Pacific Four Series – 2021

World Rugby Announces Annual Women’s Pacific Four Series to Include Canada, USA, NZ, Australia: Two 2021 Fixtures Canada v USA in November

from World Rugby

World Rugby has announced details of a new cross-regional annual international competition titled, Pacific Four Series, that will bring together some of the world’s top women’s teams.

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BC Rugby Updates – September 2021

BC Rugby Announces John Tait as Technical Director

Congratulations to John Tait on the appointment and to BC Rugby for having the common sense to hire him. He built the national women’s 7s program to be one of the best in the world, when he left the program it took a rapid nosedive. We look forward to seeing what John can do for BC Rugby in improving its programs.

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Premier Rugby Sevens 2021

TSN to Cover Premier Rugby Sevens on October 9th in Memphis

You may not be able to watch the Canadian national team’s World Cup qualifying match this weekend against Chile on TSN, but you can watch a new rugby 7s league launch in Memphis on October 9th. Such is the convoluted nature of sports broadcasting in Canada. A shout out to CBC Sports for covering the Vancouver and Edmonton 7s the last two weekends.

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Edmonton 7s – 2021

Canada Men Earn Fourth Place in Abbreviated 2021 World 7s Series

The 2021 World 7s Series was just two tournaments, Vancouver and Edmonton, but it goes in the record books and Canada finished 4th overall behind South Africa, Great Britain and Kenya and ahead of the USA in 5th. The full standings are on the World Rugby website.

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Coastal Cup 2021 – Week 1

Coastal Cup Results: Pride, Tide and Thunderbirds Prevail in Opening Week of Action

Pacific Pride 36 – Van East 24
Note: Match photos (37) at nationalrugbynews.com

This was a game of two halves and the fitness of the Rugby Canada Academy side was a big factor. Van East went up by 4 tries and it looked as if they would ride their forward power to a decisive win. The Pride however upped their tempo in the second half and Van East had nothing left in the tank by the last 20. The Pride ran in 5 tries, a couple of them jogged in on the outside when Van East ran out of defenders. It was a powerful reminder that full time players are usually a notch ahead in fitness and it shows in the last 20.

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BC Rugby Weekend of September 25th 2021

Weekend Schedule for Rugby in BC, Week 1 of Coastal Cup and the Carson Family Tree Explained – Keeping Track of Seven High-Level Players

I remember when keeping track of Tait or Tate when referring to the high performance coaches, John and Doug, caused some editorial grievance. Child’s play now. There’s a new editorial conundrum looming, keeping track of the Carson’s. There are 7 of them playing in BC and most of them are on track to play for Canada, with two already capped at the senior level in XVs and 7s.

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CanWest Women’s XVs – 2021

UBC Thunderbirds Defeat UVic Vikes in Opening Round of CanWest XVs: UBC Ranked 5th Nationally

The CanWest season kicked off last weekend with UBC defeating UVic 31-15 and Lethbridge clobbering Alberta 53-7. The win earned UBC a 5th place national ranking while Lethbridge are ranked 8th. The two top teams from CanWest will attend the nationals in Ontario in November.

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Americas Pacific Challenge 2021

Americas Pacific Challenge Announced for October: Competition Doesn’t Include Pacific Nations or Canada

World Rugby may call it the Americas Pacific Challenge but without any Pacific Nations it looks more like the Americas Rugby Championship minus Canada.

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