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MLR 2024 Week 1

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MLR Week 1 Results & Canadian Highlights: Dallas Leads West; New England Leads East

There were 36 Canadian players in action in Week 1 with some making an impact on the score sheet and the stats department. Spencer Jones scored the first try by a Canadian in MLR 2024 in the Utah v Houston match but it was Dewald Kotze who lit up the scoreboard with a hat trick of tries in the Dallas v LA match, in that match Andrew Coe had two tries for LA and Mitch Richardson added a single for Dallas. In the New England v Anthem match Ben Lesage scored 2 tries and Andrew Quattrin added one for NE.

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LA 7s 2024

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France Men and New Zealand Women win HSBC SVNS in LA; Canada Women Finish 4th, Men Finish 12th; Hong Kong Pools Announced

The Canadian women continue to roll along with a 4th place finish to follow the 3rd in Vancouver. They now sit in 5th place in the series standings, 2 points behind USA. The bottom four teams facing the relegation tournament are Brazil, South Africa, Japan and Spain. There are two tournaments left before the Madrid final, Hong Kong and Singapore. The pools for Hong Kong (Apr 5-7) have been announced, the women are in a pool with USA, Japan and Spain.

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BC Rugby Weekend of March 2nd 2024

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BC Premier Week 9 Results & Rosters: Pride Top Caps, UVic Trounced by Lomas, Westshore Fall to Ravens, Burnaby Overpower UBC

The men’s Premier entered Week 9 with 5 weeks to follow before the playoffs. The Lomas, previously undefeated, had dropped to 3rd place with their loss to the Ravens but roared back to demolish UVic this week and claim top spot again. The women’s Premier kicked off this week as well and featured a number of one sided scorelines.

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Jake Thiel Vancouver Highlander #18

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Jake Thiel Announced as 18th Signing for Vancouver Highlanders

Jake Thiel has been named as the 18th Vancouver Highlanders signing. Although mostly known for his play on the World Rugby 7s series, Jake was the starting #8 for Canada U20 in 2017 and may again be in contention to claim that spot for the senior men’s XVs. Just turning 27 he’s in his prime for the XVs game.

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WXV1 Tournament 2024

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BC to Host WXV1 Tournament in September/October 2024 Featuring Top Six Women’s Teams from Pacific Four and Six Nations

It’s good news for BC rugby fans as they’ll have the opportunity to watch the top 6 women’s teams in the world in their backyard. The tournament takes place over three weekends and the only venue information released so far is that “select games being held in Vancouver at BC Place Stadium”.

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Canada Men’s XVs 2024

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Rugby Canada Announce Hosting for Three Summer Tests for Men’s XVs Team: Two in Ottawa and One in Vancouver

The Canada men’s team currently ranked #21 will host Scotland #6 on Saturday, July 6th in Ottawa. The following Friday, July 12th, they’ll host Romania #20 in Ottawa. On Sunday August 25th, they’ll host Japan #12 at BC Place in Vancouver.

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MLR 2024 – Canadian Players

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A Look at Canadian Players in the MLR  Rosters for 2024

This year according to our calculations there are 47 Canadian players in the MLR rosters. There are 24 in the Western Conference and 23 in the Eastern Conference. The largest number of Canadian players are on the New England Free Jacks (12), there are 3 teams with 7 players LA, Dallas and Utah. There’s one team with no Canadians, Houston Sabercats.

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Alastair Marshall Vancouver Highlander #17

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Alastair Marshall Announced as 17th Signing for Vancouver Highlanders

Alastair Marshall has been named as the 17th Vancouver Highlanders signing. Originally from Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan and the Regina Rogues rugby club he now plays for UBC in the BC Premier. That makes eight current and former UBC players on the Highlanders to date.

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Vancouver 7s 2024

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Women Claim Bronze at Vancouver 7s; Men Finish 12th

The women had their best tournament finish since the 2019-20 series. On Day 3 they lost to NZ in the cup semi-final 15-7 but rebounded to claim 3rd with a 19-14 win over Australia (video highlights). They now sit in a 4th/5th place tie in the standings with USA, both at 48 points. France are in 3rd with 62 points, NZ in 2nd with 66 points and Australia in 1st with 72 points. There are 3 tournaments left LA, Hong Kong, Singapore before the final tournament in Madrid where the top 8 teams will separate from the bottom 4 who will enter a relegation tournament. Currently the relegation teams for women are Brazil, Spain, Japan, South Africa.

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Vancouver Sevens Invitational Youth Tournament 2024

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Final Results: South Island Tide Win U15 Girls and U16 Boys Titles; Fraser Valley Win U18 Girls, North Island Tsunami Win U18 Boys

The U15 girls division was the first to wrap up with the South Island Tide winning the title, Celtic Barbarians were second and the North Island Tsunami were third. The U16 boys result was next with the South Island Tide claiming the title, the Edmonton Gold claiming second and Fraser Valley earning third.

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