BC Rugby Weekend of October 3rd 2026

BC Premier Week 4 Predictions and Rosters: Westshore @ Bayside, Capilano @ JBAA, Ravens @ CW, Burnaby @ Meraloma, UVic @ Rowers

Week 4 has arrived before the Thanksgiving break on October 10th. There are three undefeated sides and the JBAA v Capilano match will be one of the highlights this week. Westshore visit Bayside, Ravens visit the Island to take on CW, Burnaby travel to the Lomas and the Rowers host UVic.

Bayside Sharks v Westshore @ South Surrey Athletic Park @ 2:30
Ref: Shanda Assmus, AR1: Jen Bourlier

Bayside at 1-2 and 6 points, Westshore at 1-1 and 5 points. Westshore coming off a bye week, Bayside losing to Caps last week.

Bayside have the addition of Izzak Kelly this week returning from national team duty. Stuart Gormley gets the start at scrum half, Kimi Vunituraga comes off the bench to start in the centres.

Westshore have three national team players returning, Matt Oworu at #8, Jesse Kilgour at scrum half and Emerson Prior as reserve prop. Guy Lansdown an addition from NZ starts at centre, moving Ryhs James to fullback.

Should be a good match, Bayside with home field advantage but Westshore adding four top players after their loss to Capilano. Prediction: Westshore by +5.

Bayside (Sept 26th/current)

1 Lewis Hodnett
2 Jesse Mackail c
3 Manraj Randhawa / Matthew Dennis
4 Sana Dawai
5 Anasa Qaranivalu /  Izzak Kelly
6 James Kelly /
7 Caleb van Til / Caleb van Til
8 Jason Hignell
9 Oliver Murphy / Stuart Gormley
10 Jarrad Newey
11 Oliver Francis / Ryder Brookes
12 Ryan Jackson / Kimi Vunituraga
13 Dominic Marshall / Oliver Francis
14 Maximus Metcalfe
15 Baylyn Milner
16 Oluwafunbi Osuntoki
17 Matthew Dennis / Manraj Randhawa
18 Andy Ros
19 Anasa Qaranivalu
20 Spencer Thorpe / Harry Moore
21 Kimi Vunituraga / Sam Clayton
22 Ryder Brookes / Ryan Jackson
23 Ian Smith

Westshore (Sept 19th/current)

1 Kane Perrett – C
2 Matt Evans
3 Nathan Groenewold
4 William Mwanji / Joe Kingham
5 Joe Kingham / William Mwanji
6 Josh Jukes / Ryder Heaney-Corns
7 Ryder Heaney-Corns / Taine Clague
8 Taine Clague / Matt Oworu
9 Natsu Yokoyama / Jesse Kilgour
10 Jean-Louis Desgouttes
11 Denis Abukuse
12 Rhys James / Guy Lansdown
13 Matthew Bennett
14 Drew Belbin / Natsu Yokoyama
15 Josh Nordstrom / Rhys James
16 Neil Hagerty / Junoir Atalifo
17 Cody Walker / Emerson Prior
18 Toby Higgins / Aidan Holland
19 Ryan Waldriff / Seth Recalma
20 Toby Higgins / Josh Jukes
21 Alex Mentiply / Josh Nordstrom
22 Jaden Howell / Payton Gibson
23 Oliver May / Tomas Cuzange

Meraloma v Burnaby Lake @ Connaught Park @ 2:30
Ref: Sam Farber, AR1: Thomas Cooper, AR2: Sam Klein-laufer

Burnaby at 1-2 and 7 points, the Lomas at 1-2 with 6 points. Both teams coming off their first win Burnaby over UVic and Meraloma over Rowers.

The danger player for Burnaby is Napolioni Bolaca and they’ve moved him from fullback to #10 for this match. Burnaby have both national team players in the roster this week, former national team centre Guiseppe du Toit starts and current national team 7s player Ethan Turner is in the reserves. They’re missing their #8 Taitusi Vikilani this week so there’s some rotation in the loose forwards.

The Lomas have a stable roster, Mark Rickard rotates into the starting hooker role and Carlos Thompson into the starting wing slot. Evan Gerbrecht on the wing is the only new player in the starting XV.

Burnaby with a few talented Fijians in the roster plus two national level backs, a strong pack, should prevail even though on the road. Prediction: Burnaby by +7.

