World Rugby Releases Sevens Schedule for Malaga, Spain – January 21-23
The schedules and pools have been released for the World Rugby 7s Series taking place in Malaga, Spain on January 21-23.
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BC Premier 2022
Analyzing the BC Premier Schedule – Calculating Difficulty Factor per Team
With the release this week of the men’s Premier schedule for the spring of 2022, we’ve put some numbers to the unbalanced schedule to derive a figure to indicate the relative difficulty of each team’s schedule.
BCRU Updates – December 2021
BCRU Announce Doug Tate as Coach Education Manager
from BCRU
BC Rugby is delighted to announce Doug Tate as its new Coach Education Manager.
BC Rugby Schedule – Spring 2022
BC Rugby Spring Schedule: UPDATE SCHEDULES POSTED
The schedules have been posted. They’re available in .pdf or .xlsx format.
Coaching Updates – December 2021
Jamie Cudmore Hired as Newfoundland Provincial Coach for 2022 Season
Jamie Cudmore will take over the Newfoundland provincial coaching role. He’s moving, along with his family, from an island on the far west coast of Canada to one about 5,000 km away on the Canadian east coast. For Jennifer Cudmore, Jamie’s wife, it’s a move home and to family.
BC Junior Championships 2021
BC Junior Championship Results and Photos
The Junior Championships were held on Sunday to close out the BC Fall Season. The Island championships were held at Cowichan, the Mainland championships were held at UBC. Posted below are the results reported by the BCRU on their Results page.
BC Rugby Schedule – Dec 11-12 2021
BC Fall Season Wraps Up With Junior Championships on Sunday: Mainland at UBC and Island at Cowichan
The BC club season wraps up this Sunday with the Junior championships. The mainland tournament will be held at UBC Thunderbird Stadium and the island tournament at the Cowichan Rugby Club.
Coaching in the News: December 2021
England’s Simon Middleton Named World Rugby Coach of the Year; Canada’s Kelly Russell Featured in World Rugby Article and NZ Coach Glenn Moore Under Investigation
It has been an interesting week around coaching and women’s rugby. Kelly Russell was highlighted by World Rugby in an article about the Maple Leaf Academy. The article is here. Does the timing have anything to do with the pending announcement of who will be the senior women’s 7s coach? We’ll see.
Coastal Cup Updates – December 2021
Coastal Cup Selects to Face Seattle Seawolves on January 28th in Washington
A team of Coastal Cup Selects, labeled as Rugby Canada West Selects, will take on the Seattle Seawolves on January 28th. The Seawolves will take on the UBCOB Ravens the weekend before. The games likely won’t be live streamed as Seattle have already stated there will be “Play-by-play tweet and score updates”, interpreted that means no live stream.
Crimson Tide History – by Marius Felix
Marius Felix Recounts His Memories of the Vancouver Island Crimson Tide as a Player and Coach
I was delighted to get a message from John Lyall and Mark (McRugby) Bryant about a request to write a portion of the Crimson Tide history, both from a players and coachs perspective.