The big news this summer for international rugby is the British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa but World Rugby have announced the full international schedule on their website here.
There are four games on Saturday and two on Sunday for Week 8.
Looking at recent Canada U20 graduates, Lockie Kratz continues his starting role with NOLA at outside centre, Mason Flesch keeps his second row position for Toronto. On Sunday, Michael Smith gets his first start with San Diego at blindside flanker and Quinn Ngawati continues on the wing for New York.
If you’re a young rugby player between 16 and 19 with aspirations to play high performance rugby at university, in the MLR or for the national team then you should probably tap into the UBC Academy.
[ed. this story seems to be lingering in the news, I’ve had a number of messages and calls with a common theme. Release the report and redact the names for privacy. John Tait has already publicly given his permission, now time for Rugby Canada and the players to follow suit.]
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Its difficult to sit by without a response as turmoil surrounds Canadas most successful rugby program. Rugby fans, followers and participants have never been shy about expressing their view points when issues confront the public domain and certainly this is the case presently.
LA go to 6-0 and have a point differential of +146. They are favourites to claim the 2021 title if their key players stay healthy.
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I have to admit when I started BCRN in 2005, I occasionally got the spellings mixed up. Which was Tait and which was Tate again? It didn’t take me long to figure it out. They were (and are) two of my favourite rugby people to meet along the sidelines. They both exuded an honesty and warmth and I was usually met with a wry smile as they anticipated some questions from the “press”.
The women released their statement as three graphics on social media. The three items are listed below, we’ll go through the six paragraphs of the letter and add our comments on each one.
LA continues to march on as the only undefeated side. Toronto had a strong match to go 3-3 on the season and share top spot in the East with Atlanta at 16 points.
Two organizations focused on youth rugby in BC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to promote youth rugby in BC.
Both organizations have former Canada national team players of Indigenous heritage in leadership positions. Phil Mack of the Toquaht Nation represented Thunder rugby and Clay Panga of Maori descent represented Grassroots Rugby at the signing.Continue reading
The vote to replace Welsh member Gareth Davies on the 12 member Executive Committee takes place May 12th. One Canadian is in the running, Christina Flores. We wish her success. More information on Cristina and the World Rugby Executive Committee is contained in the links below.