Monolith Rhinos 38, Pulse Jackals 24

Week 2 · Regular season · round 7 · Tuesday 6 October 2026

Team	1	2	3	4	Final
PLS Pulse Jackals	7	3	7	7	24
MNL Monolith Rhinos	17	7	0	14	38

Game recap

The Monolith Rhinos outscored the Pulse Jackals 38-24 in a high-scoring game in round 7 of Week 2. The teams combined for 62 points. The Rhinos were clear favourites before kickoff (69%), and they delivered.

The Rhinos opened the scoring with a 1-yard touchdown run by Valen Falkner with 1:49 left in the first quarter. At the break the Rhinos were up 24-10. In the fourth quarter: a 5-yard touchdown run by Valen Falkner for the Rhinos (2:13 left, 31-17); a 3-yard touchdown pass from Rio Castellanos to Anders Quarles for the Jackals (1:09 left, 31-24); a 3-yard touchdown run by Titus Okafor for the Rhinos (0:03 left, 38-24).

Player of the game: Titus Okafor (RB, Rhinos), with 33 carries for 200 yards and 2 TD; 5 catches for 71 yards. Elsewhere, Valen Falkner (Rhinos) had 19 carries for 123 yards and 3 TD; Rory Blackwood (Rhinos) had 4 catches for 43 yards; Rio Castellanos (Jackals) had 25 of 37 passing for 299 yards, 3 TD; 3 carries for 26 yards; Jace Albright (Jackals) had 5 carries for 36 yards; 3 catches for 36 yards.

Before kickoff, the Rhinos' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, stay underneath, lean on the run, target Hector Quarles; on defense: bracket Tavi Nkemelu (Hector Quarles finished with 3 catches for 39 yards). Meanwhile, the Jackals' game plan was on offense: attack the zones, take shots deep, throw it more, target Tavi Nkemelu; on defense: bracket Hector Quarles (Tavi Nkemelu finished with 11 catches for 151 yards and 1 TD).

The Rhinos move to 4-3 and the Jackals to 3-3-1 this week.

Scoring summary

Time	Team	Play	PLS-MNL
Q1 1:49	Rhinos	A 1-yard touchdown run by Valen Falkner	0-7
Q1 1:17	Rhinos	A 34-yard field goal by Tariq Underwood	0-10
Q1 0:37	Rhinos	A 4-yard touchdown run by Valen Falkner	0-17
Q1 0:05	Jackals	A 19-yard touchdown pass from Rio Castellanos to Tavi Nkemelu	7-17
Q2 1:36	Jackals	A 43-yard field goal by Roman Zamora	10-17
Q2 0:00	Rhinos	A 3-yard touchdown run by Titus Okafor	10-24
Q3 1:55	Jackals	A 6-yard touchdown pass from Rio Castellanos to Anders Quarles	17-24
Q4 2:13	Rhinos	A 5-yard touchdown run by Valen Falkner	17-31
Q4 1:09	Jackals	A 3-yard touchdown pass from Rio Castellanos to Anders Quarles	24-31
Q4 0:03	Rhinos	A 3-yard touchdown run by Titus Okafor	24-38

Team stats

	PLS	MNL
Total yards	373	527
Passing yards	299	204
Rushing yards	74	323
Completions	25 of 37	15 of 18
Offensive plays	52	71
Third downs	1 of 6	4 of 8
Fourth downs	—	1 of 1
Turnovers	2	3
Sacks allowed	5	1
Time of possession	3:29	8:31

Pulse Jackals box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Rio Castellanos	25/37	299	3	0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	LNG
Jace Albright	5	36	26
Rio Castellanos	3	26	12
Adrien Esposito	1	7	22
Fabian Lachance	1	5	5

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TD	TGT
Tavi Nkemelu	11	151	1	14
Cassius Achebe	4	48	0	5
Jace Albright	3	36	0	6
Anders Quarles	4	35	2	6

Defense

Player	TK	INT	PD
Darius Draven	15	0	0
Tariq Coventry	6	1	1
Darius Esposito	9	0	0
Elio Oyelaran	9	0	0
Quentin Norcross	9	0	0
Orson Castellan	7	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Roman Zamora	1/1	43	0/0

Monolith Rhinos box score

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
Brandt Kessler	15/18	204	0	1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	TD	LNG
Titus Okafor	33	200	2	25
Valen Falkner	19	123	3	18

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	TGT
Titus Okafor	5	71	5
Rory Blackwood	4	43	6
Hector Quarles	3	39	3
Ivo Underwood	2	38	2

Defense

Player	TK	SK	PD
Emeric Hargrove	8	0	1
Bram Garrow	0	2	0
Adrien Pellegrini	5	0	1
Roman Underwood	5	0	0
Bastien Sandoval	4	0	2
Lazlo Zamora	0	1	0

Kicking

Player	FG	LNG	XP
Tariq Underwood	1/2	34	0/0

Watch the replay

Every play of this game can be replayed on the big screen, with the play calls, the win probability and the commentary: replay Monolith Rhinos 38, Pulse Jackals 24 on Snapline. More about the teams: Monolith Rhinos · Pulse Jackals.