from World Rugby
– Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to join Melodie Robinson, Dr Farah Palmer and Dan Carter as RWC 2021 ball presenters
There were at least 8 Canadian women in action in the English Premier. Four players on the Exeter Chiefs including Emily Tuttosi who scored a try in Exeter’s first win of the season. Sophie de Goede came off the bench for Saracens in their win. Paige Farries had her debut for Worcester and two more Canadians suited up for Loughborough (Holtkamp, Svoboda) in their loss to Harlequins.
Kira Peary is the fourth annual recipient of the John Cannon Memorial Fund, established in honour of John Cannon. There’s a full article appended below from UVic Vikes communication on Kira and the John Cannon Memorial Fund.
Women’s English Premier
The Women’s English Premier kicks off Round 4 this weekend with these matches.
Will Percillier Top 14 Try
Former Canada U20 scrum half Will Percillier scored a try for Stade Francais Paris in his first run out with the senior team. He subbed in off the bench and showed strong support work to claim his first Top 14 try. Percillier played his high school rugby at Brentwood and then went on to UBC.
Internationals This Weekend
Some top matches coming up this weekend and we’ll have them available for download in our members area.
A month after announcing a shared deal with the MLR Toronto Arrows to bring Welsh coach Rob Howley to Canada, Rugby Canada have struck another deal with the MLR LA Giltinis. This time it’s to bring on board Marc Carter as Performance Analyst.
Ollie Nott packing down in the 5 man scrum wearing #8 helped the California based Rhinos to a perfect 5-0 record over the two days. They defeated the favoured London Royals in their final match, coming back at the whistle to score the winning try and add a two point conversion. One of the variations in the tournament is allowing conversion options varying from 1 to 5 points depending on the angle and distance.
courtesy of World Rugby
SCOTLAND v GEORGIA MURRAYFIELD KO 19:30 FRIDAY
Head to head:
Played 4 Scotland leads 4-0
Points for: Scotland 138 / Georgia 41
Average score: Scotland 34-10 Georgia
First met: 14 September, 2011 RWC 2011 Scotland 15-6 Georgia Invercargill, New Zealand
Last met: 6 September, 2019 Scotland 36-9 Georgia Murrayfield, Edinburgh
BC Rugby (BCRU) have revisited their interpretation of the viaSport “Progressively Loosen” phase and have now projected a “low-contact” version of rugby for January 2021. There’s no change to the “non-contact” club mandate for the rest of 2020.