BC Premier Week 7 Results: Pride Fall to Ravens, Lomas Dominate Bays, Caps Lose at Westshore, Burnaby Trounce CW; Women’s Premier CW Blank Lomas, Thunderbirds Outscore Westshore, Seattle Edge Abbotsford
Week 7 wrapped with Lomas finding their form at home and getting back in the win column after a four game losing streak. Ravens continue to excel as they look to defend their title. Westshore edge Caps in a close match and Burnaby dominate in road win at CW. In women’s Premier, Thunderbirds welcome return of uni players and establish their championship form, Abby keeps it close at home and CW hand Lomas their first loss.
Meraloma 48 v James Bay AA 17 @ 14:30
Referee: Nathaniel Hight AR1: Phil Webster AR2: Elijah Lockington
Venue: Connaught Park
The Lomas are apparently back, after a series of substandard performances that saw them lose four in a row they make a strong home stand and get the +31 win. Conor O’Brien’s only other appearance this year for Lomas also coincided with their only other win, so he might be a player to watch in the weekly predictions for Lomas. Lomas move up to 7th place, the Bays remain slightly ahead in 6th. The Bays have a bye next week and the Lomas visit CW.
PREGAME
#8 Lomas hosting #6 Bays. Both teams coming off losses in their last match, Lomas losing to Caps and Bays to Ravens.
The Bays have Mike Nieuhuysen back from the Classics in Bermuda, but missing Crosby Stewart and their tighthead prop Wyatt Pilz. Returning to the roster Pete Massimo and Malik James.
The Lomas with a couple of forwards returning to the roster Conor O’Brien and Jalan Farris.
The Lomas only have one win this season, that was against last place CW. The Bays coming off 5 home games but they did well in their only road trip, defeating last year’s champions Ravens in Week 1. The Bays missing a number of national team players but have Kainoa Lloyd off the bench to make an impact. Tough one to call. Prediction: Bays by +2.
Sean’s Prediction: James Bay to win over Meraloma by 6. I think it will be tighter if Meraloma fight for the W they need but as of right now I think the visiting team will take the W. Bays by +6.
James Bay (Nov 1/current)
1) Riley Lloyd / Scott Warner
2) Neil Trainor
3) Wyatt Pilz / Julian Guald
4) Harrison Archdekin
5) Max Brewerton
6) Jacob Griffin / Pete Massimo
7) Brendyn Beck / Jacob Griffin
8) Alex Jordan / Brendyn Beck
9) Crosby Stewart / Tom Burton
10) Ty Driscoll
11) Kainoa Lloyd / Jeremiah Gonevou
12) Mostyn Findlay / Mike Nieuhuysen
13) James Thiel / Isaac Gonevou
14) Craig Mitchell-Hermann / Malik James
15) Tom Burton / Craig Mitchell-Hermann
16) Nehemiah O’Neil
17) Julian Guald / Toby Ng
18) Austin Hutchcroft / Dakota Lachance
19) Carter Haddow / Austin Hutchcroft
20) Mark Yuen / James Thiel
21) Isaac Gonevou / Kainoa Lloyd
22) Jeremiah Gonevou / TBD
23) TBD
Meraloma (Nov 1/current)
1 Joyner Gaualofa
2 Mark Rickard
3 Rhys Tucker / Luca Aukuso
4 Craig Trimble / Ed Matthews
5 Elliot Ogbemudia / Conor O’Brien
6 Jordan Quinn / Elliot Ogbemudia
7 Alex Tagg / Sam Lyon
8 Sam Lyon / Jalan Farris
9 Luc Thomson / Tyus Dimbleby
10 Charlie Greaves
11 Keith Graham
12 Corne Ludick
13 Kenny Saito
14 Quentin Coetsee / Ben Pope
15 Ben Pope / Ted O’Leary
16 Luca Aukuso / Andy McMeel
17 Andy McMeel / Rhys Tucker
18 Tom Webb / Jordan Quinn
19 Bailey Graham / Craig Trimble
20 Tyus Dimbleby / Jack Bonisch
21 Ted O’Leary / Luc Thomson
22 Eoin Long / Yudai Morita
23 TBD / Eoin Long
UBCOB Ravens 34 v Pacific Pride 9 @ 14:30
Referee: Kristine Lovatt AR1: Michael Landiak AR2: Mike Johnson
Venue: Jericho Beach Park
A comprehensive +25 win for the Ravens moving them up to 2nd place, tied with Westshore in Points per Match ratio. The Pride fall to 0-3 and still looking for their first win. Next week the Ravens visit Burnaby and the Pride have a bye.
