Author Archive: BCRN

Dog River Howlers – November 2022

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Dog River Howlers Rugby Club Organizes Support for Kenyan Rugby 7s Team – Coached by Former Canadian Coach Damian McGrath

Karl Fix and the Dog River Howlers have started a fundraising campaign to help Damian McGrath and the Kenyan rugby 7s team. There were reports that the players and staff haven’t been paid in 3 months and players were unable to provide the basic necessities for their families, some living in extreme poverty. Karl as usual jumped in to help. Appended below is his email and the accompanying photos.

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Nick Allen Seriously Injured in Indonesia – Go Fund Me Campaign Set Up to Assist Family

A reader sent this in, we’ve also read about it on social media. The fund hopes to collect $200K to help Nick and his family with medical costs. The fund is at $130K currently and needs a little push to reach its goal.

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BC Rugby Weekend of November 12th 2022

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BC Premier Week 3 Results: Bays Edge Burnaby, Lomas Pummel Westshore, Pride Top Caps, Ravens Defeat CW, UBC Over Seattle, Vikes Sink Rowers

The average point differential continues to move upward as the top teams find their scoring touch. In Week 1 the average point differential was +8, Week 2 it went up to +15, this week it’s +27. The highest win was +55, the lowest +5.

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UBCOB Ravens – November 2022

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Ravens Take Their Chances in Win Over Bays – Ravens 38 – Bays 23

by Peter MacDonald

On a windy day at MacDonald Park the Ravens prevailed in a close game between the two top teams from the mainland and Island pre-season competitions. The game hung in the balance till the last ten minutes and, but for a couple of early turnovers by the Bays, it could have been a different result.

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Hong Kong 7s – 2022

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Canada Finish in 10th Place at Hong Kong with Day 3 Wins Over Hong Kong and Great Britain: MATCH VIDEOS

Canada finished in 10th place which is a good start for them on the series, they defeated Kenya, Hong Kong and Great Britain to get there. They lost to Argentina, Ireland and New Zealand. If they can keep that pace going through the season they’ll be happy.

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BC Rugby Weekend of November 5th 2022

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BC Premier Week 2 Results: Ravens Over Bays; UBC Blast Burnaby; Lomas Upset Vikes; Caps Top Westshore; CW Sink Rowers; Seattle Default to Pride

Last week the average point differential was +8 points, it opened up this week to almost +15, helped by UBC’s late scoring surge.

On another note, congratulations to the Canadian women’s XVs team who put in a superb effort against the #1 team in the world in their narrow semi-final loss to England at the World Cup, best wishes in the Bronze medal match versus France.

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