B.C. bested in first big test of the season
The Bombers came into the game averaging 3.9 yards per carry, lowest in the league. But Johnny Augustine and Brady Oliveira came to play, consistently setting up the Bombers in second and short, with both averaging 6.0 yards per carry in the first half. They had 141 on the day, with Augustine and Oliveira doing the bulk of the work.
Rourke’s CFL record accuracy run — no player in CFL history has been more accurate over a three-game span — came to an end against a cagey Bombers defence that sacked him once, picked him off twice, and was in his face all night long. Michael O’Connor also threw an interception in late-game relief for Rourke.Article content
Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ Willie Jefferson blocks a pass attempt by B.C. Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke during the first half of CFL football game in Vancouver, on Saturday, July 9, 2022.Jenarion Grant returned the opening kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown, and B.C. was down 7-0 before the game was 30 seconds old. He looked like he’d put the game to bed with 2:38 left in the first half, when he weaved 90 yards through the Lions coverage to score yet again.
But the Bombers kept the pressure up, a seven-play, 79-yard drive eating up five minutes of the third quarter, capped off with a touchdown toss to Dalton Schoen in the back of the end zone from four yards out.Article content
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