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Rugby and the Highland Games

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By Casey Leger For de Wit, the solution was Brought to you by Flowers Cornwall
obvious: 7s rugby. Rugby 7s
his year’s Glengarry experienced a surge in popularity MVP of the Month
THighland Games will be the in 2016 when the Canadian
third to host the Nate MacRae women won the bronze medal at Memphis Cox

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Cornwall Crusaders Rugby Club on a smaller field—think hockey School: Bishop Macdonell
president Alex de Wit, who was rink sized or less—has teams of
This month’s Most Valuable Player is
instrumental in bringing rugby 7 players per side squaring off
Memphis Cox of the Provincials bound
to the Games, explains that it for two seven-minute halves Cornwall River Rats u10 baseball club.
was a perfect storm of events with a single minute halftime Memphis is part of the pitching team
three years ago that led to rugby break. “It’s pretty intense,” that helped the River Rats advance to the
being included in one of North says de Wit. “Rugby is a full- provincial finals.

America’s biggest Scottish contact sport. There’s a men’s Memphis is an enthusiastic ball player. “I
festivals. division, a women’s division, like baseball because I get to meet a lot of nice people,” he says. In
and we’re looking at an u18 girls terms of the upcoming provincial tournament, Memphis is looking
“The Cornwall Crusaders
were approached by Games division.” Teams from Cornwall, forward to the extra games he’ll get to play. “There’ll be a lot of

organizers and asked about doing Brockville, Ottawa, and Kingston really good players there,” he says
something to include the sport in are expected tom participate.
the program,” says de Wit. “The The tournament is named after
problem was space and time. Cornwall Crusaders veteran

INC.
Rugby requires a soccer-sized rugby player Nate MacRae, a since/depuis 1994

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