Another great game was played last Saturday afternoon in Montreal for Round 8. Six players from the Ottawa Swans came to assist with numbers due to a large contingent of Quebec Saints players involved in the International Cup in Australia.
Showing speed and agility the Saints' Ronan Shaughnessy (an ex-Saints player from Ireland) assisted the Saints in the centre kicking one of the three goals in the first quarter. Luke Walsh also added one to the scoreboard by the end of quarter time for the Bombers.
In the second the Bombers got off to a great start with some excellent ruck work by Paul Fairbrother and centre work by Ryan Oxley and Chris 'Rock' Peck who added one each for the Bombers. Some inaccurate kicking could have seen the score higher but they managed to get in front bringing the score at half time with the Bombers up by 9 points 3-9-27 to 3-1-19 and leaving the Saints scoreless in the second quarter.
In the 3rd quarter otherwise known as the 'premiership quarter' the Saints made a comeback. Kelvin Thursby and Jay Goldhawk (his second for the game) put two on the board by. With the Bombers only managing one in the 3rd quarter the game was extremely close with the scores almost tied at 5-4-34 to 4-9-33.
In the final quarter, some notable on-ground performances by Thursby and Shaughnessy assisted the Saints forward-line to rack up another 3 goals bringing the Saints to a very close victory by 14 points.
Final score: Saints 8.8-56 to Bombers 5.12-42.
Goal scorers:
Saints - J. Archer 2, R. Shaughnessy 2, J. Goldhawk 2, K. Thursby 1, T. Nixon 1. Bombers - L. Walsh 2, B. Birt 1, C. Peck 1, R. Oxley 1
Best: K. Thursby (Saints), R. Shaughnessy (Saints), J. Goldhawk (Saints)
