{"id":809310,"date":"2026-07-18T04:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T04:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/809310\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T04:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T04:08:08","slug":"nathan-rourke-leaves-game-at-commonwealth-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/809310\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Rourke leaves game at Commonwealth Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EDMONTON \u2014 BC Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke left the game against the Edmonton Elks at Commonwealth Stadium on Friday night after suffering an injury and did not return.<\/p>\n<p>The pivot was injured in the first drive of the game after being sacked by defensive lineman Noah Taylor. Quarterback Chase Brice took over for Rourke and completed 20 of 34 passes for 226 yards, one touchdown and four interceptions in a 19-17 loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb Depth Charts:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/static.cfl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Depth-and-Roster-Week7EDM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BC<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/static.cfl.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/071720vs20BC20202620-20FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">EDM<\/a><br role=\"presentation\"\/>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/games\/6613\/edmonton-elks-vs-bc-lions\/#\/preview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Game Tracker: Lions at Elks<\/a><br role=\"presentation\"\/>\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/plus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Sign up and watch CFL games on CFL+ in the U.S. and Internationally - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.cfl.ca\/plus\" data-uw-original->Sign up and watch CFL games on CFL+ in the U.S. and Internationally<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Quarterback Nathan Rourke (left shoulder) will not return tonight.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BC LIONS (@BCLions) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BCLions\/status\/2078297275252830346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EDMONTON \u2014 BC Lions quarterback Nathan Rourke left the game against the Edmonton Elks at Commonwealth Stadium on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-809310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}