Burnaby Lake (Sept 26th/current)

1. Oliver Flack / Luka Bradley
2. Rylin McKenzie
3. Luka Bradley / Iain Kennell-Webb
4. Leo Chen (C)
5. Josh Halladay
6. Tom Gladwin / Suli Volivoli
7. David Dinbandhu / Jonah Fridfinnson
8. Taitusi Vikilani / Tom Gladwin
9. Flynn Smith
10. Dan Flint / Napolioni Bolaca
11. Keith Graham
12. Ethan Turner / Guiseppe du Toit
13. Kyle Corrigan
14. Sione Fine
15. Napolioni Bolaca / Dan Flint
16. Dylan Vermette
17. Daniel Neal
18. Clement Delpuech / Oliver Flack
19. Suli Volivoli / Clement Delpuech
20. Jonah Fridfinnson / David Dinbandhu
21. Iowanne Raturaciri / Jentzen Peterson
22. Jentzen Peterson / Iowanne Raturaciri
23. tbd / Ethan Turner

Meraloma (Sept 26th/current)

1. Andy McMeel
2. Jordan Quinn / Mark Rickard
3. Josiah Ashworth
4. Craig Trimble / Ronan Coffey
5. Ronan Coffey / Craig Trimble
6. Alex Tagg
7. Andy Readman
8. Corne Ludick
9. Polynesia Crichton
10. Anzac Tipene
11. Mitchell Stokes / Carlos Thompson
12. Nathan Booker
13. Aaron Leahy /Eoin Dorgan
14. Eoin Dorgan / Evan Gerbrecht
15. Jacob Walmsley
16. Mark Rickard / Hayden Kuresa
17. Ben Scott-Stacey / Kabongo Mukendi
18. Steven Tien / Rhys Tucker
19. Tane Purcell / Eoin Buckley
20. Alijah Khan
21. Ethan Chambers
22. Carlos Thompson / William Ordeman
23. tbd

James Bay Athletic Association v Capilano @ MacDonald Park @ 2:30
Ref: Julianne Zussman, AR1: Phil Webster, AR2: Madeline Berry

Two undefeated teams, this should be the match of the week. Caps at 3-0 and 15 points, JBAA at 2-0 and 10 points.

The Bays are brimming with national level talent, Austin Creighton starts at hooker, Callum Botchar second row, Kainoa Lloyd and Noah Flesch in the centres, D’Shawn Bowen on the wing and Tyler Matchem the reserve prop. James Thiel moves from centre to fullback.

The Caps have a stable roster, no new players in the starting XV just some rotation from the bench. Lucas Couilloud rotates into the starting hooker position, Teancum Tuiali blindside flanker with Tyler Wong not listed, and Will Dormaar switching with veteran Chris Robinson at scrum half.

The Bays at home with that roster have to be favourites. Prediction: Bays by +6.

JBAA (Sept 26th/current)

1 Scott Warner
2 Neil Trainor / Austin Creighton
3 Tyler Matchem / Wyatt Pilz
4 Harrison Archdekin / Callum Botchar
5 Jaiden John
6 Will Rennard
7 Alex Jordan / Brendyn Beck
8 Michael Nieuwenhuysen / Alex Jordan
9 Thomas Burton
10 Alistair Ledingham / Craig Mitchell-Hermann
11 Kainoa Lloyd / Mostyn Findlay
12 Josh Thiel / Kainoa Lloyd
13 James Thiel / Noah Flesch
14 Mostyn Findlay / D’Shawn Bowen
15 Ty Driscoll / James Thiel
16 Austin Creighton / Neil Trainor
17 Omar El Gayed
18 Wyatt Pilz / Tyler Matchem
19 Callum Botchar / Harrison Archdekin
20 Brendyn Beck / Michael Nieuwenhuysen
21 Lane Bowker
22 Craig Mitchell-Hermann / Isaac Gonevou
23 D’Shawn Bowen / Ty Driscoll

Capilano (Sept 26th/current)

1  Felix Nellen
2 Nick Bews / Lucas Couilloud
3 Caleb Hickey
4 Andrew Crane / Pat Zuk
5 Pat Zuk / Andrew Crane
6 Tyler Wong / Teancum Tuiali
7 Austin James /
8 Ben Taylor
9 Chris Robinson / Will Dormaar
10 Daniel Turvey
11 Ryder Kanewski
12 Wade Jansen
13 Caleb Kingi
14 Demetri Patterson
15 Oliver Mackenzie
16 Lucas Couilloud / Nick Bews
17 Orly Pajarillaga
18 Teancum Tuiali /
19 Hamish MacDonald
20 Mason Durant
21 Will Dormaar / Seamus O’Sullivan
22 Seamus O’Sullivan / Chris Robinson
23 Aidan Smart /

