Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Game
Canada 2-1 on Day 1 of Dakar Youth Olympics Rugby 7s
Canada defeated Germany and Senegal and lost to South Africa on Day 1 of the Dakar Youth Olympics. Canada defeated Germany 17-10 in their first match, lost to South Africa 24-17 before running up the score on Senegal 40-0 in their final Day 1 match. Canada finished 2nd in their pool and now are in the medal semi-finals on Day 2. They’ll face France while South Africa face Argentina in the other semi-final. The winners play for Gold, the losers for Bronze.
BC Premier Schedule 2026-27
Men’s Premier 2026-27 Schedule, Results and Week 7 Standings
The BCRU have posted the 2026/27 schedules to PlayHQ, the new registration system. This is the schedule for the men’s Premier, there are 11 teams, 21 Rounds including bye weeks, each team plays 18 games, there are 99 matches in total. The season starts September 12, the winter break occurs between Round 11 on November 28th and Round 12 on January 16th, the regular season ends on April 10th.
During the season check the BCRU site for any last minute changes. We’ll also keep this post on the front page and updated with scores and standings.
BC Premier Week 7 Predictions & Rosters: UBC @ Burnaby, Westshore @ UVic, Rower @ Lomas, CW @ Capilano, Bayside @ Ravens
Canada Men in Dubai for SVNS 3 in November: Top 2 Teams Advance to SVNS 2
BC Premier Week 5 Predictions & Rosters: UBC @ Sharks, Lomas @ CW, Ravens @ Westshore, Burnaby @ Caps – UVic @ JBAA Postponed
BC Rugby Weekend of October 31st 2026
BC Premier Week 7 Results: UBC Edge Burnaby, Westshore Fall to UVic, Rowers Paddled by Lomas, Capilano Top CW, Ravens Fly Past Bayside
It was 4-1 on the predictions, UBC had enough to just get by Burnaby with a +2 win. The rest of the matches went as expected with the winning teams all picking up bonus points.
It’s Week 7 of the BC Premier, JBAA have a bye, Caps, Burnaby, Bayside coming off a bye week. A couple of potential upsets on the cards and a few safe win predictions. Saturday is Halloween, there’s sure to be a few post match parties hosted by the rugby clubs.
NextGen Updates – October 2026
Updates on BC Club U18 and U16 Leagues Plus BCRU Announces U20 Elite Men’s Development Pathway
Today’s article was going to be on the BC club youth competitions taking place this fall, getting caught up on the standings but the BCRU put out a media release this morning that dovetails nicely with that and provides a pathway for players in those competitions. The BCRU release is below but first we’ll catch up on what’s happening at the U16 and U18 club competitions.
HSBC SVNS 3 2026
Canada Men in Dubai for SVNS 3 in November: Top 2 Teams Advance to SVNS 2
The Canadian men’s 7s team will be in action in November in Dubai in the SVNS 3 tournament. The women will be competing in the top level SVNS 1 tournament at the same time. The men’s team have to finish top 2 in the 6 team tournament to advance to the SVNS 2 tournaments taking place in 2027. The teams participating besides Canada are Samoa, Chile, Italy, Hong Kong, Zimbabwe. It’s the debut for the new 7s coach Rugby Canada hired from Scotland, Craig Dods, who was the GB7s Assistant Coach.
Canada West Final 2026
UVic Dominate Canada West Final 67-12 Over UBC – Nationals in Guelph November 4-8
UVic dominated the Canada West final defeating UBC 67-12. Both teams had national team talent, UBC had Shalaya Valenzuela and Adia Pye in the centres. UVic had the 11 to 13 combination of Krissy Scurfield, Maggie MacKinnon, and Maddy Grant. Both teams will head to the Nationals in Guelph taking place from November 4-8. The last rankings were October 13th and had UVic ranked 4th and UBC 5th. Those rankings had Queen’s, Guelph and Laval as the top three. The rosters and Canada West match report are posted below.
Men’s XVs November Tour – Nations Cup 2026
Meehan Names 36 Players for November Tour to Europe: Kevin Rouet Joins Coaching Staff
A lot of positives coming out of the latest men’s XVs announcement, the key European players have committed to the tour, players like Ardron, Olmstead, Quattrin. Matt Beukeboom is back in the mix, Matt Oworu is healthy, Cole Keith and Cali Martinez are back, Nic Benn wrapped up his NPC season and is available. To top it all off Kevin Rouet, the women’s head coach, has been added to the coaching staff.
BC Rugby Standings Week 6
League Standings for Premier, Div 1, Div 2, Div 3
Special thanks to Peter Muirhead for putting these standings together, the PlayHQ system that the BCRU uses is still not updating properly. The PlayHQ system can be accessed here for match results, however tries and try bonus points are not working consistently on their system at the present time. The tables below are ordered by Points per Game rather than total points. Photo by Dave Caleb.
UBCOB Ravens – October 2026
Ravens and Rowers Match Up in Good Spirit
Ravens 47 – Rowers 19
Report by Peter MacDonald
With four weeks and a bunch of turkey, ferry travel and elections since the last home game, it took a while for the supporters to roll in and for the Ravens prems to sharpen their game against a solid Rowers squad who hadn’t visited Jericho for a few years. A light rain contributing to a slick field and ball was another factor limiting crisp execution on the day. But despite some messy early lineouts, a second-best set scrum and some poor handling the Ravens prevailed with good defensive play at the breakdown and a strong forward attack with ball in hand.
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