CRC Day 5 Recap

July 21, 2018

Canadian Rugby Championship Day 5 Recap

(Saskatoon SK) There were two games on docket at the Canadian Rugby Championship for the Ontario Blues on Friday. The U19 Men had a semi final match up with Quebec for a berth in the Final and The U20 Women played Nova Scotia to try and add to their undefeated record.

The U20 Women conceded the first points of the game very early, but they battled back with a try from Celia Martensson to tie the game early. After constant pressure in the Nova Scotia half, the U20 women took a 12-7 lead after Adea Elliot powered over the line. Nova Scotia struck early in the second half to tie the game at 12. The U20 Women started to pour on the pressure scoring two quick tries to put them up 24 -12. Nova Scotia had a fire lit under them late in the game. They fought to tie the game in the dying minutes. The Ontario U20 Women scored in the last seconds of the game to secure the victory 29-24 and kept their undefeated record alive.

Tries: Sarah Hoerig (2) Celia Martensson (2) Adea Elliot

Conversions: Taylour Hurd (2)

For more details on the U20 Women including schedules, scores and stats, go to: https://goo.gl/k75UEd

The U19 Men were in tough against Quebec in their semi-final match up. Dominic Johnson got the Blues to a fast start spinning off his defender and putting the ball down in the corner giving the Blues a 7-0 lead. The U19 Men started to pour on the lead and were awarded a penalty try for Quebec having consecutive high tackle infractions. At the half the Blues led 21-5 but Quebec came storming back with two consecutive tries cutting the lead down to only four points. A U19 men’s try late in the game secured the Blues victory 26-17 which punched their ticket to Sunday's final against the Atlantic Rock at 2pm ET.

Tries: Isaac Brown, Dominic Johnson, Guershom Mukendi, Tyler Webb

Conversion: Dominic Johnson

For more details on the U19 Men including schedules, scores and stats, go to: https://goo.gl/kD17kZ

ABOUT THE ONTARIO BLUES

The Ontario Blues program is the high performance representative program for male and female rugby players in Ontario. Rugby Ontario is represented at the provincial level by the Ontario Blues. The program includes representative teams from Under-15 to Senior in both Women’s and Men’s Fifteens and Under-18 Men's and Women's Sevens. Specifically, the program is designed to develop and showcase rugby players for Canadian representative national teams.

ABOUT RUGBY ONTARIO

Rugby Ontario is the provincial sports governing body responsible for the organization of rugby in Ontario. Our mission is to establish a stronger identity for rugby in Ontario by promoting the sport’s core values and by fostering a culture of inclusiveness and excellence on and off the field of play.

To learn more, visit https://www.rugbyontario.com/