Coastal Cup Match Reports from UBC, TWU and UVic
The following are match reports from 3 of the 4 Coastal Cup teams, UBC, TWU and UVic. The only match report missing is from the Pacific Pride, the Rugby Canada Academy team.
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BC Rugby Weekend of September 24th 2022
BC Premier Regional Week 3 Results: UBC Topple TWU, Pride Upset UVic, CW and Westshore Draw, Seattle Edge Lomas, Burnaby Fall to Ravens, Rowers and Caps Draw
There were two draws this week, and a couple of return to form performances from UBC and Pacific Pride, the Ravens continue to roll and Seattle notch a road win.
Canada v Fiji – September 2022
Canadian Women Down Fiji 24-7 in Final Test Before Rugby World Cup in New Zealand
from Canadian Press
SUVA, Fiji Tyson Beukeboom celebrated her 50th cap with a try off the bench Friday as Canada defeated Fiji 24-7 Friday in its final test match ahead of next months Womens Rugby World Cup.
Referee Updates – September 2022
Maggie Cogger-Orr: Meet the Canadian Ref Who is Officiating the Opening Match of the Women’s Rugby World Cup in October
[ed. thanks to Aaron McDonald who brought this story to our attention.]
Sure she’s listed as NZR in the World Rugby program to denote she’s representing NZ Rugby but she’s Canadian, she travelled to NZ on a student visa in 2014 to start a new adventure and ended up staying there, well except for the trips back home to visit family at Christmas.
Rugby in the Press – September 2022
Cudmore Looks to Rebuild Bridges, Return to Canadian Rugby Scene – Article from Canadian Press
When Rugby Canada want to say something informally, they usually bring in Neil Davidson. Hopefully that is the case with this article published on September 20th by major news outlets that run Canadian Press articles.
Men’s XVs Autumn Tour 2022
Canada Men’s XVs Autumn Tour – How is That Shaping Up
While many countries have released their test fixtures for the upcoming Autumn Tours, in Canada we’re left guessing and piecing together scraps of information from other sources.
UBC Thunderbirds – September 2022
UBC v UVic Weekend Match Report: UBC Host TWU This Coming Weekend
from UBC Media
VANCOUVER The UBC Thunderbirds fell in their home opener 30-14 to the University of Victoria Vikes at the Gerald McGavin UBC Rugby Centre in the first leg of the historic Wightman Boot series between the longstanding provincial rivals.
TWU Spartans – September 2022
TWU v Pacific Pride Weekend Match Report: MATCH VIDEO – TWU Visit UBC This Coming Weekend
from TWU Media
LANGLEY, B.C. It was a massive 37-26 victory over Pacific Pride for Trinity Western at the Willoughby Community Park on Saturday. Tamilore Awonusi (Dublin, Ireland) led the Spartans with two tries while Matthew Willemse (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa) converted on all four TWU tries to go with three penalties for a team-high 17 points.
BC Rugby Weekend of September 17th 2022
BC Premier Regional Week 2: TWU Upset Pride, Vikes Blast T-Birds, Ravens Soar Past Seattle, Burnaby Sink Rowers, Caps Edge Lomas; Bays Outlast Westshore
Again a brief reminder of the regional aspect of the Premier matches, on the Island they’re playing for the Barnard Cup (CW, JBAA, Westshore) which was first awarded in 1911, the Academies/Universities are playing for the Coastal Cup (UBC, UVic, TWU, Pride), the Mainland teams are doing their thing, there was a Mainland Cup, but some teams are treating the 6 week regional as a Premier warm-up season.
BC Junior Club Championships 2022
BC Age-Grade Club Finals to be Hosted at Cowichan Rugby Club on December 4th
It’s good to see a combined Island/Mainland BC club championship at the youth level return this year. As the BCRU media release mentioned, it was 3 years ago when the last one was held. Last year the Mainland and Island held separate championships as COVID rules were just starting to loosen.