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Officiating Updates – September 2026

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Level 1 Officiating Courses Offered in September in Courtenay, Abbotsford, Victoria, Vancouver

The BCRU are putting on Level 1 Officiating courses in Courtenay, Abbotsford, Victoria, Vancouver, Kelowna, Coquitlam, Vernon, Cranbrook, Terrace this season from September to May. There are four in September in Courtenay, Abbotsford, Victoria, Vancouver and one in October in Kelowna. It’s important to get new officials continually coming through the system to support the approximately 700 senior league games this season, not to mention the junior club games and the high school games in the spring. The information from the BCRU and registration link is below.

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BC Club Season 2026-27 Overview

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List of Clubs/Teams by Division for 2026-27 Season

Peter Muirhead did an analysis on the 2026-27 season and produced a list of clubs, how many teams each club has and which divisions they play in. The table is below. This is for senior men and women and doesn’t include juniors or masters.

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Canada Women’s XVs – September 2026

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Kevin Rouet Names 36 Players for Three Fixtures Versus Scotland, England and France in September

The Canadian women’s XVs team are headed to Europe for matches against Scotland, England and France. The first match against Scotland kicks off on September 12th. Canada’s previous match was against USA in April, a 50-12 win behind a dominant scrum. The starting XV from that match are again selected for the Europe tour plus some key players from the 7s team are returning Alysha Corrigan, Florence Symonds, Olivia Apps, Fancy Bermudez. There are a couple of 7s players possibly getting their first XVs cap, Charity Williams and Savannah Bauder. It’s a strong tour group as #3 Canada play #7 Scotland, #4 France and #1 England.

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2026 FISU World University Championship Rugby Sevens

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U Sports Names Women’s Team to Represent Canada at FISU Rugby Sevens

The 2026 FISU World University Championship Rugby Sevens takes place from September 4 to 6 in Stellenbosch , South Africa. There are 16 teams, 7 women and 9 men, from 14 countries, hosts South Africa have teams entered in both men’s and women’s tournaments as does Australia. Other teams in the women’s tournament besides Canada, Australia and South Africa are USA, Ireland, Japan and France. The men’s competition includes South Africa, Chile, Mexico, Australia, Zimbabwe, Argentina, Uganda, Norway and Japan. Robin MacDowell from Cowichan is part of the coaching team.

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Canada Men’s XVs Updates – August 2026

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Meehan Names 32 Player Squad for September Tests in Japan

Stephen Meehan has named his 32 players list for three matches in Japan starting September 5th. It’s a different looking team compared to the summer squad, it is missing a number of first string players. Not on the September roster are Tyler Ardron, Evan Olmstead, Andrew Quattrin, mentioned in the RC release as not available “due to club commitments” but also missing are Cali Martinez, Cole Keith, Piers Von Dadelszen, Peter Nelson all starters. There are six starters missing from the team that narrowly defeated Zimbabwe in July. It’s going to be a tall order going from Zimbabwe to playing Japan, Fiji and possibly USA minus six starters.

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Men’s Div 1 Schedule 2026-27

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Men’s Div 1 Schedule Posted – 21 Rounds, 19 Teams, 162 Matches

The men’s Division 1 has 19 teams entered, the second team from the 11 Premier sides plus 8 other teams, Nanaimo, Comox, Cowichan, Port Alberni on the Island and Squamish, Langley, Kelowna, Abbotsford from the Mainland.

The men’s Premier schedule is here. During the season check the BCRU site for any last minute changes. We’ll also keep this post on the front page and updated with scores.

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Westshore 7s 2026

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UVic Vikes Win Senior Men’s Title; Thunder Indigenous Win U18 Boys and Girls Titles

It feels like rugby season is almost here as the last 7s tournament of the summer wrapped up. The UVic Vikes won the men’s title defeating Pacific Warriors in the final. The Warriors had won all the mainland titles this year (SFU 7s, Bayside 7s) but weren’t able to add the Westshore 7s to their trophy case. Along the way UVic defeated hosts Westshore. UVic had two teams entered and it was a chance to see some of the emerging talent in their XVs program this season. In the U18 divisions it was Thunder and Thunder winning both boys and girls titles. The program had just wrapped up a week long camp at Shawnigan Lake school and it looks like the program has some emerging talent. This group will form the core of their next NZ tour. Westshore won the U16 girls title.

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Referee Updates – August 2026

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Four Canadian Match Officials Appointed to 2026 WXV Matches in September/October

Canadian Match Officials Julianne Zussman (Referee), Emma Gallagher (Referee, Assistant Referee), Kristine Lovatt (Assistant Referee) and Cam Russell (FPRO, TMO) have been appointed to the 2026 WXV Global Series & Global Series Challenger matches taking place this September and October. The WXV series is for the top tier nations, the WXV Challenger is for upcoming nations. Julianne Zussman has been selected to referee two of the WXV matches, and Emma Gallagher one of the WXV Challenger matches. The match schedules involving Canadian officials are listed below, also the World Rugby profile for Julianne Zussman is posted below.

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BC Women’s Premier Schedule 2026-27

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Women’s Premier 2026-27 Schedule Posted – 18 Rounds, 6 Core Teams Plus Seattle, 51 Matches

The women’s Premier starts September 26th. There are six core teams plus Seattle who play an exhibition schedule, they visit each of the core teams once during the season. The six core teams play a triple round robin with 3 games against each opponent. That works out to 45 matches plus the six exhibition matches for a 51 match schedule over 18 rounds.

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