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Wednesday, March 20,1991 — A24

Wyatt second Canadian on elite rugby side Kapteyns

by Mare Davis
The Review

Stelly’s Secondary school
teacher Mark Wyatt has been
selected as only the second ever
Canadian rugby player to play for
the famed British team the Barbar-
lans.

The elite team is formed by
invitation and is made up of top
international players — mainly
British — who play “‘friendly”
matches on special occasions.

Wyatt, who is a regular starter
for the Canadian team, said he was
“Surprised” to learn of his selec-
tion after hearing about it from the
national team coach two weeks
ago. :

~ Its just wonderful to be picked
to play. I’m really excited about
this opportunity,” Wyatt said.

A solid reputation among inter-
national rugby circles is what
Wyatt feels has earned him this
unexpected selection for a team
that is usually made up exclusively
of Britons.

“Normally the Barbarians’
method for invitation is to look
within their own countries before
they consider players from other
nations,” Wyatt said.

“It’s not too frequent that they
take a player from outside of that
realm.”

Wyatt will play for the Baa-
Baa’s (as they are also known) in
his customary position of fullback
in Wales against Cardiff on March

29 and against Swansea on March
Hil,

The only other Canadian to have
played for the Barbarians was
national team hooker Mike Luke
of Newfoundland, who played for
the Baa-Baa’s in 1981.

Though he’s 29 years-old and
has played international rugby for
nearly a decade, Wyatt said he’s in
his prime.

“Tm very fit right now and
stronger than in the past. I’m
certainly more fit that most players
in Canada’s national program,” he
said.

Wyatt’s feels he’ll be well-
Suited to the Barbarians’ style of
game which is usually very fluid
and full of flair.

“They tend to run the ball a lot
and aren’t scared to take risks.
That’s the kind of game I enjoy the
most,” he said.

With about two dozen full inter-
national appearances for Canada
under his belt since 1982, Wyatt
has been described by national
team coach Ian Birtwell as Can-
ada’s most talented and consistent
kicker.

~ AL an international level, every
county should have at least one
kicker like that,” Birtwell said.

Wyatt once tied the world record
for the most number of penalty
goals scored in an international
match when he scored all of
Canada’s points in a 21-10 win
over the United States in 1986.
Presently Wyatt is in Hong Kong

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representing Canada in an intema-
tional seven-a-side tournament.

And immediately after playing
for the Barbarians over the Easter
weekend, Wyatt will compete for
the Canadian Sevens side in Scot-
land.

His busy schedule of games
should be a good warm-up for this
summer's 1991 rugby World Cup
toumament, which will be held in
Britain and France, he said.

Victoria’s 1989 Male Athlete of
the Year hopes to elevate Canada
into the top ranks of the world’s
rugby-playing nations at the World

Cup.

~ 1 think we’ve proven our capa-
bilities time and time again and ...
Canada has shown it can compete
with the bigger rugby nations,” he
said.

Wyatt also intends to find the
time to coach the senior boys’
rugby team at Stelly’s, which starts
its regular season next month.

Coaching the Central Saanich
school’s team is the least he can
do to thank the Saanich School
District, which has allowed him
the time off to play international
rugby, he said.

SIDNEY

post victory

The Division 3 Peninsula Kap-
teyns ladies’ field hockey team
posted a resounding 4-1 win over
the Victoria-based Renegades, Sat-
urday.

Turning in a sterling perform-
ance, the Kapteyns dominated
most of the play from start to
finish, team spokesman Joan
McKimm said:

A quick goal early on gave the
Renegades the upper-hand but the
Kapteyns kept up the pressure in
the first half.

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