The rain held off this afternoon at Parc Champêtre in Montreal with only a brief shower before the game. When the centre bounce got underway the Saints were very quick to put a quick goal on the scoreboard. Tim Nixon got the first from an excellent display of ruck work by Tom Delaney, who came down from Ottawa to play along with three of his team mates. In what was a close battle, both teams managed to get a couple on the board with Kelvin Thursby adding another one for the Saints then the Bombers came back with two goals from Robert Gordon and Lachlan Trumble. The scores at quarter time were very close with the Saints only up by 4 points 2.7-19 to 2.3-15.
The second quarter got under way with Delaney winning the majority of the hit outs and the Saints continued to clear the centre extremely quickly. The Saints displayed accurate ball work in the centre seeing them put five goals on the scoreboard by half time. The Bombers managed one for the quarter. The half-time scores were 7.12-53 to 3.5-23.
The Saints continued to shine throughout the 3rd quarter kicking four goals against the Bombers display of two. With the continuing dominance in the centre the Saints were able to kick into their forward-line successfully.
In the fourth quarter the Saints ran home with an outright victory. An excellent display of team work by Saints first gamers Nathan Jacobs and Vivien Didelot throughout the forth helped further put the Saints out in front to bring home the victory.
Final score: Saints 16.18-114 to Bombers 6.9-45.
Goals:
Saints - K. Thursby 5, N. Jacobs 4, C. Casado 2, V. Didelot 2, T. Delaney 2, T. Nixon 1.
Bombers - R. Gordon 2, L. Trumble 2, P. Fairbrother 1, A. Nash 1.
Best on ground:
Saints: K. Thursby, T. Delaney, N. Jacobs, V. Didelot
Bombers: R. Gordon
