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Players in the News – December 2025

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Article on Jamie Cudmore from The Times: From Squamish to Luxembourg and Concussion Awareness

The Times based in London ran a recent article on Jamie Cudmore, it covers his fight with concussion awareness, his time at Clermont as a professional rugby player, his formative years in Squamish, his time with Rugby Canada, his current status as coach in France and Luxembourg, and his desire to come back to Canada one day as the men’s coach. It’s worth a read. We came across the article as graphic scans (jpg files) and used the wonders of Ai to transcribe it into text as the original article is behind a paywall. The article is below in graphic format and text.

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BC Youth 7s Updates – December 2025

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Three BC Teams in NZ for Global Youth 7s – BCRU Lays Out 2026 Youth 7s Plan

There are 3 BC teams at the Global Sevens which begins next week in Auckland, December 19th to 21st, which will be 18th to 20th west coast time. MacDowell Rugby have a boys and girls team entered, and the BCRU have a girls team entered. The rosters are listed below. The MacDowell boys have the toughest schedule to start off, they face the NZ Fijians on Day 1. MacDowell girls face Samoa-NZ while the BC Bears face the Queensland Honey Bees. The full Day 1 schedule on the 3 fields is posted below. The tournament facebook page is here.

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National Team Coach Updates – December 2025

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Kévin Rouet Joins Saracens Coaching Staff on Secondment While Continuing Role of Canada Women’s Head Coach

In the “why not” category, today’s story is Kevin Rouet taking up the role of Attack Coach with the Saracens while maintaining his role as Head Coach of the Canada Women’s XVs team. The next matches for the Canadian women’s XVs are likely part of the Pacific Four series which according to a NZ Rugby source will take place in April. The PWR season takes a break after March 28th, Round 16, and resumes Round 17 on May 30th. The only conflict may be around the end of March depending on when in April the Pacific Four begins. With 25 Canadian players in England taking part in the PWR it seems like a sensible move. The only question is who is monitoring the talent in Canada during this time. If there’s good communication between Rouet and the Provincial leads, like John Tait in BC, then this shouldn’t be an issue. There’s also the 7s coach, Jocelyn Barrieau, who reports to Rouet and deals with a lot of the University level players and upcoming talent. The women’s program seems to have their act together, which is why they’re #2 in the world.

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Premier Women’s Rugby – December 2025 – Round 6

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Update on the English Premier Women’s Rugby (PWR) Round 6 – 14 Canadians in Action

With the BC Leagues on winter break until January 24th, the largest concentration of Canadians playing rugby right now is in the women’s Premier league in England. In October we counted 23 Canadians in the league, we’ve found out two more are heading over from the 7s program, Asia Hogan-Rochester (Sale) and Pam Buisa (Bristol).

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UBCOB Ravens – December 2025

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Ravens Pack Leads in Win Over Lomas: Ravens 38 – Lomas 5
Report by Peter MacDonald

A dry afternoon at Connaught with the busiest referee in Canada, Shanda Assmus, in charge brought the two west side rivals together again to see out the season’s first half. Early on the Ravens won a set decisively and that strength was a difference that served them well the rest of the way.

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BC Rugby Club Youth Finals 2025

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Abbotsford Dominate Girls Finals with Wins in U16 & U18; CW Claim Boys U18 Title and Capilano Win Boys U16

Abbotsford set the standard this year in Girls rugby winning both the U16 and U18 finals in comfortable fashion. CW won the Boys U18 title and Capilano won the Boys U16 title. The BCRU write-ups are posted below along with photos of the winning teams, courtesy of BOLD Photos by Shelly.

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Cape Town 7s – December 2026

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Canada Women Finish 6th in Cape Town – 7th in Overall Standings

Canada defeated Fiji in the 5th place semi-final but lost to Japan in the 5th place final to finish 6th at the tournament. The two 6th place finishes have put them in 7th place overall in the standings. Canada have lost to Japan all three times so far this season which is a concern. Japan currently sit in 3rd place and are the surprise team of the season. Australia and NZ have already distanced themselves from the pack as the top two teams in the women’s division. In the men’s division South Africa, Fiji, New Zealand are all tied in top spot.

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BC Rugby Weekend of December 6th 2025

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BC Premier Week 10 Results & Rosters: Caps Top Burnaby, Pride Fall to Bays, Ravens Fly Past Lomas, CW Edged by Vikes

It’s the wrap up of the fall season, the last matches before the Dec/Jan winter break. Play resumes January 24th. UBC defaulted their match to Westshore, they’ve chosen to take a game in South Carolina versus USA #2 Life University. That puts Westshore top of the table going into the break, the Ravens have caught UBC in a 2nd/3rd place tie, Capilano sit in 4th place, Burnaby drop to 5th and the Bays claim 6th. The women’s Premier wrapped up their fall season last weekend.

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Coaching Updates – December 2025

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Francois Ratier Named Head Coach of France Women’s XVs and Jack Hanratty Named Head Coach of USA Women’s XVs

Two Canadian coaches have been hired by other countries to lead their women’s rugby programs. Francois Ratier who led the Canadian women’s XVs team to a 2nd place finish at the 2014 World Cup is being appointed as the new France women’s XVs head coach. Jack Hanratty who led the Canadian women’s 7s team to a 2nd place finish, Silver Medal, at the 2024 Olympics is being appointed as the new USA women’s XVs head coach.

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RWC 2027 Australia – December 2025 Updates

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Canada Drawn in Pool C with Argentina, Fiji, Spain for RWC 2027

The pools for the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia have been announced and Canada are in Pool C with Argentina, Fiji and Spain. The format is the top 2 teams from each of the 6 pools move to the next round, along with the 4 best 3rd place finishers, for a round of 16. Canada’s chances of making the round of 16 likely come down to winning the match versus Spain and keeping the scoreline reasonable against Argentina and Fiji.

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