Irish Canadian Rugby Club 56 - Ottawa Scottish 0
08 / 05 / 04
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The Irish Women finished their pre-season schedule this past weekend with a trip to Twin Elm Rugby Park to face the Ottawa Scottish.  A dominating performance by the Irish Women saw them come home with a 56 – 0, 10 try runaway victory against their hosts.  

Tracie Allan making her return to the team from her studies set the pace with 4 trys and quickly re-established her as one of the most dangerous wingers in the province.  Canada U19 player Kristin Konieczny opened the scoring one minute into the game after the Irish scrum overpowered the Scottish, stole the ball and proceeded to rumble down the field to open the floodgates.  Jackie Scott with 2, Christine Ford, Laura Steele and Karen Ferguson also touched down trys for the Irish, while Jane Segal added 3 conversions to round out the scoring. 

It was one way traffic for most of the game and the Irish Women showed some impressive passages of play.  “The great inter-play between the backs and forwards shows me that we are buying into the 15 man type of rugby we want to play this season,” stated coach Koko Lozada.  “Having both Tracie and Kristin back in the line-up made an already good team stronger.  They both played significant roles in the fine play of the team this weekend.”  

With the pre-season now over, the Irish Women 1^st XV will meet the Yeomen Women RFC next weekend at Fletcher’s Fields in their OWL season opener.  The 2^nd XV opens their season on May 29^th against the Toronto Saracens.