Brown B-Side Blanks Dartmouth 47-0 to Complete Fourth Straight Unbeaten Season
| 1H | 2H | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRO | 26 | 21 | 47 |
| DAR | 0 | 0 | 0 |
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Brown University men's rugby B-side scored four first-half tries to take command of a 47-0 victory over Dartmouth College B-side on Saturday, Nov. 7, in Quincy, Massachusetts. The season-ending shutout completed the B Bears' fourth consecutive undefeated season.
Thomas Bouchard supplied the early breakthrough, scoring the opening try just 2:30 into the match. After Captain Ben Shirley took a pass from Bouchard on the short side of the ruck, then passed to a rampaging Luke Coll, Bouchard followed in support of a violent carry from Luke Coll and finished for the score on a pass from Coll. Shirley added the conversion for a 7-0 lead. Brown's next scoring strike came at 19:45, when Luke Coll was at it again, poaching the ball from a downed Dartmouth ball carrier and swan-diving across the line for a try of his own, and Shirley converted to push the advantage to 14-0.
Ryan Schroeder followed at 22:00, capping a backs move that started over 60 meters from the try zone and featured a 30-meter sprint from Lutendo Nematswerani, before Nematswerani hit Schroeder with the pass, providing in-field support, giving the Bears two tries in a span of 2 minutes, 15 seconds. Shirley's third conversion made it 21-0 before a goal-line pick-and-go scored at 30:00 to establish the 26-0 halftime margin. Grant's easy short side snipe was set up by a nifty offload from Freddie Bracken-Smith to Ryan Schroeder who raced through the defence for over 50 meters before being tackled and setting a quick ruck near the goal. Four different try scorers contributed to that first-half surge while Brown's defense kept the Big Green off the scoreboard.
The Bears resumed their scoring five minutes into the second half through Ben Le Roux, whose powerful carry left multiple defenders in his wake and Shirley's conversion extended the lead to 33-0. Bryan Onwuka then crossed at 51:00, stepping by a shooting defender from about 25 meters out, and again at 64:00, on an 8-man pick from a scrum 25 meters out, finishing with two tries and 10 points. Shirley converted both scores, with the final kick setting the winning margin.
Shirley led Brown with 12 points, converting six of the team's seven tries. The Bears added 21 unanswered points after halftime and sustained their defensive effort through the full 80 minutes, denying Dartmouth a try or any other scoring return.
Ben Shirley finishes the season as the B's high scorer, putting up 118 points on 5 tries, 45 conversions, and one penalty, in addition to facilitating many of the team's scoring plays from both the flyhalf and center positions. Demonstrating the promise of this group of players, three freshmen lead the way in try-scoring totals: center Ryan Schroeder (7), flanker/hooker Luke Coll (9), and wing Lutendo Nematswerani (10). The result of this match secured Brown's fifth consecutive Ivy League B-side title and extended an unbeaten run dating to October 2022. The second team's contributions also reached beyond its own matches this season, with 17 different players selected to the first-team roster.
TIME SCORING SUMMARY BROWN- OPP.
2:30 Brown Try, Thomas Bouchard 5 - 0
Brown Conversion, Ben Shirley 7 - 0
19:45 Brown Try, Wolfe Morn 12 - 0
Brown Conversion, Ben Shirley 14 - 0
22:00 Brown Try, Ryan Schroeder 19 - 0
Brown Conversion, Ben Shirley 21 - 0
30:00 Brown Try, Malcolm Grant 26 - 0
HALFTIME SCORE Brown B 26 - 0 Dartmouth B
45:00 Brown Try, Ben Le Roux 33 - 0
Brown Conversion, Ben Shirley 35 - 0
51:00 Brown Try, Bryan Onwuka 38 - 0
Brown Conversion, Ben Shirley 40 - 0
64:00 Brown Try, Bryan Onwuka 45 - 0
Brown Conversion, Ben Shirley 47 - 0
FINAL SCORE Brown B 47 - 0 Dartmouth B
BROWN ROSTER
1 Ben Le Roux '29 - off at 63:00
2 Ittetsu Hoshi '29 - off at 40:00
3 Michael Citarella '27 (VC)
4 Mikey Lau '27 - on at flanker at 69:00
5 Bertie Deen '29 - on at flanker at 12:00, off at 40:00
6 Luke Coll '30 - off at 63:00
7 Cameron Kean '29 - off at 12:00
8 Bryan Onwuka '29 - off at 69:00
9 Thomas Bouchard '28 - on at wing at 28:00
10 Kristo Klavins '30 - on at fullback at 54:00
11 Lutendo Nematswerani '30 - off at 28:00
12 Ryan Schroeder '30
13 Ben Shirley '27 (C) - on at flyhalf at 54:00
14 Reid Spence '28 - off at 63:00
15 Malcolm Grant '27 - off at 54:00
16 Edward Abel Guobadia G"27 - on at lock at 69:00
17 Wes Barentzen '30 - on at flanker at 40:00, on at 8 at 69:00
18 Iggy de la Fuente '30 - on at lock at 40:00
19 Nathan Kwei '27 - on at lock at 12:00
20 Hayden Hradek '29 - on at prop at 63:00
21 Will Yu '27 - on at wing at 63:00
22 Freddie Bracken-Smith '29 - on at scrumhalf at 28:00
23 Matthew O'Connor '28 - on at center at 54:00
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