| 16/10/03
- ICRC Fly-half and Toronto Sun reporter Jonathan Jenkins is in
Australia reporting on the Rugby World Cup!! (2nd from left,
back row) Click here for story from CDN Rugby News |
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05/10/03 - Irish Development XV begin their Cup Challenge in a big way over Aurora Barbarians - Irish 1st XV play friendly against Toronto Nomads as they get ready for McCormick Cup Quarter-Finals - Click here for game report!!
03/10/03 - Presidential Address!!! A letter to the club from Peter Ameli - click here!
30/09/03 - Kingston
Panthers choose to forfeit their 1st round McCormick Cup match with Irish - Toronto Nomads
agree to exhibition match as warm up to the McCormick Cup playoffs!!
Click here for details!
| 29/09/03 - ICRC Alumnus Pearce Higgins elected to Rugby Canada's Board of Directors during 2003 AGM - more details to follow!! |  |
27/09/03 - ICRC Alumni
Day a huge success!! Irish drop last game of the season vs. 2003
League Champs Oakville
Crusaders to finish in 3rd place - Development XV impresses with a
come from behind victory!!
Click here for game report!!
| 21/09/03 - Young ICRC Centre Kevin Turlo to play with James Bay for 2003 / 04 British Columbia Rugby Union season! |  |
21/09/03 - Irish get swamped
at Balmy Beach
Click here for game report
Click
here for CDN Rugby News Report
14/09/03 - Irish have
terrible game in loss to Markham
RFC - Development XV wins again to stay in the hunt for the league
- Click here for game report
12/09/03 - ICRC in
negotiations with top Women's ORU side to join Irish in 2004 - More
details to follow!
07/09/03 - Irish move
training under the lights of Richmond Green
- Click here for directions
06/09/03 - Irish storm back
in 2nd half to crush York
Yeomen!! Dev. XV shut out their York opponents and 3rd's win by
default
Click
here for CDN Rugby News Report!!
Click here for ICRC Game report!!
| 01/09/03 - Former Ontario Championship winning Fullback, Club President, Executive Member, Chairman of Selection, Fletcher's Field Representative and newly elected life-time ICRC member Bill Barclay passes away after long battle with illness |  |
23/08/03 - ICRC trap
the Brampton Beavers in 43-19 win!!
Click here for the Game report and pictures!!
22/08/03 - Prop
Rodrigo Lacassie to play in the 1st ever Test Match between Chile and Fiji
on Sunday, August 24th!!
Click
here for details from CDN Rugby News.com!!
17/08/03 - Irish back
on the right foot with big wins over Highland R.F.C.!! Click
here for game report and pictures!!
10/08/03 - ICRC lose
2nd in a row as Brantford Harlequins take it to the Irish - Dev. XV and
3rd XV's struggle due to lack of available players - Click
here for details
07/08/03 - ICRC Centre
Andrew Van Kerrebroeck named to the Ontario U21 side to compete for the
National Championships in Winnipeg!!
31/07/03 - Knocked out
of first place - Irish lose to Crusaders in Thursday night match-up in
Oakville - Dev. XV lose to Crusaders as 3rd XV defaults because of the
Friday night scheduling
- Click here for
1st's game report
17/07/03 - ICRC XV drop exhibition game to Burlington Centaurs by one point -
last second score disallowed!!
Click here for Game report!!
| 17/07/03 - Prop Jonathan Ashley and Fullback Jason Verstraten named in the Canada "A" / RCSL Eastern All-Star Team that will play the New Zealand Maori in Ottawa, July 30th!! Mark Winokur and Chris Jackson named as Assistant Coach and Athletic Therapist respectively!! |  |
13/07/03 - Toronto
Xtreme defeat the Newfoundland Rock by the score of 19-15 - Final to be
played in Calgary July 26th
- ICRC heavily involved in win as Jason Verstraten & former Irish
fullback Derek Daypuck score tries and Jon Ashley sets up Xtreme captain
Glenn Miller for a score under the posts
ICRC Players in today's game - Rodrigo Lacassie (Hook), Jon Ashley (Tight Head), Mark
Thompson (Open side Flanker), Stephen Conlon (# 8), Jason Verstraten
(Fullback), with George Azar subbing in at # 8 for the last 10
minutes
| 11/07/03 - Rugby Canada has named ICRC and Toronto Xtreme head coach Mark Winokur as one of the coaches of the Canada "A" side to face the New Zealand Maori!! Official announcement to come on Monday |  |
10/07/03 - ICRC Junior squad win their match vs. North Halton by score of 65-0!!
03/07/03 - ICRC crush Balmy
Beach in 1st ever Triple Header at Fletcher's Fields (all three teams
playing at the same time)!!
Click here
for Game report!!
27/06/03 - ICRC pound Markham on a hot & muggy night!! Click here for Game report!!
