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Burnaby Lake sweep men's rugby

The Burnaby Lake Rugby Club won all three men's matches last weekend, nipping SFU in third division play before trouncing visiting Meralomas in Div. 1 and premier matchups
Geoff Ryan
Burnaby Lake's Geoff Ryan tallied 19 points against the Meralomas to increase his lead atop the B.C. Rugby premier division scoring race with 100 points

The Burnaby Lake Rugby Club Men's program hosted three games and claimed victories in all of them at the Burnaby Lake Sports Complex last Saturday.

The BLRC third team pulled some last-minute heroics over Simon Fraser University in a come-from-behind 13-12 victory over the Clan students.

Casey Evans hit a penalty kick with no time left to lift the team to the one-point victory.

Giuseppe Laudisio scored seven tries to lift the Division 1 men to a 66-12 win over the Meraloma rugby club.

In premier men’s play, Burnaby Lake secured home-field advantage in the upcoming playoff's with a convincing 59-6 victory over the Meralomas in the featured match at Burnaby Lake-East.

With the win, Burnaby Lake improved its record to 11-1, eight points up on runner-up James Bay at 8-4.

Burnaby Lake's Geoff Ryan hit the century markin the victory over the Ex-Kitsilano club, extending his league-leading scoring total to 100 points on the season with a try and seven conversions (19 pts).

Burnaby hosts the Vancouver Rowing Club at Burnaby Lake-East on Saturday. Game time is 2:45 p.m.