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Men's Rugby

Team Information

Head Coach:
Peter Huigenbos

Assistant Coaches:
Luke Follwell
Gary Gilks

Contact Information:
Peter Huigenbos
Head Coach, Men's Rugby
c/o Department of Athletics and Recreation
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario
Canada, K7L 3N6
qmrugby@post.queensu.ca
(613) 384-1770 ext. 3148 (W)
(613) 546-6884

OUA/CIS: OUA

For More Information Visit:
www.queensrugby.ca

Schedule/Results: Click here

Eligibility Certificate: Excel file

Men's Rugby News

Rugby (M): Gaels Travel to Argentina
(February 13) - Queen’s University – Men’s Rugby squad is currently on a training tour across Argentina from February 13 – 23. Assistant Coach Luke Follwell will be sending updates and photos back to Canada which will be available to read here

Men's Rugby Loses OUA Final 22-6 To Brock
Markham, Ont. (November 10, 2007) - The Queen's Golden Gaels bid for their first league title since 2001 fell short as they lost to the Brock Badgers in the OUA Final 22-6 Saturday afternoon at Fletcher's Field. The Gaels took the lead on a Bryn Davies (Schomberg, Ont.) penalty kick two minutes into the game but Brock answered with a try just shy of the 19 minute mark. Davies the East division Most Valuable Player made another penalty kick to put the Gaels back ahead by one at 6-5 but Brock scored a try right on halftime to take a 10-6 lead that they would not relinquish. In the second half the Badgers scored two tries five minutes apart in the last ten minutes of the game as they claimed Brock's first ever rugby championship.

OUA All-Star Ray Barkwill was named the OUA Championship MVP.

Scoring Summary
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OUA - 1 . 2 . FINAL
BRO - 10 . 12 . 22
QUE - 6 . 0 . 6
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First Half
QUE - 02:00 - Davies - (Penalty Kick)
BRO - 18:55 - Ropp (Try)
QUE - 22:48 - Davies (Penalty Kick)
BRO - 40:00 - Mitchell (Try)
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Second Half
BRO - 30:26 M. MacSween (Try)
BRO - 35:21 McIlvany (Try)
BRO - 36:08 - McDonell (convert)
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Championship MVP - Ray Barkwill (BROCK)


Six From Men's Rugby Chosen OUA All Stars
Kingston, Ont. (November 9, 2007) - The Queen's Golden Gaels have placed six players on the OUA East Rugby All Star team announced today. Fourth year Scrumhalf Bryn Davies of Schomberg, Ont. leads the way for the Gaels as he was selected the East Division Most Valuable Player. Davies led the OUA in scoring this season with 54 points on three tries, 15 conversions and 3 penalty kicks. In the playoffs he has continued his torrid pace scoring 22 points in the 99-0 quarterfinal win over Trent and eight of the Gaels 18 points in their five point semifinal victory over Western last Saturday. Joining Davies on the East All Star team from the Gaels are Tim and Pat Richardson of Vancouver, B.C., James Potter of Vancouver, Colin Alexander of Hockessin, DE and Alistair Clark of Oakville, Ont. Queen's will play for the OUA Championship Saturday November 10th in Markham, Ont. at Fletcher's Field. Kickoff for the gold medal game is scheduled for 2pm.



Men's Rugby OUA Preview
Markham, Ont. (November 8, 2007) - The Queen's University Golden Gaels and the Brock University Badgers will compete for this year's Ontario University Athletics (OUA) men's rugby championship at Fletcher's Fields in Markham this Saturday, November 10th at 2:00pm, presented by Rugby Canada. The game is a re-match of the 2005 and 2006 bronze medal games which saw the Badgers defeat the Golden Gaels 23-13 and 7-3, respectively. Queen's has won 11 OUA championships in the past twenty years, the most recent title come in 2001. Brock, however, has yet to win a provincial banner and look to make history this weekend after coming close in recent years.

