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MLR All Star Teams – Week 3

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Summary of MLR First XV Picks by Country After Three Weeks

We took a look at the Country of Origin/Eligibility for the weekly MLR All Star picks, called the First XV. We’ve seen, from Canada’s example, that selecting a national team from those who simply make the MLR isn’t sufficient to qualify for the World Cup. The MLR, currently, isn’t of high enough quality compared to other professional leagues in Europe and the southern hemisphere. Players have to consistently excel in the MLR to be competitive at the international level. Players who get regular game time in leagues like France’s Top 14 should be considered ahead in development.

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Premier Rugby Sevens 2022

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Premier Rugby Sevens Running Open 7s Trial on Sunday March 20th at Starlight Stadium in Langford

from Premier Rugby Sevens

The 2022 Premier Rugby Sevens Championship will be bigger in nearly every sense. More games. More tournaments. More cities. And that’s all going to require more players, the finding of whom falls on the shoulders of general manager Mike Tolkin.

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MLR 2022 – Week 3

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MLR Week 3: Wins for Seattle, Toronto, Austin, New England, New York, Houston

After two weeks Austin Gilronis look to be the dominant team. The Giltinis won the title last year, is it the Gilronis turn this year? Both teams are owned by Australian business man Adam Gilchrist and his Loyals Rugby group. The formula seems the same, seed the team with top level Tier 1 players in key positions. Last year it was Matt Giteau and Adam Ashley-Cooper leading Giltinis to the title. The Gilronis this week feature 5 South African, New Zealand, Australia players in the forwards and a halfback pairing of South Africa and Australia, add in an Argentinean on the wing and an Irishman in the centres to complete a dominant international roster. We’ll see how they do this week against last year’s semi-finalists Utah.

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BC U19 Updates – February 2022

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BC U19 Open ID Sessions This Saturday at Westshore and UBC

from BCRU

Open ID sessions taking place at Westshore Rugby Club (Vancouver Island) and UBC (Vancouver)

Calling all boys born 2003-2004 – come and attend one of two BC Bears U19 Open ID sessions happening this Saturday!

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Capilano Rugby – February 2022

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Capilano Match Reports – Split Results with Burnaby in Men’s Premier and Div 1: Loss to Abbotsford in Women’s Div 2

written by Steve Feenstra

2nd Division Women
Abbotsford 69 – 31 Capilano

1st Division Men
Burnaby 18 – 19 Capilano

Premier Men
Burnaby 21 – 19 Capilano

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Burnaby Lake – February 2022

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Burnaby Match Reports and Videos: Women Defeat United, Men Split Premier and Div 1 Matches with Capilano

by Mike Devlin

A beautiful day for rugby at Burnaby Lake on Saturday saw 3 games played, The 2 mens games were as close as could be with each side claiming a W and the margin of victories being one and two points, while the women overwhelmed their opposition in a one sided affair to start the day. With such evenly matched clubs, the Men’s winner on the day was to be decided by the post-game boat race but that ended in a tie.

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UBCOB Ravens – February 2022

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Ravens Will Take It: Match Report Ravens 33 – U Vic 31

by Peter MacDonald

Another nice day, another big squad rotation and another win for the Ravens though it was UVic that likely enjoyed their rugby the most and earned the greater admiration from the crowd on the day. But the Ravens got it done early and got it done late and held on at the end for another five points.

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BC Rugby Weekend of February 12th 2022

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BC Premier Weekend Results: Lakers Edge Caps, Ravens Clip Vikes, CW Defeat Lomas, Pride Dominate Westshore, Rowers Paddle Bays

[ed. correction Lomas beat Rowers in Week 1, changes made below]

All the men’s BC Premier matches are at 2:30pm Saturday, the full BCRU schedule is here. The women’s CanWest 7s Round 2 is also on this weekend at UVic, the schedule is here. The Toronto Arrows host LA Giltinis Friday evening at Starlight Stadium.

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Rugby Canada Hall of Fame 2021

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Rugby Canada Announce 2021 Hall of Fame Inductees

from Rugby Canada

Rugby Canada is pleased to announce the class of 2021 Hall of Fame Inductees. These six Canadian rugby icons and one outstanding team join the Class of 2020 as the most recent members of the Canadian rugby community to have their legacy cemented in the Hall of Fame.

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