Lots of change for @seawolves.rugby!
JP Smith fills in on the wing, with Liulamaga earning his 1st #MLR start combining with Divan Rossouw in the centre with Matthews at 15!
In the reserves, Canadian Callum Botchar looks to make his Seawolves debut!
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Seattle's professional sports teams went 1-1 on Sunday, April 13th, 2026⬇️
@seawolves.rugby fell to @anthemrugby.bsky.social on the road.
@mariners.com earned their first series win of the year with a home victory over the Houston Astros!
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Anthem beat our #Seawolves for their 1st ever home win.
I'm sad Sea played sloppy & lost but for the good of the league, I'm happy for Anthem. I predicted they'd win 3 gms this yr, they almost have. So hats off to them!
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#Seawolves 25
Anthem 31
With ~10 left to play
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#Seawolves Try (will Anthem challenge again tho)
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Oof, I didn't think he had control & touched it down for a Try but The Sir says otherwise...
Anthem extends their lead 28-18
#Seawolves need to answer quick
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Herbst with a high tackle ugh that takes away the Try
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Ok the #Seawolves vs Anthem 2nd have has kicked off.
NC leads Sea 21-18 but rugby moves fast.
A pretty back & forth match so far, but hopefully our Seawolves take charge!
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Paddy with a Try to retake the lead after a perfect line out!
#Seawolves 18
Anthem 14
29'
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#Seawolves need to not make these sloppy penalties, and now we've burned both challenges smh
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What a #Seawolves Try by Ezekiel!
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Coetzer kicks it straight, splits the uprights (a nic efar kick but he makes it look easy)
#Seawolves 6
Anthem 7
1st hydration break
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Anthem with a try at 7:20', now the #Seawolves need to clean up our play & answer fast!
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Kickoff in NC
#Seawolves vs Anthem start now in ESPN+ (in western Washington it's also on KONG)
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Multiple games at the same time? No problem!
#Seawolves Rugby on the tv
#Mariners baseball on the tablet
#TogetherWeHunt & #TridentsUp baby!
#Seawolves rugby kicks off at 1pm on espn+ (or in western Washington it's also on KONG)
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Seattle sports game schedule for April 12, 2026. Seawolves vs. Anthem at 1:00 PM on ESPN+, Mariners vs. Astros at 1:10 PM on Mariners.TV. Logos included.
Two of Seattle's professional sports teams are in action on Sunday, April 12th, 2026⬇️
@seawolves.rugby are on the road to battle @anthemrugby.bsky.social!
@mariners.com host the Houston Astros in game three of a four-game series!
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While Charlie Walsh is a recent draft pick by @seawolves.rugby, selected 11th in 2025, Calvin Liulamaga was picked 11th overall the year before, so his #MLR debut has been a long time coming!
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Dewald Kotze starts as @seawolves.rugby hooker, with the flankers switching sides from last week!
Dorian Jones starts at centre and Tuamoheloa moves to the wing opposite Michael Hand!
Charlie Walsh & Calvin Liulamaga in line for debuts off the bench!
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Riekert Hattingh in his Seattle Seawolves jersey, holding the ball during a match at Starfire Stadium. Final score: Seawolves 33, Old Glory DC 16. Next match: April 12th at Anthem RC.
FINAL: @seawolves.rugby WIN! The Seawolves opened their 2026 MLR campaign with a quality victory at home over Old Glory DC, as a strong second half helped Seattle seal the victory.
Nice start to the season!
Photo by Connor Jalbert
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3 whistles & full time
Our #Seawolves win our season opener, a fun & at times chippy/tense one vs Old Glory DC
31-16
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#MLR2026 is going to be an epic season!
Davy kicks it true & splits the uprights!
#Seawolves now ahead by 2 scores, 26-16 w/roughly 5' left
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Davy kicks it true & splits the uprights!
#Seawolves up 16-9 at 49'
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13-9 at the half
Good game so far with our #Seawolves holding a slight lead!
Wanna see us take charge, set the tone & pad the lead in the 2nd half, get a solid dub to start the season!
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Davy kicks it true, splits the uprights & we lead 13-9 now!
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Davy splits the uprights & #Seawolves take back the lead, 10-9 at 35'
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Coetzer with another kick to clear the ball!
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#Seawolves try time baby!
Line out to a maul then dot it down!
We split the uprights for the extras
7-0 Sea at 7'
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For those confused, it IS normal to HEAR the refs (or the Sir) in Rugby!
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Oof, just wide on our PK there, new guy ti the team, he's a good player but yeah, new to this group etc
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