AROUND OUA: Golden Hawks win the Battle of Waterloo for second win
WATERLOO, Ont. (October 9, 2015) – The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men’s rugby team earned a 24-10 victory at home on Friday over their hometown rivals, the Waterloo Warriors.
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Golden Hawks win the Battle of Waterloo for second win
WATERLOO, Ont. (October 9, 2015) – The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks men's rugby team earned a 24-10 victory at home on Friday over their hometown rivals, the Waterloo Warriors.
Although the Warriors were the first to get on the board in the opening half with a penalty goal, the Hawks responded quickly with a try less than three minutes later and didn't allow the Warriors another scoring opportunity for the rest of the half. The Hawks went full steam ahead with their offence from there and recorded a 17-3 lead by the half way mark.
Going into the second half with their strong lead, the Hawks continued to dominate the game and solidified their victory with two more tries and conversions. Four Hawks contributed a try each in the team effort win; Andrew Quattrin (Holland Landing, Ont.), Joshua Clayton (Peterborough, Ont.), Andrew Thomson (Pickering, Ont.), and Joshua Grant (Pickering, Ont.).
Jason Park (Mississauga, Ont.) led the scoring effort for the black and gold, tallying a try and conversion for his team.
The Hawks are 2-3-0 on the season and head to Kingston next on October 17th to take on the Queen's Gaels as they go for their third straight victory.
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Brock men's rugby falls to first place Guelph 55-20
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - The Brock University men's rugby team (2-3 OUA) dropped a 55-20 decision to the first place Guelph Gryphons (6-0 OUA) Friday afternoon at home.
The Badgers were just the second team this season to put up 20 plus points against the physical Gryphons defense.
Scoring single trys for the Badgers were Dylan Mundy (Sutton, Ont.), Joshua Gomer (Collingwood, Ont.), Blake Sanderson (Pickering, Ont.) and Sean Medeiros (Mississauga, Ont.).
Leading the Guelph offense was the OUA leading scorer Jonathan West who finished with three trys and five converts for 25 points. In six games, he leads the OUA with 73 points. Adding single trys were Adam Maahs, Max Van Dijk, Blake Aram, Scott Simmonds and Darien Hewey.
The Badgers will be off for Thanksgiving and return to action on October 16th at 3pm when they play host to the RMC Paladins.
Source: Brock Badgers
It was a clean, uncomplicated and low-scoring affair for the Marauders on Friday, as they cleared the table for Thanksgiving with a 15-0 shutout of the RMC Paladins at Back 10 Field.
Richard Ormrod, Mike Waldock and Mike Smith each had tries for the home side, who improved to 4-2 on the season with the victory, good for fourth in the OUA standings. With just two games to play before the onset of the playoffs, McMaster sits squarely in the middle of the postseason picture.
The team returns to Back 10 Field in a week's time, as they take on the Waterloo Warriors on Saturday, October 17.
Source: McMaster Marauders
Mustangs surge over Varsity Blues in Toronto
TORONTO, Ont. – The Varsity Blues may have been first up on the scoreboard, but that didn't deter the Mustangs from surging over Toronto and recording a substantial victory at Varsity Centre.
The 86-10 win puts the Mustangs third overall in the OUA with a record of 4-1, only behind Queen's and Guelph. Meanwhile, the Varsity Blues remain winless at 0-6.
Consistent point leader, Mark Denton, maintained his spot at the top of the score sheet, recording eight converts throughout the game, totaling 16 points. Brady Rowland only narrowly missed out on the top spot, falling behind Denton with 15 points from three tries.
Toronto's Tudor Chirila opened up the scoreboard with a successful penalty goal less than two minutes into the game. Western quickly responded by preventing the Varsity Blues from adding to the scoreboard for the next 72 minutes.
Minutes after Toronto's goal, Rowland scored Western's first try of the night. Rowland kept adding points to the scoreboard as he also scored the second and third tries of the game at the 14 and 18 minute marks. All three were followed up with successful converts from Denton.
Rowland's quick succession of tries seemed to open up the floodgates, with four more tries and three converts scored for Western before the close of the first forty.
Heading into halftime, the Mustangs were up 47-3.
Returning to active play the game was still controlled by Western.
Six minutes into the second half Brendan Catliff was the first to add to the Mustang lead. The floodgates were reopened.
Running through the Varsity Blues, six more tries were added in the final forty of the game – two of which were accompanied by converts.
The unstoppable rush of purple and white points was only interrupted once, with a try and convert recorded for the Blues with five minutes remaining.
At the final whistle, Western had taken the game 86-10.
The Mustangs now have their sights set on October 17, when they take on the OUA first place team, the Guelph Gryphons. Western is set to play on home turf at 7 p.m. on Alumni Field.
Source: Western Mustangs
