Men's Rugby (Hindson Cup)

Saturday, October 28th, 2017
Parkinson Recreation Centre (P10), Kelowna, BC

HEAT SCORING SUMMARY:
Trys: Andrew McMillan (1), Bryce Stirling (1), Trevor Yip (1)
Cons: Dom Haynes (2)

KELOWNA, BC – For the fifth time in the seven-year history of the Hindson Cup the UBC Okanagan Heat topped the Alberta representative to be awarded the Cup, named in honour of Robert "Ro" Hindson the Canadian rugby legend.

On Saturday afternoon the Heat held on to defeat the University of Calgary 19-13 at the Parkinson Recreation Centre on a perfect fall day for rugby.

With the win the Heat will play the University of Victoria on Sunday (Oct. 29) at noon for the right to be the Western number-2 seed for the upcoming Canadian University Men's Rugby Championship to be held November 16th to 19th at the University of Guelph. 

Calgary opened the scoring converting a penalty just minutes off the opening kick-off before two UBCO tries, first one by Andrew McMillan second by team captain Bryce Stirling - both converted successfully by Dom Haynes - gave the Heat a lead that they never relinquished.

The matched bogged down in the middle as the neither side's forwards could break out until Calgary touched down and converted just before the half cutting the UBCO lead to four (14-10) at the break. 

Second half saw Calgary convert another penalty - UBCO committed 10 penalties to Calgary's two in the match - to make the Heat lead just a single point (14-13).

Trevor Yip broke free for UBC Okanagan and scored the match's final points as he placed the ball down on the left side of the end zone to give the Heat the Hindson Cup (19-13).

The Consolation match on Saturday afternoon between the University of Calgary and the University of Victoria was a one-sided affair with the Vikes scoring 48 points in the first half en route to a 79-0 win over U of C who were playing their second match on the day.

History of the Hindson Cup:

1st Cup | 2011 | Winner: UBC Okanagan | Runner Up: Calgary | Score: (21-17)

2nd Cup | 2012 | Winner: Calgary | Runner Up: UBC Okanagan | Score: (14-13)

3rd Cup | 2013 | Winner: UBC Okanagan | Runner Up: Calgary | Score: (15-3)

4th Cup | 2014 | Winner: UBC Okanagan | Runner Up: Calgary | Score: (25-10)

5th Cup | 2015 | Winner: Alberta | Runner Up: UBC Okanagan | Score: (15-5)

6th Cup | 2016 | Winner: UBC Okanagan | Runner Up: Calgary | Score: (41-12)

7th Cup | 2017 | Winner: UBC Okanagan | Runner Up: Calgary | Score: (19-13)