Monthly Archives: May 2023

Toulouse 7s – 2023

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Canada Names Team for Toulouse – Last Stop in Women’s Series: Sophie de Goede Makes 7s Series Debut

The women’s program is in a good place right now, they’re in no danger of relegation as the women’s series, unlike the men’s series, has no relegation this year. Canada sit in 8th place currently and will finish the series in 8th, the team above them Great Britain are too far ahead to catch, the team behind them, Japan, are unlikely to make up the 8 points this tournament. It’s not the top 3 team Canada were used to under John Tait but it’s a good place to be while rebuilding. Also making life easy is the fact USA will finish top 4 and will automatically qualify for the Olympics, meaning they won’t be at the RAN qualification tournament in August, the women should qualify for the Olympics with ease.

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Toulouse 7s – 2023

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Canada Names Men’s Team for Toulouse 7s: Last Tournament Before Relegation Tournament in London

Canada are going to the relegation tournament in London, they’re 25 points behind Uruguay for 11th so it’s mathematically impossible to catch them, even if Canada won the tournament and Uruguay finished last. So the Toulouse tournament serves two purposes, stay ahead of Japan who are 8 points behind Canada and in the automatic relegation position. If Japan made the Cup round and Canada didn’t there could be a danger of that happening. Japan are in a pool with Samoa, Australia and Ireland so that scenario is unlikely to happen. The second purpose in Toulouse is to get Canada ready to win the relegation tournament the following weekend that will include Tonga, Canada, likely Kenya, and either Uruguay or Spain.

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RAN Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2023

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Pools Announced for Rugby 7s Olympic Qualifier in August at Starlight Stadium in Langford: Tickets Go On Sale May 9th

from Rugby Canada

Tickets for the rugby sevens regional qualification event for Paris 2024 that will be hosted at Starlight Stadium in Langford, BC over August 19-20 will go on sale on Tuesday May 9, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET.

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Canada U20 Tour to Uruguay 2023

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Canada Names U20 Team for Uruguay Tour: Matches Against Uruguay and Spain May 9th and 13th

Rugby Canada have been fairly tight lipped about the U20 program this year with the team already in the air to Uruguay before announcing the team selections and matches. The first question many will have, are the games live streamed, and the Rugby Canada announcement doesn’t specifically tackle that question but does say, “Results from the matches in Uruguay will be posted to Rugby Canada’s social media accounts”. That doesn’t sound promising but we’ll see if anything develops over the next week.

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MLR Survey

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MLR Survey: Would you like to see an MLR team in BC?

We’re going to run a survey to monitor interest in having an MLR team in BC. We’ll leave the survey link on the home page so people can find it easily and we’ll collect data over time. Every month we’ll do a draw for a Gilbert TR4000 rugby ball, the draw will be done from survey respondents. We’ll notify the winner by email.

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