Vikes Fall to CWU in Preseason Match: Full Match Video
The UVic Vikes fell to Central Washington University 27-22 despite leading 22-17 at the half. UVic had plenty of possession inside the red zone in the second half but couldn’t convert that into points.
CWU are a top level USA collegiate program ranked in the top 10 by the Goff Rugby Report. They made it to the final 8 in last year’s championship, losing out to BYU in the quarterfinals. Navy won the 2023 championship over the University of California. CWU are also playing UBC on the 27th and TWU on Feb 3rd before taking on rivals #8 Arizona on Feb 10th. UVic will be playing the Pacific Pride, the national academy, on Feb 10th.
UVic
1 Phoenix Moller
2 Jordy Auger
3 Owen Kokan
4 Merlin M’Cloud
5 Brendan Kim
6 Muiredach Casey
7 Jaxson Jones
8 Ryder Heaney-Corns
9 Chris Gamage
10 Ethan Smith
11 Angus Boyd-Porter
12 Marcus Lott
13 Lockhart MacGregor
14 Morgan Di Nardo
15 Dylan Cleaver
16 Brent Hamberg
17 Nic Willey
18 Brighton Feldman
19 Alex Gordon
20 Henry Down
21 Lucas Okano
22 Tanner Milligan
23 Josh McIndoe
CWU
1. Dan McQuade (vc)
2. Jaiden Beer
3. Clint Lyman
4. Oliver Dyrhsen
5. Charlie Platt
6. Tiai Vavao
7. Arona Tauiliili
8. Drew Farrington
9. Kye Jones
10. Taine Jones
11. Conner Grande
12.Calvin Liulamaga
13. Sam Dwyer (c)
14. Isaiah Simera-Saldana
15. Benji Ward
16. Brock Kluempers
17. Cam Nelson
18. Trevor Schweer
19. Chris Grosse
20. Andrew Miller
21. Malakai Tacbian
22. Cade Evans
23. Julian Niulala