The Crusaders, even though they had a bye, took a step closer to clinching the title as the Blues, their closest competitor, faltered on the weekend. Now the Crusaders are 5 points clear with a game in hand. The remaining teams have 3 games left so Crusaders only need 11 points from their 4 remaining games to clinch the title.
A couple of questions we’ll look at in this article. How much will it cost to play touch rugby in BC, will there be contact in any provinces and where is rugby currently being played in the world.
The Crusaders continue to roll and Clay’s unshakeable faith in the Blues has allowed Mark and AaronT to close the gap on him in the prediction contest.
Rugby Hive Podcast
The Rugby Hive Podcast was founded by World Rugby commentator Dallen Stanford and international 7s coach Robin MacDowell in July 2020. The two co-hosts played against each other on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series with Stanford representing the USA and MacDowell, Canada.
[ed. updates the Rugby League RTSP is now up on ViaSport and available through their website.]
As everyone knows it’s pretty quiet on the rugby front in BC right now, the question is what will happen in September? A lot depends on provincial government health regulations and specifically how ViaSport interprets those for sport through their guidelines.
Clay was the only one to get 2 for 2 on the predictions this week and has an impressive 88% accuracy rate so far this season. Compare that to the @Rugby4Cast account on Twitter who do a detailed statistical analysis of the games, they are at 50% so far this season.
Canada will have three pro rugby teams operating in 2021 and all of them are in Ontario. In Rugby Union it’s the Toronto Arrows, in Rugby League it’s the Toronto Wolfpack and the new team, the Ottawa Aces.
Everyone has a unique view of what it means to be Canadian on Canada Day and today I thought I’d reflect on what it means to me from the perspective as editor of BC Rugby News.
The top news for Canada is the women’s team were awarded 3rd place in the 2020 series behind NZ and Australia. Canada were tied with Australia in points with 80 but the World Rugby tie breaking scenario gave Australia second. It wasn’t made clear what that tie breaking scenario was but Australia had a slightly better win percentage and point differential over the series.
Blues 27 – Highlanders 24
The Blues led 22-10 at HT with winger Caleb Clarke stealing the show with one try and an assist on the second. Pressure through the kicking of Otere Black forced an error which led to the third try for the Blues in the half. The Highlanders scored one through the forwards, the Highlander forwards were steady throughout the half and their lineout may be one of the best in the competition.