The Fulton Maroons are cruising at the Okanagan Valley Senior AA Boys Rugby Championships.
The Maroons advanced to Monday’s semifinal with the host Merritt Panthers after pummeling the host Westsyde Whundas 45-0 in quarterfinal play Friday in Kamloops.
Clark Richardson led the Fulton attack with three tries while going 3-for-5 on converts. Connor Mackus added a pair of scores and Layne Greene and Caleb McCuaig each had one.
Greene booted two converts.
“This was a very complete effort from our club,” said Fulton head coach Mike Scheller. “We tackled well, our set pieces were strong and we moved the ball well on attack.
“We had a few handling issues that resulted in knock-ons early, but other than that, we played a great game.”
Hooker Adam Woods was a nightmare for the Panthers, making tackles and stealing their put-ins. Greene made a lot of solid runs at standoff and set up his teammates, Mackus had some nice finishing runs at wing, and forwards Lucky Banga, Ray Relling and Dan Eustache were terrific up front.
