Balloch breaks loose as Redmen ruggers spank Sherbrooke in semifinal
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(PHOTO BY GARY RUSH)
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MONTREAL - Gideon Balloch scored 22 points as McGill spanked Sherbrooke 69-10 in a Quebec University Rugby League men's semifinal played in the rain at Molson Stadium, Friday.
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Balloch, a six-foot winger from Ottawa, tallied a pair of tries and added sixÌý conversions.
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The Redmen jumped into a 45-0 halftime lead before putting in their second-stringers.
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Liam Brown, an exchange student from the United Kingdom added two tries as did Mathieu Sidoti, a native of France and Cameron Perrin of Vancouver, B.C.
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Other Redmen try scorers were Liam O'Briain, Jong Wook Lee of Vancouver and Josh Reznick of Toronto. The other McGill conversion was kicked by junior Brendan O'Sullivan, also from Toronto,
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Scoring tries in the second half for Sherbrooke was Alexandre Trottier and Simon Beauregard.
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McGill is tentatively planning on hosting the Quebec conference final at Molson Stadium on either Nov. 11 at 7 pm or on Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. They await the winner of the other semifinal between Bishop's and Concordia, slated for Sunday (Nov. 7).
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SCORING SUMMARY
(note: scoring is in order but times are unavailable)
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FIRST HALF:
1. McGILL: Sam Skulsky TRY (Gideon Balloch convert), (McGill 7, Sherbrooke 0)
2. McGILL: Mathieu Sidoti TRY (convert missed),Ìý (McGill 12, Sherbrooke 0)
3. McGILL: Mathieu Sidoti TRY (Gideon Balloch convert), (McGill 19, Sherbrooke 0)
4. McGILL: Liam O'Briain TRY (Gideon Balloch convert), (McGill 26, Sherbrooke 0)
5. McGILL: Cameron Perrin TRY (Gideon Balloch convert), (McGill 31, Sherbrooke 0)
6. McGILL: Liam Brown TRY (Gideon Balloch convert), (McGill 38, Sherbrooke 0)
7. McGILL: Gideon Balloch TRY (Gideon Balloch convert), (McGill 45, Sherbrooke 0)
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SECOND HALF:
8. SHERBROOKE: Simon Beauregard TRY (convert missed), (McGill 45, Sherbrooke 5)
9. McGILL: Gideon Balloch TRY (convert missed), (McGill 50, Sherbrooke 5)
10. McGILL: Cameron Perrin TRY (convert missed), (McGill 55, Sherbrooke 5)
11. McGILL: Jong Wook Lee TRY (Gideon Balloch convert), (McGill 62, Sherbrooke 5)
12. SHERBROOKE: Alexandre Trottier TRY (convert missed), (McGill 62, Sherbrooke 10)
13. McGILL: Liam Brown TRY (Brendan O'Sullivan convert), (McGill 69, Sherbrooke 10)
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
McGill Athletics 7 Communications
514-398-7012
earl.zukerman [at] mcgill.ca
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