from a scrum orchestrated by Orene Ai’i. Luke Burton chipped over his fourth conversion to make it 28-7 after 40 minutes of play.
LA maintained their dominance in the second half. A short pass from Ai’i put LeSage through a gap, with Andrew Tuala powering over for try number five. The big prop would grab a double after strong bursts from Luke White and Christian Poidevin.
An overlap yielded a try for Adam Channel with Burton adding his sixth conversion of the day. One final attack from the visitors petered out as John Ryberg drilled Hodgson into touch.
The Jackals head back to Texas for a short road trip to Houston on Saturday. LA welcomes New York to the Coliseum on Sunday.
SCORING
LA 47
Tries – Z. Bonte (2′), B. LeSage (10′), C. Abel (25′), R. James (37′), A. Tuala 2 (55′, 60′), A. Channel (71′)
Cons – L. Burton 6/7 (3′, 11′, 26′, 38′, 61′, 72′)
DALLAS 7
Tries – C. Hodgson (15′)
Cons – A. Carelse 1/1 (16′)
Pens – A. Carelse 0/1
TEAMS
LA GILTINIS
1 Andrew Tuala (17 Djustice Sears-Duru 61′), 2 Joe Taufete’e (16 Lindsey Stevens 61′), 3 Charlie Abel (18 Les Leulua’iali’i-Makin 61′), 4 Luke White, 5 Dave Dennis (capt.) (20 Cyrille Cama 56′), 6 Nathan Den Hoedt (19 Sam Peri 69′), 7 Christian Poidevin, 8 Zach Bonte, 9 Tas Smith, 10 Orene Ai’i (21 Harrison Goddard 69′), 11 Ryan James, 12 Luke Burton, 13 Ben LeSage (23 Adam Channel 61′), 14 John Ryberg, 15 Jordan Trainor (22 Tom Mitchell 50′)
DALLAS JACKALS
1 Ryan Bower (17 Alex Tucci 56′), 2 Augusto Böhme (16 Brendan Rams 56′), 3 Tommy Madaras (18 Herman Agenbag HT), 4 Bronson Teles, 5 Charlie Hola, 6 Mike Matarazzo, 7 Shawn Clark (19 Carson Shoemaker 61′), 8 Adriaan Booysen, 9 Carlo de Nysschen (21 Tom Brusati 56′), 10 Adriaan Carelse (capt.) (22 Campbell Johnstone 20′), 11 Cael Hodgson, 12 Chad London, 13 Alejandro Torres, 14 Jack Webster (23 Dylan James 29′ {20 Romain Gadeaux 36′ [1 Ryan Bower 74′]}), 15 Eric Naposki
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)
Assistants: Marquise Goodwin (USA) & Austin Reed (USA)
TMO: Jack Gohl (Australia)
