CanWest 7s 2026 – UBC
CanWest 7s Wraps Up This Weekend: Can UBC Be Defeated?
It’s 7s weekend in Vancouver, not only is the international Vancouver 7s taking place at BC Place on Saturday and Sunday, the Vancouver 7s Invitational at UBC on Thursday and Friday, but the CanWest 7s takes place Friday and Saturday at UBC. UBC have all but won the series going undefeated in the first two tournaments and having a four point lead in the series with two 1st place finishes, UVic are second with two 2nd place finishes. UVic’s only two losses were to UBC and the only question that remains is can UVic defeat UBC in their last match up on Sunday to claim a moral victory?
BC Premier 2025/26
Men’s Premier Schedule by Club and Social Media Links
This article contains social media links and schedules for BC Premier clubs, as well as the updated standings.
Week 15 Standings – February 28th 2026
| Team | Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | BP | Points | Ratio |
| Ravens | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 59 | 4.21 |
| Westshore | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 53 | 3.79 |
| UBC* | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 48 | 3.69 |
| Capilano | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 44 | 3.38 |
| James Bay | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 45 | 3.21 |
| Burnaby Lake | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 2.57 |
| UVic | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 2.5 |
| Pacific Pride | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 1.43 |
| Meraloma | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 1.33 |
| CW | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 0.79 |
* UBC lose 4 points for defaulting Westshore match
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BC Premier Week 15 Predictions & Rosters: Ravens @ Capilano, Westshore @ CW, UVic @ JBAA, UBC @ Meraloma – Women’s Premier Burnaby @ Abbotsford, Westshore @ CW, Ravens @ Meraloma
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BC Premier Week 14 Predictions & Rosters: Westshore @ Lomas, Bays @ Burnaby, UBC @ Ravens, Pride @ CW – Women’s Premier Seattle @ Ravens, Thunderbirds @ Burnaby, Abby @ CW, Westshore @ Lomas
Vancouver Sevens Invitational (VSI) 2026
Vancouver 7s Invitational Semi-Finals Set: BC Guaranteed a Spot in Women’s U18 Final at BC Place on Saturday
Day 1 has wrapped up at the VSI and for BC the highlight is that at least one BC team will be in the U18 finals at BC Place, in the U18 women. The U18 women semi-finals will see BC Blue vs BC Gold and Ontario White vs Ontario Blue so we’re guaranteed a BC vs Ontario final at BC Place. The U18 men is not so certain, we may see a USA vs Ontario final at BC Place, the semis are BC Gold vs Ontario Blue and EIRA (USA) vs Ontario White. Ontario White are the only undefeated team and Ontario Blue tied EIRA in pool play. BC Gold lost to Ontario White 26-12 in pool play. BC Gold will have to up their game on Day 2 to ensure a BC team in the men’s U18 final.
Vancouver 7s 2026 – Men
Head Coach Christiaan Esterhuizen Names 16 Players for Canada’s Teck Tri-Nations Challenge Team at Vancouver 7s
Head Coach Christiaan Esterhuizen has named 16 players to participate in the three team tournament taking place during the Vancouver 7s. The women are playing in the main tournament, the men fell out of the Tier 1 tournament so Rugby Canada organized a three team tournament to keep the men’s side included in the overall event. It comes at a good time for the men as they need to up their game having finished last in the previous Tier 3 tournament in Nairobi. They have two more Tier 3 tournaments left this month and they need to finish top four overall to advance to the Tier 2 tournaments in April.
High School Rugby Updates – March 2026
Phil Smith Launches 1st In Touch Newsletter of the 2026 High School Rugby Season
A sure sign of spring is Phil Smith’s In Touch rugby newsletter covering boys rugby on Vancouver Island. We encourage other educators/coaches to do similar for their regions, whether they be focused on boys or girls rugby or both. You can send your newsletter to editor@bcrugbynews.com
A few thoughts of my own reading Phil’s newsletter. Phil notes Quw’utsun (Cowichan) “has opted for sevens despite having a splendid 2025 XV season”. Indeed in 2025 they defeated Shawnigan Lake School in the regular season and were top ranked on Phil’s list at one point, apparently they’re going full out in XVs in the Juniors this year and doing 7s for the Seniors for one year. Another point, a reader sent me in the score for the Robert Bateman vs Shawnigan preseason match, won by Robert Bateman 22-17. Robert Bateman are touring to NZ and Australia this year, leaving next week. Also don’t count out Shawnigan, they lost to Quw’utsun last year in the regular season but ended up in the final, only losing to St. George’s. Looking forward to the upcoming high school rugby season.
Vancouver 7s 2026 – Women
Rugby Canada Announce Women’s Roster for Vancouver 7s
Head Coach Jocelyn Barrieau has named 14 players for the Vancouver 7s, only 12 will suit up on game day. There are a lot of changes from the last tournament in Perth, out are Olivia Apps, Fancy Bermudez, Krissy Scurfield, Sabrina Poulin, Alysha Corrigan, Taylor Perry and Gabrielle Senft. In are Charity Williams, Florence Symonds, Carmen Izyk, Piper Logan, Keyara Wardley, Claire Gallagher and Chloe Daniels.
Bayside Sharks – March 2026
Bayside Sharks Announce Intention to Move Up to Premier Next Season – Seek Head Coach
Bayside Sharks rugby club have announced their intention of moving up to the BC Premier for the 2026-27 season and are seeking a Head Coach, the announcement, poster and link to the application page are listed below. In July the Langley rugby club also announced their intention of moving up to BC Premier next season, that would potentially grow the league to 11 teams plus the Pacific Pride (Rugby Canada Academy) from its current 9 teams plus Pride. Currently each team plays 17 matches, a home/away with the other 8 teams plus one match against the Rugby Canada academy side.
Kamloops Rugby Updates – February 2026
Kamloops Match Reports by William Shaw: Women Draw with Caps at Klahanie, Men Defeat Kats
The last early morning of the regular season, saw the KRC Senior Ladies leaving Exhibition Park at 5:30am this morning for Capilanos. After weeks of rain and water logged pitches, it was sunny skies and a relatively dry playing surface at Kahlanie Park.
BC Rugby Weekend of February 28th 2026
BC Premier Week 15 Results: Ravens Edge Capilano, Westshore Thump CW, UVic Lose to JBAA, UBC Pummel Meraloma – Women’s Premier Burnaby Defeat Abbotsford, Westshore Overcome CW, Ravens Fall to Meraloma
Week 15 has wrapped with most teams only having 3 matches left in the regular season. Next weekend is the Vancouver 7s so there will be a break in the action before Week 16 resumes on March 14th. Ravens maintain their lead at the top, Westshore and UBC remain in a battle chasing 2nd place and a quarter-final bye. Capilano and James Bay remain in 4th and 5th place respectively and Burnaby reclaim 6th place with UVic having work to do in order to make the post season. In women’s Premier Westshore closed the gap on 1st place Lomas while CW dropped to 5th and Burnaby rose to 3rd with very little separating the top 5 teams.
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