WINNIPEG -- With the way the kicking game had been going for the Saskatchewan Roughriders heading into the Labour Day Classic rematch with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Saturday, there was an ongoing narrative that it could eventually turn out to be the deciding factor in a close contest.

As fate would have it, that was exactly the case -- but not in the way many onlookers expected.

Riders' kicker Brett Lauther went a perfect five-for-five on field goals and ended up the Green and White’s key offensive performer as Saskatchewan won 21-13 in the Canadian Football League contest. It’s the first victory in the Labour Day Classic rematch for the Green and White since 2018, with Winnipeg having claimed victory in the previous nine contests in the Manitoba capital.

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