By Sean Walker, KSL.com | Updated - Mar. 3, 2019 at 11:59 a.m. | Posted - Mar. 3, 2019 at 12:17 a.m.

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HERRIMAN — Cold. Wind. Rain. Snow.

The Utah Warriors have seen it all in just two home games of the 2019 Major League Rugby season.

With three inches of snow on the ground, the Warriors were left frozen at the mercy of a home loss Saturday night.

Nicholas Feakes scored his third try of the game with just 35 seconds left — all in the corner — and the NOLA Gold stormed into Herriman and took a 21-19 win over the Utah Warriors at Zions Bank Stadium.

Lance Williams opened the scoring for Utah just five minutes into the match, and Franco Van den Berg added a 24th minute try for the Warriors, who have not won since a 17-9 victory at Austin Elite Rugby in the season opener Feb. 1.

But New Orleans took a 16-14 edge into halftime on back-to-back tries by Feakes, then rallied in a defensive second half to steal the win in front of an announced crowd of 1,447 fans left stunned in frigid temperatures.

Logan Daniels also scored a try for the Warriors.

NOLA Gold moved to 4-1 on the season, with 21 points to keep them as the league’s highest-scoring team. Utah drops to 1-2-1 and seventh place in the nine-team Major League Rugby.

Utah faces a quick turnaround next week, hosting expansion side Rugby United New York at 7 p.m. MST Friday at Zions Bank Stadium. The match will be broadcast on KMYU and streamed live on ESPN+.

Utah Warriors face NOLA Gold, Saturday, March 2, 2019 at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman. (Photo: David Boyd, Utah Warriors)

Scoring tries

5’ — UT: Lance Williams try

25’ — UT: Franco Van den Berg try

27’ — NOLA: Nicholas Feakes try

39’ — NOLA: Nicholas Feakes try

Halftime: NOLA Gold16, Utah Warriors 14

60’ — UT: Logan Daniels try

80’ — NOLA: Nicholas Feakes try

Final: NOLA Gold 21, Utah Warriors 19

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