Castaway Wanderers v Ravens @ Windsor Park @ 2:30
Ref: Cole Pedrick, AR1: Malcolm Klaver, AR2: Mckenzie Eckart

The Ravens the other undefeated team, 2-0 at 10 points. CW at 1-1 and 5 points, defeating Rowers in Week 1 but getting clobbered by the Bays in Week 3.

The Ravens missing a few key players, Lucas Rumball and Joe Locke missing from the forwards, but they’ve added Lockie Kratz to the backs. The centre pairing of Lockie Kratz and Takoda McMullin could slot right into the national team. With Rumball and Locke missing they’ve rotated Brian Ndirangu into #8 and brought Baden Pengelly off the bench.

CW have a few new players in the starting XV from last week, Alexander McCallum starts at tighthead prop, George Vorster at openside flanker and Henry Williamson on the wing. Ethan Hager is not listed this week.

Even with the Ravens missing two influential loose forwards, they should get the job done with the talent they have. Prediction: Ravens by +8.

Ravens (Sept 26th/current)

1 Josh Tweed
2 Louis Kassapian
3 Kaleb Whitelaw
4 Don Carson
5 Brian Ndirangu / Frank Carson
6 Matthew Chan / Baden Pengelly
7 Lucas Rumball / Matthew Chan
8 Joe Locke / Brian Ndirangu
9 Max Kahler
10 Jamin Hodgkins
11 Josiah Morra
12 Hamish Janes / Lockie Kratz
13 Takoda McMullin
14 Niko Andrianos / Cole Keffer
15 Andrew Coe
16 Dennis Gianacopoulos / Joey Seargant
17 Brendan van der Merwe
18 Baden Pengelly / Dennis Gianacopoulos
19 Kelepi Gucake
20 Bryn Rondeau
21 Cole Keffer / Gus Sangiorgi
22 Micah Boldt / Hamish Janes
23 Lewis Ahrens / Niko Andrianos

CW (Sept 26th/current)

1 John Braddock
2 Theo Espagnol
3 Fred Regan / Alexander McCallum
4 Nat Dring
5 Mike Finnemore
6 Florentin Hafner
7 John Wallace c / George Vorster
8 Charlie Kirkwood /  John Wallace
9 Zech Pilgrim /
10 Josh Rose
11 Shane Rikley-Krindle
12 Liam Poulton
13 Glenn Roy
14 Ethan Hager / Henry Williamson
15 Charlie Duncombe
16 George Brown
17 Isaac Hahn / Parker Ellard
18 Kola Moiseiev / Riley Ilnicki
19 Nate Smith /  Hugh Mager
20 Hugh Mager / Charlie Kirkwood
21 Zech Pilgrim
22 Angus Boyd-Porter /
23 Sam Blundell / Jamie Kaefer

Vancouver Rowing Club v UVIC @ Brockton Oval @ 2:30
Ref: Benjamin Lambrick, AR1: Rachel Morrison, AR2: Miriam Sobrino

The Rowers at 0-3 and the Vikes at 0-2 the only two teams without a win this season, one will come out of the weekend with a notch in the win column.

UVic still missing their big guns, in particular Cooper Coats, they may be saving him for the return match against UBC on October 24th. Josh McIndoe also missing this week. The forward pack looks stable the only change a rotation from the bench at #8, Robert Reid getting the start. Alex Gamage and Dylan Cleaver missing from the backline and Grady Watt looks to get his first cap with the Vikes at outside centre.

The Rowers with some new names from last week in the starting XV, Riley Martin at second row, Ben Caulfield at openside flanker, Thomas Parry at #8, Luis Salvado at scrum half.

A difficult one to predict, Rowers with some new names, Vikes missing some key players. Vikes should have the fitness advantage for the last quarter. Prediction: Vikes by +2.

