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Toronto Xtreme Rugby Football Club
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2007 season completed
RCSL: ROCK, THUNDER AND FIRE ALL WIN
July 21, 2007 [Rugby Canada]
Toronto, ON
The Niagara Thunder and Newfoundland Rock have potentially set the table for a winner take all encounter in Burlington on August 4th, as the two sides had bonus point victories to lead the Rugby Canada Super League's Eastern conference.
In Markham the Rock scored 11 tries in a 77-13 blowout over the Toronto Xtreme, while the Thunder had a 46-14 win over the Ottawa Harlequins at Twin Elm rugby park. With the win the Thunder move to 5-0 and 23 points in the table, while the Rock have a game in hand with a 4-0 mark and 20 points. The Newfoundland squad, who plays Nova Scotia in Halifax on Monday, would move into first place with a victory, and either 24 or 25 points heading into their final contest against the Thunder.
Robert Wilson, Mike Rudofsky and Chris Mooney had two tries each for the Rock.
Meanwhile, in the west, the Crimson Tide fell to the Saskatchewan Prairie Fire 27-6 powered by tries from Hubert Buydens, Matt Phinney, Jon Clifford and Drew Kendel.
The win gives the Fire a 3-0 record, and second spot in the table behind the Edmonton Gold, who are 3-1 and have finished their campaign, and simply await the outcome of the Vancouver Wave vs Praire Fire match next weekend in British Columbia.
More game photographs here:
http://www.pbase.com/joselagman/rcsl_21jul2007
RSCL: WIN OVER XTREME MOVES THUNDER INTO EAST LEAD
July 15, 2007 [Rugby Canada]
Hamilton, ON
Saturday at Mohawk Sports Park in Hamilton, was not a pleasant day for rugby fans nor players, particularly the visitors, the Toronto Xtreme.
Despite constant rain that was torrential at times, the Niagara Thunder moved into first place in the Rugby Canada Super League (RCSL) east division with a 27-0 victory.
Playing with a very strong wind in their faces in the first half, the Thunder did well to keep most of the play on inside the Toronto half. The hosts were rewarded with a penalty from fly-half Steve Piatek after 15 minutes, to take a 3-0 lead.
Fifteen minutes later, a Toronto kick was fielded deep in Niagara territory. Thunder fullback Jon Goldie countered, off-loading to Shawn Windsor and the centre eluded several defenders, taking the ball inside the Toronto 22. From there, Piatek slotted over a drop goal to make it 6-0.
Play was back and forth a for the next ten minutes. The Thunder were once again able to move the Xtreme back into their own 22, where number eight Dave Knowles went over for a try. Piatek converted to end the half, with Thunder in the lead 13-0, despite the strong wing.
The Toronto Xtreme seemed to have a bit more possession early in the second half but several running attacks were hampered by the poor conditions, although the wind did ease somewhat.
The next score came after several driving mauls by the Thunder. Moving the ball wide, a pass back inside found hooker Harry Cheung, who had little opposition as he ran under the posts. Piatek’s conversion took the lead to 20-0.
A long period then ensued with both sides battling with the conditions, now also colder as well as wet and windy.
Near the end of the game, Knowles picked up from back of scrum, popped to scrum-half Adam Schouten, who kicked to the corner flag. Thunder pressure yielded a penalty against Toronto; the Thunder chose the line-out
From there, Cheung scored his second try with Piatek getting his third conversion, for a personal total of 12-points on the day. The final score was 27-0 for Thunder, which puts them in first place in the east, but no bonus point was earned.
Prior to the RCSL match, the Toronto Renegades defeated the Lightning (the under-20 development squads) 36-10.
More game photographs here:
http://www.pbase.com/joselagman/rcsl_14jul2007
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Selection of 25 player squad for Saturday July 14, starting 22 will be named on Friday
Russ Ward
Barry Ward
Dan Resnick
Steve Bowie
Leighton Chong
Matt Chown
Dave Neilsen
Will Sorensen
Bojan Radulovic
Haddon Murray
Scott Dunham
Mark McSween
John Moonlight
Rob Ashwood
Kai Sorensen
Josh Campbell
Ryan Tomlinson
Haydn Gage
Marco Di Girolamo
Ken McCartney
Matt McLeod
Simba Sithole
Andile Jababu-Fushai
Jesse McConney
Meet at 12noon for captain's run
1pm U20 game
3pm KO Xtreme v Thunder
Directions to Mohawk Sports Ground
From Toronto, Etc.
