MONTREAL --
Alex Pantis of Beaconsfield, Que., made a triumphant return from injury to score a pair of tries and lead McGill past the Montreal Carabins 24-5 in the Quebec University men's rugby season finale, Sunday, at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium.
McGill, which posted a 5-1 record -- an an umblemished 4-0 mark at home -- to finish second in the seven-team RSEQ conference, will host third-seeded Ottawa (3-3) in a sudden-death semifinal on Saturday (Nov. 2) at 1 p.m.
In the other semi, slated to be played at the same time, fourth-place Montreal (2-3-1) will confront division-leading Concordia (6-0).
They were the first two tries of the season for Pantis, a senior all-star who had missed the previous two contests with an undisclosed injury.
Rookie fly-half
Monty Weatherall, a native of the United Kingdom who led the team with 47 points in six games and finished fourth in the league scoring race, contributed seven points with a penalty kick and a pair of conversions.
Rounding out the McGill scoring was
Conor Scully, an exchange student from Cork, in southern Ireland, with one try and
Elliot Esposito-Menard, a junior from Madrid, with one conversion.
The lone Carabins scoring play was the result of an unconverted try from
Thibault Le Coz.
SCORING STATS
RSEQ RESULTS & STATS
2019 RSEQ UNIVERSITY MEN'S RUGBY FINAL STANDINGS
2019 RSEQ MEN'S RUGBY SCORING LEADERS (FINAL)
| NAME |
TEAM |
| McMullan, Aidan |
|
Concordia |
5 |
3 |
24 |
|
2 |
69 |
|
|
|
| Murphy, Tyler |
|
Bishop's |
6 |
6 |
13 |
|
2 |
62 |
3 |
|
|
| Maginnis, Nathaniel |
|
Ottawa |
6 |
|
12 |
|
8 |
48 |
|
|
|
| Weatherall, Monty |
|
McGill |
6 |
|
10 |
|
9 |
47 |
2 |
|
|
| Archambault, Rémi |
|
Sherbrooke |
6 |
3 |
11 |
|
1 |
40 |
4 |
|
|
| Barbier, Antoine |
|
ETS |
6 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
33 |
2 |
1 |
|
| Dufeigneux, François |
|
Montréal |
6 |
2 |
7 |
|
2 |
30 |
3 |
|
|
| MacDonald, Dylan |
|
Concordia |
6 |
6 |
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
| Marquardt, Jackson |
|
Concordia |
6 |
6 |
|
|
|
30 |
1 |
|
|
| Martinez, Stephen |
|
Concordia |
6 |
5 |
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
| Blazkowski, Stanislas |
|
Concordia |
6 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
19 |
2 |
|
|
| Laplaine-Pereira, Michael |
|
Concordia |
5 |
3 |
|
|
|
15 |
1 |
|
|
| Goetz, Thomas |
|
Concordia |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
| Guay, Antoine |
|
McGill |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
15 |
2 |
|
|
| Worden, Josh |
|
McGill |
5 |
3 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
| Montminy, Samuel |
|
Concordia |
4 |
3 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
| Nwabufo, Michael |
|
McGill |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
| Pirote, Antoine |
|
Sherbrooke |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
| Lardi, Jérémie |
|
Sherbrooke |
5 |
3 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
1 |
|
| Jonker, Mario |
|
Bishop's |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
| Hartley, Benjamin |
|
Montréal |
6 |
3 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
1 |
|
| Esposito Menard, Elliot |
|
McGill |
5 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
| Savoie, Louis-Philippe |
|
Montréal |
6 |
2 |
|
|
|
10 |
1 |
|
|
| Hladik, Duncan |
|
Ottawa |
6 |
2 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
| Armstrong, Jamie |
|
Ottawa |
5 |
2 |
|
|
|
10 |
1 |
|
|
| Mace, Sam |
|
Ottawa |
6 |
2 |
|
|
|
10 |
2 |
|
|
| Hladik, Conrad |
|
Ottawa |
6 |
2 |
|
|
|
10 |
1 |
|
|
| Bertin, Marceau |
|
Bishop's |
4 |
2 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
| Shaw, Jack |
|
Bishop's |
6 |
2 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
| Pantis, Alexander |
|
McGill |
4 |
2 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
