SHERBROOKE, Que. – The Bishop's Gaiters men's rugby team will be on the road this weekend to take on the ETS Piranhas (0-3-0) on Saturday, Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. in Montreal.
Tale of the Tape:
Bishop's (2-2-0)
The Gaiters are coming off a 48-16 loss to the Concordia Stingers (4-0-0), the top team in the RSEQ, at home last weekend. Concordia struck first with a try but were unable to convert.
Tyler Murphy (Bromont, Que./Massey Vanier H.S.), tied for leading scorer in the conference, answered for the Gaiters, booting through a penalty from over 40 yards. Jonathan Banks replied with a penalty of his own for the Stingers before Murphy again booted through three more points.
Concordia scored and extended their advantage to 15-6 with a try and conversion. Then Gaiter veteran Robbie McGovern picked off a Stingers pass and raced away 70 yards for an uncontested try that Murphy converted. The Concordia lead was cut to just 15-13.
A gaff at the last play of the first half on a scrum at the Bishop's five-yard line gave Concordia an easy try and a 22-13 lead.
After the break, it was all Stingers. They scored nine minutes into the stanza and again six minutes after that to extend their lead to 34-13. Murphy added his third penalty of the game for Bishop's but that was the last points the Gaiters put on the board. Two more tries from Concordia made the final 48-16.
ETS (0-3-0)
The Piranhas lost to Sherbooke (2-2-0) 31-29 at home last weekend. They also lost to Concordia 34-0 and McGill (3-0-0) 37-3 this season. Andoni Claverie leads ETS with nine points scored, all of which came against Sherbrooke.
Match-up:
ETS beat Bishop's in the 2017 semifinal, 7-0, in Montreal to end the Gaiters campaign.
Coach's Corner: Charles Goode, Post Concordia, previewing ETS match-up
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Next up:
The Gaiters will take on the Carabins on Friday, Oct. 19
th at 7 p.m. in Montreal.
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