Take 403 West to Hamilton
Exit on the "Lincoln Alexander Parkway" (The Linc) Exit the Linc at Gage Street
Turn left on Gage (north) Turn right onto Mohawk Road (east)
Turn right onto Upper Kennelworth Street (south)
Take the first left after the stop sign into our parking lot
Sat June/30
Xtreme 22 v Keltics 5
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Search/844759.html
Sun July/01
Xtreme 27 v Black Spruce 23
http://www.canadaeast.com/ce2/docroot/article.php?articleID=22466
Next game Sat July 14
v Thunder in Hamilton
Saturday, May 19, 2007 submitted by Doug Crosse |
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| Strong second half sees Xtreme away over Caribou |
The Toronto Xtreme beat the visiting Quebec Caribou 32-15, and the Newfoundland Rock kept the Irish Canadians from scoring a try in a preseason contest while winning 34-6.
It is the opening weekend of the Rugby Canada Super League, and the dandy double header day at Fletcher's Fields saw an even contest between the Quebec squad and the Xtreme, with a 10-10 score at half time.
Quebec scored twice in the first half with tries from Chris Cesari and Scott Gill while the two Xtreme wings Andile Fushai and Simba Sithole scorched down the touchline for a pair of scores to make the score 10-10 at the break.
There was a twenty minute delay at the start of this match. Because of a jersey clash that went undetected by the manufacturer, both sides trotted out from their respective dressing rooms wearing identical kit. A quick plan to retrieve the Aurora Barbarians kit was hatched, but in the end, Morgan Rawson, owner of Canada Rugby Shop, who was onsite selling kit, provided 22 XXL England jerseys. Needless to say it made things a challenge to identify players during the online broadcast, but it was a novel solution to say the least.
Cesari got his second try of the game in the second half to put his team ahead 15-10, but scores from Matt McLeod, Fushai's second and then a final under the posts from Marco DiGirolamo (pictured - with ball getting tackled) sealed the deal.
Scoring:
Quebec:
TriesChris Cesari (2), Scott Gill
Toronto Xtreme:
Tries: Simba Sithole, Andlie Javabu-Fushai (2), Matt McLeod, Marco DiGirolamo
Cons: Alisdair Piercy (2)
Pens: Alisdair Piercy (1)
Attendance: 400
Referee: Derek Stoltz
More photos here:
http://www.pbase.com/joselagman/rcsl_19may2007
http://www.pbase.com/hallsofvalhalla/xtreme_vs_caribou
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT:
Bob Kreasul - President
Phone Number: 905-404-9182 , Cell: 905-243-7711
Email: bob@torontoxtreme.com
Website: www.torontoxtreme.com
Juan Montecinos - Director of Rugby/Marketing
Phone: 416-627-7545
Phone: 905-887-7396 (Fletchers Fields)
Fax : 416-352-0066
E-Mail : juan.montecinos@torontoxtreme.com
Toronto hosts the Quebec Caribou on Saturday, May 19 at Fletchers Fields in their league opener. Here is the lineup selected for this game.
GIAN MONTINO 3 (Aurora)
LLOYD DOBSON 2 (Nomads)
DAN RESNICK 1 (Aurora)
HADDON MURRAY 4 (Beach)
WILL SORENSEN 5 (Aurora)
SCOTT DUNHAM 8 (Beach)
JOHN SLAUGHTER 6 (Irish)
SEAN ALLEN 7 (Aurora)
ROB ASHWOOD 9 (Aurora)
RYAN TOMLINSON 10 (Alliston)
SIMBA SITHOLE 11 (Aurora)
HAYDN GAGE 12 (Beach)
MARCO DIGIROLAMO 13 (Aurora)
ANDILE JAVABU-FUSHAI 14 (Nomads)
MATT MCLEOD 15 (Lindsay)
Names of Replacements
JAMES ROSEBOROUGH 16
MATT CHOWN (Aurora) 17
STEVE BOWIE (Aurora) 18
CORY APPLETON (Beach) 19
JOSH CAMPBELL (Belleville) 20
CHRIS MILLER (Saracens) 21
ALISDAIR PIERCY (Beach) 22
Other games at Fletchers
11am Ithaca College/NY vs ICRC U23
12noon ICRC vs Nfld Rock
Athletic Therapist - Ashley Halkett
For further information contact Juan Montecinos – Director of Rugby/Marketing at Juan.montecinos@torontoxtreme.com.
