From the Editor’s Desk – November 2020

Will Percillier Scores Try in Top 14; Crosby Stewart Latest of MLR Signings; World Tens Series Tournament #2 Wraps up Today

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.

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Rugby Canada Updates: – October 2020

Rugby Canada Adds More Welsh Expertise to Coaching Staff: Marc Carter Analysis Coach

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.

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World Tens Series 2020

Rhinos from California Top Series After Tournament #1: Full Match Videos Online

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.

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Internationals October 2020

Stats and Notes for Three Internationals This Weekend: Scotland v Georgia, Ireland v Italy, France v Wales

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

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BCRU Return to Play Updates – October 2020

BC Rugby Announces Update to Return to Rugby Plan: Opens Possibility of Low Contact Rugby in January 2021

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.

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World Cup 2021 – Updates

Date set for Women’s Rugby World Cup 2021 Draw: Canada in Band One with NZ and England

from World Rugby

– Rugby World Cup 2021 Draw confirmed for 20 November 2020
– Draw event to be held at SkyCity Theatre in the heart of Auckland
– RWC 2021 Draw to be live streamed to global audiences via World Rugby digital channels
– World Rugby Women’s Rankings to be used for first time to determine draw bandings for direct qualifiers

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Men’s National XVs – October 2020

National Coach Kingsley Jones Invites 36 Players to Three Week High Performance Camp in BC: 34 of 36 Have Played in the BC Premier League

[ed. when we listed the 34 players from the BC Premier, we only listed each player once starting with the universities, then the clubs. Some players have played for more than one BC Premier club, for example, UVic players Doug Fraser, Jake Ilnicki have also played for CW and Liam Murray and Conor Keys have also played for James Bay.]

The men’s national team will bring together 36 domestic based players for a high performance camp in Langford, BC from from November 9th to 29th.

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English Women’s Premier – Week 1

English Women’s Premier Begins with Several Canadians in Rosters – More Arriving

The Allianz Premier 15 league kicked off last weekend. There are 10 teams in the league, a number of them familiar to followers of the men’s English Premiership: Exeter, Harlequins, Sale, Worcester, Saracens, Bristol and Wasps. There’s also Loughborough, Gloucester-Hartpury and Darlington Mowden Park (DMP).

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World Rugby Updates – October 2020

World Rugby Announces 12 Interim Committees: Canada Represented in Community Rugby (1), Finance (1) and High Performance (2)

World Rugby announced 12 interim committees. They will initially serve for one year pending the completion of an independent governance review.

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