Led by captain Max Nishima, the Saint Michaels University School Blue Jags ended the Oak Bay Barbarians two-year run as Boot Game winners with a decisive 34-0 victory at UVicB次元官网网址檚 Centennial Stadium last week.
After two years of Oak Bay coming out on top of the Gareth Rees Boot Game, the Blue Jags swarmed Oak Bay and managed to win without giving up a single point.
Sadly, it looks to be the last rugby game of the season for St. Mikes. The Jags are on the upswing after playing the underdog to the Barbs the past two years. B.C. School Sports followed the provincial recommendation and suspended the rest of the spring sports seasons.
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As for the Gareth Rees Boot Game rivalry (Rees, the greatest Canadian rugby player of all time, is a SMUS grad), St. Mikes is now at 12 of the 26 trophies, just one behind Oak BayB次元官网网址檚 13 (there is a tie in there somewhere).
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Showing their class for St. Mikes was Luka Djurickovic who scampered along for two tries, with Ben Shaw, John Hernandez-Gillespie and Toby Wu also scoring a try each.
Will Kinahan hit three of the five conversions plus a three-point penalty goal.
Saint Michaels University School also won the annual Robinson Cup match womenB次元官网网址檚 derby 41-15.
To Oak BayB次元官网网址檚 credit, St. Mikes led 29-0 at the half, meaning the Barbs clawed back to outscore SMUS 15-11 in the second half.
But it was too late as St. Mikes scored two tries each from Dasha Tosova and Kenzi Farish, and one each from Fernanda Osio, Marabella Rodriguez-Ramirez and Ava OB次元官网网址機onnor.
The clever-footed Sofie Tafel kicked three conversions.
Brenda Garcia led Oak Bay with two tries and Marley Robinson scored one as well in their second-half rally that showed tremendous character.
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Though all school sports are now sidelined in accordance with the precautionary shutdown of all B.C. School Sports, there is some hope that a few dates could be rescheduled for June. It could include a discussion of a rugby 7s provincial tournament, however, itB次元官网网址檚 too early to know at this point.
