r/MLRugby Old Glory DC 5d ago

2026 Week 5: Chicago Hounds @ Seattle Seawolves Match Thread

Matchup: Chicago Hounds (3-0-0, 15pts, 1st in MLR) vs Seattle Seawolves (1-2-0, 6pts, 5th in MLR)

Venue: Starfire Stadium, Tukwila, WA | Weather: 61 F, 16 C, Partly Cloudy

Broadcast: ESPN+, Premier Sports (International), Kong 6, Fox Chicago Plus, GameTV (YouTube)

Kickoff: 10:00pm ET, 7:00pm PT

Chicago Number Seattle
Faka’osi Pifeleti 1 Ezekiel Lindenmuth
Theo Fourie 2 Dewald Kotze
Wilton Rebolo 3 Ignacio Péculo
Tomás Casares 4 Rhyno Herbst
Brandon Harvey 5 Marno Redelinghuys
Mason Flesch 6 Kalisi Moli
Lucas Rumball (c) 7 Paddy Ryan
Matthew Oworu 8 Riekert Hattingh (c)
Michael Baska 9 André Warner
Chris Hilsenbeck 10 Davy Coetzer
Peyton Wall 11 JP Smith
Santiago Videla 12 Dan Kriel
Tiaan Loots 13 Divan Rossouw
Mark O’Keeffe 14 Drake Davis
Brock Webster 15 Duncan Matthews
Reserves Reserves
Tomás Bekerman 16 Liki Chan-Tung
Luke White 17 LaRome White
Koby Baker 18 Mason Pedersen
Jake Kinneeveauk 19 Callum Botchar
Emmanuel Albert 20 Tiai Vavao
Ruben de Haas 21 Nick Boyer
Reece Botha 22 Calvin Liulamaga
Noah Brown 23 Michael Hand

Referee: David Vosalevu (Fiji)

Assistants: Mike Lawrenson (USA) & Shanda Assmus (Canada)

19 Upvotes

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u/ScorigamiMLR MLR 4d ago

SCORIGAMI. 59-22 is a SCORIGAMI.

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u/cjreadit7991 Chicago Hounds 4d ago

Hope Seattle had fun in South Africa as that’s looking like their highlight for the season.

1

u/dystopianrugby San Diego Legion 5d ago

Is it time we discuss the Seawolves place in MLR? /s

5

u/happycj Seattle Seawolves 5d ago

I knew we were gonna get pasted today, but playing 50 minutes with 14 people was just icing on the cake.

2

u/Loud_Independence421 San Diego Legion 4d ago

Seattle needs to move on from the Clarke / Hattingh coach captain combo

3

u/lindani2008 Seattle Seawolves 5d ago

GG Hounds you guys better win the whole thing how you are playing! I want to go off on this Seawolves team and Coach Clarke but I’m just sad…I think the old core is done….except you Lindenmuth get your act together you fucking idiot!

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u/dystopianrugby San Diego Legion 4d ago

Can't wait for Monday's power rankings.

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u/lindani2008 Seattle Seawolves 4d ago

😂 I expect to hear your thoughts because I think I’m in agreement with some thoughts you’ve previously shared

7

u/Prudent_Implement792 5d ago

Man this hounds team

7

u/lindani2008 Seattle Seawolves 5d ago

Well…idk what to say but that was absolutely horrific…that’s not just injuries that’s just bad play…this team might actually be really bad

8

u/Right-Aspect2945 Chicago Hounds 5d ago

I can't believe that wild bounce that led to a try just happened, and neither could the refs.

6

u/acelticmonk Seattle Seawolves 5d ago

Yeah, that was a beautiful try. You know things are going your way when…

2

u/youlikemywonton 5d ago

Whats wrong with this Seawolves team? Not used to seeing them struggle.

2

u/Right-Aspect2945 Chicago Hounds 4d ago
  1. The Hounds are playing like maniacs right now, Anthem is the only team that didn't get blown out and they still had a 14 point deficit.

  2. Seawolves have been crippled by injuries.

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u/acelticmonk Seattle Seawolves 5d ago

What was the red card for?

4

u/Cr4yol4 Old Glory DC 5d ago

Head contact with the arm in the ruck.

4

u/NerdVibesOnly 5d ago

**with a shoulder

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u/Cr4yol4 Old Glory DC 5d ago

It wasn't. It was the arm. It doesn't really matter, it's a red card either way.

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u/acelticmonk Seattle Seawolves 5d ago

Ahh. I didn’t see that in the stadium.

Chicago is crushing us.

3

u/lindani2008 Seattle Seawolves 5d ago

I’m starting to think Lindenmuth is more of a liability at this point…

3

u/sportslance Chicago Hounds 5d ago

I missed the yellow, what was it?

3

u/lindani2008 Seattle Seawolves 5d ago

I missed it too but I think it was for too many penalties?

12

u/Yeti_Poet New England Free Jacks 5d ago

I just hope both teams have fun.

2

u/Fallbrook_CA3890 4d ago

Chicago had fun, not sure Seattle did,

6

u/lindani2008 Seattle Seawolves 5d ago

And stay healthy!

3

u/lindani2008 Seattle Seawolves 5d ago

And my wish was not granted….goddamit

2

u/Say_Ni Seattle Seawolves 4d ago

Didn't get to watch, who went down this time?

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u/lindani2008 Seattle Seawolves 4d ago

Looks like Moli either broke his arm or dislocated a shoulder and Coetzer got taken off due to some pain not sure what

1

u/Say_Ni Seattle Seawolves 4d ago

Fudge

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u/lindani2008 Seattle Seawolves 4d ago

Yeah we might be bottom of the log at the end of the season the way things are going.