UVic (Sept 26th/current)

1 Jack Marshall
2 Jeffery Young
3 Kale Jones
4 Carter Ebrahim
5 Alex Gordon
6 Muiredach Casey
7 Aiden de Wit
8 Jaxson Jones / Robert Reid
9 Reece Thompson
10 Jack Driscoll
11 Alex Gamage / Keegan Neary
12 Dylan Cleaver / Lockhart MacGregor
13 Lockhart MacGregor / Grady Watt
14 Josh McIndoe / Thoran Koyote
15 Michael Oughtred
16 Robert Reid / Grady Curran
17 Brendan Christian
18 Brendan Kim
19 Seb Isherwood
20 Thoran Koyote / Jaxson Jones
21 Lachlan Crooks
22 Greg Leitch / Luke Hamilton
23 Spencer Cotie / Noah Dickens

Rowers (Sept 26th/current)

1 Greg Crowe
2 Chris Cairns
3 Conor Kelly
4 Sven Ewans /
5 Ryder Germain / Riley Martin
6 Ray Bisonnette / Ben Madge
7 Ben Madge / Ben Caulfield
8 Chase Cooke / Thomas Parry
9 Jack Goodin / Luis Salvado
10 Jack Usher
11 Sam Stoddard / Martel Wolfenden
12 Hayden Jones
13 Dax Millington
14 Martel Wolfenden / Sam Stoddard
15 Jordan Wilson Ross
16 Jake Schwartz
17 Ian Prendiville /
18 Relmu Wilson-Valdez / Stefaan Noa
19 Scott McTavish / Nick Tuilua
20 Stefaan Noa / Emil Sechic
21 Emil Sechic /
22 tbd /
23 tbd /

Women’s Premier

It’s Week 2 in the women’s Premier, we’ve done the predictions on the one game out of three where both teams have rosters listed. The Lomas don’t have a roster posted as of Friday evening and the Ravens are only travelling with 11 players and the game has been marked by CW as a “friendly” now. Lastest update, we understand Thunderbirds have defaulted their match to Westshore, again we’ll get some clarification from BCRU on Monday on how that is handled in the standings.

Vancouver Thunderbirds v Westshore @ Gerald McGavin Centre @ 12:45

Westshore and Thunderbirds both 1-0 after Week 1 with 5 points. Westshore have some strike power back in Eden Kilgour, Vanessa Chiapetta, Maya Addai plus the addition of kiwi Sammy Spence. They’re travelling light however as they have a women’s Div 2 team travelling to Richmond. The Thunderbirds are defending champions but their #1 team, UBC, are in Alberta for a couple of weekend matches. It’s still a good side but missing some of the elite players they usually have access to, Piper Logan doesn’t show up in the roster this week. It’s never good to bet against, is 4 it or 5 times repeat champions, but Westshore might have the strike power this weekend. Prediction: Westshore by +2.

Westshore (Sept 26th/current)

1 Madeleine Lemay
2 Emerald Maze / Sammy Poetker
3 Chelsey Minter
4 Aila Norlin
5 Sammy Poetker / Emerald Maze
6 Hailey Sampson / Sioa Bloomfield
7 Brooke Horsfall / Sammy Spence
8 Clara Ingbrigtson
9 Abigail Hall
10 Emery Britton
11 Jillian Fulton / Sydney Tasic
12 Taylor Funk / Vanessa Chiapetta
13 Amber Vallance
14 Cypress Des Ormeaux Schmidt / Maya Addai
15 Rebeca Zaparolli / Eden Kilgour
16 Brittany Sims
17 Sioa Bloomfield / Zoe Williams
18 Claudia Vallance / Jillian Fulton
19 Mele Baleinamoto / Taylor Funk
20 Tiara Buchanan / Rebecca Zaparolli
21  Sydney Tasic / Hailey Sampson
22  Sophia Luiting / tbd
23  tbd

Thunderbirds (Sept 26th/current)

1 Ruby Kaltiainen
2 Chenuki de Zoysa / Adinah Sheppard
3 Angel Boswell / Tegan Jost
4 Meridith MacDougall / Arlee Henry
5 Caitlin Pearce / Meridith MacDougall
6 Annika Theben
7 Bronwyn Parker
8 Ella Kirk / Sophie Toledo-Cisak
9 Sara Tehrani / Ella Hudon
10 Chloe Bong / Katie Sumners
11 Lanae Davenport / Emily Wang
12 Ayva Kennedy /
13 Saylor Pickrell / Chloe Bong
14 Emily Barr
15 Piper Logan / Lanae Davenport
16 Adinah Sheppard / Bao Tran Hoang
17 Tegan Jost /
18 Makenna Kamiya / Mira Haupt
19 Summer Rozell / Adelaide Williams
20 Sofia Shortis / Layla Walker
21 Teniola Epemolu / Summer Rozell
22 Emily Wang / Adrianna Huber
23 Ella Hudon / McKinley Ho

Meraloma v Burnaby Lake @ Connaught Park @ 12:45

The Meraloma women don’t have a roster posted as of Friday evening. Burnaby have Ava van Santen back on the wing, a top scoring threat.

