"What Winnipeg did really well the last five years is embrace growth over a season. Obviously, you want to play well against Winnipeg, but I really want to focus on peaking later on." — Lions QB Nathan Rourke

Nathan Rourke is a studious student of the game and consumed by cramming for exams. Article content

The B.C. Lions quarterback did exhaustive work in the off-season — even shovelling snow off the artificial turf at the club’s practice facility in February to get in a throw day — to prepare for the club’s CFL season opener Saturday at B.C. Pace. Article content Article content

It was evident on the first methodical drive against the Edmonton Elks — and his touchdown explosion in second half of an impressive 31-14 rout — that Rourke’s agility and ability to escape pressure to f

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