Former Rugby Canada CEO Graham Brown Parts Ways with U SPORTS
Graham Brown who was CEO of Rugby Canada from 2002 to 2015 has parted ways with U SPORTS. He left Rugby Canada to take the CEO position with U SPORTS in 2015.
Author Archive: BCRN
Return to Play Updates – May 2020
World Rugby Approves 10 Optional Domestic Law Trials During COVID-19: Unions Can Apply to Implement One or More Variations to Comply with Local Government Directives
from World Rugby
The World Rugby Executive Committee has approved 10 optional domestic law trials which are designed to provide national member unions with further COVID-19 transmission risk reduction measures if required.
Return to Play Updates – May 2020
Rugby Canada Committee Announce June 30th as “Endeavour to Deliver” Date for Return to Play Plan; BC Soccer Provides Insight Into Approval Process
We’ve often said if committee making was an Olympic sport Rugby Canada would win Gold hands down. The latest committee on Return to Play have issued a statement that they will “endeavour to deliver the plan no later than June 30”.
MLR Updates – May 2020
MLR Updates: Players Vote to Join US Rugby Players Association as Bargaining Unit; Toronto Arrows Feature on TSN Hourly Show
MLR PLayers Attempt to Unionize
GOFF Rugby Report
The United States Rugby Players Association has issued a public call to Major League Rugby to recognize the player union.
In Memory Of – May 2020
Co-Founder of Canadian Rugby Foundation, Lawyer, Rugby Player, Women’s Rugby Advocate George Jones Passes at Age 86
Obituary from Times Colonist
Sports-loving lawyer George Jones marched to his own beat
Canadian Rugby Foundation Article from 2013
Founding Father: George Jones Profile
George Jones Q.C. is well known in both athletic and legal circles. His resume is lengthy and legendary and includes appearances and successes at virtually every court level, fundraising, coaching, refereeing in many sports and at many levels. Blessed with fine oratorical skills, legal judgment, an innate sense of wrong and right together with a complete lack of financial sense and generosity to all regardless of circumstances dictates that George is still working hard after 50 years at the bar.
Return to Play Updates – May 2020
New Zealand Prepare for Return of Community Rugby – World Rugby Publishes Online Courses for COVID-19 Return to Play Awareness
As New Zealand start to think about the return of rugby with professional rugby starting mid-June and now Community Rugby on the horizon, it’s timely for BC clubs to think about the steps they may need to complete when the BCRU gives the green light. No doubt the situation won’t be exactly the same in BC and Canada as it is in NZ, we’ve already seen liability and insurance issues are going to be a hurdle to overcome when looking at other amateur sports coming to grips with Return to Play in BC. It’s also likely municipal facilities will have their own guidelines to adhere to which will be another limiting factor.
Rugby in History
Rugby in Victoria During the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918-19: Part 4 – Outdoor Sports Continued Even Though Churches, Theatres, Schools Closed
This is part four in the series covering the first half of November 1918. Rugby had started its league games, the influenza continued although health authorities believed it had hit its peak, the war was winding down.
Global Aligned Season – May 2020
SANZAAR, Six Nations, World Rugby Issue Statements on Aligned Global Calendar
It may be a while before International Rugby gets going again but the powers that be are putting that time to good use in working out a contentious issue, a global season.
National Men’s Rugby
Kingsley Jones Updates Neil Davidson on Status of National Men’s Programs
from Canadian Press
TORONTO With July internationals already called off due to the global pandemic and the likely cancellation of the Americas Rugby Championship later this summer, Canada’s top rugby players may not see action until October at the earliest.
Players in the News
Evan Olmstead Signs with Biarritz Olympique
from Canadian Press
TORONTO Canadian rugby international Evan Olmstead has signed a new contract with Biarritz Olympique of the French second division.