KINGSTON, Ont. - The Guelph Gryphons got off to a winning start at the 2021 Canadian University Men's Rugby Championship, defeating the Calgary Dinos 34-5 in Quarterfinal 2 at Nixon Field in Kingston, Ont. Wednesday. Six different players scored tries and two different players connected on converts for the Gryphons in the 29-point win.
Jacob Ince opened the scoring for Guelph in the second minute before
Max Goodwin doubled their lead in the 14th minute.
Evan Raymond added a third try, converted by
Aria Keshoofy, in the first half to give Guelph a 17-0 lead at half time. The Gryphons added tries by
Alex Williamson,
Ben Clack, and
Alex Chaffey in the second half, with
Darian Hirst kicking a successful convert on Chaffey's try.
Adam Ford was named the Player of the Game for Guelph and Keegan Neary was named the Player of the Game for Calgary.
Guelph advanced to the Championship semifinals on Friday, Nov. 26 where they will take on the Victoria Vikes at 7:30 p.m.
The Gryphons are making their fourth consecutive appearance at the Canadian University Men's Rugby Championship tournament, which was first held in 2017. With a win Friday night versus UVic, the Gryphons would secure their best ever finish at the national championship tournament, with the team's previous best finish coming in 2017 when the Gryphons finished 4th. Friday night's match versus UVic can be seen live online at the Queen's Gaels YouTube channel (
www.youtube.com/queensgaels) and the Rugby Network (
https://www.therugbynetwork.com/).
