NORTH SHORE NEWS

March 10, 1982

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B-4

Capilano shoots down"_
Rugby gets rolling
Royal Roads
IN WHAT coach Bob
Bagshaw called an
"awfully one sided"
rugby
exhibition,
Capilano College shot
down Royal Roads
military academy 40-0
Saturday.
Royal Roads, never a
strong contender to begin
with, was also plagued with
several injuries. "Our guys
did well," said Bagshaw.
"They were really trying ."

Forwards Dave Shore and
Mike Turnball put in a
strong performance. he
added.
But it was a different story
Sunday when a surprise
game was called against
Meriloma Rugby Club of the
Vancouver Rugby Union
Junior League. This time it
was Capilano who had the
injuries, and after a good run
for their money, the Blues
lost 6-4.
"The game was called at
the last moment," Bagshaw
said. "The whole (league)
season·s been put off six

weeks because of the
weather, and everything was
a Ii Ille disorganized.
"If I had known about the
Sunday game, I would have
never had the men play on
Saturday."
The Blues are newcomers
to the Junior League. Up
until now, the rugby squad
has played in the Totem
Conference, the B.C. college
league.
But recent cuts to the
Vancouver
Community
College and B.C. Institute of
T e chnology
athletics
departments left only four

teams in the conference, and
the teams decided to play in
local rugby leagues instead.
Now the only games
Capilano plays with other
colleges will be strictly
exhibition
matches .
Bagshaw hopes the rugby
conference will be able to
regroup next year, however.
The Blues are now affiliated with the Capilano
Rugby Club. Their next
match takes place this
Sunday at 2:30 p.m. against
the Kats in Balaclava Park,
Vancouver.