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From the Editor’s Desk – October 2022

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O’Leary to Arrows; Canada 7s for 2023; Pride to SLAR Rumours; Americas Rugby Trophy Updates

Shane O’Leary to Arrows

The Toronto Arrows announced the signing of Shane O’Leary. O’Leary had been playing rugby at Rouen in the Pro D2 which is the second level of French rugby. He played for Canada U20 in 2013 and helped them to a second place finish behind Italy at the JWRT. We posted an article on him in 2014 as he was joining Connacht and did an interview in May 2013 when he was preparing for the JWRT and was in Langford. Those articles are here.

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BC Rugby Youth 7s

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BC Entering Youth Teams in World School 7s in Auckland in December

from BCRU

BC Bears Boys and Girls Elite 7s teams will be heading to New Zealand this December, to compete at the 2022 World School Sevens.

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BC Rugby Weekend of October 1st 2022

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BC Premier Regional Week 4 Results: Pride Trounce TWU; UBC Upset UVic, Bays Pound CW; Caps Top Burnaby; Ravens Fly Past Lomas; Rowers Paddle Seattle

Week 4 has wrapped up. In the Barnard Cup, the Bays can be announced as winners even though there’s two weeks left in the competition, their 3-0 record with 14 points is beyond the reach of CW and Westshore. Congrats to them. In the Coastal Cup it’s still a battle with the Pride at 3-1 leading, UVic and UBC at 2-2 and TWU at 1-3. On the mainland the Ravens (4-0) continue as the only undefeated side. A reminder there’s no Premier action next weekend, Thanksgiving weekend. Action resumes October 15th.

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Fraser Valley Rugby Union – September 2022

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Fraser Valley Rugby Union Seeking Coaches for Upcoming McKechnie Cup and Dunbar Cup Competitions

Head Coach Positions

The Fraser Valley Rugby Union is seeking coaches for the upcoming McKechnie Cup and Dunbar Cup. The McKechnie Cup is a regional competition that will begin November 26th and run through early December. This will give elite players from the Fraser Valley Rugby Union clubs a pathway to the BC Bears program. The Dunbar Cup is also a regional competition for U20 players. It will run at the same time as McKechnie Cup.

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From the Editor’s Desk – September 2022

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Moonlight, Cudmore, Mack Mentioned for Canadian Classics in Bermuda, TSN Publishes Broadcast Schedule for Opening Weekend of Women’s World Cup, Nick Allen Leaves 7s Program

Canadian Classics

The Royal Gazette in Bermuda, the host of the World Classics tournament, has mentioned some marquee names that will be attending the tournament which starts October 8th. Top of their list was Delon Armitage for England. For Canada they mentioned, “Jamie Cudmore will be among Canada’s big hitters. He made 43 appearances for the senior national team and featured in four World Cups. He’ll be joined by John Moonlight, who represented his country in Rugby Sevens, including at HSBC World Series tournaments, three Commonwealth Games and winning two gold medals at the Pan Am Games. Canada’s team will also feature exciting scrum-half Phil Mack and Brodie Henderson, who represented the country at the prestigious Hong Kong Sevens tournament.”

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Americas Rugby Trophy 2022

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Americas Rugby Trophy Tournament Includes Brazil, Chile, Canada – October 16 to 26 in Brazil

An article on the Brazil Rugby Union site announced the Americas Rugby Trophy, a 3 country competition between Chile, Brazil and Canada. Canada will play Chile on Friday, October 21st and Brazil on Wednesday, October 26th. The announcement notes that the games are development in nature and that the matches will be basically “A” games and not capped.

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BC Rugby Weekend of September 24th 2022

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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.

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Canada v Fiji – September 2022

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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 month’s Women’s Rugby World Cup.

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Referee Updates – September 2022

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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.

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