There’s not a lot to say about the match, the post match comments by Captain Sophie de Goede and Coach Kevin Rouet sum it up. There’s also the Canadian Press article appended below.
from Canadian Press
Canada scored 24 second-half points en route to a 37-25 win over the Netherlands on Saturday in an international rugby test match.
The average point differential continues to move upward as the top teams find their scoring touch. In Week 1 the average point differential was +8, Week 2 it went up to +15, this week it’s +27. The highest win was +55, the lowest +5.
The Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship is set to kick off on November 30th at UBC’s Thunderbird Stadium. Tickets can be purchased online at: www.universe.com/events/cumrc-tournament-pass-tickets-1J3L25.
by Peter MacDonald
On a windy day at MacDonald Park the Ravens prevailed in a close game between the two top teams from the mainland and Island pre-season competitions. The game hung in the balance till the last ten minutes and, but for a couple of early turnovers by the Bays, it could have been a different result.
Coach Kingsley Jones announced his 32 player list for the test matches against Netherlands and Namibia. The first match is this Saturday.
Canada finished in 10th place which is a good start for them on the series, they defeated Kenya, Hong Kong and Great Britain to get there. They lost to Argentina, Ireland and New Zealand. If they can keep that pace going through the season they’ll be happy.
It was an impressive effort by the Canadian women who pushed the #1 ranked team in the World to the final whistle. The effort garnered a lot of praise for Canadian women’s rugby from around the rugby world. It was Canadian heart and soul typified and how we would want all our rugby teams to perform. Canada will now face France in the Bronze medal match.
Last week the average point differential was +8 points, it opened up this week to almost +15, helped by UBC’s late scoring surge.
On another note, congratulations to the Canadian women’s XVs team who put in a superb effort against the #1 team in the world in their narrow semi-final loss to England at the World Cup, best wishes in the Bronze medal match versus France.
The two BC teams, UBC and UVic, came close to advancing but weren’t clinical enough at key times. UBC lost by a point to Guelph, in a game they had plenty of opportunities to win. UBC scored 5 tries but couldn’t convert any of them while Guelph scored 4 tries and converted 3 of them. UVic almost created the upset of the tournament as #8 facing #1, they scored 2 tries but were unable to convert either, while Queen’s scored 1 try which they converted and added two penalties.