Match Reports: September 22/23

Youth Women: Youth Boys: U14 beat Lomas 45-0; Langley/Caps 42-9

Youth Boys: U16

Rain held off for the 1pm KO. Both teams were keen to go. Bayside was full of running all game. They had their studs testing our defence. And with their rush defence and big bodies in the back field we were under the pump to get front foot ball. After a few basic errors we were down by 7-12. Our disallowed try just at 1/2 didn’t sit well with the Abby boys. Fuel for the fire.  The second half brought some refocusing and a different outlook on the game. We played multiphase rugby, produced quick ruck ball and finished a battle 22-19 win. Our boys pushed through with grit and determination. Great effort fellas! Thanks to everyone for coming out and supporting. Thanks to Bayside for a great game! 

Scoring: Brody Davis-Kimble x2, Caleb Pruden, Rylen Barnum. Coversions: James Thiel

Players of the game: Caleb Pruden, Quinton Kobes.

Youth Boys: U19

Won 43-10 over Bayside

Boys improved a 1000% from week before. Showed better team cohesion, better defence..

Forwards as a group played well and the backs scored the points. Special mention to our flyhalf Ethan Turner who scored 24 points.

Sunday was a great day for Rugby for the Lady Griffins !! 
Our two U14 teams played some tough rugby out in Langley. With just one loss each against the Langley Rugby Club. Trinity Bodenchuk was the talk of the day with her 5 tries and huge tackles 
The U16’s had three teams entered on Sunday and Abbotsford kept the streak rolling from last weekend and out ran Kamloops to go undefeated. The Abby Black team went undefeated to beat the other Abby teams as well. Some great tackles by Cassie Hull and of course speedster Lucie Romeo ran in a couple of tries which is not unusual for the grade 9 player who seems to be a top scorer every weekend. 
The U19 ladies also both went undefeated on Sunday with two teams entered for the day. These teams met each other for their final game and ended in a tie. In which we decided an arm wrestle would be an adequate way to find a winning team. The A team won with the super arm strength of Sarah Meier! 
Both teams ended the day playing some great 7’s Rugby. Kira Peary was the top scorer for the B team with 20 points and on the A team Makenna Gayger was out running her competition with a try in all four games. 
Looking forward to Burnaby Lake next Sunday.