Rugby makes playoffs

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(Photo courtesy of Laurier Athletics)
(Photo courtesy of Laurier Athletics)

The Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks womenโ€™s rugby suffered a tough loss to the Western Mustangs Saturday afternoon at University Stadium, losing 63-10.

As coach Amy Bambury put it, โ€œWe played good rugby, but weโ€™re on the wrong end of the scoreboard.โ€

The Hawks were not on the wrong end of the scoreboard last week, when they defeated the Brock Badgers in a nail-biter, 13-7. The win was the first victory for Laurier since 2009, when they defeated the Waterloo Warriors 7-5.

โ€œ[Western is] a strong team and capitalized on our errors,โ€ Bambury added.

A try by the Hawks late in the second half seemed like the beginning of a comeback, but Western proved too feisty, and held on to win the game.

Scoring for the Hawks were Briana Wilson, who scored in the first half of the game, and Laurierโ€™s current athlete of the week Chloe Graves, who scored Laurierโ€™s second try of the game in the second half.

The Hawks finish the season with a record of 1-5. They arenโ€™t done yet though, as they qualified for Ontario University Athletics (OUA) playoffs as a result of a Brock Badger loss to the Guelph Gryphons.

The last time the Hawks were in the playoffs was 2005. They went 4-2 in the regular season and were beaten out in the first round of the playoffs in a close game against those same Badgers.

This time around the Hawks will be playing the No.1 nationally-seeded Guelph Gryphons. Their regular season record was a perfect 5โ€“0 and they have looked good all season. Their last game against Laurier was on Sept. 21 at University Stadium, and was a tough loss for the Hawks, 110-0.

The Hawks head to Guelph to take on the Gryphons team this Friday, Oct. 11. Game time will be 4:45 p.m. at the Guelph Gryphon Soccer Complex South Field.


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