Toronto Arrows Continue Pre-Season Preparations with Intra-Squad Scrimmage in Buffalo

13 January 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ORCHARD PARK, NY – It wasn’t how the Toronto Arrows expected to spend their Saturday afternoon, but following a morning accident involving the Rugby United New York team bus that prevented RUNY from making the trip to Buffalo for the scheduled pre-season match on Jan. 12, the Arrows forged on with their plans to travel to western New York.

Match Update // As a result of the events in Manhattan, today’s pre-season match with RUNY has been cancelled.

However, the Arrows are still heading to Buffalo for a team scrimmage at the Bills Fieldhouse. (1/2) https://t.co/9plhnkXVBl

— Toronto Arrows Rugby Club (@TorontoArrows) January 12, 2019

In lieu of playing in the Major League Rugby tune-up fixture, the Arrows travelled to the Buffalo Bills Fieldhouse with enough players to run an intra-squad scrimmage.

We’re underway at the @buffalobills Fieldhouse!#TeamToronto in our home white strip ⚪
#TeamOntario in our “throwback” Ontario blue and gold strip #ArrowsUp pic.twitter.com/HOWD6eWdY4

— Toronto Arrows Rugby Club (@TorontoArrows) January 12, 2019

The match was anything but lackadaisical; the free-flowing, high-tempo rugby was a showcase of things to come from the expansion side.

The two sides played a match made up of three 20-minute sessions, which was refereed by Canadian match official Moe Chaudry.

Through 20: Team Ontario 7 – 5 Team Toronto

Team Ontario Tries: Paul Ciulini
Team Ontario Conversions: Shawn Windsor

Team Toronto Tries: Guiseppe du Toit

Through 40: Team Ontario 28 – 12 Team Toronto

Team Ontario Tries: Morgan Mitchell, Mitch Richardson, John Sheridan
Team Ontario Conversions: Jack Evans (3)

Team Toronto Tries: Tom Van Horne
Team Toronto Conversions: Sam Malcolm

Through 60: Team Ontario 40 – 24 Team Toronto

Team Ontario Tries: Riley Di Nardo, Jack Evans
Team Ontario Conversions: Shawn Windsor

Team Toronto Tries: Sam Malcolm, Peter Milazzo
Team Toronto Conversions: Sam Malcolm

Full-time here at the @buffalobills Fieldhouse, with #TeamOntario edging #TeamToronto 40-24 in a past-paced, high-tempo scrimmage.#ArrowsUp pic.twitter.com/ibZQhaR9FU

— Toronto Arrows Rugby Club (@TorontoArrows) January 12, 2019

POST-MATCH // #TorontoArrows scrum-half @a_ferguson9 chats about his return to the pitch following a four-month injury layoff, the tempo of the intra-squad scrimmage, and the buzz in the room as we approach our @usmlr season opener in two weeks! #ArrowsUp pic.twitter.com/Ppk6pwUngv

— Toronto Arrows Rugby Club (@TorontoArrows) January 13, 2019

POST-MATCH // #TorontoArrows President & Co-Founder @WilliamRWebb gives his take on our intra-squad match, the fan support in #Buffalo and the lead-up to our season opener.

“We roll with the punches, and we make lemonade out of lemons. We had a fantastic day.”#ArrowsUp pic.twitter.com/JhLqhk9CDQ

— Toronto Arrows Rugby Club (@TorontoArrows) January 14, 2019

Toronto kicks off its inaugural MLR season with a road test against the NOLA Gold on Saturday, Jan. 26.

Season ticket information and broadcast details will be announced in the coming days.

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Toronto Arrows – Team Ontario Squad

Paul Cuilini
Riley Di Nardo
Jack Evans
Kolby Francis
Jamie Leveridge
Jamie Mackenzie
Morgan Mitchell
Andrew Quattrin
Mitch Richardson
Lucas Rumball
Mike Sheppard
John Sheridan
Marcello Wainwright
Shawn Windsor

Toronto Arrows – Team Toronto Squad

Rob Brouwer
Guiseppe du Toit
Spencer Jones
Andrew Ferguson
Kainoa Lloyd
Sam Malcolm
Peter Milazzo
Dan Moor
Steve Ng
Theo Sauder
Mike Smith
Josh Van Horne
Tom Van Horne

STAFF

General Manager: Mark Winokur
Director of Rugby: Chris Silverthorn
Coaches: Aaron Carpenter, Cory Hector, Peter Smith
Performance Analyst: Rodin Lozada

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