Irish Canadian Rugby Club 24 - York Yeomen 10
14 / 06 / 03
League

Playing away after a venue change on a hot day, Irish Canadians toppled York by 24 points to 10 to claim top spot in the Marshall division after four games.

Captain George Azar led by example, scoring twice from charge downs to lead the Irish.

Irish led 6-0 at halftime on two Brad Boss penalties, then scored twice from a Boss penalty and Azars' first try in the first two minutes of the second half to take command.

York battled continually through the day, but Azars second try from Mike Browns' hack through iced the win.  Mark Thompson scored from a five yard line out drive before York scored on the games' final play to reduce the margin to 24-10.

"All things considered, a good win," noted Irish coach Mark Winokur, "we pressured them enough to get the job done; we know that they were missing key players, and that we can play better than that-so a good day after all the mess."

The games were originally scheduled for Fletchers, and many preparations laid on for Alumni Day, but a bizarre decision to lock the grounds due to rain on Thursday led to a venue change.

The development side, behind 10-8 with 18 minutes to play, hammered home four tries in that brief period to down York by 32-10 to remain undefeated.

The third team got a default win when York failed to assemble a team.

The firsts are off next week due to rep team commitments, but the Development side and thirds play at Markham on Saturday. The 1st XV play next at second place Markham on Thursday, June 26 @ 7 pm.