2019 FOOTBALL CANADA CUP PREVIEW – NEW BRUNSWICK

by footballcanada

An inside look at Team New Brunswick, one of eight competing teams vying for the national championship in Kingston, Ontario beginning Sunday.

By Ameeta Vohra

Breaking through in 2018 and pulling out their first ever Football Canada Cup victory against their Maritime rivals, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick is looking to build on the momentum.

This year marks the official changing of the guard as Jamie Price takes over as head coach after Chris Hopkins spent several years with the program.  Price has USPORTS coaching experience with Mount Allison Mounties and Acadia Axemen.

New Brunswick has the most returning players of any other roster with 15.

Offensively, brothers Samuel (quarterback) and Caleb (receiver) Tremblay hope to create some offensive magic liked they did in Guelph, Ontario last year at the Under-16 Eastern Challenge. Protecting them from the defense is returning lineman Bradly Peters.

Linebacker Xavier Malone and lineman Nathan Clark anchor the defence and bring stability through their veteran leadership.

2018 RESULT: defeated Nova Scotia 14-9 to end tournament in seventh place
HEAD COACH: Jamie Price – first year in role
2019 GAME DAY 1 – will meet second seeded Alberta on July 7, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. EST
NUMBER OF RETURNING PLAYERS: 15

PLAYERS TO WATCH:

PLAYER POSITION HIGH SCHOOL
Samuel Tremblay QB Sainte-Anne
Caleb Tremblay REC Sainte-Anne
*Bradly Peters OL Fredericton
*Xavier Malone LB Mathieu-Martin
Nathan Clark DL Leo Hayes
*Riley Estabrooks DB Tantramar
*Nathen Trites DB Riverview
*Owen O’Neal DB Tantramar
Caleb Fogarty RB/REC L’Odyssee
*Tom Brow OL Saint John
Jacob Scharnberg OL Moncton
*Riley Schram DL Moncton

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