Hamilton Tiger-Cats tangle with Nathan Rourke and the B.C. Lions – Hamilton
Recent off their first win of the season in Week 6 the Hamilton Tiger-Cats will attempt to kick off a successful streak after they go to Nathan Rourke and the B.C. Lions in Vancouver Thursday night time.
Hamilton (1-4) survived a late sport scare towards the Ottawa Redblacks final Saturday after they scratched out a 25-23 victory at Tim Hortons Area.
The Lions (3-1) are coming off their bye week, having final performed July 9 at B.C. Place Stadium, which led to a 43-22 loss towards the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
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The pregame present on 900 CHML begins at 9 p.m. Kickoff is at 10 p.m. and you’ll take heed to the motion on 900 CHML radio. A half-hour after the ultimate whistle, catch The fifth Quarter postgame present on CHML, 900chml.com and on CHML’s Fb web page.
Dane Evans earned CFL prime performer of the week honours after he quarterbacked the Cats to a last-minute win towards Ottawa, throwing for 342 yards and two touchdowns, together with the game-winning rating to Tim White with 19 seconds left in regulation time.
It was the second time this season that Evans has thrown for greater than 300 yards in a sport after he piled up 425 in an additional time loss towards the Calgary Stampeders in Week 2.
The four-year CFL veteran enters Week 7 with 1,423 passing yards on the yr behind solely Winnipeg’s Zach Collaros (1,536) and Saskatchewan Roughriders QB Cody Fajardo (1,488).
B.C. quarterback Nathan Rourke is fourth on the passing yards record with 1,355, however he’s No. 1 within the Canadian Soccer League with 12 landing passes by means of 4 video games.
Rourke’s mercurial rise to stardom in simply his second yr within the league, and first as a full-time starter, has soccer followers on the west coast excited concerning the Lions.
The Victoria, B.C., native is accumulating heaps of reward from across the league for being the primary Canadian quarterback to make a serious affect on the sphere and is drawing comparisons to Canadian Soccer Corridor of Fame QB Russ Jackson.
A Hamilton victory would propel the crew into a primary place tie within the East Division with the Toronto Argonauts whereas the Lions can tie Saskatchewan and the Calgary Stampeders for second place within the West.
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3 fast stats:
- The Tiger-Cats have received their final 4 conferences towards the Lions courting again to the 2018 season together with a 13-10 win in B.C. in 2019. Dane Evans was Hamilton’s beginning QB in two of these victories, accumulating 635 passing and speeding yards whereas throwing two touchdowns and two interceptions.
- Lions QB Nathan Rourke is on tempo to file 6,098 yards, which might rank because the third-highest tally in a single season in CFL historical past. The sophomore pivot can also be on tempo to toss 54 touchdowns. That might smash Doug Flutie’s single-season mark of 48 set in 1994.
- Thursday’s sport marks the 99th match between the Tiger-Cats and Lions. B.C. has the sting with a file of 55 wins, 40 losses and three ties. That is the one time the 2 golf equipment will meet within the common season in 2022, that means their one centesimal sport can be waged subsequent yr.
