april 30
take on
kick off in:
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half time score
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new england
FREE JACKS
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nola
GOLD
bars open in
last call
bar closed
beer
Free Jacks IPA
Logger Road
Stella
Budweiser
Bud Light
Bud Zero
oz
16
19.2
16
16
16
16
$
$7
$7
$7
$5
$5
$4
other
Bud Light Seltzer
Stormalong Hard Cider
oz
16
16
$
$6
$7
soft
liquid Death Water
Soda
oz
16
16
$
$4
$4
STARTING XV
FREE JACKS
GOLD
kyle ciquera
1
Kevin Sullivan
MilS Sanerivi
2
Patrick O'Toole
COLE KEITH
3
Sean Paranihi
conor keys
4
William Waguespack
regan o'gorman
5
Liam Hallam-Eames
sam fischli
6
Malcolm May
Slade Mcdowall
7
Tesimoni Tonguaiha
WIAN Conradie
8
Tom Florence
john poland
Damian Stevens
JAYSON Potroz
10
Esekia Iona
paula Balekana
11
Aaron Matthews
Le Roux MALAN
12
Philippus Du Plessis
wayne van der bank
13
Ross Depperschmidt
Mitch Wilson
14
DougIE Fife
Reece Macdonald
15
Jordan Trainor
RESERVES
FREE JACKS | NOLA GOLD | |
| JAMES HILTERBRAND | 16 | Eric Howard |
| FOSTER DEWITT | 17 | Jarred Adams |
| COLE KEITH | 18 | Giovanni Lapp |
| CAM DAVIDOWICZ | 19 | Alex Lopeti |
| JOE JOHNSTON | 20 | Giovanni Lapp |
| KIERAN MCCLEA | 21 | Sebastiano Villani |
| SPENCER JONES | 22 | Reece Botha |
| ZACH BASTRES | 23 | Harley Wheeler |
INJURIES
FREE JACKS | NOLA GOLD | |
| JOSH LARSEN | – | |
Andrew Quattrin | – | |
Mitch Jacobson | – | |
Holden Yungert | – | |
| Ben LeSage | – | |
| – |
COACHES
FREE JACKS | RUGBY ATL | |
| Tom Kindley | General Manager | Ryan Fitzgerald |
| Scott Mathie | Head Coach | Kane Thompson |
| Mike Rogers | Assistant Coach | Todd Fitzgerald |
| Will Webster | Assistant Coach | Taylor Howden |
| javier martin | team manager | |
| George Petrakos | head physical performance | |
| Ricci Persico | Asst physical performance | |
| Colton Bennett | aNALYST | Jared Ladmirault |
| Michael Buonopane | Medical | Deanna Sisti |
| Adam Thomas | Medical | David Kovacevic |
wpl
6-time national champions and local legends, Beantown, battle west coast WPL power the Colorado Gray Wolves for a high noon kickoff. Founded in 2009, the Women’s Premier League (WPL) features the nation’s top rugby talent and is the highest level of women’s 15s competition in the U.S. Beantown is a
5oth mlr match
FREE JACKS ARE CELEBRATING THE 50TH MLR GAME TODAY!
rugby 101
Rugby is a full-contact, free flowing sport. The game is made up of 2 40-minute halves. A team wins by moving forward and scoring more points than the other team. Watch the video and check out the terms below.
There are 15 players on the pitch; 8 forwards and 7 backs. The number on the back of your jersey indicates your position.
- Tight head prop
- Hooker
- Loose head prop
- Second row
- Second row
- Blind side flanker
- Open side flanker
- Number 8
- Scrum-Half
- Fly-Half
- Left Wing
- Inside Center
- Outside Center
- Right Wing
- Full Back
MOVE FORWARD PASS BACK
In order to make your way down the field, the ball must be passed either sideways or backwards. The ball can only move forward if kicked or carried by a player.
NO PADS?!
Unlike American football, rugby players do not wear pads. This actually makes the game safer as it encourages proper tackle technique with arms and shoulders and not heads. Any contact to the head will be penalized with either a penalty, yellow or red card.
HOW TO SCORE POINTS
Players score by either physically touching the ball down in the “Try zone”, or scoring a penalty kick off of the other team’s infringement.
TRY
The main objective of the game; to touch the ball down in the opponent’s end-zone (Try-zone) area for a score worth 5 points. The ball must be touched down to the ground under control for the score to count!
CONVERSION
After scoring a try, a team will kick for an additional 2-points from the line that the try was touched down.
SCRUM
Used to restart play after a technical infringement. All 8 forwards join to compete for the ball.
LINEOUT
Used to restart play after the ball goes out of bounds. Forwards assemble in a straight line across from each other, where one team’s Hooker throws the ball down the middle. Each team uses various formations to lift players and compete for the ball.
KNOCK-ON
An infringement when a player loses, drops, or knocks the ball forward from their hands, resulting in a scrum to the other team.
LAST WEEK'S PLAYER OF THE MATCH
wian conradie
Wian Conradie re-enters New England from Windhoek Namibia. The dynamic back row is well traveled and experienced having played for Doncaster Knights and Gloucester before returning to New England. Conradie was the 2021 Players Player Award for the Free Jacks. He is a member of the Namibian National Team and has earned 26 caps.
