Winger Philippe Bibeau scored the winning try with six minutes left in overtime to give the Concordia Stingers a 28-21 victory over McGill in the RSEQ rugby championship.
Wrestler Veronica Keefe was named Female Athlete of the Year and rugby player Joey Fulginiti earned Male Athlete the Year honours at the annual Concordia Stingers gala awards banquet attended by more than 400 people on April 12 in Montreal.
The Concordia Stingers men's rugby team battled to the last second in a hard-hitting, hard-fought RSEQ championship game but was edged out 16-6 by the McGill Redmen on Friday night.
Briar Bache of the women's hockey team and Joey Fulginiti of the men's rugby team have been named the PJ's Pub Concordia Stingers athletes of the week for the period ending Nov. 17.
Two members of the Concordia Stingers men's rugby program are taking part in Rugby Canada's Sevens Camp at Shawnigan Lake School in British Columbia this week.
Concordia Stinger winger Caleb Jordan was named to the Team Canada roster announced today by Canadian Interuniversity Sport, in conjunction with Rugby Canada, for the men's rugby sevens competition at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia.
For the fifth time in eight years, the Concordia Stingers and the McGill Redmen will meet in the Quebec university men's rugby championship game. The title match takes place today at Concordia stadium at 1 p.m.
The Concordia Stingers men's rugby team will open the post-season by hosting the Sherbrooke Vert et Or in RSEQ semifinal action tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Concordia stadium.
It has been a familiar story for the Concordia Stingers men's rugby team the past two seasons. Two consecutive trips to the RSEQ conference finals. Two consecutive losses to crosstown rivals, the McGill Redmen.
