As 2018 is getting close to an end, we wanted to share the 2018 Season Recap Video…
So, what are you doing this Spring in 2019?
If Youtube doesn’t work, check it out on Google Drive:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1V1_AokEbwU_MSxugiJm1V9glLz626707
For all our Year End Videos, check them out at:
Hope you like our new fresh redesigned Saint John Co-Ed Touch Rugby League (SJTRL) Website! This is the first redesign since the inaugural season back in 2016. After 3 seasons, it was time for a change.
We got a new domain name to align with all our League: sjtrl.com and we still have the other name that will redirect: saintjohntouchrugby.com
The ‘old’ website will still be around for a little while but asking everyone to go to the new one at sjtrl.com
Here are some of the new features:
In closing, the new website is a lot easier from an Administration point of view (Adding News, Updating Scores, etc…)
Now for the upcoming 2019 Season!!!
The Executive met tonight and we have lots of plans for 2019.
Here are some highlights:
So, we still have lots of planning and confirming dates/times and etc… but we will keep you posted! Stay tuned!!!
Throwback Thursday…Back on Friday April 29th, 2016… the first ever Co-Ed Touch Rugby League in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada kicked off the inaugural season!
Thanks to everyone who came out to give the Sport a TRY in 2016… get it…LOL
Plus a huge thanks to everyone who has come out each season. You are the reason the League keeps going and growing!
We are really looking forward to 2019! Are you?!?!?!
June 23, 2018 – Canada Games Stadium – Congrats to the 2018 East Coast Games Touch Rugby Tournament winners – Famjam
FRONT (L-R): Ricky Parisien, Jeff Rogers
BACK (L-R): Kathleen Boyle, Maria Boyle, Aaron Keating, Steve Doucette, Jake Shillington, Brendan Johnstone
Here are some pics from the ECG: (Click on the image will take you to the Google Drive)
Wed June 13th, 2018 – Canada Games Stadium – Congrats to the 2018 Saint John Co-Ed Touch Rugby Champions – ALPINES.
The Alpines defeated Hop City 4-3 to win the 2018 Saint John Co-Ed Touch Rugby League championship. Trevor Seely scored two tries for the Alpines while Peter Fitzgerald and Andrew Feetham each had a single try. Mike Curwin scored twice while Jules Ouimet scored one try for Hop City.
Front (L-R): Peter Fitzgerald, Rhea Bowen, John Desmond, Trevor Seely
Back (L-R): Andrew Feetham, Jodie Allen, Zoe lapierre-Thomas, Laura Griggs
A HUGE THANK YOU to our League Sponsor: Moosehead Breweries for providing the League with T-Shirts!!!
The T-Shirts are now IN!!!
A HUGE Thank you to our League Sponsor Moosehead Breweries!!!!
The teams will enjoy wearing them!!
Now, the rebranding of the team names:
Good Luck tonight everyone!!!
The 2017 season Playoffs and Championships were held on Thursday June 15th as the second season of the Saint John Co-Ed Touch Rugby League concluded.
The Blues defeated the All Reds 3-2 to win the 2017 Saint John Co-Ed Touch Rugby League championship. Geoffrey Forgie scored two tries for the Blues while Dan Scally had a single try. Brendan Johnstone and Matthew Hunter each had one try for the All Reds.
(L-R): Ryan Lanigan, Nick Maloney, Adam Brown, Jules Ouimet, Geoffrey Forgie, Jaclyn Ellis & Dan Scally
The Saint John Co-Ed Touch Rugby League (SJTRL) season is starting tonight (Thurs May 4th)!!!
The games are at the Shamrock Turf Field and start at 8:30pm.
Here are the games scheduled:
8:30pm
Pitch 1 – B at A
Pitch 2 – D at C
9:00pm
Pitch 1 – D at A
Pitch 2 – B at C
See you at the Pitch (aka Field)!!!
***Published in the Telegraph Journal – March 5, 2017 by Eric Elliott***
When Amit Tamrakar moved to Canada from India in 2003, he had barely heard of the sport of rugby and he definitely didn’t play it.
“You might get injured a lot, so that was one of the reasons I never played rugby or football,”
he said, instead sticking with popular sports such as soccer that appealed to his enjoyment of running but was not a contact sport.
Last year, though, Tamrakar was one of 30 other Saint Johners who decided to give touch rugby a try, registering for the Saint John Co-Ed Touch Rugby League in its inaugural season.
Tamrakar said he heard about the league from his co-worker and league president Josh Wells, who assured Tamrakar it was a safe sport.
Playing in a six-on-six format, touch rugby uses the same rules as traditional rugby but instead of tackling opponents, you touch them with one hand to prevent them from scoring points. Once an opponent is touched, they then initiate a backwards pass through their legs to a teammate who can then try to advance down the field with their teammates. Also unique to touch rugby is that if a team cannot get a “try” or score within six touches down the field, the ball will be turned over to the other team.
“It’s a very minimal contact sport but, the big thing is, the focus of the game is on your passing and catching so that you can open up defenders so you can go score, basically,”
Wells said.
“That’s taking the elements of the rugby game in catching and passing so it’s a way to hone in on those skills and obviously improve your fitness.”
As someone who used to play competitive rugby until 1999, Wells said he was searching for a safer way to play the sport as early as a decade ago. He decided in 2015 to create a touch league for the city after hearing of the sport’s popularity overseas. He said he modeled Saint John’s league after the summer and winter league that was already established in Fredericton, limiting the league to four teams and getting the equipment and field times necessary to start their season in 2016 at the Shamrock Park Turf Field.
Wells said he was impressed with the make-up of the four-team league last year, including eight players who had never touched a rugby ball before. He said touch rugby represents an opportunity for people to give the sport a try or use it as a stepping stone before getting more involved in the sport.
“That’s what’s good about it because you can come out with no experience at all, not even knowing what rugby is, and obviously we both teach the skills of how to play, but like I said it’s the passing, running on the field,”
Wells said.
After playing in his first season, Tamrakar is one of 10 people who have already signed up for the 2017 season. Registration opened on Feb. 20 for a maximum of 40 registrants. Wells said they will be running a longer season this year with 12 games beginning on May 4 and a clinic on April 27 for those interested in trying out the sport.
