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UBCOB Ravens – November 2025

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Ravens Defend Home Turf: Ravens 36 – Pride 9
Report by Peter MacDonald

A soggy November morning gave way to a dry afternoon and some good rugby for the players and stalwart fans at Jericho. The Ravens dominated possession for the first 25 minutes tallying two tries the first through Noah Bain beating his man outside and sending a grubber across the line to be touched down by Mark Wandeto and the second a Joe Locke line break and pass to Jake Tierney who also grubbered and then jackalled to regain possession for Cole Keffer who jinked about and dove in for a 14-3 Ravens lead.

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World Rugby Nations Cup – November 2025 Update

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World Rugby Releases Some Details of Tier 2 Nations Cup – Crossover Matches with Tier 1 Nations Championship in 2027

Canada will be part of the 2026 Nations Cup starting in July 2026. The Nations Cup is the Tier 2 equivalent of the Tier 1 Nations Championship. This new structure sets the test matches for the July and November windows except in World Cup or Lions Tour years. In those years there will be some crossover between the Tier 1 and Tier 2 brackets. The Tier 1 Nations Championship will include the Six Nations countries, England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales; plus SANZAAR countries Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa; plus Japan and Fiji. The Tier 2 Nations Cup will include Canada, Chile, Georgia, Hong Kong China, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Tonga, Uruguay, USA, Zimbabwe, Samoa.

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Kamloops Rugby Updates – November 2025

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Kamloops Match Reports: Women Defeat United in Coquitlam by William Shaw

Kamloops Rugby Club Senior squads were in action this weekend. Players loaded the bus at Exhibition Park, leaving at 5:45am to make their way down to the lower mainland. The ladies were dropped off in Coquitlam for their Fixture versus United while the men carried on for their game at the Meralomas.

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Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship 2025

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Guelph Becomes First Ontario University to Win Men’s National Title: UBC Place 3rd

The University of Guelph became the first Ontario university to claim the men’s national university title when they defeated hosts ETS 18-13 on Sunday. In the Bronze medal match it was UBC over UVic 27-12. UBC had won 5 of the first 6 championships with UVic winning the other, ETS broke the BC dominance last year and Guelph have put their name on the cup this year.

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BC Rugby Weekend of November 15th 2025

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BC Premier Week 7 Results: Pride Fall to Ravens, Lomas Dominate Bays, Caps Lose at Westshore, Burnaby Trounce CW; Women’s Premier CW Blank Lomas, Thunderbirds Outscore Westshore, Seattle Edge Abbotsford

Week 7 wrapped with Lomas finding their form at home and getting back in the win column after a four game losing streak. Ravens continue to excel as they look to defend their title. Westshore edge Caps in a close match and Burnaby dominate in road win at CW. In women’s Premier, Thunderbirds welcome return of uni players and establish their championship form, Abby keeps it close at home and CW hand Lomas their first loss.

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Canada v Georgia – November 2025

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Canada Fall to Georgia 38-17: Matt Oworu Puts in Solid Performance for Canada

Canada can take some solace from their never give up attitude but the match was over by 53′ when Georgia were up 31-3. Again the Canada backline didn’t have much to show, the forwards couldn’t consistently break the gain line and often went backwards. Canada had to resort to a kicking game which netted them some territory gains and kept Georgia in their own end. When Georgia decided to start running the ball back it caused some problems for the Canadian defence. The Georgia winger, #14 Shalva Aptsiauri, scored 3 tries and set up a fourth with an offload at the goal line. Canada’s scrum was under pressure during the match and gave up some crucial penalties.

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Rugby on Remembrance Day

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A Look at Rugby on Remembrance Day in 1945-1947, 1987

The Armistice, an agreement to end the fighting of the First World War as a prelude to peace negotiations, began at 11am on 11 November 1918. That was the history behind Armistice or Remembrance Day. “At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month – we will remember them”.  We take a look at how rugby in Victoria was part of the Remembrance Day events in the years after World War II and as recent as 1987.

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World Rugby Classic – 2025

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Canada Classics Finish Tournament with 37-15 Win Over USA

The Canadian Classics wrapped up their tournament with a 37-15 win over USA. They finished the tournament with a 2-1 record, defeating the Lions and USA, and only losing to eventual winner Argentina. The match video and roster is posted below.

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Canada v Romania – November 2025

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Canada Fall to Romania 31-21 in First November Test: Next Up Georgia

It was pretty much the game expected by most pundits when the 21st ranked team hosted the 24th ranked team. There wasn’t much backline brilliance and the Romanian scrum dominated the match. The first 12 points from Romania came from the boot with infractions by Canada inside their own half, one at the breakdown, one at the lineout and two at the scrum. It was actually Canada and Mason Flesch who scored the first try, 12-7 at the half.

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