(Kingston, Ont.) – The UBC Thunderbirds will be playing in the Canadian University Men's Rugby Championship (CUMRC) game after defeating the host Queen's Gaels 41-20 in Championship Semifinal 1 at Nixon Field on Friday.

The semifinal matchup was close through the first 25 minutes, with UBC holding a 15-13 edge early, before the Thunderbirds took over and scored 26 straight points on their way to the 21-point win.

Jack Carson opened the scoring for UBC with a penalty convert and would later add a convert after a try and a try to finish the game with 10 points. Max Abercrombie recorded three converts for the Thunderbirds while Takoda McMullin, Bryce Worden, Ryan Leskiw, Frank Carson, and Owain Ruttan all added tries for UBC in the win.

Thomas Kirkwood led the Gaels in the losing effort with one try, one convert, and two penalty converts. Santi Guadarrama added a try and a convert for Queen's.

Don Carson was named the Player of the Game for UBC while Rienk Van Der Ploeg was named the Player of the Game for Queen's.

With the win, the Thunderbirds will play in the Championship Game on Sunday, Nov. 28 at 3:30 p.m. against the winner of Championship Semifinal 2 between the Guelph Gryphons and Victoria Vikes. Queen's will finish their tournament playing for the Bronze Medal on Sunday at 1 p.m. against the loser of Championship Semifinal 2.