The Golden Gaels finished the regular season with a 5-1 record before moving to playoff action and blowing out Trent University by a score of 99-0 and defeating the University of Western Ontario 18-13 in last weekend's semi-final match-up. Fourth-year veteran Bryn Davies, a scrum-half from Schomberg, Ontario, is the OUA leading scorer. Davies has tallied 54 points total, scoring three tries, 15 converts and three penalty goals on the season. In the display against Trent, Davies was the biggest contributor on the day with two tries and six converts for 22 points.

Alistair Clark (Oakville, Ont.), a second-year flanker for Queen's and 2006 OUA East Rookie of the Year, has also established himself as an offensive threat this season, recording five tries in six regular season games. The Queen's defense has proved resilient in conceding the fewest number of points, 52, in regular season play. The Golden Gaels will look to both their offensive flair and stringent defense to overtake Brock.

Brock, the 2005 and 2006 OUA bronze medal recipients, will take confidence from their 26-7 convincing victory against Queen's on October 5, heading into Saturday's championship match. The Badgers had another impressive campaign ending their regular season with a 4-2 record and 21 points, landing them in second spot behind their rival Gaels. In their playoff run, the Badgers shutout the Royal Military College 26-0 prior to upsetting the defending 2006 champion McMaster Marauders 11-5.

Brock's offense and defense are second in the OUA behind Queen's, scoring 245 points and conceding only 67 in the regular season. Rory McDonnell (Brantford, Ont.) a rookie flyhalf, is his team's leading producer of points. He has demonstrated his consistency in scoring 49 points on the season from one try, 16 converts and four penalty goals, in his OUA debut. Third-year student-athlete, Jonathon Cregg (Oshawa, Ont.) scored six tries in as many games and strives to carry his streak forward to help Brock claim their first ever OUA championship.

OUA Finals
Saturday, November 10, 2007 at Fletcher's Fields in Markham, Ontario.

OUA Bronze Medal Match
Western vs. McMaster - 12:00 pm

OUA Final
Queen's vs. Brock - 2:00 pm


Men's Rugby Defeats Western 18-13

Kingston, Ont. (November 3, 2007) - The Queen's Golden Gaels have advanced to the OUA Rugby Final with an 18-13 semi-final victory over the visiting Western Mustangs held Saturday afternoon in Kingston.

The Gaels, who defeated the Mustangs in Kingston during the regular season 16-13, were able to use timely kicking to help the punch their ticket to next week’s gold medal game in Markham, Ont.

Queen’s took the lead four minutes into the game when Scrumhalf Bryn Davies of Schomberg, Ont., connected on a long 40 metre penalty kick to make the score 3-0. 

Davies felt making the first kick set the tone for him the rest of the game. 

"There was a big crowd out there and I just had to keep my focus,” said Davies. “Once I got that first one it sort of eased my mind and got me in a rhythm". 

The Gaels increased the score to 8-0, 13 minutes later when Alaistair Clark of Oakville, Ont. carried the ball over for a try. 

Nine minutes later Western made a move as Queen's Colin Frenke of Oakville was sent off for ten minutes for foul play.  The Mustangs took advantage of the shorthanded Gaels and scored a try when Marcus Mitchell of Ancaster, Ont. broke a tackle and ran in from 20 metres out to make it 8-5. 

The second half saw Queen's start quickly again with them pressuring the Mustangs zone.  After Steve Shortly of Port Perry, Ont. was stopped just short of a try, the Gaels swung the ball the other way and Sean Duke of Vancouver, B.C. was able to touch it down for a try.  Davies added the convert giving the Gaels a ten point lead at 15-5. 

Queen's head coach Peter Huigenbos says the team had talked at halftime about being more disciplined and try to build on their lead.

"We were playing defence almost the entire first half and we were still leading.  So we talked about cleaning things up, get down into their end and did so with a great play which Sean Duke finished off".

Western did not fold and came right back at Queen's getting a successful penalty kick from Andrew Buxton-Forman of Oakville to close to within seven points. 

