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Rugby: St. George’s blanks Byng, both through to B.C.’s

St. George's shuts out competition at Lower Mainland rugby 7s championship.

St. George’s and Lord Byng nearly shut out the competition at the Lower Mainland rugby 7s championships, but the Saints kept the Grey Ghosts off the scoreboard when the two met in the final at Klahanie Park on April 12.

Ranked as the top team from the region, St. George’s scored 141 points and allowed none in three games. In the semifinal, Carson Graham snuck in 12 points to Saints’ 41.

Lord Byng was also undefeated through the group stage, outscoring its opponents 111-7. They beat Argyle 31-5 in the semifinal.

The top five teams were playing for a seat at the B.C. rugby 7s championship, set April 26 and 27 at UBC.

In the title game, St. George’s dominated Lord Byng, winning 37-0.

Byng head coach Ian MacPhee said the Grey Ghosts felt the effects of a long day.

“Our boys did very well,” he wrote in an email.

“We were only down 10-0 at the half in the final but just ran out of gas in the second half. Six games of 7s in one day is a lot of rugby for the boys.”

Magee was the third 鶹ýӳteam at the Lower Mainland tournament. They beat Handsworth 35-0 and Howe Sound 29-7 but lost 52-0 to Argyle and were bumped from a semi-final meeting with Byng.