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From the Editor’s Desk – May 2022

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From the Editor’s Desk: Canada West v American Raptors, Canada U20, PRCs, High School Rugby and Cole Davis to Atlanta

The BC Club finals are over so in BC the question is, what’s next?

This Saturday the American Raptors are visiting to take on the Canada West team, I’m expecting some PR from Rugby Canada on that soon. The game was going to take place at Starlight Stadium but it’s now been moved to Shawnigan Lake. The Raptors put 100+ points on the Seattle club team last weekend so they have some firepower.

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MLR 2022 – Week 14

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MLR Week 14 Results/Standings and List of Canadian Players

May 7

New England Free Jacks 26 v Old Glory DC 20 @ Veterans Memorial Stadium

New England are 1st in the East. Josh Larsen starts at second row, Reegan O’Gorman is in the reserves.

Old Glory are 6th in the East. Luke Campbell starts at #8 and Doug Fraser gets the start on the wing.

Doug Fraser scored two tries for DC.

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BC Rugby Weekend of May 7th 2022

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BC Club Finals Results and Match Videos: UBC Win Men’s and Women’s Premier Title, Ravens Claim Men’s Div 1 Title, Burnaby Lake Women’s Div 1 Title

[ed. the official program with all rosters can be downloaded here in .pdf format. The BCRU are streaming four of the matches on their YouTube Channel – the men’s and women’s Premier, men’s 3rd div, men’s 1st div.]

The BC Club finals are this weekend hosted by Bayside at South Surrey Athletic Park. There are four men’s titles on the line this Saturday and three women’s titles.

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Canada Summer Tests 2022

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Rugby Canada Announce Test Match Against Belgium for Men; Italy and Wales for Women; Also Men to Face French Barbarians

This is what it looks like when you don’t qualify for the World Cup, one test match against 27th ranked Belgium this summer. The men also get a game against the French Barbarians. The Belgium match is hosted in Halifax and the French Barbarians match is in Ottawa.

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High School Updates – May 2022

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BC High School 7s Tournament Summary, Standings and Tournament Team Selections

by Adam Roberts

We’re Back! Fantastic weekend out in sunny White Rock which hosted the Junior and Senior Boys BC Open 7’s tournaments. The Shark Tank at South Surrey Athletic Park, home of the Bayside Sharks, was the host for the weekend. The new clubhouse is eagerly awaiting final occupancy from the city, so it kind of sits there, gorgeous, as a total tease for the viewer. It will play host to the BC Club Finals on May 7th, so this was a great dry run for the club. (A little background: During Covid the BC School Sports Membership had a vote, which passed, for BC School Sports to govern each sport. In the case of rugby basically removed BC Secondary Schools Rugby Union from governance. On April 20th the deadline was set for teams to declare for a 7’s or XV’s season. After the declaration teams could not play the opposite code with the exception of the BC Open 7’s tournament on April 29th/30th/ 1st )

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UBCOB Ravens – May 2022

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Ravens Fall to CW at Full Time – Rippers on to Final

by Peter MacDonald

On a good day for rugby at Jericho some hopes were fulfilled and others dashed as the prems’ hearts were broken at the end and the Rippers secured a victory late in the game with a stunning interception while Abby was on the boil and the Rips down to 13 men.

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BC Rugby Club Finals – May 2022

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BC Club Finals Schedule: Seven Division Finals Hosted by Bayside RFC

from BCRU

With all 14 Finalists now confirmed, the full seven-match schedule is now confirmed for the 2022 Senior Club Finals this Saturday, May 7, 2022, taking place at South Surrey Athletic Park – the home of Bayside Sharks RFC who will be looking to make the most of their home field advantage in their two Championship matches.

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MLR 2022 – Week 13

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MLR Week 13 Standings/Results and Canadians in the Rosters

April 30

Rugby ATL 19 v LA Giltinis 31 @ Silverbacks Park

Atlanta are 2nd in the East. Matt Heaton starts at openside flanker, Conor Keys is in the reserves.

LA are 2nd in the West. Corey Thomas starts at blindside flanker, Ben LeSage is outside centre. Lindsey Stevens is reserve hooker.

Matt Heaton scored a try for Atlanta.

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Canada 7s in Langford – 2022

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Canada Finish 5th in Langford With 2-1 Day 2 – Krissy Scurfield Nominated for Tournament Dream Team – Full Match Videos

It was the best tournament for Canada this season as they earned 12 points for their 5th place finish. They lost to NZ in their first match of Day 2 but then defeated Fiji and USA, two tough opponents, to claim 5th place.

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BC Rugby Weekend of April 30th 2022

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BC Premier Semi-Final Results: UBC Dominate Caps; CW Upset Ravens

UBCOB Ravens 24 v Castaway Wanderers 26 @ 14:30
Referee: David Smortchevsky Assessor: Brett Hay
Venue: Jericho Beach Park

An upset from the Oak Bay based team as they apparently won it on the last play of the game. It sounds like a thriller and we look forward to reading Peter MacDonald’s match report. They’ll face UBC in the final.

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