Six minutes after the penalty Mustangs Colin Brown of Toronto, Ont. blocked a Queen's kick and scooped up the ball and ran 10 metres to score a try.  Buxton-Forman missed on the convert to keep it a two point game.

Twenty minutes into the second half the Gaels finished off the scoring when they were awarded a penalty kick which Davies made from 30 metres with Western players on the field and sideline trying to rattle him.  Davies says he felt great when that penalty went through "It was such an important moment in the game and it was great when it went over the bar".

When the final whistle blew the Gaels celebrated a berth in the OUA Final and Huigenbos said the team fought through injuries and a tough opponent. 

"We played in front of a great crowd on a day that felt like August,” said Huigenbos. Playing against Western, it was a heated affair but our guys fed off that emotion and finished out this game great". 

Queen's advances to the OUA Rugby Final set for next Saturday, November 10th in Markham at Fletcher Fields.  The Gaels will faceoff against the only team to beat them this season the Brock Badgers.  On Saturday, the Badgers defeated McMaster in Hamilton 11-5.  The gold medal final is scheduled for 2:00pm.

Notes:  All the Queen's players said the large crowd at Kingston Field made the victory even better.  A group of fans wore bright orange touques with a gold Q on them.

 

 

Men's Rugby Routs Trent 99-0

Kingston, Ont. (October 27, 2007) - The Queen's Golden Gaels advanced to the OUA semifinals with a 99-0 rout of the visiting Trent Excalibur Saturday afternoon in Kingston. 

The Gaels were never threatened receiving tries from nine different players.  The referee called the game with six minutes left after Queen's made it 99-0 on Chris Barrett's (Vancouver, B.C.)fourth try of the game.

Other than Barrett's 20 points Queen's Scrumhalf Bryn Davies of Schomberg, Ont. was the high point man scoring 22 points scoring two tries and kicking six converts. Zach Pancer of Unionville, Ont., James Potter of Vancouver, Sean Duke of Vancouver and Colin Alexander of Hockessin, Del. each recorded two tries in the Gaels most lopsided win of the season.   

In the first half the Gaels scored tries in the first, sixth, ninth, 15th, 23rd, 25th, 30th, 36th and 39th minutes of the opening half to lead 55-0 at halftime.

After the intermission Queen's added tries in the first, sixth, 14th, 18th, 23rd, 25th, 32nd, and 34th minutes.  In all Trent had possession in Queen's half of the field just once the entire game.

Queen's will now face the University of Western Ontario Mustangs in the OUA semifinals next Saturday November 3rd at Kingston Field.  Kickoff for the game will be 1pm with a hospitality area planned for the match.

Men's Rugby Blanks RMC 41-0

Kingston, Ont. (October 20, 2007) - The Queen's Golden Gaels wrapped up first place in the OUA East heading into the playoffs with a 41-0 win at RMC in both teams regular season finale. 

The Gaels received tries from six players and eight players in all scored in the game for the Tricolour.  Josh Chambers of Belleville, Ontario had two tries for Queen's with Alexandre Nemetz-Sinchein of Vancouver, British Columbia, Michael Wong of Barrie, Ontario, Petar Jokic of Milton, Ontario, Colin Alexander of Hockessin, Delaware and Will Sorenson of Caledon East, Ontario all scoring a try. 

Gaels scrum half Bryn Davies of Schomberg, Ontario the leading scorer in the OUA entering action kicked two converts for four points with Ryan Kruyne of Dunrobin, Ontario also kicking a convert.  Queen's will face the Trent Excalibur in the OUA East semi finals next Saturday October 27th at 1pm at Kingston Field.

 

Men's Rugby Looks To Wrap Up First Place Saturday

Kingston, Ont. (October 18, 2007) - The Queen's Golden Gaels will try to lock up top spot in the OUA East this Saturday October 20th when they play their regular season finale at RMC.  The Gaels will enter the game four points ahead of second place Brock knowing a win over the host Paladins will give them home field advantage for the league's quarter and semi finals, with the OUA gold medal game scheduled for Fletcher Fields in Markharm.

