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Coastal Cup 2021 – Week 1

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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

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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

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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

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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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Coastal Cup 2021

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Coastal Cup Kicks Off on September 25th: Includes Regional and University Teams Plus Rugby Canada Academy Team (Pacific Pride)

[ed. note some schedule changes below ‡.]

VANCOUVER – A new competition in high performance men’s rugby is coming to British Columbia, the Coastal Cup is set to launch Sept. 25.

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Nanaimo Hornets – September 2021

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Hornets plan for busy fall at Nanaimo Rugby Club

[ed. if your local newspaper has a story about your club and its plans for rugby this fall, email us the link, editor@bcrugbynews.com]

from Nanaimo News Now

NANAIMO — Hornets rugby is returning to Nanaimo with fall programs for all ages.

Practices for the fall season begin Sept. 7 for the men’s team and Sept. 9 for the women.

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Canada vs USA Match #2 – RWCQ 2021

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Canada Knocked Out of Americas 1 Contention with 38-16 Loss to USA: Face Chile on October 2nd & 9th

Last weekend Canada put in the near perfect performance to claim a win over their American rivals, this weekend they didn’t show up with the same mental focus and were smothered by a USA team that did the basics well.

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Vancouver 7s – 2021

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France and Japan Drop Out of Vancouver 7s, New Teams Announced Mexico, Jamaica and Hong Kong

France and Japan have dropped out of the Vancouver 7s and presumably out of the Edmonton 7s. New teams Mexico, Jamaica and Hong Kong have been added.

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