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Return to Play Updates – December 2020

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BCRU Targets April as a Possible Return to Rugby Phase 4 Time Frame

The BCRU sent out a final 2020 missive on the 18th of December and the news isn’t great. They’re basically predicting a post Spring-break time frame for any type of contact rugby. The exact wording is as follows: “Phase 4 Return to Rugby activities (i.e. inter-club competition, modified contact) unfortunately is further away than we had hoped… We remain hopeful that some sort of competition will be possible after Spring-break, at the very least, ‘end of season’ regional tournaments.”

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Rugby World Cup 2023

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RWC 2023 Pools Announced – Canada Now Has Plan A, B or C to Make the Tournament

Canada has never missed qualifying for a Rugby World Cup, they just squeezed into the last one in Japan when they went to the repechage and found two top European sides had been disqualified due to player ineligibility. Germany had suddenly found themselves the top European side (Europe 3) in the repechage so Canada just had to dispatch Germany, Kenya and Hong Kong to make the World Cup. They were fortunate, that was Plan C. Canada has always gone Plan A before that.

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Community News – December 2020

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Rugby Community Saddened by News of Jake Webster’s Passing: GoFundMe Campaign Started to Help Young Family of Former Canada 7s Player

The Rugby Community in Canada is fairly close knit so it didn’t take long for the sad news to percolate throughout the community. Only 27, Jake passed away suddenly on December 7th, according to his home club in Lindsay, Ontario.

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MLR 2021 Schedule

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MLR Releases 2021 Schedule, 18 Weeks Between March 20th and July 18th

There are 18 weeks in the 2021 MLR regular season running from March 20th to July 18th. Each team has 16 matches with 8 home games.

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World Rugby and Rugby Canada Transgender Policies

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World Rugby and Rugby Canada Clash on Transgender Policy: The View from the Editor’s Desk

There has been a lot written lately about transgender athletes in sports and particularly in rugby as World Rugby recently presented guidelines that recommended transwomen were not to play women’s contact rugby at the international level based on safety concerns. They also stated that national unions could apply their own guidelines on contact rugby below the international level. Rugby Canada did this and have a policy that allows transwomen to participate in women’s contact rugby at all levels (below international level).

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Canadian Rugby Foundation – December 2020

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Canadian Rugby Foundation Updates: 12 Scholarships Awarded; National Senior Women’s XVs Monty Heald Fund Update

Scholarships

The Canadian Rugby Foundation recently awarded 12 scholarships from the George Jones Fund (7) and the Thomas Family Fund (5). The names are listed below, click on the links below to read the scholarship winner profiles.

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