Burnaby (Sept 26th/current)

1. Emily Duffy
2. Lauren Tagg / Chelsea Rodgers
3. Tess Woldring
4. Simran Gillar
5. Emily Van Gulik / Charmaine Sheffield
6. Chelsea Rodgers / Grace Tuivatukalo
7. Carmen Suchodolski
8. Ada Okonkwo
9. Natasha Lalonde
10. Renee Swetman
11. Mia Chan / Ava van Santen
12. Hannah Hibbs / Jess Pico
13. Jess Pico / Laisana Likuceva
14. Dani Fearns / Hannah Hibbs
15. Jaidyn Mawhinney
16. B Love-Morgan / Lauren Tagg
17. T Thomson / B Love-Morgan
18.  Grace Tuivatukalo / A Chen
19. A Chen / Emily Van Gulik
20. Faith Nishi / T Thompson
21. N Hewko / N Murchison
22.  J Piotrowski / Faith Nishi
23.  Laisana Likuceva / J Piotrowski

Meraloma (Sept 26th/current)

1. Elyce Thomas
2. Tanya Bennet
3. Stacey Warner (CC)
4. Lindsey Hood
5. Deanna Cvitanovich
6. Bea Collier-Pandya
7. Caleigh McMillan
8. Helen McGhee
9. Mikela Scharlach
10. Sara Hernandez
11. Lucy Gethen-Jones
12. Flora Poole
13. Cassidy Gale (CC)
14. Saveena Giesbrecht
15. Demi Quickfall
16. Solana Pasqual
17. Kirsty Jackson
18. Alicia Bridge
19. Helen Kang
20. Robyn Feraday
21. Chiara Wharton
22. Alannadh Fitzgerald
23. Ava Rose Luscombe

Castaway Wanderers v Ravens @ Windsor Park @ 12:45

This is a little confusing, the Ravens have only listed 11 players on the travelling roster and CW have changed their schedule to call this a “friendly” now. I’m not sure how this will be recorded in the table, as a default, postponed, or just not played? I’ll try to get some clarity from the BCRU on Monday.

Ravens

1. Talia Hennessy / Lauren Deal
2. Jordan McLeod / Talia Hennessey
3. Lauren Deal / Gabrielle Knox
4. Tessa Strom / Taphy Lai
5. Gabrielle Knox / Madi Makara
6. Alex Sy / Jordan McLeod
7. Jade Farhat / Caoimhe McManus
8. Angelina Alexander / Emma O’Halloran
9. Alayna Scramstad / Olivia Sarabura
10. Olivia Sarabura / Alayna Scramstad
11. Emma Due / Cindy Sha
12. Robyn Alexander /
13. Madison Gold /
14. Cindy Sha /
15. Madi Makara /
16. Dany Ewen /
17. Qualia Trang /
18. Taphy Lai /
19. Caoimhe McManus /
20. Meghan Lindsay /

CW (Sept 26th/current)

1 Josie Pusch
2 Jamie Rikley-Krindle
3 Madea Solberg / Mackenzie Wilson
4 Kassidy Cej
5 Quinn Murphy
6 Temitope Ogunjimi
7 Lucy Beauchemin / Ruby Lastiwka
8 Olivia Corbett
9 Gwynnie Fry
10 Bella Anderton-Teasdale
11 Kira Katan / Emily Samek
12 Lily McCluskey / Gianna Felicella
13 Jenna de Greeff / Lily McCluskey
14 Ruby Lastiwka / Emmie Pearce
15 Emmie Pearce / Jenna de Greeff
16 tbd / Alyona Kaminskaya
17 Mackenzie Wilson /
18 Alyona Kaminskaya / Alexa Nash
19 Jamie Knaggs
20 Avalon Crawford / Lucy Beauchemin
21 Gianna Felicella / Isabella Thwaites
22 Isabella Thwaites /
23 tbd / Juliette Cernovitch