The Gaels took control of the East when they defeated the visiting Western Ontario Mustangs a week ago 16-13 while Brock was being defeated 19-11 by the visiting McMaster Marauders.  The results last weekend left Queen's at 4-1 for 19 points and the Badgers 3-2 for 15 points with a game left till the postseason starts Saturday October 27th. 

Queen's enters Saturday's game against the Paladins with four players in the top 20 in scoring led by scrum half Bryn Davies of Schomberg, Ontario who has 50 points to lead the OUA.  Davies is joined in the top 20 by teammates Alistair Clark of Oakville, Ontario who is eighth with 25, while Steve Shortly of  Port Perry, Ontario and Christopher Barrett of Vancouver, British Columbia who are tied for 13th with 20 points. 

Paladins Centre Brent McIntyre of Orleans, Ontario is tied for fifth in the OUA in scoring with 35 points on  a try, nine converts and four penalty kicks.  RMC as a team has scored only 10 tries this season, only Trent and Toronto have scored fewer. 

Game time at RMC is scheduled for 1pm on Saturday October 20th.

Men's Rugby Loses Bronze Medal 7-3 to Brock
Markham, Ont (November 4, 2006) - The Queen's Golden Gaels ran into a bending but not breaking Brock Badger defence as they lost in the OUA bronze medal game 7-3. The game was scoreless into the second half when the Badgers scored a converted try to take the lead and then absorbed lots of Queen's pressure in avenging a loss to Queen's in early September in Kingston. Ian Gillespie scored the Gaels only points on a late second half penalty kick. The Gaels finish the season with an overall record of 8-4.


Men's Rugby Wins Major Individual Award and 6 All Stars
Kingston, Ont (November 3, 2006) - The Queen's Golden Gaels had a league high six players named to the OUA East Division all star squad and freshman Alistair Clark was awarded the East Division rookie of the year. Clark a 6'0 200 pound first year player from Oakville Ontario played in all eight games and scored four tries this year for the Gaels who finished 6-2 and tied for first in the East Division with Brock. Joining Clark on the East Division all star team are Graham Watt (2nd year, Richmond Hill, ON), Spencer Cameron (fifth year, Pickering), Haddon Murray (2nd year, Toronto), Colin Alexander (3rd year, Belle River) and captain James Potter (3rd year, Vancouver, BC). Queen's and Western both had an OUA high six all stars with Brock and McMaster each having five. The Gaels play Brock in the bronze medal game tomorrow in Markham while Western and Mac compete for the gold.


Men's Rugby Loses Semifinal 15-10 At Western
London, Ont (October 29, 2006) - The Queen's Golden Gaels quest for gold ended Sunday afternoon with a 15-10 loss to the host Western Ontario Mustangs in the OUA semifinals. The Gaels trailed 15-0 at halftime and battled back in the second half on tries by Spencer Cameron and Beau Chapman but in very bad field conditions they ran out of time and lost by five points. The Mustangs advance to next Saturday's championship in Markham while Queen's will play one more game also in Markham next weekend for the bronze medal.


Men's Rugby Wins Quarterfinal 31-5 Over Laurier
Kingston, Ont (October 25, 2006) -The Queen's Golden Gaels defeated the Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks 31-5 in a quarterfinal game played at Kingston Field Wednesday afternoon. The Gaels led 10-5 at halftime and took control with three tries in ten minutes early in the second half to lead 25-5. Beau Champman, Alistair Clark, Chris Haylock and James Potter scored tries for Queen's with Ian Gillespie adding a convert and three penalty kicks. John Moonlight scored the only Laurier points on a first half try. The Gaels move on to the semifinals Sunday probably in London against the Western Ontario Mustangs.

