Canada U20 Updates – May 2025
Canada U20 Women – May 2025
Canada Name Women’s U20 Team to Face Ireland in Second Match
Coach Dean Murten has made minor changes to the roster for the 2nd match versus Ireland which kicks off at 5:00am PT on May 17th. Canada won the 1st match 26-15.
Canada v NZ – Women’s Pacific Four Series 2025
Canada Name Roster for NZ Match: Kickoff at 8:35pm PT on Friday
After a narrow Canada victory over #9 USA in the first match of the Pacific Four Series, Canada will have to up their backline game against #3 NZ on Friday. They’ve brought in 3 members of the 7s team to bolster the backline, Alysha Corrigan and Asia Hogan-Rochester will start on the wings and Florence Symonds at outside centre. Claire Gallagher starts at #10 and Alex Tessier moves to 2nd receiver. Julia Schell retains her fullback position.
Summer Rugby Camps 2025
Summer Rugby Camps 2025 – Camps in Cowichan, Surrey, Delta, Victoria
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
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…
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