Inaugural rugby tournament ‘fun’ affair

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug’s River Fox roamed the field making one defensive stop after another during the inaugural Lakehead Public Schools Spring World Cup Rugby Tournament in Thunder Bay.
“It’s lots of exercise and you learn more skills for sports – it’s really fun,” said the Algonquin Avenue Public School student who has lived in Thunder Bay since she was six years old. “I’m like a passer, so the other person can score.”
Fox enjoyed playing with other students on the Algonquin Gladiators team, noting she usually participates in individual sports.
“For the sports I do, like gymnastics, I’m usually all by myself,” Fox said.
While Fox’s team practiced about four times before the tournament, they found the rules were different from the rules they used while practicing indoors. They ended the tournament with a 2-2 record.
The round-robin style flag rugby tournament was held June 8 with a number of elementary school teams from across Thunder Bay participating in both girls and boys divisions.
The girls were scheduled to play five games and the boys seven games.