vs. toronto Scottish

ICRC Dev. XV 53 - Toronto Scottish II 0
13 / 07 / 04
League

Irish crush league leaders as future looks bright

The Irish Women's development team threw down the gauntlet to league leaders Toronto Scottish 2 on Tuesday night and showed that they are one of the teams to beat with a dominating 9 try, 53-0 victory. After a slow start to the season the Irish have now moved into second place in the standings and have set their sights on overtaking the league leaders by the end of the season.

Continuing with the theme of developing young talented players for the future, the Irish once again fielded a young side with 13 players under the age of 22. Though a young team, there is quality talent in the side led by Canadian junior Megan Gibbs who scored 2 trys and scoring phenom Karen Dillaine who tallied a remarkable 5 trys on the evening. Other scorers were Ontario junior Jenny Wong making her debut with the club and Cheryl Morris who caps a fantastic week with a try and 4 conversions. The game was never in doubt as the Irish Women methodically went about dissecting holes in the Scottish defence all night long.

“The last few performances by the 2^nd XV have shown that this team is really starting to come together. They will only get better as they spend more time training with each other and forming better chemistry,” replied head coach Rodin “Koko” Lozada when asked to comment on the recent dominating form of the development side. “The last few games show that we have depth in quality and talent within the club. Several of these young players are already pushing the veterans for their spots.”

Assistant coach and club recruiting director Karen Ferguson added, “We have made a concerted effort to recruit young quality players this season to solidify our future base of talent. It looks like we have done a pretty good job of attracting and developing some of the best young players in the province.”

The 2^nd XV next face the Brampton Beavers on July 24^th at Fletcher’s Fields. The Beavers will be looking to improve on their previous meeting which was a 79-0 destruction at the hands of the Irish.