Arrows down Old Glory to win second straight

LEESBURG  - The Toronto Arrows took advantage of a porous Old Glory DC defence Saturday, running in four tries en route to a 29-5 win in Major League Rugby play.

It was a second straight win for the Arrows (2-2-0) while Old Glory (0-4-0) suffered its fourth straight loss.

Lucas Rumball, Ross Braude, Mike Sheppard and Cole Keith scored tries for Toronto, which held a 19-5 lead at the half. Sam Malcolm added three conversions and a penalty at Segra Field in Leesburg, Va.

Rob Irimescu scored the lone Old Glory try.

Toronto coach Peter Smith made just one change to his starting 15 with Ueta Tufuga slotting in at outside centre for Mitch Richardson, who dropped to the bench.

The Arrows continue to deal with a lengthy injury list with 10 players — backs Andrew Ferguson, Guiseppe du Toit, Cole Brown, John Sheridan, Brandan Ferguson, Dennon Robinson-Bartlett, Kobe Faust and Connor McCann and forwards Tyler Rowland and Mason Flesch — all unavailable on the weekend.

Still, the Toronto starting lineup featured 11 internationals: nine from Canada and one each from Argentina and Uruguay.

And on the plus side, back-row forwards Ronan Foley and James O'Neill returned to action, starting on the bench.

Canadians Luke Campbell and Doug Fraser started for Old Glory. Prop Jake Ilnicki was on the bench.

The home side was rewarded for a positive start in the 16th minute when Irimescu touched down to cap a driving maul off a lineout after a penalty deep in the Toronto end.

The Arrows claimed the ball off the ensuing kickoff and spun the ball wide with Rumball taking a pass from Matt Hood to finish off the move two minutes later to tie it at 5-5.

Braude dove over in the 25th minute after the Arrows laid siege on the Old Glory try-line for a