Stories from the Rugby Community
Community Rugby Stories – Alexandra Schlosser from Trail RFC
At the beginning of the month we ran a promo on Instagram, send us your rugby story and we’ll send you a BCRN rugby ball. Alexandra Schlosser from Trail RFC jumped on that like a loose forward at a ruck, we can tell she’s the type of rugby player you want on your team. Below is her rugby story on how she discovered rugby and what it means to her. We’ll give away one ball a month, if you’re interested in entering, email editor@bcrugbynews.com your rugby story (about 500 words) and you could be August’s winner.
Summer 7s Tournaments 2026
Sevens Tournaments This Summer in BC Starting in July
The following are a list of summer 7s tournaments in BC that we’re aware of. SFU’s Highland 7s kicks off July 18th, Bayside 7s is August 8th and Westshore 7s is August 22nd. Usually there’s a 7s tournament at Burnaby on the weekend in between, August 15th, but we haven’t seen that posted yet. If we missed one mention it in the comments section.
Summer Camps 2026
Summer Rugby Camps in BC from June to September
We’ve put together a list of summer rugby camps, we’ll keep updating the list throughout the summer. If you know of a summer rugby camp in BC, tag us on social media with the poster, Instagram is the best choice, @bcrugbynews – or add a link and description in the comment section.
Meehan Names Match 23 to Host Zimbabwe in Winnipeg: Coats and Rumball Return to Roster
BC Rugby Announce U19 and U17 Teams Travelling to Ontario for National Championships
U19 Canadian Rugby Championship 2026
BC Men and Women Claim Wins Against Quebec: Final on Sunday vs Ontario
BC defeated Quebec in men’s and women’s games today, the men won 57-17 and the women won 63-5. Both BC and Ontario are undefeated setting up a winner take all match on Sunday for both men and women. The host Ontario didn’t live stream today’s games and there’s a bit of gamesmanship going on there. Originally they scheduled BC to play Quebec on Saturday, the day before the anticipated BC v Ontario match. BC said, hold on, we want a day of rest before the game like Ontario are getting, actually they get 2 days rest. Ontario said fine but we’re not changing the live stream schedule, BC said fine we’ll stream it ourselves… and they did but there’s not all the stats and stuff. The BC live streams are below.
Junior World U20 Championship – 2026
South Africa Crowned Junior World Championship 2026 Winners: Uruguay in Relegation Position
As no surprise the Baby Boks claimed the U20 title for the second year in a row, France were 2nd, NZ 3rd and England 4th. At the lower end of the tournament USA defeated Uruguay putting Uruguay in the potential relegation position as the 16th place team. World Rugby still haven’t clarified what relegation/promotion will look like between the U20 Championship and U20 Challenger tournaments. Canada are in the Challenger tournament in October hosted by Chile along with Belgium, Hong King China, Brazil, Namibia, Portugal, Romania and Chile.
Canada v Zimbabwe – July 2026
Canada Defeat Zimbabwe 23-19: Peter Nelson Scores 13 from the Boot
It was a game that saw both teams score off opposition mistakes, Zimbabwe outscored Canada three tries to two but Peter Nelson’s boot was the difference for Canada. He was selected as player of the match. It was the first win under Meehan without Tyler Ardron in the roster but it was far from convincing. Canada led at the half 16-0 with three penalty kicks and a converted try. The try came at the half time whistle, Zimbabwe overthrew their lineout and Noah Flesch whipped the loose ball out to Cooper Coats on the outside who booted it down field. The Canadian chase caught up with the Zimbabwe defender and Canada won a penalty, a quick tap and chip kick by Nelson out to Mason Flesch on the wing saw the big man score the first try. The other Canadian try came at the 58′ mark when a Zimbabwe pass inside their 22 went to ground, Izzak Kelly picked it up and drove to the line, next phase saw Cali Martinez dive over. It was 23-7 for Canada with 20 minutes left and it appeared that Canada would finally impose themselves and drive the score up. That didn’t happen, Rumball went off with a HIA, subs came on and Zimbabwe scored two tries to make it a nail biting finish.
World Rugby Rankings – Weekend of July 18th 2026
World Rugby Publishes Ranking Permutations for 3rd Round of Nations Cup and Championship
It’s always interesting to preview the ranking permutations for the upcoming weekend. For Canada, the objective is clear, defeat Zimbabwe or they’ll fall below Zimbabwe in the rankings. If Canada win and Romania lose to Samoa then Canada could bypass Romania, depending on the point differential. If Hong Kong defeat Uruguay, highly unlikely, then they’ll jump up several spots depending on other results. Another interesting note, the referee for the Canada v Zimbabwe match is Argentine Tomás Bertazza who officiated the Canada v Spain match.
BC Summer Games – 2026
BC Summer Games Start Next Week in Kelowna: Rosters and Schedule
The BC Summer Games starts on July 22nd and rugby runs Friday to Sunday, July 24th to 26th. It’s for U17 girls, unfortunately the boys don’t have a rugby competition in the games. Volleyball and Basketball have girls and boys tournaments, but not Rugby. Lacrosse is an interesting situation, they have tournaments for Box Lacrosse and Field Lacrosse but they’re not marked by gender, the participants look to be mostly boys but girls can compete for selection as well, Field Lacrosse is 14-15 age group, Box Lacrosse 15-16.
BC Bears U19 and U17 Teams – Summer 2026
BC Rugby Announce U19 and U17 Teams Travelling to Ontario for National Championships
Canada may not have a senior national championship representing all regions anymore but the annual U19 national championships continue with teams from BC, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic. That championship takes place in Guelph starting next Monday. Below are the BC rosters for U19 men and women, BC are also sending U17 boys and girls teams to challenge Ontario directly in a three game head to head series, the winner claims the O’Neills Challenge Cup. Those rosters are also included below in the BCRU media release.
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