Senior Boys Rugby

Pre Season

Crusaders Fall to Black Nights

The Holy Cross Crusaders played The Lasalle Black Knights in a pre season test match on Friday April 16th. The seniors looked rusty at first when the knights scored an easy tri right off the bat. However after this wake up call the match became more of an even fight. With LaSalle scoring another tri Holy Cross' Scrum Half Matt Gooding answered with Holy Cross' first tri. The battle continued on into the second half with our seniors holding the Black Knights to just one more tri, and Captain Jon Heffernan leaving the game with a shoulder injury. With an end result of 15-5 for the boys, their season looks promising compared to last years 30-0 pre-season loss to the Knights

Regular Season

A Close Match in Sydenham

April 26th kicked off the Senior Boys Rugby season in Sydenham. With sydenham scoring a quick tri the boys had to smarten up. They held off the hawks for the rest of the half and managed to score a tri by the end of it, courtesy of David Heroux. After missing the kick it was a 7-5 game for SHS. The boys came out into the second hard with another tri by David Heroux, making the kick and a 12-7 game for HC. However in the dying moments of the game Sydenham managed to squeak out one last cheap tri, tying the game up. On the last kick for the win the flagsman called it wide however the referee over turned the call putting Sydenham ahead 2 points. A poor way to lose however once some wrinkles get ironed out and the boys put some more effort into their game they'll be on the rise.

Crusaders Triumph Over Blues

On April 28th our boys at last reel in the win. They came out hard scoring two tris in the first half the first coming after big runs set up by Luke Choiniere and Jeff Ginn and ending with Luke Ball taking the 8-man pick from the back of the scrum and pounding it in foe five! The second coming from Mr. English, Conor Doyle. After some nice backs work out of a ruck Conor was able to play hard and punch it in for another five! The boys kept playing hard howwever due to over playing the ball and getting sucked into rucks KCVI was able whip around our backs line and get their share of the points. Missing both our kicks it is evident that that it is an aspect of our game we need to work on. However the boys attribute their success to the good practices they've been getting in, which have more game like scenarios in them. With a record of 1-1 the head face the titans Napanee in the televised match up next Monday.

Crusaders Defeated by Golden Hawks

When the boys came out on Monday May 3rd they were fearful that Napanee was going to walk all over them. However the boys were able keep the ball in Napanee's end and allow one tri in the first having, and scoring their own courtesy of Luke Ball off an 8 man pick at mid field. With the score 5-5 at half the out come of the game looked more promising than last years meet with Napanee (60-0). In the second half Napanee came back with another tri. It was at this time that coach Chambers decided to give out some playing time. Needless to say the boys began to slip and ended up letting in two more tris after their confidence broke. What would have been a close match ended in the boys yelling at each other over the loss. The boys next match takes place on Wednesday at home against Bayridge.

Crusaders Lose to Blazers

On Wednesday May 7th Bayridge visited Holy Cross in an important match up. If the boys won than a tourny would be played on Monday the 10th, and if a loss occured than the boys will play Frontenac on the Monday season game. Bayridge started the game by scoring a penalty kick getting a 3-0 lead. Holy Cross answered when Dav scored for Holy Cross making it a 5-3 game. Some substitutes then made the mistakes of not spreading out and missing some tackles, so Bayridge was able to work around the edge and score a tri and a kick making it a 10-5 game, Bayridge. The end in a fury with the boys upset with some people letting the team down by not doing their job. Now the boys take on the Frontetnac Falcons on Monday the 10th.

Even Match Up at Frontenac

What can ya say... we tied. Normally we ground pound all over small boys but their size prevented that. Just two big teams butting heads resulting in a tie.

Dummy Show at HC

We dummied. Tris scored by Luke Ball (2), Dav Heroux (1), Jeff Ginn (1), Luke Choiniere (1), Mike Makhyoun (1), Kyle Sovie (1), and probably a few more.