SAN DIEGO — Jayson Potroz's boot accounted for 15 points Sunday as the New England Free Jacks defeated the Seattle Seawolves 20-11 to win the Major League Rugby championship for the second year in a row.
SAN DIEGO — Jayson Potroz's boot accounted for 15 points Sunday as the New England Free Jacks defeated the Seattle Seawolves 20-11 to win the Major League Rugby championship for the second year in a row.Canadians Andrew Quattrin, Cole Keith, Kyle Baillie, Conor Keys and Piers von Dadelszen started in the New England pack.
Le Roux Malan scored the lone try for New England, which led 14-8 at the half. Potroz a New Zealand-born fly half who was the league's player of the year in 2023, kicked five penalties. Mason missed his first penalty attempt from distance but was on target in his second in the 28th minute, and Potroz traded penalty kicks to make it 11-3.
New England edged the San Diego Legion 25-24 in last year's final in Bridgeview, Ill. Seattle hoisted the trophy in 2018 and '19, the pro rugby league's first two seasons, and was runner-up to Rugby New York in 2022.
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