PREGAME
#3 hosting #9. The Ravens coming off a win vs the Bays and the Pride coming off a loss to Westshore.
The Ravens missing Lachlan Kratz but a capable Andrew Coe takes over the #10 role. The Carson’s are back in full force with four in the roster. Jake Thiel lingering in the reserves wearing a second row number but likely will come on in the loose forwards.
The Pride are the last team to post their roster, nothing at the time of writing. We’ll post it when it’s made available but we’ll go ahead with the prediction anyway. The coach Christiaan Esterhuizen has his hands full with preparing the Canada 7s team to enter the RAN 7s tournament which takes place next weekend. The Pride were short reserve props last match and that may be a problem heading over to the Ravens who traditionally have a strong forward pack. There are a number of 7s players missing from rosters this week and the Pride may have a few of those as well. The roster is now in and Jesse Kigour, their player of the match last time out, is missing likely with the 7s team.
The Ravens lost their first two matches of the season but they’ve found their form with four straight wins. They’re at home with some top talent, the Pride coaching staff may be over extended with other duties and they may be missing some 7s players, should be a comfortable win for the home team. Prediction: Ravens by +12.
Sean’s Prediction: UBCOB Ravens to win over Pacific Pride by 10. I think UBCOB Ravens will over power the the Pride especially at home. Ravens by +10.
Ravens (Nov 1/current)
1 Josh Tweed / Louis Kassapian
2 Riku Konrad
3 Saman Rezapour / Owen Kokan
4 Owain Ruttan / Donald Carson
5 Matthew Chan / Frank Carson
6 Jake Tierney
7 Louis Kassapian / Matthew Chan
8 Joe Locke
9 Billy Wickham
10 Lachlan Kratz / Andrew Coe
11 Mark Wandeto / Cole Keffer
12 Tsugo Hirai
13 Noah Jenson
14 Cole Keffer / Mark Wandeto
15 Noah Bain
16 Isaiah Harrison / Josh Tweed
17 Kaleb Whitelaw
18 Grant Newell-Medu / Hillyard Carson
19 Alex Walker / Jake Thiel
20 Bryan Rondeau / TBD
21 Gio Sangiorgi / Jack Carson
22 David Thompson / Gio Sangiorgi
23 Jean Fish / Jean-Claude Koorsten
Pacific Pride (Nov 1/current)
1 Justin Tasse
2 Theo Espagnol
3 Ethan Jurgeneit / Evan Roy
4 Jaiden John
5 Mason MacDonald
6 Evan Logan
7 Taine Clague / Dewet Van Rooyen
8 Dewet Van Rooyen / Jack Part
9 Jesse Kilgour / Daniel Muzaliwa
10 Jamin Hodgkins
11 Ian Jones / Sam Blundell
12 Hudson Young
13 Liam Poulton
14 Alan Berros / Hudson Poppit
15 Glenn Roy
16 Porter Gook / Noah Kyneston
17 TBD / Asfi Saeed
18 TBD / Simroy John
19 Asfi Saeed / Eli Annis
20 Jack Part / Nate Cameron
21 Chris Rose
22 Jean-Louis Desgouttes / Andrew Cooper
23 Andy Cooper / Rogan Moir
Westshore 22 v Capilano 17 @ 14:30
Referee: Derek Horton AR1: John J De Goede AR2: Al Humphries
Venue: Juan De Fuca
A close +5 win for Westshore in a back and forth match. Caps were leading 14-12 at the half but Westshore won the second half. The full match video is below and kudos to Westshore for their live streaming production with commentary. Next week Westshore visit UVic and Caps have a bye. Westshore remain in a 2nd/3rd tie with Ravens on a Points per Match basis, while Caps are tied with Burnaby now in a 4th/5th battle.
PREGAME
#2 Westshore hosting #4 Capilano. Both teams coming off wins, the Caps over the Lomas and Westshore over the Pride.
Westshore missing a few backline players but picking up a few forwards. Missing this week are Thomas Isherwood, Mark Balaski and Elias Hancock. Coming into the roster are Karl Hunger and Foster Dewitt. Johnstone Olindi returns to the roster taking the fullback role and Rhys James moves to inside centre.
Capilano missing Johnny Franklin and Mike Moloney. Logan Weidner moves from #8 to blindside flanker and Teancum Tuiali comes off the bench to start at #8.
Capilano missing a couple of key backline players may hurt them more. The addition of a couple of national level forwards to the Westshore roster should help them up front. Prediction: Westshore by +7.
