Montreal 1862 Rugby

Matchday Squad vs Atlantic Privateers
Kickoff 330pm Atlantic at Graves Oakley in Halifax
Livestream in linktree in bio

Intense clash and close loss for Montreal 1862 14-12 to the Atlantic Privateers at Molson Stadium on Saturday.

Un grand merci aux arbitres du week end dernier contre
A shout out to the match officials from last weekend’s match v

Arbitre: Alexandre Saint Bonnet
AR1: James Acker
AR2: Maxime Viard-Gaudin
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A hard fought win for Montreal 1862(33) v NY Old Blue(12) in our first ever match!
Thanks for making the trip north and sharing this with us🙏🏻

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Une victoire âprement disputée Montreal 1862(33) v NY Old Blue(12). Merci d’avoir fait le voyage et d’avoir partagé ce Merci d’avoir fait le voyage vers le nord et d’avoir partagé cette première avec nous. 🙏🏻

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Voici notre équipe pour le match d’aujourd’hui contre Old Blue

Here is our squad for today’s match vs Old Blue!

Rejoignez-nous pour notre match inaugural contre

Join us for our Inaugural match vs tomorrow

Date: Samedi 24 aout
Addresse: Parc Étienne-Desmarteau, rue Beaubien est Montréal
Coup d’envoi: 3pm

L’entrée est gratuite, nourriture et boissons disponibles (en espèces uniquement)
Admission is free, food & beverages available(cash only)

Montreal 1862’s very first training session, some pics…game changers.

Le rugby montréalais s’engage dans une nouvelle aventure ce samedi !

Montreal rugby is embarking on a new adventure this Saturday!

Bonne chance à tous les athlètes et clubs qui participent aux finales des championnats Rugby Québec à Dollard-des-Ormeaux aujourd’hui!

Good luck to all athletes and clubs playing in the Rugby Québec Championship finals in Dollard-des-Ormeaux today!

🏆🏉🌟Bataille au Sommet du Rugby Québécois 🌟🏉
Ce samedi, 5 clubs de la région de Montréal s'affrontent dans les Finales finales masculines de Rugby Québec! 🏆 !

SL: TMR RFC v Beaconsfield RFC, 8PM
SLReserve: TMR RFC v Rugby Club Montreal, 10AM
LPR1: SABRFC v Ottawa RC
LPR1Reserve: Montreal Wanderers v SABRFC

📅 Date: 17 aout
📍 Endroit: Dollard-des-Ormeaux

🏆🏉🌟 Battle at the Summit of Quebec Rugby 🌟🏉
This weekend, the stakes are high as 5 Montreal area clubs compete in the Rugby Quebec men's finals! 🏆

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The birth of North American rugby... It is often reported that the first rugby match in Canada took place in Montreal in 1863. The match report below dates from 1862 with a summary of the scores which included 2 rouges, act of grounding the ball in one's in-goal and one of the common scoring actions in early rugby football matches. This action would indicate that November 16, 1862 saw the first rugby match in Canada and North America taking place that day on the Montreal Cricket Grounds.

La naissance du rugby nord-américain...on suppose souvent que le premier match de rugby au Canada a eu lieu à Montréal en 1863. Le rapport de match ci-dessous date de 1862 avec un résumé des scores qui comprenait 2 rouges, action d'écraser le ballon dans son but et l'une des actions de marquage courantes lors des premiers matchs de football de rugby indiquerait que le 16 novembre 1862 a vu le premier match de rugby au Canada et en Amérique du Nord avoir lieu à Montréal ce jour.

FOOT BALL IN CANADA
Grenadiers Guards vs Scots Fusilier Guards
NOV. 16, 1862 – BELLS LIFE IN LONDON & SPORTING CHRONICLES – P. 4
A Match was Played on the Cricket Grounds, Montreal, on Oct. 15, 1862, between the First Battalion Grenadier Guards and the Second Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards. The sides were
Grenadiers: Lt Col Higginson, Lt Col Bramston, Capt Wynne, Capt Phillips, Capt N.
Melville, Capt Fairfax, Capt Viscount Uffington, Lt Lane-Fox, Lt Herbert, Lt Stanley, Lt
Crichton and Lt Duncombe – Scots Fusiliers: Lt Col Hon W. Coke, Lt Col Fletcher, Lt Col
Hon H. Annesley, Capt. Rous, Capt. Bereaford, Capt. Paynter, Capt. Shelley, Capt Hon J.
Riphinstone, Capt. Stephenson, Lt Farquarson, Lt Barne and Capt MacLaughlin.
Umpires: Lt Col D. Horsey (Grenadier Guards) and C. Horne, Esq (16Th Regiment).
The Grenadier Guards won by 3 goals and 2 rouges to nothing.

https://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/resources/Melvin_Smith/1862%20football%20in%20Canada.pdf