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Redmen rugby routs Concordia in Quebec semifinal

Published: 2 November 2008

MONTREAL – Mike Davis, a junior fullback from Mississauga, Ont., tallied three tries as division-champion Թ crushed Concordia 41-0 in a Quebec University Rugby League semifinal at Molson Stadium, Sunday.

The Redmen got off to a slow start and only led 10-0 at halftime but exploded for 31 points in the second stanza.

“Initially we had a hard time getting the ball out wide to our wings and seemed to be (on a different wavelength) with the referees,” said Davis. “But in the second half, we listened to the referees instructions and then things started to roll.”

Other try scorers for Թ included Matthew Edwards of Guelph, Ont., Cayse Ruiter of Ottawa and Mathieu Sidoti, a native of Beijing.

Rounding out the rout was Sam Skulsky, a freshman from Calgary, who added 11 points with four conversions and a penalty goal.

“It was a little frustrating in the first half,” said Redmen co-head coach Craig Beemer. “But we were very disciplined, committed to our systems and they eventually clicked.”

Beemer noted that a stunning 25-17 loss at Sherbrooke last week, which snapped Թ’s 19-game win streak, played a role.

“That served as a big wake-up call,” he noted. “The guys were definitely more focused at practice this past week.”

Թ, 6-2-1 overall, are poised to win their third consecutive Quebec conference title when they host second-place Bishop’s in the league championship game next Saturday at 1 p.m.  The Gaiters advanced after edging Sherbrooke 11-9 at Bruce Coulter Stadium in the other QURL semifinal last Friday.

SCORING SUMMARY
Concordia 0 @ Թ 41
(QUSL semifinal @ Molson Stadium)

SCORING BY HALF:
Concordia 0    0 –  0
Թ      10  31 –  41

McG: – Mike Davis (15 points; three tries)
McG: – Sam Skulsky (11 points; four conversions, one penalty goal)
McG: – Matthew Edward (5 points; one try)
McG: – Cayse Ruiter (5 points; one try)
McG: – Ian Turner (5 points; one try)

Missed Penalty Goals: none

Sin-binned: None

Sent off: None.


Թ Redmen Lineup:

01-David Tontini, 02-Adam Sommer, 03 -James Stellick, 04-Matthew Edwards, 05-Jon Phelan, 06-Cayse Ruiter, 07-Peter Klestov, 08-Rupert Common, 09-Joshua Reznick, 10-Ian Turner, 11-Stefan Rinas, 12-Samuel Skulsky, 13-Bryce Thomassin, 14-Michael Davis, 15-Evan Straight, 16-Jacob Chai, 17-Anton Nestel, 18-Sebastien Boridy, 19-Liam O’Briain, 20-Peter Gillespie, 21-Mathieu Sidoti, 22-Jong Wook Lee, 23-Jesse Myers, 24-Gideon Balloch, 25-Tyler Staton

Concordia Stingers Lineup:

01-Michael Cosolante, 02-Stephan Jahanshahi, 03-Matthew Held, 04-Philippe Walkden , 05-Marc Roche, 06-Curtis McKinney, 07-Jonathan Francois, 08-Eric Van Thiel, 09-Glenn Imperial, 10-Ryan Leenhouts, 11-Alec Montealegre, 12-Patrick Demers-Stoddart, 13-Jon Dextras-Romangnino, 15-Courtney Bishop, 16-Andrew Taylor, 18-Fares Robbana, 19-Jeremy Chung Lim, 20-Pervical Graham, 22-Daniel Thomassin, 23-Paul Raffier, 26-Julien Bruneau

Attendance.: 300

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