Tag: Old Glory DC

Best wishes to Olive and Tevita

Olivie Kilifi receives best wishes from J.P. Smith

Never like to see a gurney on the field. And last night there were two of them, one for Olive Kilifii and one for Tevita Kuridrani. Hoping for the best for the two of them.

I have not met Tevita but have been following Kilifi since 2013 when he wore an Old Puget Sound Beach jersey. Then on to England in 2015 when he played for the Eagles in the Rugby World Cup. He played for the Eagles in Japan in 2019, but we did not make the trip. He has been with the Seawolves since the beginning, then played for Utah and when his steady play left Utah for Seattle that contributed to the Warrirors becoming the squirrely-butted team they are today.

In England, 2015

Both injured players helped in the Seawolves’ 26-24 win over Old Glory DC on Friday night. Hoping they are not added to the season -ending injuries that were posted on the Seattle Seawolves website. Those are captain Riekert Hattingh, vice captain Charles Elton, Mason Pedersen, Pete Malcolm, and Kara Pryor.

Kilifi passing on Friday night.
Tevita (No. 13) about to level an Old Glory player.

Revenge against Dallas? Maybe in playoffs

It was hot. 90 degrees.

It was ugly. Five yellow cards. Four on Dallas Jackals. One for Seattle.

It was a loss. 14-7 against Seattle.

It was a double loss. Riekert Hattingh out injured.

If the season ended now, Seattle would play Dallas in the playoffs. Could Seattle get revenge? It would take some work.

But there are five more games for the Seawolves (8-3) to play in the regular season. Seattle is now seven points behind leading Houston (10-1) in the Western Conference standings. Catching the Sabercats probably means a loss on their part, which could come when the teams meet on June 15 in Houston.

Left on the Seawolves schedule are Old Glory DC (4-4-2, a team you never know what they will show up with), Utah (4-7, who knows what mood they will be in?), Houston (we know), RFCLA (3-6-1, we think we know), San Diego (6-4, they don’t like losing to Seattle).

The battle for the fourth spot in the Western Conference and a playoff spot is a one-point affair between Dallas (32 points) and San Diego (31 points). If that held through June 29, the Seawolves may have to wait until July to get their revenge against Dallas in the first round of the playoffs.

To get it, they will have to play better than they did on Sunday. Even before Hattingh left the game on crutches at 31 minutes, things seemed to be going downhill with mishandles, high tackles, lineouts not straight and two ties and conversions from the Jackals’ backs. At the half, the Seawolves were lucky to only be down 0-14.

At 67th minutes, Seattle’s backs put together a fine display of nice offloads and good running to put Divan Rossouw over for the try. With the conversion, it looked like a comeback could be in order. But the Seawall defense appeared to have been transferred to the Dallas Jackals after that. Despite many efforts to push over a try by Seattle, the Jackals held them out of the try zone. At one point in the game, the Jackals were playing with 13 men, but Seattle could not score.

Can Coach Allen Clarke get things back on track for the game this Friday at Starfire against Old Glory DC? Hope so.

The game is at 7:30 p.m. Be there.

Seawolves, Legion tied at 19 points in standings

San Diego must have tried to sleep in the cargo hold of the plane taking them to their game against the Sharks in Miami. The Legion did not awake up until there was only 20 minutes left in the game. Down 21 to 5, San Diego scored two tries and a penalty kick to sneak by the Sharks, 22-21.

San Diego had only three tries, but the four points for the win was enough to tie them with the Seawolves at 19 points apiece in the Western Conference standings, four back from the Houston Sabercats.

Old Glory DC, 46, Anthem 32: Depending on which team Old Glory DC showed up with (the one that beat New England or the one that lost two and tied one), Anthem might have a chance at a win. But DC showed up strong, beating Anthem, 46-32.

Game to game, Anthem is scoring more points and former Seawolves Jake Turnbull continues to account for some of them.