Women's Rugby - 2021 Nationals - Queen's vs. UBC 20211110
Photos of the Queen's Women's Rugby team vs. the UBC Thunderbirds from the 2021 Women's Rugby National Championship Quarter-finals at Nixon Field, Kingston, ON on November 11, 2021.
All photos on this site are Copyright © Jeff Chan, and may be used for personal non-commercial applications including by Queen's University, Rugby Canada, OUA, U SPORTS and UBC, so long as photo credits are shown or the photos are otherwise attributed to Jeff Chan.
Jeff is founder and Chair of the Canadian University Men's Rugby Championship being held on November 24-28, 2021 at Queen's University, Kingston, ON.
All other rights, including for all corporate and media use, are strictly reserved.
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QUEEN'S 33, UBC 26
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QUEEN'S GAELS OPEN U SPORTS WOMEN'S RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP WITH 33-26 WIN OVER UBC
Queen's Sports Information
Queen's Women's Rugby opened the U SPORTS Women's Rugby Championship at Nixon Field with a win.
The Gaels, playing in the final quarterfinal of the opening day of the tournament Wednesday, defeated the UBC Thunderbirds 33-26. With the win, Queen's advanced to the U SPORTS Women's Rugby semifinals, where they will take on the Laval Rouge et Or, who defeated the Acadia Axewomen earlier in the day.
Queen's jumped out to an early lead with tries by Maddy Kushner (Ottawa, Ont.), and Hannah Daniels (Sutton West, Ont.), which were both converted by Sophie de Goede (Victoria, Ont.).
After UBC cut the Gaels' lead in half, de Goede scored and converted Queen's third try of the game.
UBC would respond again before Jaden Walker (Oakville, Ont.) added a try late in the first half to give Queen's a 26-14 lead at half time.
The Thunderbirds would score the first two tries of the second half to even the score before Bridget Peros (Oakville, Ont.) scored late, and de Goede converted, to give the Gaels the seven-point win.
Read MoreAll photos on this site are Copyright © Jeff Chan, and may be used for personal non-commercial applications including by Queen's University, Rugby Canada, OUA, U SPORTS and UBC, so long as photo credits are shown or the photos are otherwise attributed to Jeff Chan.
Jeff is founder and Chair of the Canadian University Men's Rugby Championship being held on November 24-28, 2021 at Queen's University, Kingston, ON.
All other rights, including for all corporate and media use, are strictly reserved.
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QUEEN'S 33, UBC 26
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QUEEN'S GAELS OPEN U SPORTS WOMEN'S RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP WITH 33-26 WIN OVER UBC
Queen's Sports Information
Queen's Women's Rugby opened the U SPORTS Women's Rugby Championship at Nixon Field with a win.
The Gaels, playing in the final quarterfinal of the opening day of the tournament Wednesday, defeated the UBC Thunderbirds 33-26. With the win, Queen's advanced to the U SPORTS Women's Rugby semifinals, where they will take on the Laval Rouge et Or, who defeated the Acadia Axewomen earlier in the day.
Queen's jumped out to an early lead with tries by Maddy Kushner (Ottawa, Ont.), and Hannah Daniels (Sutton West, Ont.), which were both converted by Sophie de Goede (Victoria, Ont.).
After UBC cut the Gaels' lead in half, de Goede scored and converted Queen's third try of the game.
UBC would respond again before Jaden Walker (Oakville, Ont.) added a try late in the first half to give Queen's a 26-14 lead at half time.
The Thunderbirds would score the first two tries of the second half to even the score before Bridget Peros (Oakville, Ont.) scored late, and de Goede converted, to give the Gaels the seven-point win.
