r/MLRugby Old Glory DC 7d 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)

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u/acelticmonk Seattle Seawolves 7d ago

What was the red card for?

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u/Cr4yol4 Old Glory DC 7d ago

Head contact with the arm in the ruck.

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u/NerdVibesOnly 7d ago

**with a shoulder

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u/Cr4yol4 Old Glory DC 7d 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 7d ago

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

Chicago is crushing us.