MLR 2023 – Week 1

MLR Week 1 Wrapup: Standings, Results & Canadian Player Stats

Of the 60 Canadian players listed on the 12 MLR teams 17 started, 18 were in reserve and 25 didn’t get onto the rosters in Week 1. The Canadian players are listed in the match results below.

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Canadian Rugby Talent ID Network

Robin MacDowell Launches Canadian Rugby Talent ID Network and Partners with Sandro Fiorino’s High Five Rugby

from MacDowell Rugby

Robin MacDowell is proud to announce his newest Rugby venture: The Canadian Rugby Talent ID Network in partnership with High Five Rugby and celebrated Coach Sandro Fiorino.

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BC Rugby Weekend of February 11th 2023

BC Premier Week 6 Results & Rosters: T-Birds Clobber Bays, CW Edge Pride, Caps Draw With Lomas, Ravens Narrowly Defeat Seattle, Burnaby Sink Rowers, Vikes Pummel Westshore

It’s week 6 of the 11 week regular season, with 3 more weekends of playoff action for the top 6 teams (7 as the Pride aren’t eligible for post season).

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BC Rugby Hall of Fame – February 2023

BCRU Announces 2022 Hall of Fame Inductees: Ed Fairhurst, Bruce Kuklinski and Julia Sugawara

The BCRU announced the 2022 Inductees for the BC Rugby Hall of Fame, Ed Fairhurst, Bruce Kuklinski and Julia Sugawara. The BCRU are planning the event for June 2023, no specific date has been announced yet. They’ll be joined by the 2023 Inductees, that nomination process has been extended to March 31, 2023.

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Women’s XVs – February 2023

Fundraising Evening Event for Canadian Women’s XVs Programs: Keynote Speaker Elissa Alarie @ UBC on March 2nd

[ed. Event link to buy tickets. NOTE: If anyone is interested in doing a donation it will be doubled as the first 250K is being matched by a corporate investor. Donations can be made at the ticket link above.]

An evening with National team coaches, players and supporters to raise funds for Canada’s Women’s U18, U20 and U23 programs.

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UBCOB Ravens – February 2023

Ravens Dig Hole and Crawl Out to Win: Ravens 27 – Caps 18

by Peter MacDonald

On an intact Klahanie pitch with intermittent very light rain falling the Caps looked in mid-season form to start this game coming out of the winter break. The Ravens not so much. Some credit is due to the Ravens though for keeping the score to 15-0 Caps after 15 minutes as the Caps had all the ball and were firing forward pods and quick ball through the backs at them in waves. A saving tackle by Aaron McLelland and some big hits by centre Sean Pyle kept the Caps onslaught from getting completely out of control.

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From the Editor’s Desk – February 2023

UBCOB Ravens Win U18 Provincial Title; HSBC Hosts Indigenous Youth Workshop at Vancouver 7s; Barbara Mervin Makes News in NZ; From Hospital Bed to Rugby Pitch: The story of James Dubois

UBCOB Win U18 Title

The 2022 Age-Grade Club Season came to a close this weekend after the U18 Boys Final finished with UBCOB Ravens defeating Salish Sea Warriors 26-17.

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