MLR 2022 – Week 7

MLR Week 7 Results: Wins for Toronto, LA, New England, Seattle, NY, Atlanta: Tries by Lloyd, Coe, Webster, McRogers

March 19

Utah Warriors 24 v Toronto Arrows 27 @ Zions Bank Stadium 1:30pm PT

Utah are in 5th place in the West at 2-3. They have no Canadians in the roster.

Toronto are in 5th place in the East at 2-3. They have Keith and Quattrin in the front row, Sheppard and Ciulini in the second row, Rumball and O’Neill in the backrow. The first start for James O’Neill. Braude starts at scrum half, Richardson in the centres, McCann at fullback and Webster on the wing. Nine Canadians in the starting XV. In the reserves are McRogers, Brouwer, Rowland, Wadden and Kelly.

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BC Rugby Weekend of March 19th 2022

BC Rugby Premier Results: Caps Upset CW; Bays Beat Lomas; UBC Triple Vikes; Pride Paddle Rowers; Burnaby Edge Westshore

Our prediction record took a hit this weekend, only going 3 for 5, and putting our season record at 25 out of 29. We went from 92% accuracy to 86%. The Bays’ grizzly decided to roar and they notched their first win over the visiting Lomas, also Caps pounded the undefeated CW team. First Bays win and first CW loss, who would have guessed?

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Capilano Rugby – March 2022

Capilano RFC Match Reports: Premier Women vs CW; Div 3 Men vs Brit-Lions; Div 1 Men vs Kamloops

from Capilano Rugby

Saturday March 12 – Results

Premier Women
Capilano 10 – 56 CW

3rd Division Men
Capilano 7 – 38 Brit-Lions

1st Division Men
Kamloops 19 – 24 Capilano

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Burnaby Lake – March 2022

Burnaby Retain Palmer Cup with 3 Out of 4 Wins vs Meraloma: Match Reports and Videos

from Mike Devlin

The Palmer Cup is dedicated to the late, great Burnaby Lake Alum Doug “The Bear” Palmer. Doug tragically passed away in France while on tour with the guys, cheering on Canada at the 1999 World Cup. The Bear also had an affiliation to the Meraloma Rugby Club. The results of the regular season games between Burnaby Lake and Meraloma are tallied to crown the winner. The club with the most wins takes the cup. After almost a decade of dominance by the Lomas, the BLRC have had possession of the Palmer Cup since 2011. The results from the Fall season matches saw the BLRC up 2 wins to 1 draw, meaning that the first Blue + White win of the day would retain the Palmer Cup via tie while a 2nd would win the Palmer Cup and return it to the BLRC trophy case. Burnaby Lake took 3 out of 4 on the day.

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High School 7s – March 2022

High School 7s Tournament at Westshore on Friday: 40 Teams on 4 Fields

There’s a 7s tournament on Friday, hosted at Westshore RFC, featuring high schools from across the Island, competing in four divisons, Senior Boys, Senior Girls, Junior Boys, Junior Girls. Thunder Rugby is also entering an Indigenous team.

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Editorials – March 2022

Spain Qualify for World Cup: A Reflection on Canada’s Failed Campaign

Spain last qualified for the World Cup in 1999, congratulations to them. It prompts some self reflection for Canada who won’t be at the World Cup in 2023 for the first time in history.

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MLR 2022 – Week 6

MLR Week 6: Weekend Results & Standings – Canadians in the Rosters – Match Highlights

Matches are streamed live at therugbynetwork.com

March 12

Rugby ATL 29 v Austin Gilgronis 14
@ Silverbacks Park – 12pm PT

The top two teams in the league go head to head.

Atlanta at 3-1 feature Matt Heaton at openside with Conor Keys on the bench.

Austin don’t have any Canadians in the side.

Matt Heaton scored a try in the game for Atlanta.

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BC Rugby Weekend of March 12th 2022

BC Premier Weekend Results & Rosters: Burnaby Edge Lomas; UBC Crush Pride; UVic Dominate Westshore; CW Defeat Bays

Burnaby Lake 21 v Meraloma 12 @ 14:30
Referee: Saro Turner Referee 2: Jamie Dopson
Venue: Burnaby Lake Rugby Club

We called Burnaby +5 and it was Burnaby +9. Burnaby go 2-2 for 7th place, Lomas 1-4 in 9th place. Next week Burnaby visit Westshore while Meralomas visit James Bay.

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