Warriors secure win over Old Glory at home
The Utah Warriors used a dominant start, securing all five points available in their win over visiting Old Glory DC 31-24 amidst rainy conditions at Zions Bank Stadium on Friday.
By Brandon Gurney, WarriorsRugby.com
HERRIMAN — The Utah Warriors used a dominant start, securing all five points available in their win over visiting Old Glory DC 31-24 amidst rainy conditions at Zions Bank Stadium on Friday.
While the Warriors have somewhat struggled out of the gate during too many matches so far this season, Friday’s win proved very much the opposite.
“It was probably some of the best rugby I’ve seen since I’ve been here,” said Warriors coach Greg Cooper. “I thought we were clinical and our attack was really sharp. Thankfully the rain held off so we were able to play that type of rugby. I was very impressed with that first 20 minutes and generally for the entire first half.”
Frank Lochore started off the scoring for Utah in the ninth minute with Joel Hodgson adding a lengthy conversion kick for a 7-0 lead. About six minutes later Dylan Nel touched down the ball in the try zone by virtue of a successful maul deep inside DC territory which was set up by a long run-out by Caleb Makene.
Mika Kruse then scored a try in the 25th minute after an off-load from Joel Hodgson for a 21-0 lead following Hodgson’s third straight conversion kick from long distance.
“We had a really good week and we were really clear on what we wanted to do,” said Warriors scrum half Kieran McClea regarding Utah’s dominating start. “We got on our attack and we recycled the ball really well, and the boys were doing real well in the middle with reloading.”
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