Rosters Announced for Women’s BC Gold vs BC Blue Match
It will be BC Blue vs BC Gold at 12:30pm on Saturday as a curtain raiser to the BC vs Ontario men’s match. The BC Blue team is the Island team and BC Gold the mainland team. Both teams will play Alberta next weekend in Abbotsford on Friday and Sunday matches. The live stream link from the BCRU is posted below.
BC BLUE ROSTER
Head Coach: Olly Winser – Castaway Wanderers/UVIC Vikes
Assistant Coach: Tyson Beukeboom – Cowichan RFC/Trailfinders Women
- Sierra Gillis (C) – Westshore RFC
- Remee Brown – Castaway Wanderers
- Chelsey Minter – Westshore RFC
- Faith Tilley – Castaway Wanderers
- Piper Walsh – Westshore RFC
- Jesse Knaggs – Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Brooke Horsfall – Westshore RFC
- Marina Skakun – Castaway Wanderers
- Emilie Sinclair – Westshore RFC
- Elle Douglas – Westshore RFC
- Kyla Warren – Westshore RFC
- Maggie MacKinnon (C) – Westshore RFC
- Maddy Grant – UVIC Vikes
- Emily Currey – Castaway Wanderers
- Ella O’Regan – Castaway Wanderers
- Brittany Sims – Westshore RFC
- Josie Anzai – Castaway Wanderers
- Mack Wilson – Nanaimo Hornets RFC
- Amelia Gallow – Comox Valley Kickers
- Alex Motherwell – Castaway Wanderers
- Macy Wiebe – Cowichan Rugby Club
- Emilie Brett – Westshore RFC
- Belle Rousseau – Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Cali McKay – Comox Valley Kickers
BC GOLD ROSTER
Head Coach: Dean Murten – Vancouver Thunderbirds
Assistant Coach: Jake Thiel – Vancouver Thunderbirds
Assistant Coach: Matt Fraser – Vancouver Thunderbirds
Assistant Coach: Demi Stamatikis – Capilano RFC
Assistant Coach: Jocelyn Muller – Meraloma RFC
Team Manager: Larissa Nogacz – UBC Thunderbirds
- Ada Okonkwo – Burnaby Lake RFC
- Gillian Boag – Capilano RFC
- Tess Woldring – Burnaby Lake RFC
- Rachel Smith – Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Anya Prokopich – Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Kimberly Sinow – Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Jordan McLeod – UBCOB Ravens
- Temi Ogunjimi – Castaway Wanderers RFC
- Hailey Carol – James Bay AA
- Lana Dueck – Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Hannah Hibbs – Burnaby Lake RFC
- Flora Poole – Meraloma RFC
- Vela Baravian – Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Jaime Dickson – Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Sarah MacPherson – Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Abi Stanley – Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Alli Dobson – Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Elyce Thomas – Meraloma RFC
- Jessica Nelson – Meraloma RFC
- Chelsea Rodgers – Burnaby Lake RFC
- Hailey Hibbs – TWU Spartans
- Miriama Naiobasali – Burnaby Lake RFC
- Chloe Bong – Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Catrin Taylor – Vancouver Thunderbirds
from BC Rugby
BC Rugby is delighted to announce the BC Blue and BC Gold Senior Women’s Rosters ahead of the Western Canada Cup Championship against the Rugby Alberta Wolfpack.
Thanks to funding from the Canadian Rugby Foundation, BC’s Blue and Gold Teams will host the Wolfpack for a double header at Abbotsford Rotary Stadium on May 29-31.
BC Blue and BC Gold will kick off the round-robin Championship in a scintillating curtain-raiser to the BC Bears vs. Rugby Ontario Blues Canada Cup clash at Shawnigan Lake School on Saturday, May 23.
The action will then head to Abbotsford as BC Gold faces the Wolfpack on Friday, May 29 before the travelling Alberta team faces BC Blue on Sunday, May 31. Fixtures/kick-off times are below:
Game 1: BC Blue vs BC Gold – Shawnigan Lake School – May 23 – 12:30pm PST
Game 2: BC Gold vs Alberta Wolfpack – Abbotsford Rotary Stadium – May 29 – 7:30pm PST
Game 3: BC Blue vs Alberta Wolfpack – Abbotsford Rotary Stadium – May 31 – 1:00pm PST
BC Gold will be led by Head Coach Dean Murten, while BC Blue will be guided by Olly Winser, both focusing on athlete development within the senior women’s pathway.
All three matches will be livestreamed on the BC Rugby YouTube Channel, ensuring fans across the province can follow the action.