SUPPORTERS' JERSEYS FOR SALE
April 16, 2007 |
Please contact
Juan Montecinos - Director of Rugby/Marketing
Phone: 416-627-7545
E-Mail : juan.montecinos@torontoxtreme.com
RCSL: UNDER-20 COMPETITION TO BE ADDED IN 2007
March 13, 2007 | RugbyCanada.ca
The Rugby Canada High Performance Committee has unanimously recommended urgent organization of a national under-20 championship and has approved the proposal for an under-20 Rugby Canada Super League (RCSL) national competition in 2007.
The format will involve identification of regional RCSL winners from British Columbia, the Prairies, central and Atlantic Canada. On August 4th, the eastern final will be played between the winners from Atlantic Canada and central Canada, as will the western final between the BC and Prairie champions. The national final will be played on Aug 18th.
Each team will pay a registration fee of $5000 and this money will be used to pay for costs of the semi-finals and final.
"The absence of a national championship at this critical age group is a concern, as the national competition pathway from under-16 to senior is deficient without an under-20 championship," commented Rugby Canada Director of Rugby, Geraint John.
"We have started Rugby Canada High Performance Centres in BC, Ontario and Atlantic Canada, with one to start in the Prairies in 2008. One of the major objectives is to develop age-grade players capable of playing for Canada at age-group and senior world championships.
"We view a national under-20 competition as integral to the development of High Performance programs across the country, because a national domestic competition is necessary to provide good games for this age group, to identify players and coaches across the country and to keep good athletes in the game,” added John.
The age-grade structure for Canada will be reviewed when the IRB decide on age-grades fror the various world championships.
LANCASHIRE CELEBRATING 125 YEARS WITH CANADA TOUR
February 28, 2007 | CanadianRugbyNews.com
COUNTY champions Lancashire, who won last season’s final with a splendid comeback against holders and favourites Devon, celebrate their 125th anniversary this season.
Lancashire have won the title 18 times, more than any of their rivals, they intend to celebrate with a tour of Newfoundland and Ontario in mid-June.
“I know RU has changed a lot in recent years becoming professional, but in Lancashire at least we still have a real feel for the traditional side of the game,” chairman Maurice Parker said.
“Most players are only too happy to finish their club campaigns and join us for a small financial reward, so we really do intend to celebrate our long history this time round.
“Last year’s final was memorable, when we came from behind to score some wonderful tries against our old rivals and I’m sure all those players, plus one or two more, will be delighted to join us again.”
Lanashire's tour will include matches against Rugby Canada Super League side's the Newfoundland Rock (current Canadian champs), the Niagara Thunder and the Toronto Xtreme.
Canada Tour Thurs 7th June Depart Manchester 13.30, via Toronto to St Johns, Newfoundland (23.55)
# Sat 9th June v The Rock (RCSL Champions) St Johns
# Mon 11th June Depart St Johns 13.15, arrive Toronto 15.20
# Wed 13th June v Niagara Thunder (Runners up to 'The Rock') Toronto
# Sat 16th June v Toronto Xtreme - Toronto
# Sun 17th June Depart Toronto 18.20
PRESS RELEASE
February 12, 2007
The Rugby Canada Super League's Toronto Xtreme RFC announce their 2007 coaching and management team.
Head Coaching Staff :
Bruce Gage - Head Coach Balmy Beach RFC
Mark Winokur - Head Coach Irish Canadian Rugby Club
Drew McPherson - Head Coach Aurora Barbarians RFC
Management Staff :
Bob Kreasul - President
Juan Montecinos - VP/Director of Rugby/Marketing
“My top priority in 2007 is to ensure that the Toronto team is once again a contender for the MacTier Cup. Things are underway to ensure that the team is financially sound, has the full support of our unions, and is organized to ensure that all the coaches have to do is coach, leaving the off-field support to a board of committed people.” said Kreasul. “We are organizing a coaching board of the top Ontario coaches to help our newly selected staff best utilize the resources available in the GTA.”
Come and be a part of the best national sports league in Canada!
The Toronto Xtreme plays in the 14 team Rugby Canada Super League, the elite league of rugby in Canada. Players are selected for the National Men’s Team based partially on their play in the Super League. For an exciting day of top-flight rugby, be sure to come to The Xtreme home games.
Check our website for details / www.torontoxtreme.com
FLETCHERS CONTINUES AS HOME FOR 2007
We have a very aggressive marketing campaign to generate ticket sales, radio and television contracts are in the final stages, RC selectors will be at our games.
www.fletchersfields.com
SIMULCAST OF BLACK SPRUCE VS XTREME - 2006
http://www.news-cast.com/sports/Rugby/index.html
New Sponsors Welcome Aboard!
 
 
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