MLR By BEN JAYCOCK

THE Houston SaberCats blew their chance to go top of the Western Conference as they lost 43-36 to fifth place Seattle Seawolves on Saturday morning. Seattle raced into a 29-7 lead at half-time through tries from Duncan Matthews, Joey Iosefa, Dan Kriel and Tavite Lopeti but a second half surge from the SaberCats set up a grandstand finish. Louritz van der Schyff crossed before Seattle extended their lead through further tries by Iosefa and Mzamo Majola, but a late brace by Christian Dyer and Zach Pangelinan’s score brought the third-place side within 10 p...