Premier Rugby Sevens – 2022

Premier Rugby Sevens Kicks Off on Saturday: Schedule and List of Canadian Players and Coaches

The Premier Rugby Sevens series kicks off this weekend in California. It’s a closed competition that features four teams, the Loonies, Loggerheads, Experts and Headliners. The Loonies have some Canadian coaching staff, the men’s team head coach is Sean White and the women’s assistant coach is Robin McDowell.

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Provincial Regional Championships 2022

BC Regional Youth Championships Final Results: Titles to Island South U14 Girls, U16 Boys; Valley East U14 Boys, U18 Girls; Valley West U16 Girls; Island North U18 Boys

U14 Boys

Fraser Valley East defeated Okanagan in the final. Vancouver South claimed 3rd.

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Canada v Belgium – July 2022

Canada Defeat Belgium 45-0 – Face Spain Next Weekend

The Rugby Canada press release calls it a “clinical performance”, it was anything but against a mediocre Belgian side with 11 uncapped players. Belgium’s recent wins were against Poland, Switzerland and Lithuania. Belgium weren’t even in the European Tier 2 championships this year, the Netherlands beat them out for that honour. This was Canada, trying to cling on to Tier 2 status, playing a Tier 3 rugby nation.

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BC U19 Updates

BC U19 v Canada U19 Selects Rosters: Match Today at 1pm

The BCRU refers to the match as BC U19 vs Canada U19 Selects, others refer to it as BC U19 vs Canada U20. It’s likely a combination of U19/U20 players from the Canada U20 camp, which is taking place this week at Shawnigan, vs the BC U19 team. The match is taking place at 1pm today and will be streamed on the BCRU YouTube channel at youtube.com/user/bcrugbyunion

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Coaching Postings – June 2022

Westshore Looking for Women’s Premier Coach – Part-time $12K

from Westshore RFC

Part-time | Approximately $12,000 | 1-3 year contract | Closes July 10, 2022

The Westshore Women’s Team is a high-performing rugby team within the BC Rugby Premier league. The team has a history of excellence with numerous championship titles in recent years. The team has found success by fostering skilled club, provincial, and national representative athletes alike with a common goal to win the league championship.

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MLR Final 2022

New York Win MLR Title 2022: Video Highlights

New York defeated Seattle in the MLR final 30-15. Scoring for New York were Will Tucker, Andy Ellis, Nic Mayhew plus a 7 point penalty try when Seattle pulled down a maul that was crossing the line. Jason Emery kicked a conversion and penalty and Sam Windsor added a drop goal. Seattle scorers were Martin Iosefo and Sam Metenga, Alatimu added a conversion and penalty.

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BC Bears 7s – June 2022

Robin MacDowell Named as BC Men’s 7s Coach – ID Session This Saturday, Team to Enter Kelowna 7s and RugbyTown 7s

Robin MacDowell has been an extraordinary servant of the game in Canada, both as a player and coach. He’s represented Canada on the World Series, at the Commonwealth Games, he played professionally in Italy and then played at the highest level domestically on a Rugby Canada Super League national championship team and on a NA4 championship team. As a coach he’s been in charge of the Canada U18 7s team, the USPORT 7s team, he’s been key in identifying high performance athletes for the Canada Women’s 7s program, like recent sensation Krissy Scurfield. He was in demand outside of Canada as the head coach of the Mexican women’s 7s team and the Trinidad & Tobago high performance program. He’s coached professionally with the Premier Sevens and Rugby Tens competitions. He also has the MacDowell Rugby Academy which operates in Saskatchewan and BC. He knows the world of high performance 7s and he knows the talent that’s out there. The program is in good hands.

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Thunder Indigenous Rugby – June 2022

Thunder Rugby Preparing for California Tour and Entry in LA 7s Invitational Youth Tournament

In honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day we take a look at the Thunder Rugby program which was formed to introduce rugby to Indigenous youth. The program is led by some notable First Nations players and administrators, John Lyall, Phil Mack and Bobby Ross.

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