Sean’s Prediction: Westshore to win at home over Capilano by 3. I think this one is going to be close to call but I feel Westshore’s home advantage will drag them over the line. Westshore by +3.
Capilano (Nov 1/current)
1 Hussein Khadr
2 Jacob Bossi
3 Arsalan Schaigan
4 Ryan Hickey
5 Reid Yurkowski
6 Cam Tanner / Logan Weidner
7 Hamish MacDonald
8 Logan Weidner / Teancum Tuiali
9 Toby Horn
10 Wade Jansen
11 Jack Wise / Cam Waddell
12 Caleb Kingi / Ryan Leskiw
13 Johnny Franklin / Caleb Kingi
14 Seamus O’Sullivan
15 Mike Moloney / Jack Wise
16 Nate Bolton
17 Josh Leeks
18 Riley Canning
19 Nick Pearce
20 Teancum Tuiali / Flynn Heyes
21 Jose Santiago / Ben Taylor
22 Willy Dormaar
23 Charlie Huntingford / TBD
Westshore (Nov 1/current )
1 Kane Perrett
2 Matt Evans
3 Simeon John / Omar Abu Alnaaj
4 Joe Kingham / Karl Hunger
5 Kaden Duguid
6 Aidan Holland / Daragh Carroll
7 Brian Ndirangu
8 Elias Hancock / Joe Kingham
9 Payton Gibson
10 Taylor McGuire
11 Jeff Oluoch / Nelson Oyoo
12 Mark Balaski / Rhys James
13 Thomas Ishwerwood
14 Nelson Oyoo / Jeff Oluoch
15 Rhys James / Johnstone Olindi
16 Bob McKay / Foster Dewitt
17 Nathan Groenewold / Bob McKay
18 Omar Abu Alnaaj / Nathan Groenewold
19 Matt Weir
20 Admir Cejvanovic
21 Darian Morrison / Zander Payne
22 Drew Belbin
23 Alex Mentiply / TBD
Castaway Wanderers 19 v Burnaby Lake 46 @ 14:45
Referee: Cole Pedrick AR1: Andrew Owen AR2: Sam Klein-Laufer
Venue: Windsor Park
A strong away performance for Burnaby, a +27 win. They move up to a tie with Capilano now for 4th/5th spot. Burnaby host the Ravens next week while CW host the Lomas.
PREGAME
The 5th place Burnaby visit the 10th place CW. CW desperate for their first win to get out of the cellar and Burnaby wanting to stay in the top 6 and playoff contention.
Burnaby with James Kelly and Clinton Odhiambo back in the roster. A couple of TWU alumni get the start Josh Halladay in second row and Fynn Murphy at inside centre. They have the Fijian flair at halfbacks and Guiseppe du Toit moves to fullback. It’s a good looking roster.
CW have Gradyn Bowd back at #10 and a couple of players returning from the Classics in Bermuda. Shane Rikley-Krindle and Angus Boyd-Porter return to the backline. It’s a stronger roster than last week.
Both teams faced the university sides before they left for the university championships taking place in Montreal. Burnaby overcame UVic and CW ran into a hot UBC side that piled on the points. Home field for CW but Burnaby with the better record. Prediction: Burnaby by +5.
Sean’s Prediction: Burnaby to win away against Castaway by 9. Burnaby have created magic this season so far and I think they have plenty of it to get a big win over Castaway. Burnaby by +9.
