When Jason Verstraten scored his second fifty metre try in two minutes the hand writing was on the wall for the Marshall Division newboys Brampton Beavers. In the end Verstraten's Irish Canadians squad came away with their third straight win on the young Ontario season, scoring a 39-12 victory on Saturday.

Steve Conlan scored two tries on the day as well, his first coming from a No. 8 pickup at the Brampton five metre line, the physical forward snaking across the line to put his side up 5-0 after 12 minutes.

Brampton played well in stretches, but their play would be punctuated with poor decision making, dropped balls and missed defensive assignments that the more seasoned Irish team quickly turned into scoring opportunites.

Irish coach Mark Winokur called the victory satisfying, but he maintains, "There is still a lot of work to do."

Irish captain George Azar got his team's second score at the 20 minute mark when a maul and then a ruck, originating from an Irish penalty lineout at the Brampton five metre line provided the platform for the back row forward to free the ball from twisted pile of bodies and legs to put his team in front 10-0. Konrad Nikkel missed his second conversion attempt as well  a situation that would dog the fly-half all afternoon.

Brampton continued to get opportunities but would squander them with penalties. The Irish were also guilty of stalling the game on one penalty awarded to the Beavers, Scottish exchange referee Alan Clark adding another ten meters to give the visitors their first chance at goal. Kicker Denis Thoms missed from 40 metres and the Irish still appeared well in control.

New Irish hooker Rodrigo Lacassie showed his keen sense of field awareness as multiple phases had the speedy Chilean forward positioned on the wing as the ball went down the line, allowing him to link with Conlan for his second try, this effort going over in the corner. Nikkel again missed the extras but the Irish were in front 15-0.

With the clock creeping into injury time a Brampton drive to the Irish one metre line suddenly turned tables, becoming possibly the best try scored by the men in green so far this season.

A Brampton pass was well anticipated by former Winnipeg Blue Bomber punt returner Lenny St. Pierre. His interception turned into a twenty metre run up the sideline where he then off-loaded to Jason Verstraten who spotted a supporting Mark Thompson. Thompson then passed to Brad Boss who made some good gains before passing to Lacassie, the ball then going back to Thompson before ending up in the hands of prop Jon Ashley who threw a perfect miss pass to a streaking Verstraten. The former Canadian team wing then hit the gap outrunning several Brampton defenders before he fell exhausted across the line capping a superb one hundred metre effort. Nikkel's conversion put the Irish further ahead at 22-0.

The restart was conducted in the 43rd minute and rather than just look for the safety of half-time the Beavers continued to attack, finally turning the ball over in mid-field with Verstraten scooping up the offering before jetting past two Beaver defenders. Still feeling the effects from the previous run a Brampton player threatened to catch up with him at the one metre line, with Verstraten offering up a dummy pass to a supporting Irish player before he dropped over the line for his second try in as many minutes. Nikkel missed the conversion but the Irish were enjoying a comfortable 27-0 lead at the break.

It did not take long for the Irish to get the offense going again in the second half. Irish fly-half Peter Smith gathered in a Brampton clearance kick, opting to put the boot on the ball himself. Irish wing St. Pierre legged it down to where the ball was bouncing around the Brampton corner flag, securing it before scoring under the posts for an unconverted try and a 32-0 lead.

Winokur began to dip into his replacement bench taking off Lacassie and Conlan in favour of Galbraith and Chris Gallimore respectively.

Brampton began to play with some purpose as the cohesion on the Irish side dropped a bit, coupled with the stop start nature of the game as referee Allan began to make a number of curious decisions at scrums and lineouts that began to interrupt the flow of the match.

The Beavers made it to the one metre line of the Irish before Allan blew them for killing the ball. Irish center Mike Brown then knocked on at his own one metre line giving the Beavers another chance with a five metre scrum. A foot up in the scrum then scuttled that chance and the Irish shutout still seemed to likely to remain intact.

Centre Henry Meyers scored the final Irish points after finding a gap from twenty metres out to put the Irish at its largest lead of the day at 39-0.

Brampton did not give up however scoring two tries late with scrumhalf Steve Griffiths scoring following a No. 8 pickup. Close to full time hooker Brian Luffman scored from five metres out, Thoms adding the conversion for the final 39-12 scoreline.

Beaver's captain Kent Tumber said while it was disappointing to lose he feels it was a good effort against the defending McCormick Cup champions - one that taught his team some valuable lessons.

"When you make mistakes against them you pay in the form of points," he said. "We made too many knock-ons and that turned into opportunities for them, so we learned a lot."

Tumber's counterpart George Azar felt there was some effort left on the field noting "there is room for some improvement, but we still played well."

Brampton falls to 1-2 on the year while the Irish top the Marshall table with two bonus point and one four point victory, good for 13 points in the table.