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Legion of too hot start; Seaws push for a playoff-spot-san Diego Union-Tribune

The coach of San Diego Legion in the first year, John Manenti, entered the Major League's rugby season and wanted his team to play a disciplined and physical style.

“I'm pretty simple,” said the 53-year-old Australian, who is new to the MLR. “I'm not overly technical or tactical. I am large in terms of attitude and work rate to drive players and try to get the best out of them. “

So far, so good.

The Legion (2-0) followed a 40:26 home win against the rival Seattle on February 16 with a 52: 5 victory against Anthem RC in Charlotte last Saturday.

The Legion will try to keep it on Saturday when you visit the Old Glory DC (1-0) at 1 p.m. in Maryland Soccerplex. Old Glory achieved a 31-29 victory against Miami.

In the first two games, the Legion dominated the possession and controlled the pace of action, while he was impressive on both offensive and in defense.

Three legion players were recorded for their first XV for their appearances last week for their appearances: Tight Head Prop Darcy Breen (nine duels), blindside flanking Christian Poideevin (18 duels) and Scrum-Half Richard Judd (one attempt, 294 kick knives).

The wings Ryan James (Catholic High School Cathedral) was consistently dangerous on the flanks and leads the MLR with three goals, while Pooidevin leads the MLR with 37 duels.

The Legion will return to RFCLA against RFCLA (0-0-2) next Saturday at 7 p.m. All Legion games are located on ESPN+ and Therugbynetwork.com.

Purdish seagulls towards Playoff disputes

The San Diego Möwen competed against Coachella Valley in the Pechanga Arena on Friday evening, which drove a winning streak with seven games, the longest route of which has been in 2020-21.

The seagulls (17-24-5-2, 41 points) complete a home stand with three games against Bakersfield at 7 p.m.

The team received a nice thrust from goalkeeper Ville Husso, who was acquired on February 24 in a trade from the Red Wings from Detroit and stopped 34 shots, while he made the first seagull in his team debut on 4-0 home win against Calgary in his team debut.

The seagull entered the weekend five points behind seventh place Tucson and a playoff spot with 21 remaining games in the regular season.

Visiting the socker Tacoma

The San Diego Sockers (13-3-0) score a 5: 3 home win against Milwaukee on Saturday evening and visit Tacoma (6-8-3). The sockers are 3-1 against Tacoma in the season and exceeded the stars with a total of 22: 17. They return to the frontwave arena on Wednesday evening to organize the Empire Strykers.

In order to help with Stretch Run and drive to a title, the team acquired this week 2025 Masl All Star Defender Kristian Quintana from Dallas in return for cash.

Mojo rises

The San Diego Mojo (4-8) of the professional volleyball federation achieved a six-match defeat in the Viejas Arena on Thursday evening with a four-set victory over the Grand Rapids Rise (4-8).

The Middle Blocker Regan Pittman returned from an absence of six games and was dominant, with 20 points with 12 kills, six blocks and two service mass being recorded.

The Mojo organizes Columbus Fury (4-8) on Saturday evening. The match begins at 6:05 p.m. The Mojo won 3-1 in Columbus on January 11th.

Quick hits

The San Diego Seals (5-6) of the National Lacrosse League are idle this week. On Friday, they will return to the Pechanga Arena for the campaign against Vancouver.

• The San Diego Clippers (10-11) of the G League will organize this Saturday at 7 p.m. and the South Bay Lakers on Sunday at 6.30 p.m. The game on Sunday is broadcast nationwide in the NBA TV from the frontwave arena.