Burnaby (Nov 1/current)
1 Dylan Vermette
2 Joel Abdel Barr / James Kelly
3 Grayson Hardie
4 Leo Chen
5 Cooper Johnston / Josh Halladay
6 Sam Tsoi / Clinton Odhiambo
7 David Dinbandhu / Cooper Johnston
8 Jarod Byrnes
9 Wayne Ngubane
10 Napolioni Bolaca
11 Luke Toroca / Stu Jamieson
12 Tevita Daugunu / Fynn Murphy
13 Guiseppe du Toit / Tevita Daugunu
14 Iowane Raturaciri
15 Ethan Turner / Guiseppe du Toit
16 Seth Klassen
17 Lalit Bharadwaj / Iain Kennell-Webb
18 Iain Kennell Webb / Ben Graci
19 Dreydon Martin
20 Josh Halladay / Jonah Fridfinnson
21 Matt Willemse / Anthony Carrol
22 Fynn Murphy / Jack Brady
23 Anthony Carrol / TBD
CW (Nov 1/current)
1 Fred Regan / Alex McCallum
2 Antonio Corbin
3 Alex McCallum / Gavin Kratz
4 Nat Dring / John Humphries
5 Ayo Ogunlabe
6 Dafydd Thomas / Gord Kehoe
7 Jack Goss / Dafydd Thomas
8 Mike Finnemore
9 Jay Welsh / Zech Pilgrim
10 Andrew Easson / Gradyn Bowd
11 Chris Gamage
12 George Vorster Jr / Andrew Easson
13 Ciaran Woods / Shane Rikley-Krindle
14 AJ Kosempel
15 Zech Pilgrim / Angus Boyd-Porter
16 Michael Crawford / Julian Ryan
17 Gavin Kratz / Zach Hahn
18 Zach Hahn / Nat Dring
19 Hugh Mager / Jack Goss
20 Jon Kirk / Hugh Mager
21 Fraser Roethel / Marshall Stove
22 Yuri Huiseman / Jay Welsh
23 Rhett Esler / TBD
Women’s Premier
Castaway Wanderers 29 v Meraloma 0 @ 12:45
Referee: Chris Horsley AR1: Nolan Eby AR2: Martin Thornton
Venue: Windsor Park
An emphatic win by CW at home, +29, and the Lomas get their first loss. CW move to 2-2 on the season, Lomas 2-1. Next week CW host Burnaby and the Lomas host Seattle.
PREGAME
The Lomas are 2-0 and undefeated, CW are 1-2 but won their last match against the Thunderbirds. This is the Lomas first trip to the Island so may have a short bench, only 21 players listed. Still have to go with the undefeated team. Prediction: Lomas by +5.
CW (Oct 25/current)
1 Josie Anzai
2 Jamie Rikley-Krindle / Karen Garcia Perdomo
3 Bronwyn Zodichi
4 Kass Cej
5 Avalon Crawford / Jamie Knaggs
6 Alex Motherwell
7 Lucy Beauchemin
8 Olivia Corbett
9 Emily Samek / Kate Kristianson
10 Emily Currey
11 Gwynnie Fry / Emily Samek
12 Bella Anderton-Teasdale / Hadley MacPherson
13 Madeline Astridge / Bella Anderton-Teasdale
14 Emmie Pierce / Savannah King
15 Marin O’Regan
16 Karen Garcia / Marina Skakun
17 Madea Solberg
18 Annalise Branter / Remee Brown
19 Annabelle Lapointe / Annalise Branter
20 Hadley MacPherson / Sadie Schneider
21 Kate Kristianson / Chloe Hill-Huse
22 TBD / Emmie Pierce
23 TBD / Gwynnie Fry
Meraloma (Oct 4/current)
1 Stacey Warner
2 Tanya Bennett
3 Gracie Donaldson / Elyce Thomas
4 Nat MacMillan / Jessica Nelson
5 Deanna Cvitanovich
6 Nicola Schmidt / Gemma McCutcheon
7 Helen McGhee / Bea Collier-Pandya
8 Carmen Duursema / Nicola Schmidt
9 Cassidy Gale
10 Sara Hernandez / Flora Poole
11 Mikela Scharlach / Kayla Kim
12 Flora Poole / Robyn Feraday
13 Demi Quickfall
14 Kayla Kim / Carah Hager
15 Emma Lowe
16 Gwyn Mason / Mhairianne McKeeve
17 Hailey Jeffries
18 Elyce Thomas / Gracie Donaldson
19 Lindsey Hood / Billie Li
20 Jessica Nelson / Lyon Mar
21 Bea Collier-Pandya / Mikela Scharlach
22 Robyn Feraday / TBD
23 Maggie Kent / TBD
Westshore 20 v Vancouver Thunderbirds 38 @ 12:45
Referee: Julianne Zussman AR1: John J De Goede AR2: Al Humphries
Venue: Juan De Fuca
Not a big surprise as those 7 players from the university championship side added this week make a big difference to the Thunderbirds playing strength. They are two time defending champions and when the university season is over their playing strength goes up. The Thunderbirds go to 2-2 and Westshore to 3-1. Next week Westshore were scheduled to play the Ravens, it doesn’t show cancelled in the BCRU schedule yet but Ravens haven’t been able to field a team yet this season. The Thunderbirds host Abbotsford.
PREGAME
Westshore missing some key players, most notably Breanne Nicholas at #10, likely with the national 7s team. The Thunderbirds with a stronger roster, 7 players added from their UBC championship university team. Even though Westshore are 3-0 and Thunderbirds 1-2 with the roster changes it’s difficult to compare playing strength. We’ll go with the home team, but UBC are two time defending champs so it could easily be an upset. Prediction: Westshore by +3.
