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wt wrihum thursday august m 1s7s the second section sports news district dlews ihternational rugby tourney here o k i a si ki i when it comes to nonstop bell bent for leather action theres nothing quite like a sevenaside rugby tournament and the largest such tournament in canada was played just last weekend in fletchers field markham it featured 48 teams from ontario and the united states in cluding an entry from albuqurque new mexico sevenaside rugby is definitely a spectators delight with only seven on each team on a rugby field thats slightly wider and just as long as a canadian football field there is ample opportunity for exciting open field running and spec tacular passing add to that is the fact the games are only 15 minutes long so theres not time for the teams to take it easy scoring in rugby is fairly similar to football their touch down called a try is worth four points while a successful conversion attempt after the try is two points a penalty goal similar to a field goal is worth three points and a drop goal kick is also worth three in the fletchers field tournament the united states teams did very well taking two of the three champion ships in the a divi sion finals the beth- leham hooligans from pennsylvania knocked off the toronto irish canadians team 26- 14 the consolation championship went to the boston sor cerers who defeated the toronto wan derers 2812 in the b division it was an allontario final as balmy beach pulled off a 16- 12 victory over the toronto barbarians downed barrie player above successfully passes the ball to his teammate as balmy beaches bailer rushes in player above had- his shirt customized during play rugby is a rough game and that apparently judging from the tshirts and bumper stickers is part of the appeal szjsi rvjsjrw shot at right looks like scene from keystone cops movie with everybody sprawled about the field a finalist toronto irish plain jerseys battle it out below with wexford team teams from across canada and the us participated in tournament at fletchers field xerfkvk i m z