The Waterloo men's rugby team came out guns a blazing in their 2015 opening match, topping the visiting Toronto Varsity Blues 24-11 at the lower CIF field on Wednesday afternoon.  Four different Warriors put up tries while their defence stood strong, limiting the Blues to just one.

The Blues opened the scoring with Tudor Chirila splitting the uprights on a penalty goal as Toronto jumped ahead 3-0.  The Warriors would respond however on some brilliant passing by Paul Chen (Calgary) and Paul Schroeder (New Dundee) with the run being capped off by Michael Appiah-Kubi (Toronto) for the try to put the black and gold up 5-3.

The Blues responded only five minutes later with another penalty by Chrila to put his side up by one.  Waterloo continued the seesaw battle as Chen came blazzing down the same side as Appiah-Kubi for another try sending the Warriors up 10-6 into half.

The Warriors provided separation from Toronto early in the second half as Peter Squire (Port Perry) and Schroeder punched home some key tries.  Successful converts by Schroeder would give Waterloo the 24-6 lead and they would cruise to the finish line allowing just one more try by the Varsity Blues' Nitai Ben-Shach making the final score 24-11 for the Warriors.

The Warriors will enjoy the bye week and return to action on Sunday, September 20 vs. Queen's at home.