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Gaiters advance to QURU Championship
for second straight year October 31, 2008 LENNOXVILLE – The Bishop’s
Gaiters Men’s Rugby (4-2) team clinched their second straight berth in
the Quebec University Rugby Union championship game with an 11-9 win
over the Sherbrooke Vert & Or (3-4). A raucous crowd of over 300 people
at Coulter Field saw the Gaiters take an early lead and hold off a late
Sherbrooke charge to preserve the victory. The Gaiters got on the board in
the tenth minute, as No. 8 Sean McClelland (Oakville, Ont.) put the ball
down in the corner of the end zone. The remainder of the first half was
largely stalemated, as neither team was able to generate much offence.
The Gaiters got an opportunity late in the half, after Sherbrooke prop
Mathieu Dufresne was sent to the sin bin in the 39th minute,
but were unable to push the ball across before the halftime whistle.
The second half was choppier,
with penalty calls ruling the day. The teams combined for five penalty
goals in the final 40 minutes, with William Murphy (Richmond, Que.)
connecting for Bishop’s in the 42nd and 52nd
minutes, with Sherbrooke’s Jean-Michel Diorio replying in the 50th,
57th and 68th minutes. After Diorio’s final penalty
goal, the Gaiters held the ball for nearly ten minutes, and used a
series of Sherbrooke penalties to get the ball into the Vert & Or end
zone, but were unable to touch the ball down to put the game away.
Sherbrooke took possession of the ball deep in their own end with
approximately three minutes to go, but they could not advance the ball
beyond midfield before the final whistle. Head Coach Bill Robson was
pleased with the performance of the Gaiters’ pack, and cited the work of
Prop Nic Johnson (Toronto, Ont.), who was outstanding in the Gaiters’
scrums and lineouts, and was named the Man of the Match. The Gaiters will play the winner
of Sunday’s Concordia-McGill semifinal in the 2008 QURU Championship
Game. If Concordia wins, the Stingers will visit Bishop’s on Friday,
November 7. If McGill wins, the Gaiters will visit Montreal at a date
and time to be determined. Summary follows after French version -30-
Victoire des Gaiters contre
Sherbrooke au demi-finale de rugby masculin
LENNOXVILLE – L’équipe de rugby masculin des Gaiters de Bishop's se
qualifieront pour le championnat de Québec pour la deuxième saison
consécutive, après une victoire de 11-9 contre le Vert & Or de
l’Université de Sherbrooke devant 300 partisans au Coulter Field de
Lennoxville.
Pour les Gaiters, Sean McLelland a marqué un essai, et William Murphy a
réussit deux buts de pénalité. Pour le Vert & Or, Jean-Michel Diorio a
marqué trois buts de pénalité.
Les Gaiters joueront contre les Stingers de Concordia ou les Redmen de
McGill la semaine prochaine dans le jeu de championnat 2008 de l’Union
de Rugby Universitaire du Québec. Si Concordia gagne la demi-finale, les
Stingers rendront visite à Bishop’s vendredi, le 7 novembre. Si McGill
gagne, les Gaiters visiteront Montréal à une date et temps d'être
déterminé.
-30- SUMMARY Bishop’s Gaiters: Nic
Johnson, Alex Powell, Frank Orlando, Jamie Le Huquet, Ian Snowell, Ryan
Lethbridge, Pat Whelan, Sean McLelland, Brad Leung, William Murphy,
Charlie Campbell, Justin Kimmel, Shaun Pais, Matt Pereira, Chris Sawers.
Substitutes: Ryan Ozeroff, Jeffrey Farrell, Clarance Conor, Peter Ross,
David Murphy, Noah Harrison, Connor Watt Sherbrooke Vert & Or: Mirco
Robert, Charles Duvareille, Mathieu Dufresne, Samuel Leblanc, Nicolas
Beaudoin, David Bachand, Éric Dufresne, Georges Lafontaine-Paul,
Jean-Michel Diorio, Guillaume Mandil, Julien Delisle, Jean-Rémi Privé,
Xavier Francoeur, Guillaume Lebel, Simon Maheu. Substitutes : Kevin
Ratté, Adnan Karahasanovic, Louis Mendegris, Ludovic Duquette Depatie,
Patrice Coulombe, Jonathan Briere, Daniel Alexandre Bleau First Half Missed Penalty Goals: none Bishop's
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