Queen's Men's Rugby will play for the OUA Championship after defeating the RMC Paladins 34-0 in a cross-town clash in their OUA semifinal match Saturday at Nixon Field.
Will Mathews (Montreal, Que.) led the Gaels in their OUA Playoffs win with two tries. After
Sam Ibbotson (Canmore, Alta.) opened the scoring for Queen's, Mathews scored his first try late in the first half.
Rienk Van Der Ploeg (Walton, Ont.) added a try right before half, with Guadarrama Maya (Shawnigan Lake, B.C.) kicking the conversion to give the Gaels a 17-0 lead at the break.
Liam Casey (Kuala Lumpur) opened the scoring for Queen's in the second half before Matthews added his second of the game.
John Varriano (Mississauga, Ont.) added one more try for Queen's in the big win.
The Gaels will take on the Guelph Gryphons, who defeated the Brock Badgers 52-28 in the other semifinal, for the OUA Championship on Saturday, Nov. 6 at 4:30 p.m. at Nixon Field.