April 12, 2023. The Free Jacks are sitting pretty atop the Eastern Conference as we approach the half way mark of the season. The team enjoys a five point advantage over the New York Ironworkers in the standings, with a further game advantage over the NOLA, Old Glory and ATL entrants, who are bunched together in a tight cluster in the middle of the table.
The Free Jacks took care of the Chicago Hounds in Quincy on Saturday, but not before the Hounds, like Dallas a week earlier, made things interesting as the game progressed.
We caught up with outhalf Reece MacDonald as he was signing autographs for some young fans after the game and asked how the team was able to close out the game.
“We spoke at half time about being really disciplined in our own 22 and in our own half and we have really worked a lot in the last couple of weeks on our maul defense and that really showed today….is it all intent and the boys really brought that today”.
The Free Jacks travel to Toronto on the 15th, the first of a half dozen games against in-conference opponents before a tough couple of game to close out the season against Seattle and Houston.