{"id":17228,"date":"2017-05-10T19:05:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T23:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=17228"},"modified":"2017-05-10T19:05:41","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T23:05:41","slug":"perfect-start-to-season-for-saints-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/perfect-start-to-season-for-saints-rugby\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect start to season for Saints rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jake Courtepatte<\/strong><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s crop of St. Andrew\u2019s Saints varsity rugby players has proven to be a scoring machine.
\nJust two games into the CISAA regular season, the Saints have put up a total of 94 points to their opponents\u2019 ten.
\nEntering the season with their confidence high after a silver medal win in the CAIS tournament at Ashbury College, the Saints were down a handful of players in their opener against Crescent School last week, creating what coach Jon Butcher called \u201can unstructured and rather messy experience.\u201d
\n\u201cHowever, the sheer athleticism of the lads coupled with some good moments of teamwork was more than enough to put this one in the books.\u201d
\nGabriel Wallace led the way with three tries for a total of fifteen points, while both Ian MacLean and Wells Karabin mixed tries and converts to also get into the double digits. The final score was 63 \u2013 10.
\nTrinity College School was the Saints\u2019 next victim, shut out for the second straight game in a 31 \u2013 0 match.
\nWallace once again led the way with two tries, while Campbell Clarke was able to convert three times to add six points himself.
\nA whirlwind month has the Saints playing three more games before the CISAA championship date, scheduled for May 24. Last year\u2019s squad opened their season with three straight losses, before turning it around to earn a silver medal to Appleby College\u2019s gold in the championship match.
\nThe Saints last won the league final in 2013, and have taken home the trophy a total of 21 times over the program\u2019s history.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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