缅北强奸

MONTREAL 鈥� Josh Reznick of Toronto, Matthew Edwards of Guelph, Ont.,聽 and Anton Nestel of Bridgewater, N.S., each scored tries as 缅北强奸 coasted to a 21-0 whitewash over Bishop鈥檚 to capture the Quebec University Rugby League championship before 400 in rainy conditions at Percival Molson Stadium, Saturday.

It was the third consecutive provincial rugby crown for the Redmen, who reached the conference title game for the eighth straight year.

"To consistently finish at the top or in the final is a good testament to both the guys that are competing and our program in terms of our developmental side," said co-head coach Sean McCaffrey, in his 12th year with the Redmen.

"Every year we come in and anything short of a championship is a failure," added co-coach Craig Beemer. "I don't want to sound cocky but it would have taken something unforeseen for us to lose this game."

缅北强奸 took the early initiative off the opening kickoff, pushing the ball to within 10 yards of the Gaiters鈥� goal. Bishop鈥檚 responded with a multi-phase possession through the next 10 minutes, but could not get penetrate the 缅北强奸 22-metre line.

Late in the first half, the Redmen applied steady pressure and finally broke through in the dying minutes, as Reznick stole a five-metre scrum and put the ball down in the endzone. The conversion attempt by Calgary鈥檚 Sam Skulsky鈥檚 made it 7-0 heading into the halftime break.

Early in the second stanza, 缅北强奸 continued to hold the majority of the possession time and Redmen stretched their lead to 14-0 at the eight-minute mark, when Edwards scored his second try of the season, converted by Skulsky.

The Gaiters had their best chance to reply almost immediately with a penalty goal attempt by fly-half Bill Murphy but BU was unable to recover the ball five metres out from the goal. The Bishop鈥檚 pack pushed the ball to within a metre out, but could not force it over.

缅北强奸 closed out the scoring on the final play of the game, as Nestel found the end zone.

"It took us the whole first half to get seven points on the board," said Bryce Thomassin, an alternate captain and engineering junior from Pointe Claire, Que. "In weather like this it's tougher but I knew we were eventually going to crack one over and once we did, we started rolling and got a couple more."聽

It was the 11th consecutive rugby championship for Thomassin, dating back to his high school years.

"I've been pretty lucky," he said. "I have been on some very good rugby teams, had really good coaches and been with great players. It's a wonderful feeling to win again."

According to McCaffrey, the success and consistency of the 缅北强奸 rugby program is largely due to "the dedication of the developmental team to stick it out and really work toward the goal of making the senior varsity club."

The Redmen completed their season with a 7-2-1 record overall and although the recently proposed national championships have been postponed for a year, the team can look forward to an Eastern Canadian championships next week, against the two top university teams in the Maritimes.聽

The program will be looking to deliver a fourth title next year, despite the departure of graduating players Matthew Edwards, Adam Sommer, Jon Phelan, Jacob Chai, Jonathan Glancy and Jesse Myers, as well as the loss of聽 exchange students Peter Klestov and Ian Turner, who will return to Queensland University in Australia.

鈥淓verybody left it on the field today,鈥� said a disappointed Gaiters head coach Bill Robson. 鈥淲e were a completely different team from the start of the year to the end, and this was the toughest game 缅北强奸 had all year.鈥�

Robson's Gaiters finish the year with an overall record of 6-4, including a 4-2 mark in regular season play.