Irish Canadian Rugby Club 50 - Burlington Centaurs
28 / 04 / 02
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On a cool cloudy day at Sherwood Park, Irish Canadians ran in six first half tries to defeat the newly promoted Burlington Centaurs 50-3 in pre season action.

James O'Shea, Dale Burleigh, George Azar, Peter Smith, Jason Verstraten and Tommy Madden crossed within the first 35 minutes against a home penalty only.

Andrew Yearwood and Kyler Petrie touched down in the games late stages in a sloppy second half that featured de-powered scrums by Burlington and 14 penalties against the Irish in the second half alone.

The Development side blanked their hosts 41-0.

Stand out newcomers in the firsts were Dave Stratton and Lance White, while Kevin Turlo and Jeff Sampson shone in the development win.

Coaches comments:

Some very good passages of play in the first half; discipline still an issue; ball retention improved and defence adequate against a game and physical, if somewhat unimaginative opposition; still operating 25% below optimum for league play.

Next Saturday, the Firsts travel to Montreal to face the Menace of the Rugby Canada Super League.
Game time at Lower Canada College is 5:30 pm. The Development Squad are hoping to enter the Oshawa Vikings "Chris Krause" tourney, stay tuned.