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Grey Cup preview: Roughriders and Alouettes clash in CFL championship

On Sunday the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Montreal Alouettes meet at Princess Auto Stadium for the 112th Grey Cup, with coverage starting 1 p.m. ET on TSN and CTV and kickoff at 5 p.m.
Saskatchewan Roughriders finished a league-best 12-6 and advanced by hosting and beating the B.C. Lions in last week's West Division Final, while Montreal Alouettes reached the championship by defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the East Division Final.
Nursing a hamstring injury, Davis Alexander said `I would say somewhere between 75 to 90 per cent` after aggravating it in the East Division Final.
Saskatchewan Roughriders aim to end a 12-year drought and win their fifth championship, while Montreal Alouettes seek a second title in three years and their eighth overall.
Only the third Grey Cup meeting between Alouettes and Roughriders, after 2009 and 2010 games Montreal won by four points; Winnipeg hosts its fifth Grey Cup amid an underdog trend.

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Saskatchewan Roughrider fans poured out of Princess Auto Stadium in Winnipeg and flocked to downtown Regina’s Green Mile to celebrate the team’s 112th Grey Cup victory over the Montreal Alouettes. Across both cities, fans in green and white hooted, hugged and waved flags amid ringing bells and blaring horns, while Montreal supporters left the stadium in disappointment after the loss.

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