Day Two Men's Recap: Canadian University Rugby 7s Championships
KINGSTON, ONT. (March 23, 2019) – In a battle of Quebec for the national title, the Concordia Stingers prevailed as the Men’s 2019 University Canadian University Rugby Sevens Champions over the Bishop’s Gaiters. The host RMC Paladins claimed the Challenge Trophy with their ninth place finish.
Top Scorers
58 – Mitch Voralek (Waterloo)
37 – Ben Russell (Quebec Selects)
36 – Connor Jaques (Queen’s)
Concordia dominated the final from start to finish, leading 29-0 at halftime against a Bishop’s team that was undefeated in the tournament up to that point. The Stingers raised the Cup after a 34-0 final score.
Waterloo was leading against Concordia in the final minute of their semi-final, but the Stingers tied the match on the last play of regulation, and then won in sudden-death overtime.
Queen’s managed to hand Waterloo their second consecutive heartbreaking loss, scoring a try with under a minute remaining to earn third at the Championship.
Bishop’s also qualified for the final in dramatic fashion, scoring a try on the last play of the game to get past Queen’s before they faced off with Concordia.
In the hunt for the Challenge Trophy, RMC came out on top, beating STU en route to a meeting with Trent in the final. The Paladins defeated the visitors 24-7 to claim their prize.
Saturday
Cup Playoffs
Quarter-final #1 – Bishop’s 27 : 0 Regina
Quarter-final #2 – Queen’s 29 : 24 Guelph
Quarter-final #3 – Waterloo 15 : 5 Quebec Selects
Quarter-final #4 – Concordia 19 : 12 Saskatchewan
Consolation semi #1 – Guelph 31 : 14 Regina
Consolation semi #2 – Quebec Selects 24 : 22 Sasketchewan
5th place game – Quebec Selects 17 : 12 Guelph
Semi-final #1 – Bishop’s 24 : 17 Queen’s
Semi-final #2 – Concordia 31 : 26 Waterloo
3rd place game – Queen’s 24 : 19 Waterloo
Cup final – Concordia 34 : 0 Bishop’s
Challenge Trophy Playoffs
Semi-final #1 – Trent 28 : 24 York
Semi-final #2 – RMC 38 : 0 STU
11th place game – York 26 : 7 STU
Challenge Trophy final – RMC 24 : 7 Trent
Friday - Read the Day 1 Recap HERE
Pool A
1. Concordia: 3-0 (+51)
2. Guelph: 2-1 (+67)
3. York: 1-2 (-53)
4. STU: 0-3 (-68)
Concordia 29 : 7 York
Guelph 39 : 5 STU
Concordia 10 : 7 Guelph
York 15 : 10 STU
Guelph 36 : 0 York
Concordia 31 : 5 STU
Pool B
1. Bishop’s: 3-0 (+60)
2. Queen’s: 2-1 (+62)
3. Regina: 1-2 (-51)
4. Trent: 0-3 (-71)
Bishop’s 12 : 0 Queen’s
Regina 17 : 12 Trent
Bishop’s 20 : 0 Regina
Queen’s 38 : 0 Trent
Bishop’s 33 : 5 Trent
Queen’s 36 : 0 Regina
Pool C
1. Waterloo: 2-0-1 (+33)
2. Quebec Selects: 2-0-1 (+27)
3. Saskatchewan: 1-2 (-3)
4. RMC: 0-3 (-55)
Quebec Selects 21 : 15 Saskatchewan
Waterloo 28 : 15 RMC
Waterloo 27 : 7 Saskatchewan
Quebec Selects 26 : 7 RMC
Waterloo 17 : 17 Quebec Selects
Saskatchewan 28 : 5 RMC