McGill's Skulsky to tour with Canadian U20 team
By Earl Zukerman
MONTREAL – McGill rugby star Samuel Skulsky, an 18-year-old
science freshman from Calgary, has been named to the Canadian
under-20 team that will be touring New Zealand, Feb. 28 to Mar.
15.
The 5-foot-10, 190-pound scrum-half finished third among Redmen
scoring leaders last fall with 43 points in 11 games overall. He
had four tries, 10 conversions and one penalty goal.
“Sam has worked extremely hard to earn this selection,” said Sean
McCaffery, co-head coach of the Redmen “I’m very happy for him. He
had to fly out to Victoria numerous times over the last four months
to compete at the trial camps.”
Canada departs on February 28 for Wellington, N.Z., and takes on
the Wellington development team on March 6 to open the tour. Five
days later, the Canadians will take on the Taranaki development
side before wrapping the tour against Hawkes Bay in Napier, N.Z.,
on March 14.
"New Zealand will be an ideal place to immerse the team in a rugby
culture, and to have them tested against some of the very best
age-grade players in the world," said Canada’s head coach Tim
Murdy, a teacher and rugby coach at Shawnigan Lake School on
Vancouver Island. "Also, these games will allow us to experiment
with different combinations, and the extended squad will give
another four players an opportunity at making the final world cup
squad."
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TEAM CANADA U20 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER
for New Zealand tour - (Pos./ Club / School)
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Jamal Allen (Prop - Vancouver Rowers/University of
Saskatchewan)
Kyle Armstrong (Scrum-half - Ajax Wanderers/Truro College -
UK)
Chris Barratt (Wing/FB - Queens University)
Conner Braid (Centre - James Bay AA)
Brett Beukeboom (Lock/Back row - Lindsay RFC/University of
Victoria)
Justin Chelak (Prop - UBC Old Boy Ravens - Langara College)
Andrew Crow (Back row - Castaway Wanderers/University of Western
Ontario)
Hamish Davidson (Centre - Capilanos RFC/East Coast Bays RFC -
NZ)
Chris Dickenson (Fly-half - Oakville Crusaders/McMaster
University)
Adam Dreidger (No 8 - Calgary Saracens)
Ryan Fried (Prop - Wimot Warthogs/University of Waterloo)
Aaron Johnstone (Centre - Caplianos RFC/University of
Victoria)
Harry Jones (C) (Fly-half - Capilanos RFC/University of British
Columbia)
Brett Kelly (Back row - St Albert RFC/Olds College)
Jesse Kliman (Back row - University of Western Ontario)
Mark Kohler (Wing/fullback - Luton RFC)
Jamie MacKenzie (Scrum-half - Oakville Crusaders/University of
Victoria)
Evan Mallory (Hooker - University of Victoria)
Jeff McKinnon (Back Row - Capilanos RFC)
Ben Mittlestead (Hooker - Capilanos RFC/Carson Graham School)
Sebastian Pearson (VC) (Back row- Lindsay RFC/Leicester Tigers
Academy)
Will Phillipson (Centre/wing - UBC Thunderbirds)
Dakota Poole (Lock - Kelowna RFC)
Grant Schneider (Wing - Oakville Crusaders/McMaster
University)
Sam Skulsky (Scrum-half - Castaway Wanderers/McGill
University)
Richard Townsend (Prop - Dings Crusaders Nat3 UK/Hartpury
College)
Conor Trainor (Centre - UBC Old Boy Ravens/St. Mary's College -
California)
Nick Wallace (Prop - Chuckanut Bay RFC/St. Mary's College -
California)
Jordan Wilson-Ross (Wing - Alliston Timberwolves)
Toni Wodzicki (Lock/back row - Montreal Wanderers/Marianopolis
College)
Head Coach: Tim Murdy
Assistants: Ian Hyde Lay - John Tait - NSMT Forwards Coach
Manager: Brian Hunter
Strength and Conditioning Coach: Joe McCullum
SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
Dept. of Athletics & Recreation, Room 225 B
McGill University
475 Pine Avenue W.,
Montreal, QC H2W 1S4
CANADA
514-398-7012 (Tel.)
514-398-1956 (Fax)
www.athletics.mcgill.ca