Canada v NZ – Women’s Pacific Four Series 2025
Summer Rugby Camps 2025
Summer Rugby Camps 2025 – Camps in Cowichan, Surrey, Delta
We’ll continue to add Summer Rugby Camps here as info is sent in. We’ll list the camps by date. If you’re running a summer camp and want to be listed, email a poster graphic in jpg or png and a paragraph which includes the registration link to editor@bcrugbynews.com
Canada U20 Updates – May 2025
Canada U20 Face a Vancouver Island XV on Thursday, May 15th at 7pm at UVic in Preparation for Fiji Tournament
The Canada U20 team are departing Monday for the Oceania Rugby U20 Challenge in Fiji. This warm up match will give coach Christiaan Esterhuizen a chance to evaluate players in match conditions before they depart. They will be playing an Island XV team collected from the 5 Island Premier teams, JBAA, CW, Westshore, UVic and Pride.
Island High School Rugby 7s Championships
Belmont Win Senior and Junior Titles at Boys Island Rugby 7s High School Championship – Four Teams Qualify for Provincials – 29 Photos
Belmont, who have a strong synergy between their football and rugby programs, doubled up with both Senior and Junior titles in the boys Island high school rugby 7s championships. The top four teams in the senior bracket will advance to the Provincials in Abbotsford, joining Belmont will be Vanier (2nd), Spectrum (3rd) and GNS (4th).
In Memory Of… April 2025
Celebration of Life for Brent Johnston at Windsor Park on May 24th
There will be a celebration of life for Brent Johnston at Windsor Park on May 24th. There will be drinks and food available. They are expecting a decent crowd so they are advising that besides the usual Windsor Park parking, there is extended parking at Oak Bay Marina with a short two block walk to Windsor. There will be donation jars for a fund that Brent held close to his heart. Drinks have been kindly sponsored by a variety of folks, JBAA and Cowichan each contributed kegs.
MLR Rugby – Round 13
MLR Week 13: 23 Canadians in Action, New England Lead East, Utah Lead West
MLR Round 13 goes from Friday to Monday and in this round, unlike the previous two weeks, there weren’t any double matches for teams. There were 23 Canadians in action, 12 starting and 11 in reserves. New England are ahead in the East division and Utah in the West.
High School Rugby Updates – May 2025
In Touch Newsletter Issue 9 by Phil Smith – Claremont Jrs Upset Barbs; Plunge Playoffs into Chaos
It was a relatively quiet week for the senior boys, but the huge story was the Claremont juniors defeating Oak
Bay convincingly, 38-22. It was only their second win of the season, but the machinations of playoff seeding
saw them leapfrog Oak Bay and SMUS into the top spot. More details below…
Players in the News
Tyson Beukeboom Writes “Canada Column” for World Rugby’s RugbyPass Online Portal
I saw Tyson Beukeboom had written an article a couple of days ago for the World Rugby online portal, RugbyPass. It’s a quiet Monday rugby-wise, I had just returned to the office from a weekend visiting my daughter and grand-daughters so this seemed like a good way to start the week.
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