The Concordia Stingers defeated the Calgary Dinos 39-17 in the consolation final to claim fifth-place at the eight-team Canadian University Men's Rugby Championship in Kingston, Ont. on Sunday morning.
It was a fierce battle in the early going, and the Stingers went into halftime trailing 17-15 but roared back with 24 unanswered points in the final 30 minutes.
Rookie all-star Arthur Du Chaffaut scored two tries and captain Aidan McMullan added a try and two converts to lead Concordia in scoring. Jean-Christophe Vinette, Laurence-Olivier Belley, Mohamed Almoallin and Thomas Artmann also scored tries.
Keegan Neary led the way for Calgary with two converts and a penalty goal. Adam Young and Colin Petrillo added tries for the Dinos.
Almoallim was the Stingers’ Player of the Game and Neary received the honour for Calgary.
This is the fourth consecutive appearance at the national tournament for the Stingers. They finished fourth in 2018 and 2019. At the inaugural championship in 2017 when it was a six-team format, Concordia was eliminated in round-robin play.
SCORING SUMMARY
FIRST HALF
01’ – CON – Try – J.C. Vinette (covert missed) 5-0
04’ – CGY – Try – Adam Young (Keegan Neary covert) 7-5
06’ – CON – Try – Arthur Du Chaffaut (convert missed) 10-7
09’ – CGY – Penalty – Keegan Neary – 10-10
16’ – CGY – Try – Colin Petrillo (Keegan Neary covert) 17-10
25’ – CON – Try – Laurence-Olivier Belley (covert missed) 17-15
SECOND HALF
32’ – CON – Try – Arthur Du Chaffaut (convert missed) 20-17
38’ – CON – Try – Mohamed Almoallim (Aidan McMullan covert) 27-17
54’ – CON – Try – Aidan McMullan (covert missed) 32-17
79’ – CON – Try – Thomas Artmann (Aidan McMullan covert) 39-17
Photo credits: Ian McAlpine