25/06/03 - ICRC Juniors open their season with close game vs. Orillia at Fletcher's Fields - lose 17-12
22/06/03 - Irish
Development & 3rd XV's both win at Markham- 1st Team Match to be played on Thursday, June
26th at 7:00pm
Click here for directions & map!!
15/06/03 - Irish move
into top spot with win over York Yeomen!!
Click here for Game Report!!
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13/06/03 -
Fletcher's Fields board decides to walk away from Canada / New
Zealand Maori match (August 2nd) as York University named as host
venue by Rugby Canada |
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08/06/03 - ICRC stuff Brampton Beavers
in Marshall Division play!!
Click here for the Game Report!!
02/06/03 - ICRC Golf
Tournament Results!
Click here for details!
31/05/03 - Jason Verstraten, Konrad Nikkel and Rodrigo Lacassie all score in the Toronto Xtreme's 57-14 win over Ottawa Harlequins in Rugby Canada Super League action!! - Click on CRN link for the report!!
30/05/2003 - ICRC
place 7 players into Toronto Xtreme side!!
(Rodrigo Lacassie, Jon Ashley, Mark Thompson, Stephen Conlon, Jason
Verstraten, Konrad Nikkel & George Azar)
29/05/03 - Irish
second half rally vs. Selkirk RFC
falls short as visitors come away with the win
- Click here for details!!
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27/05/03 -
Where are they now?? Closest game is two hours away!! |
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25/05/03 - Green Machine rolls through Fergus and leaves skid marks!! - Click here for details!!
21/05/03 - Former ICRC
Prop Vince Mendes de Franca runs the Alcatel Marathon in Ottawa (May
11th), as do ICRC Alumni Gerry Sheerin (Marathon) & Bernie Humphries
(Half-Marathon)!
- Click here for pictures!!
16/05/03 - Letter to
all Alumni and Supporters of the ICRC!!
- Click here!!
16/05/03 - Pictures
from 1st Annual "Rookie Night"!!!
- Click here to view!!
11/05/03 - Irish start
season off on the right foot with win over Brantford Harlequins!!
Click here for details!!
| 04/05/03
- ICRC lose in final minute of match vs. Ottawa Harlequin's of the R.C.S.L.! The Development XV tie the Ottawa Indians of the Bardon Division! Click here for details!! |
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27/04/03 - Irish edged in Brantford Tournament final by hosts - Click here for details!!
| 24/04/03
- ICRC Fullback / Centre Jason Verstraten named Fox Sportsworld / Canadian Rugby News
Player of the Week after scoring two tries for JBAA vs. Burnaby in BC
Premier League Quarter Final Match!! Click on the CRN link to the left for more details!! |
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18/04/03 - Irish
defeat Burlington Centaurs after both clubs participate in mini-training
camp at Burlington!
Click here for details!!
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31/03/2003 -
London Scottish win the championship by default and are promoted
to London 2N!! ICRC Fly Half Ed Gardner scores try and kicks
2 penalties and 6 conversions the week before, all but assuring
top spot!! |
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12/03/03 - Read Declan Neary's article on the Life and Times of John Dixon in the Globe & Mail - Click here!
07/03/03 - Indoor
Rugby coming to Fletcher's Fields???
Agreement in place to build a dome over the Barbarians field reports ICRC
Fletcher's Field rep. Peter Crocker! More details to follow!!
22/02/03 - ICRC
announces a Mini Rugby program!!!
Click here for details!!
18/02/03 - Pacific
Pride to meet ICRC @ Fletcher's Fields in 2004??
Click here for details!!
18/02/03 - Scotland
National Div. 1 side Preston Lodge
RFC to face off against ICRC August 6th @ Fletcher's Fields!!
11/02/03 - Top Ontario
Coaches join the Pacific Pride Coaching Staff for a week!!
Click here for details of the trip!!
02/02/03 - Irish
Hockey team turns on the offence in huge win over Saracens!!!
Click here for game report!!
14/01/03 - ICRC Hockey Team reeling after one goal loss to Brampton RFC Hockey Team!! Turlo stoned on last minute breakaway for the tie!! - Click here for details!!
10/01/03 - Shocking News from the AGM!!! Mark "T-Bone" Thompson relinquishes
all duties as Social Director in bloodless coup!! Questionable
decision to organize "Paint Ball" excursion during playoffs
comes back to haunt Thompson!!
Scott Boland & Darcy Longpre voted in as new Social Committee -
"If they organize one event, they've done more than Thompson"
exclaims member!!
All other positions acclaimed - see Executive 2003 for details!!
07/01/03 - Help Wanted!! Positions open for 2003 season!! Click here for details!!
07/01/03 - New Ontario Rugby League Website Launched!! Click here to go to site!!