Irish Canadian Rugby Club 58 - Markham 5
24 / 07 / 04
League

Irish in ten try rout of Markham

Irish Canadians put on clinical display of possession rugby on Saturday at Fletchers, battering Markham 58-5 for their sixth Marshall Division win in a row.

The game was essentially decided within four minutes of kick-off as the Irish scored twice before Markham touched the ball. Phil Mack and Steve Conlon scored in the first four minutes as the Irish built a 31-5 halftime lead.

Markham were unable to secure ball at the set piece and turned over a slew of ball in contact, allowing the greens to dominate.

Mack, Conlon with 2, Leonard Jean Pierre with 2, Ruairi Carson with 2, Fabian Rayne, Rodrigo Lacassie and Andrew Yearwood all touched down for the Irish, with Mack adding three converts and Jason Verstraten one.

"We were a bit unemotional, but technically very good," said Irish coach Mark Winokur. "Not a memorable game, but nothing to complain about either; our biggest challenge is to stay on task."

The Irish are averaging 61 points per game and host the ever-confident Aurora Barbs on August 7. "The Barbs have said we were lucky to win last time (a 51-18 Irish win on June 12), so I imagine we both have something to prove that day," said Winokur.

The development side crushed Markham 41-0 to go to 7-1 on the year, whilst the thirds got 3 tries from Mike Calderone in the second half to pull away 47-22 to improve to 6-2 on the season.

Training continues through the week with a "surprise" social event to follow Thursdays session.


Other Scores (played Saturday):

ORU Marshall One
Yeomen 11 , Brampton 9
Balmy Beach 42 , Aurora Barbs 27

ORU Marshall Two
Crusaders 31 , Brantford 20
Brampton 14 , Yeomen 3
Balmy Beach 32 , Aurora Barbs 0

ORU Marshall Three
Crusaders 33 , Brantford 14
Brampton 20 , Yeomen 0  (def)
Balmy Beach 29 , Aurora Barbs 15