Photos by Changuk Sohn


Men's Rugby Hammers RMC 65-0

Kingston, Ont (October 21, 2006) - The Queen's Golden Gaels finished the regular season with an easy 65-0 win over the RMC Paladins Saturday afternoon at Kingston Field. The Gaels who led 27-0 at halftime received four tries from Colin Alexander, two tries from Alastair Clark, and a try each from Zach Pancer, Bryn Davies, Haddon Murray, Beau Chapman and Tim Richardson. Ian Gillespie pitched in for Queen's with a ten point day on five conversions. The Gaels finish the regular season 6-2 tied for first in the East division with the Brock Badgers, but won't know who they play in the playoffs till late this weekend. Quarterfinals are scheduled for this Wednesday with the semifinals next weekend.


Queen's Blasts Toronto 46-0 in Men's Rugby
Kingston, Ont (October 14, 2006) -The Queen's Golden Gaels defeated the University of Toronto Varsity Blues 46-0 on a chilly afternoon in Kingston. Queen's dominated from the beginning, as the ball was kept on Toronto's side for most of the first half. The first points were scored by Queen's with a try from a scrum by Trevor Kidd five minutes into the game. The Gaels scored three tries in the next 22 minutes from Pat Richardson, and two seven minutes apart from Spencer Cameron, and led 27-0 at the half. In the second half Alistair Viegas scored a try off a great pass from Tim Richardson. Trevor Kidd scored his second try of the game ten minutes later when he broke away from centre field and ran untouched for the score. Beau Chapman finished the scoring three minutes after with a try off a pass from Spencer Cameron. Overall the Gaels got two tries each from Trevor Kidd and Spencer Cameron, single tries went to Josh Chambers, Pat Richardson, Alistair Viegas and Beau Chapman. Ian Gillespie added three converts for the Gaels who are now 4-2 and tied for first in the East division with the Brock Badgers. The Blues fall to 1-5. (with credit to Chris Hanson)

Photos by Changuk Sohn...


Gaels Rugby Crushes Carleton 58-0
Ottawa, Ont (October 6, 2006) - The Queen's Golden Gaels men's rugby team blasted Carleton 58-0 in OUA rugby action in Ottawa Friday. The Gaels scored four tries in the first half and six in the second. Leading the way was Haddon Murray and Colin Alexander who scored two tries each. Other tries were scored by James Potter, Zander Nemetz-Sinchein, Alistair Viegas, Colin Franke and Zach Pancer. Pancer also kicked a conversion and Ian Gillispie kicked two converts for the Gaels who improve to 4-2 in the East Division. Queen's next action is Saturday October 14th at 1pm at Kingston Field when they host the University of Toronto Varsity Blues.


Queen's Rugby Raises Money For Breast Cancer Research
Kingston, Ont. (October 4, 2006) - The Queen's Rugby Football Club participated in the 15th annual Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure and raised more than $13,000. Evan Glowacki, helped get together ninety other rugby players to participate in the Run for the Cure early Sunday morning at St. Lawrence College. The Run for the Cure had set $210,000 for their overall preliminary fundraising figure.

The Queen's Golden Gaels men's and women's rugby teams are on the road this Friday afternoon with the men playing Carleton in Ottawa and the women in Waterloo to face the Warriors.


Men's Rugby loses 22-12 (league)
London, On (September 30, 2006) - The University of Western Ontario Mustangs defeated the Golden Gaels 22-12 in London Saturday. The Mustangs led 8-0 at halftime on a try and a penalty kick. After Western scored and converted a try early in the second half, the Gaels got on the board with a try from James Potter. The Mustangs answered that try with one of their own two minutes later and with the conversion led 22-5. The Gaels were awarded a penalty try which they converted to make the final score 22-12.


Men's Rugby - Queen's 10 McMaster 16
Hamilton, Ont (Sept 24, 2006) - The Gaels lost their first game of the season 16-10 to the McMaster Marauders in Hamilton. Queen's trailed 6-0 at half-time on two Marauder penalty kicks with a third one two minutes into the restart making it 9-0. In the seventh minute of the second half Gaels scrum half Bryn Davies scored a try to make it 9-5. McMaster got that try back with one of their own in the 30th minute and with the conversion led 16-5. Just before the whistle blew to end the game the Gaels got a try from Kai Sorenson to make the final 16-10. Queen's is in London next Saturday to take on the Western Ontario Mustangs.


