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Barbarians fall in OWL final

By Jake Courtepatte

The Toronto Saracens earned their revenge one year in the making on the Aurora Barbarians Saturday in the Ontario Women's League rugby championship.
A streak of two straight Aurora OWL championships was snapped at Fletcher's Field when the Saracens defeated the Barbarians 44 – 26 to claim the provincial title, the third time in three years the teams have clashed in the final.
It was the cherry on the top of a perfect season for the Saracens, who opened the match with a quick penalty conversion just a few minutes in. They took a 10 – 0 lead on a converted try in the twelfth minute, doubling their lead just ten minutes later.
Aurora began to mount a comeback with a pair of tries to bring the deficit back to six points, before a flurry of Toronto scores made it a 37 – 14 game heading into the half.
Toronto held onto the lead until the final whistle.
The women reached the finals after a 27 – 19 win over the Toronto Scottish at Fletcher's Field last weekend.
Aurora was also pitted against the Saracens in the OWL 2 championship, pitting the secondary squads against each other on the same day. A back-and-forth effort had the teams score a try each early on, before a late Saracens try game them a 14 – 7 lead at the half.
Both sides swapped a few more scores in the final forty minutes, though Aurora could not make up the deficit and fell by a score of 24 – 12.
The men's sides continue their regular season with a visit to Lindsay RFC this Saturday.

Excerpt: The Toronto Saracens earned their revenge one year in the making on the Aurora Barbarians Saturday in the Ontario Women’s League rugby championship.

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