Six Redmen earn Quebec rugby all-star status

by Earl Zukerman

MONTREAL – Six members of the Quebec champion rugby team have earned all-conference honours.

Cayse Ruiter of Ottawa, heads the list, along with Dave Tontini of Pointe Claire, Que., John Phelan of Montreal and Josh Reznick of Toronto, plus Peter Klestov and Ian Turner, both natives of Brisbane, Australia.

The Redmen, who blanked Bishop’s 21-0 last Sunday to capture their third consecutive banner, are now preparing to host Maritime champion Dalhousie for an unofficial Eastern Canadian championship this Saturday at Percival Molson Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 2:30 p.m.

Ruiter is a 6-foot, 200-pound senior flanker majoring in physical & health education, while Tontini, a history junior, is a 5-foot-10, 235-pound prop. Phelan, a civil engineering senior, is a 6-foot-7, 220-pound lock and Reznick, an economics sophomore, is a 5-foot-11, 175-pound scrum-half. Klestov is a 5-foot-10, 185-pound flanker, while Turner, a fly-half, measures 5-foot-11 and 180 pounds. Both Aussies are rookies on an exchange program from the University of Queensland,


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2008 Quebec University men's rugby all-stars
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McGill - Cayse Ruiter, flanker, 21, Health & Physical Education, 4th year, Ottawa (Ontario)

McGill - Dave Tontini, prop, 21, History, 3rd year, Pointe-Claire (Québec)

McGill - Jon Phelan, lock, 22, Civil Engineering, 3rd year, Montréal, (Québec)

McGill - Peter Klestov, flanker, 21, Exchange Program, 1st year, Brisbane (Australia)

McGill - Ian Turner, fly-half, 21, Exchange Program, 1st year, Brisbane (Australia)

McGill - Josh Reznick, scrum-half, 19, Economics, 3rd year, Toronto, (Ontario)


Bishop’s - Pat Whalen, flanker, Business, 5th year, Manotick (Ontario)

Bishop’s - James Le Huquet, lock, Business, 2nd year, Brockville (Ontario)

Bishop’s - Ian Snowsell, lock, Natural Sciences, 2nd year, Banff (Alberta)

Bishop’s - Brad Leung, scrum-half, Business, , 4th year, Ottawa (Ontario)

Sherbrooke - Georges Lafontaine-Paul, 8-man, 25 ans, Physical Education, 5th year, Bouchette (Québec)

Sherbrooke - Mirco Robert, prop, Physical Education, 24 ans, 5th year, Ville-Marie (Québec)

Sherbrooke - Jean-Michel Diorio, scrum-half, 26 years, Political Science, 5th year, Sherbrooke (Québec)

Concordia - Eric Van Thiel, 8-man, Mech. Engineering, 4th year, Nice (France)

Concordia - Courtney Bishop, fullback, Leisure Sciences, 2nd year, Scarborough, (Ontario)