The Blues Lose Grudge Match in London
The Upper Canada College Blues travelled to Western University campus on a cold and wet Thursday to play a return fixture against the Medway Cowboys of London, ON. Medway are a Southern Ontario powerhouse – reigning OFSAA AAA/AAAA Gold Medalists and a stern challenge.
The Upper Canada College Blues travelled to Western University campus on a cold and wet Thursday to play a return fixture against the Medway Cowboys of London, ON. Medway are a Southern Ontario powerhouse – reigning OFSAA AAA/AAAA Gold Medalists and a stern challenge.
The boys were looking to put behind them their lopsided defeat last week and came out hard in the first 10 minutes. Powerful runs by Man of the Match Pier-Olivier Lefebvre and Connor McKinney had the Cowboys back on their heels and one had the impression that it was only a matter of time before the Blues were rewarded for their aggression.
That reward came through a Simon Ofiara try, eight minutes into the game, ducking under and weaving through defenders on his way to dot down . The try was assisted by Jack Tucker. Klilian Fortier had the conversion.
Alex Hickman controlled the play well from Fly-Half and was aided by great line speed and good tackling from his pack – Samar Carmack, Alex Munoz and Andrew Downing in particular. Unfortunately, a momentary lapse in concentration in the backs meant that Medway was able to tie it up before the half.
Heading into the half tied 7-7, the Blues came out timid and the line speed that was a fixture of their early success began to wane. Medway scored two tries after breaks from their fly-half before UCC was able to respond.
The response came on the back of an impressive Jesse Zhao run, followed by a Darius Mani rumble before Theo Heintzman latched onto a Simon Ofiara offload to score on the last play of the game – Medway 17, UCC 12.
The first game of the CISAA season will be Wednesday, April 17 at Crescent. We hope the see you there.
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