The Saint John Trojan Rugby Club is celebrating 100 years as a sports team and both current and former players say the team values family and community.
The team was founded in 1923 and has continued the tradition of the game across several generations. It calls the Hazen-White-St. Francis School field its home, where it is also building the Trojan House Community Centre.
Her father also played for the team and is the vice-president in the club’s executive. Chad Sooley has had many roles within the team.Sooley said he lost his mother this past week and the overwhelming number of former club members reaching out both far and near really showed him how special the team is.“It comes back to that family aspect of it,” Sooley said.
But it wasn’t just current players who came out Sunday. It was also players like John Simon, who left the team around 2010.Simon said for him, the game is unlike others and his personal favourite.
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