Men's Rugby rounds out pre-season with convincing win over Norwich

The Bishop's Gaiters men's rugby team had seven different players score tries in their final pre-season game as they routed Norwich 45-7 on Abbott Field in Lennoxville, Que. on Saturday afternoon.

Bishop's will kickoff for real in the RSEQ against the up-start Ottawa Geegees in the nation's capital on Sunday, Sept. 9 at 1 p.m.

"Our second exhibition game this season was a great success," said Charles Goode, Gaiters head coach. "Our new game plan is coming along, with the majority of tries being scored by our backs, as planned. Our line-out is coming along as is our scrum, with a young front row, who performed admirably. Our main weakness was discipline. We had seven high/dangerous tackles, this would have resulted in yellow and red cards in league play. We must fix this, this week for Ottawa."

It was the 28th straight year that Bishop's and Norwich kickoff in an exhibition game.

Bishop's Tries

Jack Oatway Duncan Alderdice Ont./erin District S.S.)

Patty Currie (Hillsborough,

Ewan Lawton (Halifax, England/queen Ethelburga's College) Kai Moore (Roberts Creek, B.C. ) Carter Filion (St. Catharines, Ont./ridley College)

Marceau Bertin (Paris, France/raffles World Academy (Dubai))

Conversions

Josh Bray (Lennoxville, Que./bishop's College School) 2

Tyler Murphy (Bromont, Que. ) 2 Marceau Bertin (Paris, France/raffles World Academy (Dubai))

B-side

The Gaiters b-side also won their game against Norwich by a final of 10-0. In that game Alex Liddell and Chris Rizzo (Oakville, Ont./oakville Trafalgar H.S.) scored the tries.