Editorial March 2025
UBCOB Ravens – March 2025
Ravens Grind out Win over Westshore Ravens 41 – Westshore 15: Report by Peter MacDonald
After weeks without sun and with plenty of rain of late this match was moved off the Westshore fields to Cowichan which generously hosted the two teams on short notice. But a soft pitch, on and off rain and a slick ball led to a defensive standoff for much of the game with no try from open play being scored till after 60 minutes.
MLR 2025 – Round 7
MLR Round 7: 28 Canadian Players in Action, San Diego and Houston Lead in West, Chicago Lead in East
Round 7 of MLR saw the most Canadian players in action with 13 starting and 15 in the reserves. San Diego lost their first match and now share the lead in the West with Houston, Chicago remain top in the East. There were 4 Canadian try scorers, all in the New England v Utah match, Brock Webster, Nic Benn, Andrew Quattrin and Cameron Nordli-Kelemeti getting tries according to MLR stats.
BC Rugby League Standings – March 29th 2025
BC Rugby League Standings for Men’s Premier, Div 1, Div 2, Div 3, Women’s Premier, Div 1, Div 2
Thanks to Peter Muirhead who put together these league tables for the weekend of March 29th 2025. He’s included a playoff “snapshot” which will be updated each week as the standings change. He’s also added a new column “ROC” to monitor BC Rugby applied sanctions that need to be factored in to make the win/loss/points add up correctly.
Hong Kong 7s – 2025
Canada Finish 3rd in Hong Kong with Win Over France: Pools Announced for Singapore
Canada have risen to fourth in the World Rugby 7s series with a bronze medal win in Hong Kong. They now have 56 points, tied with USA, with one more tournament in Singapore before the championship tournament in LA.
BC Rugby Weekend of March 29th 2025
BC Premier Week 15 Results: UBC End Burnaby Playoff Hopes, Pride Draw with Capilano, Meraloma Defeat Vikes, Ravens Soar Past Westshore – Women’s Premier Burnaby Fall to CW
This is the last weekend of the scheduled regular season, there’s one more weekend of make-up games next week and then the playoffs start April 12th.
Canada Men’s XVs – March Updates
Rugby Canada Announce Edmonton Clarke Stadium as Venue for Hosting Belgium and Spain in July
The Canada men’s XVs team will host Belgium and Spain at Edmonton’s Clarke Stadium in July. It will be Canada vs Belgium on Saturday July 12th and then Canada v Spain on Friday July 18th.
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