Queen's Defeats Trent 36-17 in Rugby
Kingston, Ont (Sept 21, 2006) - The Queen's Golden Gaels men's rugby team remain unbeaten with a 36-17 road win over the Trent Excalibur in Peterborough last night. The Gaels led 24-12 at half-time behind tries by Geoff Carran, Zach Pancer, Josh Chambers and Alistair Clarke. Carran got his second try of the game in the second half, with Bryn Davies scoring the other try plus kicking three conversions for an 11 point game. Queen's stays in first place in the OUA East division with a 3-0-0 record as they head into road games the next two weekends against defending league champion McMaster Sunday and perennial power Western Saturday September 30th.


Men's Rugby Travel to Trent
Kingston, Ont (Sept 20, 2006) -The Queen's Golden Gaels men's rugby team travel to Peterborough today to face the Trent Excalibur in OUA East division action. The Gaels are 2-0 and are alone on top of the division with a tough 10 days coming up. After Wednesday's game, the Gaels visit defending league champion McMaster this Sunday and then travel to London Saturday September 30th to visit perennial powerhouse Western. Queen's defeated Windsor 24-5 last Saturday behind a try and two conversions by scrum half Bryn Davies. Teammate Haddon Murray has scored a try in each of the Gaels first two games which included a tough 11-6 win over Brock, the team that eliminated the Gaels in last year's playoffs. Game time in Peterborough tonight is at 7pm.


September 16, 2006 vs. Windsor

The Queen's Golden Gaels improved to 2-0 in OUA play with a 24-5 Homecoming win over the Windsor Lancers. The Gaels led 10-5 at halftime and got tries from Haddon Murray, Sean Duke, James Potter and Bryn Davies who also kicked two converts. The Lancers got their lone try from Andrew Ziricino. The Gaels next game is Wednesday September 20th at Trent University while Windsor (0-2) is at Laurier on Wednesday September 20th.


Queen's Rugby Football Club Reunion Weekend Gala Gathering
Kingston, Ont (Sept 14, 2006) - Queen’s Rugby Football Club is hosting a fun-filled weekend of events for Queen’s Rugby players, coaches and supporters of the past and present this homecoming weekend Sept 15 and 16, 2006. The weekend promises to be a great one with over 150 Queen’s Rugby Alumni confirmed to return to Kingston. Alumni are traveling from far and wide to attend ... Australia, Ireland, Britain, Venezuela, various parts of the United States and Canada are just some of the areas that Alumni will arrive from.

The weekend will begin with a welcoming reception downtown at the RCHA club where old friendships will be re-kindled and the festivities will begin.

Saturday morning will see the kick-off to the event with two Alumni teams taking the field against current Queen’s teams. This is a great opportunity for past players to “strut their stuff” and once again don a Queen’s Jersey!! The first game is at 10am followed by the second game at 11am.

After the Alumni games all eyes will be on the current Queen’s Varsity team as they take on the Windsor Lancers at Kingston Field at 1:00 pm.

Upon the completion of the varsity match, alumni and current players will make their way to Confederation Place Hotel to attend the Queen’s Rugby Hall of Fame Dinner. At this event Queen’s Rugby will honour 14 new inductees into the Queen’s Rugby Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will be followed by a meal and a presentation on the future vision of the Queen’s Rugby Football Club. This presentation will detail the steps Queen’s Rugby needs to make to become the best university rugby program in Canada. After the presentation the crowd of over 250 will hear a speech from our keynote speaker Mr. Martin Johnson. Martin was the captain of the 2003 Rugby World Cup winning England team and Queen’s is very fortunate to have a man of his stature available to speak at this event.

The evening will be rounded out by a dance and social where many Queen’s Rugby stories will be shared and quite possibly embellished.

Story by Brad Greenwood.


