{"id":21460,"date":"2018-08-29T19:28:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T23:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=21460"},"modified":"2018-08-29T19:28:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T23:28:34","slug":"mcrogers-named-to-canada-under-20-rugby-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/mcrogers-named-to-canada-under-20-rugby-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"McRogers named to Canada Under-20 rugby squad"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

A good showing in Houston has landed Jack McRogers a spot on Team Canada for the Junior World Rugby Trophy championship this week in Romania.
\nThe longtime Aurora Barbarian and McMaster University student was among eight Ontario-born athletes chosen for the squad, after a successful outing in two friendlies against Team USA in Houston in mid-June.
\nMcRogers, who also has plenty of experience at the provincial level in his budding rugby career, said his family has been \u201cincredibly supportive.\u201d
\nThe McRogers family history with the Barbarians spans a few generations: his father, who joined the club as a Toronto Barbarian before amalgamating with the Aurora Rugby Club in 2002, had Jack first take to the pitch in Grade Eight.
\n\u201cI was in New Zealand at the time,\u201d said McRogers. \u201cOur family was there for about thirteen months or so. I didn\u2019t have a rugby team at Newmarket High School until Grade Eleven or Twelve.\u201d
\nIt was with the Raiders that he took up the position of fly-half, acting as a part coach as well to assist the budding program.
\n\u201cIt wasn\u2019t great rugby, but it was a good time,\u201d said McRogers. \u201cA good atmosphere teaching football players how to play rugby.\u201d
\nTransitioning to the position of hooker at the provincial and national levels, it was Rugby Ontario coaches Mike Curran and Sean McDonaugh that first distinguished McRogers\u2019 quick-thinking ability to work out of a scrum.
\n\u201cI was 18 at the U19 CRC\u2019s, I was more of a flanker at that time. I had no idea how to throw the first game, just some awful throws, it was fun though. I\u2019ve been working really hard at it, to go top level that\u2019s where I fit.\u201d
\nNow in his third year in McMaster\u2019s Kinesiology program, he seems destined for a career path as a teacher: the \u201cfamily business\u201d, following in the footsteps of both his father and grandfather, who were high school teachers.
\nYet the prospect of a career in rugby is still very much an option for the young McRogers.
\n\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt in my mind that I want rugby as a career,\u201d said McRogers. \u201cI want to play rugby as long as I can. If an offer from anywhere would come, I would probably put a lot of things, including school, on hold for the time. If that offer comes you don\u2019t want to miss it, I can come back and finish school.
\n\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of hype around the Ontario Arrows, I\u2019ve been lucky enough to play a couple of games for them, I think that would be ideal if I could play professional rugby in Ontario and maybe pick up classes at the same time. That would be unbelievable to have that opportunity in Ontario, I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s going to come but I\u2019d jump on that.\u201d
\nThe World Junior tournament, which opened Tuesday for Canada with a match against Portugal, will be streamed live in its entirety on the World Rugby website.
\nMcRogers and the squad will then face Uruguay on Friday, and Fiji on September 5 in round robin format.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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