Canada closed out their fall tour with a 43-37 loss to Namibia. Canada were ranked 21st, Namibia 23rd before the match, that may change on Monday when the new rankings are calculated. Hong Kong (24th) also defeated Kenya which may see them rise in the rankings.
by Mike Devlin
BLRC Premier Reserve Men 45 JBAA 19
The BLRC Premier Reserve Men are on a roll, going 5-0 in the Regional Pre-season tourney and 3-0 since the season began. The squad, led by Tom Menzies, has been undefeated and have shown the ability to put points on the board and play some stingy defence. Theyve had some lop-sided victories and had to hold on to close out tight games. On Saturday, the BLRC ran rough-shod over a young James Bay team. The BLRC were just too big and too fast for James Bay to stop. Nolan Shelley was 100% from the tee, making all 6 conversions and one penalty. The trys were distributed evenly, 3 from the forwards and 3 from the backs.
by Peter MacDonald
On a beautiful fall day on a dry pitch at Jericho the Ravens blew open a close game late in the first half with their back line speed and they never looked back from there.
The MLR schedule for 2023 has been published, the link is here: www.majorleague.rugby/schedules/
There are 18 weeks with each team getting 16 matches, 8 home and 8 away. The regular season wraps up June 18th.
from BCRU
BC Rugby is delighted to confirm the return of the McKechnie Cup and Dunbar Keg Regional Cup competitions, with the opening three rounds of matches taking place November 26-December 10.
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.
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.
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.
from Canadian Press
Canada scored 24 second-half points en route to a 37-25 win over the Netherlands on Saturday in an international rugby test match.
There’s not a lot to say about the match, the post match comments by Captain Sophie de Goede and Coach Kevin Rouet sum it up. There’s also the Canadian Press article appended below.