SHERBROOKE --
Thomas Stokes of Vancouver, B.C., tallied a game-high 16 points as the McGill University men's rugby team cruised into Sherbrooke and walked away with a 41-20 conquest over the Vert & Or on Saturday.
Stokes, a political science senior, connected on a pair of penalty kicks and also converted five tries. The 6-foot-1, 180-pound fullback, is second in the RSEQ scoring race with 26 points in three games, 14 points behind Concordia's
Joseph Fulginiti.
Quentin Pradere led the Redmen try scorers with a pair, while teammates
Marc Webster,
Humza Turab and
Usman Naqvi added one try apiece.
Kaleb Nimat, who was named as McGill's man of the match, rounding out the scoring with a penalty goal.
For Sherbrooke,
Benoit Goyette notched a pair of tries, while
Keven Belouin added one.
Jean-Francois Varin also had one penalty goal and a conversion.
McGill (2-1), which is tied with Concordia (2-1) and Bishop's (2-1) in a three-way deadlock atop the RSEQ conference standings, will host the Gaiters on Saturday (Oct. 4) at Molson Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 3 p.m.
Fourth-place Sherbrooke (1-3) will host Bishop's on Oct. 8.
SOURCE:
Earl ZukermanMcGill Sports Info Office
514-398-7012
| Pos | RSEQ STANDINGS | GP | W | L | T | PF | PA | Bonus Pts | POINTS |
| 1 | McGill | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 50 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Concordia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 65 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Bishop's | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 34 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Sherbrooke | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 103 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Montréal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 53 | 1 | 5 |
| McGill Dress Roster | Tries | Converts | DropGoals | PenGoals | PTS | MVP |
| Stokes, Thomas | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Pradere, Quentin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Naqvi, Usman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Turab, Humza | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Webster, Marc | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Nimat, Jordan (kaleb) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Ashe, Rob | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cuillerier, Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cunningham, Graham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Équipe, Team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erickson, Stein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gibbs, Kylan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Katzen, Gabriel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamothe, Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larochelle, Tommie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Makischuk, Kyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mckenney, Josse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Milne, Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paveck, Spencer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinnell, Lloyd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russell, Alexander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Schwartz, Tal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wall, Angus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wang, Alex | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nom | Essai | Converti | Drop | Pénalité | PTS | MVP |
| Goyette, Benoît | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Belouin, Keven | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Varin, Jean-françois | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| André, Marius | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boisvert, Pier-luc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bourget, Marc-antoine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Côté-leclerc, Félix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dessureault, Antoine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dupuis, Patrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Équipe, Team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larivière, David | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Novello-vautour, Olivier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perreault-brière, Maxime | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philion-huot, Maxime | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Picard, Simon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rainville-sirois, Julien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rheault-poirier, Vincent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy, Nicolas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy-couture, Philippe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seye, Ibrahima | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tousignant, Mathieu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| V. côté, Samuel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Veloza, Alexandra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |