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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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Kamloops Rugby Updates – December 2025

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Kamloops Match Reports by William Shaw: Women Defeat Capilano, Men Win Over Kats

Both KRC Senior squads were on the road this weekend for their final game of the first half. The men were away to Kats at Balaclava Park, while the women were playing Capilanos. However, due to field closures at Khlanie Park, the fixture was being played at Meralomas.

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BC Rugby Weekend of November 29th 2025

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BC Premier Week 9 Results, Predictions & Rosters:  UBC Dominate Lomas, Vikes Edge Bays, Westshore Win at Burnaby, CW Topped by Caps – Women’s Premier Lomas Upset Thunderbirds, Westshore Fall to Burnaby

Week 9 in the BC Premier sees some Friday night matches, we’ve got both the Friday and Saturday predictions and rosters in now. The BCRU and universities have put some effort into promoting these matches so hopefully they’ll see some positive results in attendance. The BCRU write-ups are included below as well.

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Dubai 7s – November 2025

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Canada Women Finish 6th in Dubai: Win Over France, Loss to USA

Canada finished 6th in Dubai with a 5th place semi-final win over France but a loss to USA in the 5th place final. Canada fly to Cape Town now for next weekend’s 7s tournament, they’ll be in a pool with Australia, Japan and France. Krissy Scurfield came out in the 9th minute of the Japan match and didn’t show up in the roster for the France and USA matches.

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World Rugby 7s – November 2025

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World Rugby Releases Full Rugby 7s Schedule Including HSBC SVNS 2 and HSBC SVNS 3

World Rugby has released the tournament schedules for the Div 2 and Div 3 tournaments which is of interest to the Canada men’s 7s who are entered in the Div 3, SVNS 3, tournament after winning the RAN 7s tournament last weekend. They now know they will play in the 17–18 January 2026 tournament being held in Dubai. They know they have to finish top 2 against these other teams: Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Hong Kong China, Italy, Madagascar, Samoa, Tonga.  It’s an achievable goal. If they can finish top 2 in that tournament then they move on to the Div 2 tournaments being held in Nairobi, Montevideo and Sao Paulo in Feb/March.

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UBCOB Ravens – November 2025

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Burnaby Second Half Keys Win Over Ravens: Burnaby 22– Ravens 20
Report by Peter MacDonald

It was a gumboot day for the fans but the pitch was in good shape for this anticipated tilt between two upper table hopefuls and long-time rivals. The first half was an even affair with the Ravens cashing in for tries at 15 and 18 minutes and the home team being held off the scoresheet. Ravens prop Louis Kassapian finished off a Billy Wickham quick tap and run for the first try and left winger Jean-Claude Koorsten put on a burst down the line after a long miss pass from Andrew Coe for the second score. Burnaby had its chances but after Napo Bolaca quick tapped and beat the line his long pass to send his support free was knocked on and at 40 minutes another threat ended with Wickham jackalling at the tackle near the Ravens’ line.

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BC Club Youth Championships – November 2025 Updates

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BC Club Youth Quarter-Final Results and Upcoming Semi-Final (Regional Finals) Matchups

The BC Club youth competition takes place in the fall at the U14, U16 and U18 level for both boys and girls. The rugby high school competition takes place in the spring. The club youth leagues have reached the semi-final stage with the quarter-finals wrapping up last weekend. The U16 and U18 Provincial finals will take place December 7th in Langley where it will be the Mainland champion v Island champion for the Provincial title. The quarter-final results are listed below along with the regional final (Provincial semi-final) match ups for this weekend. Last year’s final results are posted here.

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Rugby Americas North (RAN) 7s – 2025

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Canada Win RAN 7s with 41-0 Win in Semi-Final and 31-0 Win in Final

Canada won the Rugby Americas North 7s tournament scoring 225 points in total and conceding 14. They finished Day 3 with a semi-final win over T&T 40-0 and a final over Barbados 31-0. They’ll now await details on the next tournament which will see regional tournament winners vie for two spots to go to the next level. The SVNS 3 tournament is supposed to be in January and includes 8 teams, the top 2 will advance to SVNS 2 tournaments in February and March.

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