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HEADLINES Lady Gaiters finished well at the Montreal Irish Invitational Rugby Tournament
On the women’s side, it is generally the closing event of the club season as the league playoffs had ended the week before. The Lady Gaiters had survived two-a-days all week and the players, with experience varying from one week to seven years, had a chance to get some real games in before the league season kicks off.
The second game was against Detroit RFC which looked to be the best side at the tourney. They picked up where the Irish had left off and shoddy Gaiter tackling resulted in five first half tries and a score of 29-0 at the half. However, the women played a stronger second half giving up only three tries to lose 44-0. The
Lady Gaiters saved their poorest performance of the day for the side from
The ladies continued their pressure and league all star inside center Becca King broke the Concordia defense and went for a thirty meter run which highlighted her excellent speed to score the second try of the match. Cowansville native Stephanie Campbell kicked the convert to give the Lady Gaiters a 12-0 lead. The Stingers would get one back as they scored off a deep lineout when they “mauled” the ball in for an unconverted score. However, the Gaiters were resilient in their defense making numerous tackles in the backfield and dominating play. They were on the doorstep to another try when the final whistle blew giving them their first victory over the Stingers in at least two years. The
Ladies will regroup this week and prepare to return to |
Lennoxville, Sept.
6th, 2004
- On Saturday, Sept.4th,
twenty-two players, two coaches, and two walking wounded representing the
Bishop’s University Lady Gaiter Rugby Football Club traveled to
Ste.Julie, Quebec (southeast of Montreal) to play in the Montreal Irish
Invitational Rugby Tournament for the third year in a row.
The
day opened against the host Irish team whose experience clearly shone
through. Taking advantage of a team just getting their feet wet together,
they consistently got the ball to space and put themselves in positions of
outnumbering the Lady Gaiters which resulted in scores and the final
outcome was 44-0.
The
Lady Gaiters saved their best for the last finally playing a team in a
similar situation to themselves… league rivals Concordia. A fired up
team received the opening kickoff, set up a ruck, displayed good ball
handling across the field, and scored when 2nd year wing
Stephanie Titman’s support of the ball runner paid off when she bobbled
the pass, held on, and dove into the end zone for her first try ever.