Lineups for CRC Day 2

The teams have been announced for Day 2 of the CRC, with the third place match up first followed by the final, with the winner hoisting the MacTier Cup. All games are being played at the Calgary Rugby Park, and will be streamed live at the link below:

 

http://livestream.com/rugbycanadaofficial

 

BEARS v ROCK
10:00 BC / 11:00 local / 13:00 ET / 14:00 AT / 14:30 NF

The Bears look to rebound from their dismal showing against the Wolf Pack against a defiant Rock side who themselves fell heavily to the Blues.

BC head coach Dean Murten has made five changes and one positional switch. Port Alberni’s Cody McClary takes over at tighthead in place of Ryan Ackerman; Jorden Sandover-Best swaps jerseys with James Pitblado; Kimi Vunituraga and Karsten Leitner are the new wingers; and Adam Timler starts at centre with Sean Ferguson moving back to his more accustomed fullback position.

Keenan Horton slides to the bench, and Crosby Stewart is included after being left out of Sunday’s game. Nolan McAllister and Caleb Hansen drop out of the match day squad altogether.

The Rock will start PEI native Alex Forrest at loosehead prop instead of Frank Walsh, and Matt Heaton starts on the flank, with an interesting arrangement between Zac Coughlan and Mike Hamson seeing the former play at no8 on offense, and switching to the second row on defense. Evan Dickie drops to the bench to make room for Heaton.

Jordon Power and Colin Alexander are under injury clouds with late decisions to be made over their availability after the warm-up.

BC won both meetings in last year’s competition, recording an overwhelming 63-6 score at Klahanie Park, followed by a narrow 26-20 win at Swilers in St. John’s.

BEARS
1 Anthony Luca 2 Andrew Lackner 3 Cody McClary 4 Sam Clark 5 Callum Morrison 6 Thyssen de Goede 7 Chase Kelliher 8 Adam Kleeberger (capt.) 9 Jorden Sandover-Best 10 Guiseppe du Toit 11 Kimi Vunituraga 12 Jeke Gotegote 13 Adam Timler 14 Karsten Leitner 15 Sean Ferguson

16 Noah Barker 17 John Braddock 18 Ryan Ackerman 19 Luke Campbell 20 Alex Boyd 21 James Pitblado 22 Crosby Stewart 23 Keenan Horton

ROCK
1 Alex Forrest 2 Owen Parfrey (capt.) 3 Bob Rogers 4 Mike Hamson 5 Brad Lester 6 Matt Heaton 7 Chauncey O’Toole 8 Zac Coughlan 9 Tony Pomroy 10 Patrick Parfrey 11 Brett Johnson 12 Colin Alexander 13 Charles DeBove 14 Patrick McNicholas 15 Jimmy Norris

16 Jordon Power 17 Frank Walsh 18 Tapiwa Rabwi 19 Chris Browne 20 Evan Dickie 21 Weston Hill 22 Rob Law 23 Shaquile Lattimore

 

BLUES v WOLF PACK
12:00 BC / 13:00 local / 15:00 ET / 16:00 AT / 16:30 NF

The game of the century! Or at least the tournament, to the winners go the spoils.

Ontario have made two changes, rotating Hank McQueen into the second row, with Scott Dunham moved to the bench, and a slight surprise sees Lucas Rumball get the nod on the flank, but in the no7 jersey in place of Alistair Clark. Aaron Carpenter continues to build his match fitness in the no6 jersey, with Ray Barkwill retained at hooker.

The Pack have also resisted change, with only one alteration to the starting side. Canada ‘A’ winger Duncan Maguire moves to the starting lineup, with Graham Turner dropped to the bench. Dustin MacPherson is also included in the reserves at the expense of Adam McQueen.

The two sides split their matches last season, the Blues winning 28-3 at Ellerslie Park, and the Wolf Pack taking an upset 29-26 victory in Peterborough, but ultimately losing the title to the Blues on bonus points.

Ontario have won the MacTier Cup for the past four consecutive seasons.

BLUES
1 Rob Brouwer 2 Ray Barkwill 3 Doug Wooldridge 4 Mike Sheppard 5 Hank McQueen 6 Aaron Carpenter 7 Lucas Rumball 8 Seb Pearson 9 Andrew Ferguson 10 Derek Daypuck (capt.) 11 Dan Moor 12 Phil Mackenzie 13 Jordan Wilson-Ross 14 Jake Webster 15 Jon West

16 Djustice Sears-Duru 17 Matt Tierney 18 Scott Dunham 19 Paul Ciulini 20 Alistair Clark 21 Jamie Mackenzie 22 Matt Alexander 23 Josh Campbell

WOLF PACK
1 Hubert Buydens 2 Matt Harrison 3 Andrew Tiedemann 4 Chris Long 5 Evan Olmstead 6 Clayton Panga 7 Nanyak Dala 8 Kyle Gilmour (capt.) 9 Gordon McRorie 10 Gradyn Bowd 11 Adam Bontus 12 Nick Blevins 13 Mozac Samson 14 Duncan Maguire 15 Carl Pocock

16 Spencer Watkins 17 Clayton Thornber 18 Nick McAuley 19 Ian Huston 20 Lucas Albornoz 21 James Buchanan 22 Dustin MacPherson 23 Graham Turner