MONTREAL – Martin Laval tallied a game-high nine points as McGill cruised past the Montreal Carabins 24-6 in a heated men's university rugby match, Friday, at Terrain Vincent d'Indy.
 
The result left McGill atop the seven-team RSEQ conference standings with a 2-0 record, while the Carabins dropped to 0-1. The game ended in a melee, with three cards assessed, two of them red. Ejected was U de M's Cyprien Viasnoff and McGill's Henry Corkum.
 
Laval, a senior from France, was "Mr. Reliable", going 3-for-3 on his conversion attempts and adding a penalty kick. A master's student in retail management currently leads the league scoring race with 24 points in two games, eight points ahead Owen McDonnell from Bishop's.
 
The Redbirds had three different try scores, with senior Brad Hunger of Beaconsfield, Que., Acadia University transfer Anderson Recker of Halifax and sophomore Damon Scharfe of Vancouver, B.C., each touching down in the endzone. Recker, who only played football at Acadia, was picked as McGill's man of the match, while Jean Bosco-Tindame merited similar honours for UdeM.
 
Audric Paris registered all the scoring for the Carabins with a pair of penalty kicks.
 
Both teams return to play on Sept. 21.The Carabins (0-1) will host the ETS Pirhanas (0-1) who finished atop the standings last year with a 6-0 record, then manhandled Concordia 34-3 in the semifinals but were stunned 18-17 by second-place Ottawa in the league championship game.
 
McGill (2-0) will host Carleton (0-1) in a Saturday soiree with a 7 p.m. kickoff at at Percival Molson Stadium.
 
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