Baillou Rugby Club - Events & Fixture list

Baillou Rugby ClubTHE TRIBUNE, by Julian Lockhart, Tribune Sports Reporter, MONDAY, JANUARY 28TH, 2002

 

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BAILLOU BURIES FREEPORT FOR CUP

Baillou Rugby Club won their fifth straight Bahamas Rugby Union Bahamas Cup on Saturday, January 26th, with a convincing victory over the Freeport Rugby Club.

The game was never close as Baillou completely dominated in every facet of the game, as Freeport could not handle the brute force of Baillou up front.

Freeport, who came to New Providence with a legitimate chance to win the Bahamas Cup

Went home with nothing after a 40-0 loss at the Winton Rugby Pitch.

"I think we made our statement last week. The mouth was brought on from Freeport; we went up there and did what we had to do. It was a close game and actually the score made it closer than it really was," said Baillou player Kurt Monroe.

"Today the score reflected how last week’s game was. We totally dominated up there and we came and dominated here. We did not think we would win 40-0, but I expected to win comfortably. Basically our forwards controlled the game as they did in Freeport. We played a forwards game, which is our strength. It feels just as good as the first, second, third and fourth."

Baillou was able to control the flow of the game and neutralize Freeport’s speed on the perimeters and Freeport never had enough to get anything going.

Baillou scored three tries in the first half and converted on all three for a 21-0 lead and the consensus was the game was over by then because Freeport couldn’t come back.

Munroe said even though they only won 15-8 in Grand Bahama, they dominated the game up there and they just carried that momentum into this game.

Baillou scored six tries and it was a complete team effort as six different players scored, starting with Garfield Morrison, then Gibson, Roussos, Maurice Isaacs, Ricardo Moncur and Peter Lunn.

Coming into last week’s game against Baillou, Freeport was undefeated, but just like over the past four seasons they were not able to defeat Baillou.