Queens RFC Tames Brock Badgers in Home Opener - Queens – 11 Brock – 6
Kingston, Ont (September 9th, 2006) - In the first regular season game of the year, the Queen’s Men’s Rugby Team showed the improvements made since last years campaign. No doubt the loss of the bronze medal at the end of last season was fresh in the minds of the players as they took the field looking to exact revenge on the Brock Badgers, led by full back Jared Selby.

Queen’s was first to draw blood, when early penalty was converted by Bryn Davies to take QRFC up 3-0, minutes into the first half, much to the delight of the large crowd assembled around Kingston Field. Brock was quick to reply with a nearly identical scenario, which left the game tied at 3-3. It was obvious early on that defense would be a key point in the match. With both teams playing a very hard rush defense a lot of pressure was put on the backline.

Queen’s was again able to apply enough pressure in rucks to force the Badgers to make another mistake deep in their own end. Bryn Davies was quick to capitalize on the mistake, taking the boys from Queen’s again into the lead 6-3. The Queen’s forwards showed the gap in skill between them and their opponents. After consistent rucking and with a lineout driven 30 meters into the end zone that resulted in a 5 meter scrum for Queen’s 8-Man, Haddon Murray picked the ball from the base of the scrum and went left. Surprising the Brock flankers and scrum half, he rumbled across the line for the only try of the game. After the conversion missed off the post, QRFC found themselves up 11-3 as the halftime whistle blew.

Brock came out after half with all pistons firing, and was able to muster another penalty kick, bringing the score to 11-6 for Queen’s. The second half emphasized defense for both teams, with two Brock players sent off with injuries sustained after crushing tackles from the Queen’s backline. Despite a handful of penalty attempts, the usually flawless Bryn Davies was unable to slot another 3-pointer, likely because of the poor weather conditions. When the final whistle blew the boys from Queen’s raised their fists in the air, it was clear that they had avenged their heartbreaking loss at the end of last season.

Final score: Queens - 11, Brock – 6.

Scoring Summary
Pen Bryn Davies
Pen Bryn Davies
Try Haddon Murray
FINAL: Queen’s 11 Brock 6

By: Mike Hamata

Photos by Changuk Sohn...


Men's Rugby Defeats Dartmouth
Kingston, ON (September 2, 2006) -The Queen's Golden Gaels men's rugby team began their season today with a 33-10 exhibition win over Dartmouth at Kingston Field. The Gaels took a 7-0 lead but were behind 10-7 at halftime after Dartmouth's Rob Friedman intercepted a pass deep in his own end and raced all the way untouched for a try. Queen's took command in the second half retaking the lead early on a try and then scoring two more tries in the next 10 minutes. Captain James Potter scored one of his team's 5 tries. The Gaels open the OUA season next Saturday afternoon at 1pm at Kingston Field against the Brock Badgers.
Photos by Don Empey...


Queen's Men's Rugby News
Kingston, Ont (August 29th, 2006) - The Queen's men's rugby team announced that one of their players competed for Canada's U21 team that split two exhibition games with the United States U23 team. Canada lost to the US 40-10 (August 24) but bounced back to win 42-36 (August 26). In the Canadian win Gael James Potter (3rd year commerce student from Vancouver) played very well setting up a try. The 6'2 200 pound centre and star of Queen's team just returned to Kingston today and participated in his first practice with the team this morning.

The Gaels are extremely excited about the upcoming season with a good mix of veterans and rookies. One of their prize recruits is Alastair Clark from Oakville, Ontario who has played 6 times for Canada's Under 19 team which went to Dubai for the 2006 World Championships. Alastair also played for Canada's Under 17 team, and Ontario Under 17 & 18 squads.

The men's rugby team play their first home games this weekend Saturday September 2nd & Sunday September 3 against Dartmouth College at 1pm and 3pm Saturday, 1pm Sunday. The Gaels open the OUA season Saturday September 9th against the Brock University Badgers at 1pm. All home games are played at Kingston Field on campus.