Westshore (Nov 1 / current)
1 Maddie Lemay
2 Courtney Sims
3 Chelsey Minter / Sasha McGee
4 Aila Norlin
5 Sarah McWhinney / Sioa Bloomfield
6 Sioa Bloomfield / Israel te Bulte
7 Brooke Horsfall
8 Emerald Maze / Sarah McWhinney
9 Abby Hall / Emilie Sinclair
10 Breanne Nicholas / Emery Britton
11 Jilian Fulton
12 Kendra Cousineau / Emerald Maze
13 Emery Britton / Abby Hall
14 Cypress Des Ormeaux Schmidt
15 Ami Camicioli
16 Jimena Alvarez-Rodriguez / Brittany Sims
17 Megan Wolfe / Soleil Brooks
18 Israel te Bulte / Zoe Williams
19 Miranda Grant / Megan Wolfe
20 Emilie Brett / Shayla Stigant
21 TBD / Chelsey Minter
22 Grace McKay
23 Jimena Alvarez-Rodriguez
Thunderbirds (Nov 1/current)
1 Katie Stoddart
2 Addy Oldfield
3 Angel Boswell / Tegan Jost
4 Kimberley Sinow
5 Tegan Jost / Sofie Leman
6 Anna Plate
7 Savannah Peltier
8 Makenna Kamiya / Poppy Elcock
9 Ella Hudon / Sara Tehrani
10 Lanae Davenport / Sarah MacPherson
11 Joelle Kuyek / Emily Wang
12 Vela Baravian
13 Chloe Bong
14 Emily Wang / Skye Farish
15 Catrin Taylor
16 Ruby Kaltiainen / Maya Nowotny
17 Adinah Sheppard / Ruby Kaltiainen
18 Sofie Leman / Ayana Titifanua
19 Sarah Fong / Bronwyn Parker
20 Ella Kirk / Ella Hudon
21 Sara Terani / Lanae Davenport
22 Avery Carroll / Sofia Shortis
23 Therese Nyuyen / Belle Rousseau
Abbotsford RFC 27 v Seattle Rugby 34 @ 14:30
Referee: Cole Northcott AR1: Keller Reeves AR2: Santiago Posner
Venue: Exhibition Park
A competitive game, the home side weren’t able to secure their first win but picked up a losing bonus point. Abby are 0-3 and Seattle are 1-2. Next week Abby visit the Thunderbirds and Seattle travel to the Lomas.
PREGAME
Abbotsford have two losses, both to Westshore. Seattle also with two losses to Burnaby and Thunderbirds. It’s Abby’s first year in Premier with some tough lessons to learn, like last week’s 100+ road loss but they’ll improve and they did much better at home. Seattle travelling with a full squad, always a good sign, plus a consistent roster. They go in as favourites. Prediction: Seattle by +7.
Abbotsford (Nov 1/current)
1 H Cookson
2 L Tapparo
3 K Preston
4 T Lew
5 K Brosseau
6 S Foulds
7 J Dhillon
8 L Demeyer
9 E Chalmers
10 M Gayger
11 R Sandhu / K Bay
12 ER Skillings
13 E Roberds / S Eskildsen
14 A Meier / A Maarsman
15 K Bay / K Makara
16 L Duncan
17 A Johnson
18 J Csaszar / E Roberds
19 K McEwan / R Sandhu
20 T Kempf /C Swain
21 S Germain / T Kempf
22 TBD
23 TBD
Seattle (Oct 18/current)
1. Sydnee Kimber / Gabby Simmons
2. Taylor Tracy
3. Gabby Simmons / Sydnee Kimber
4. Jessie Eames / Krystal Marshall
5. Laurel Hendrickson / Hattie McKay
6. Olivia Santiago
7. Envee Sakhoeun-Hem / Jess Berg
8. Alina Ampeh / Jessie Eames
9. Faith Granados
10. Abby Sanchez
11. Katie Shadler / Sydney Colbern
12. Emma Santosuosso
13. Christa Banks
14. Sydney Colbern / Katie Shadler
15. Sally Egan / Dani Fogg
16. Steph Hook
17. Krystall Marshall / Sydney Abel
18. Ann England
19. Jess Berg / Laurel Hendrickson
20. Sarah Wallace / P.J. Tillman
21. P.J. Tillman / Sho Markus
22. Sho Markus / Rylie Pereira
23. TBD / Sarah Wallace