{"id":23810,"date":"2019-05-16T17:19:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T21:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=23810"},"modified":"2019-05-23T16:03:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T20:03:49","slug":"barbarian-women-earn-opening-win-versus-toronto-scottish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/barbarian-women-earn-opening-win-versus-toronto-scottish\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbarian women earn opening win versus Toronto Scottish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Just one week into the 2019 Ontario\nWomen\u2019s League season, the Aurora Barbarians have made their mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Aurora women took to the pitch at\nMarkham\u2019s Fletcher\u2019s Fields on Saturday to open their rugby season, besting the\nToronto Scottish by a 55 – 15 score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mckinley Hunt made her presence known\nearly after missing the entire 2018 season due to injury, scoring the game\u2019s\nfirst try. Rookie Barb Habiba Zaghloul carried in her first for the team ten\nminutes later, getting into the corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A late Scottish score in the half\nbrought the match close, before Mac Fane earned a try of her own to make it 15\n\u2013 5 for Aurora at the half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hunt quickly replied after the half with\nanother pair of tries, while Fane also broke the plane once more, along with\nSyd Mann and Britt Douglas in the second half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Aurora women return to the pitch on\nThursday at St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic High School to take on the Toronto\nNomads, with a 7:30p.m. start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Aurora Barbarians 2018 season came\nto an end in the OWL Cup Semi-Final. They were edged by the Guelph Redcoats\n48-47 in a match that saw a combined 15 tries. The Barbs will look to replicate\ntheir regular season success from 2018. Aurora went 7-3-0, good enough for 39\npoints. The Barbs lead the entire OWL with 11 bonus points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Aurora Barbs men did not fare so\nwell in their opening weekend, falling 50 \u2013 13 to the Oshawa Vikings in Ontario\nRugby\u2019s Marshall division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aurora comes off of a tough 2018 season,\nwith a handful of new faces joining the senior squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Barbarians drew the toughest round\none matchup in facing the third-seeded Irish, with Aurora ranking the lowest of\nthe fourteen-team bracket. Both the Brantford Harlequins and Toronto Scottish,\nthe first and second seeds in the bracket, earned byes to the division\nquarterfinals.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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