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.
South Africa as expected won the tournament, Kenya were 2nd, GB 3rd, Ireland 4th, USA 5th, Canada 6th, Hong Kong 7th, Spain 8th, Germany 9th, Jamaica 10th, Chile 11th and Mexico 12th.
Canada lost to USA 22-12 to start Day 2 before running up the score on the winless Mexican team, 48-0. Mexico failed to score a point over 5 games at the tournament.
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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VANCOUVER A new competition in high performance mens rugby is coming to British Columbia, the Coastal Cup is set to launch Sept. 25.
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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 mens team and Sept. 9 for the women.
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.
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.
Nathan Hirayama announced his retirement from international rugby 7s on Instagram. The statement is below.
There’s a new kid on the block, at least on paper. The World 12’s announced themselves this week and they have some heavy backers, such as All Blacks coach Steve Hanson who is a World 12s Ambassador. Here are some news links to get up to speed.