LANGLEY, B.C. – Trinity Western fell 61-0 to a highly-ranked Central Washington at Willoughby Community Park on Saturday.
An early surge from the Spartans fell apart early, giving way for CWU to roll throughout the remainder of the match.
AS IT HAPPENED
The Wildcats scored tries in the 8
th, 31
st, and 28
th minute while adding a penalty to wrap the first half up at 22-0.
The second half saw the Spartans concede a total of 39 points in the second half, falling 61-0 to CWU.
QUOTABLE
Andrew Evans – TWU Director of Rugby
"We made way too many errors tonight. A lot of our regular players had a tough game, and we introduced a lot of younger players in the second half. The intensity that Central Washington plays with is incredible – it's a good wakeup call. We have work to do, and it comes down to our response now. We take them on again in a couple weeks on their turf, so we'll need to kick better and stick our tackles.
"Central Washington is very polished. Their line speed on defence is in your face, and their ruck gets the ball out quick. They come hard and heavy at you, so you need to be hard in your tackles to have a chance. They're a tough team, especially if you're a first-year university player. That's where we need to get to, and we have faith that our guys will close the gap."
NOTABLE
• This is CWU's second consecutive weekend playing teams north of the border. The Wildcats defeated the Canadian University Men's Rugby Champions UBC 32-17.
• TWU is 0-3 all-time against the Wildcats.
UP NEXT
TWU's first XV will compete against the Wildcats again on Feb. 17.
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 13 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey, cross country and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes as an independent team in men's rugby. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 13 U SPORTS team championships and 32 Canada West team championships.
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