BC Rugby Weekend of May 3rd 2025

BC Finals Weekend Results: Ravens Men’s Premier Champions, Thunderbirds Women’s Premier Champions, Titles for Burnaby  Men’s Div 1, Meraloma Women’s Div 1, Kamloops Men’s Div 2, Comox Women’s Div 2, Langley Men’s Div 3

There weren’t any upsets on finals day as the predicted top ranked teams completed their championship titles. Ravens won the men’s Premier, Thunderbirds the women’s Premier. Other titles went to the Burnaby men’s Div 1, the Meraloma women’s Div 1, the Kamloops men’s Div 2, the Comox women’s Div 2 and the Langley men’s Div 3.  The rosters below are from the BCRU Program.The live stream links are included below.
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Women’s XVs Canada v USA – May 2nd 2025

Canada Rely on Forward Power and 2 Tries in Last 10 Minutes for Win Over USA

It was a familiar story for the women’s XVs, rely on the forwards to come through in the crunch. Canada and USA were tied at 14-14 in the second half with sloppy backline play by Canada contributing to both USA tries. The forwards came through at the 71′ mark with a maul try to go ahead and the backline finally clicked at the 77′ mark to put the game out of reach.

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MLR Rugby – Round 11

MLR Week 11: 25 Canadian Players in Action, Houston/Utah Lead West, New England Top East

MLR Round 11 was a bit different as it started on Tuesday, ended on Sunday and 3 teams ended up playing twice! There were 25 Canadian players in action, 14 starting and 11 in reserves. Houston leads the West on total points but Utah with a game in hand lead in points per match. New England has overtaken Chicago to lead in the East.

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UBCOB Ravens – April 2025

Ravens Advance to Final Ravens 48 – Westshore 17: Report by Peter MacDonald

After a four-week layoff the Ravens stepped back onto the pitch on a sunny day at Jericho to contest the BC semi-final game against its most recent opponent, Westshore. And as the vendors selling trinkets to the cruise ship passengers say it was “same, same, but different”. The Ravens won comfortably but Westshore played at a high pace and consistently challenged the Ravens defence as they did at Cowichan in March.

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BC Rugby Weekend of April 26th 2025

BC Premier Semi-Final Results: Ravens Soar Past Westshore, UBC Edge Lomas – Women’s Premier Westshore Overpower CW, Thunderbirds Vanquish Burnaby

The finals have been set, in men’s Premier it will be Ravens v UBC, in the women’s Premier it will be Westshore v Thunderbirds. In other finals it will be JBAA v Burnaby in men’s Div 1, Abbotsford v Meraloma in women’s  Div 1, Kamloops v Brit Lions in men’s Div 2, Comox v Nanaimo in women’s Div 2, Burnaby v Langley in men’s Div 3. All the match results are listed below.

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Community Rugby – April 2025

Bayside RFC Student Job Fair on May 14th – Would Readers Like a Virtual Job Fair Section on BCRN

We saw this on Bayside’s Instagram page and thought it was a great idea. We have been contemplating setting up some sort of Job Board on BCRN to serve the BC Rugby community.  The BC Rugby community is fairly tight, if I don’t know you, I know someone who does, 2 degrees of separation. That level of connection between rugby connected employers and rugby connected job seekers offers a built in level of trust and vetting.

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BC Semi-Finals Weekend

BC Rugby Club Semi-Finals – 14 Matches Scheduled Over 7 Divisions at 10 Venues on Saturday

It’s semi-finals weekend this Saturday with 14 matches over 7 divisions at 10 venues. You can catch the action at the following venues, Jericho Beach Park, UBC Gerald McGavin Centre, Juan de Fuca centre, May Bennett Park, Abbotsford Exhibition Park, Brockton Oval, Kamloops Exhibition Park, South Surrey Athletic Park, Crush Crescent, Klahanie Park.

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MLR Rugby – Round 10

MLR Week 10: 24 Canadian Players in Action, 11 Starting, 13 Reserve – Houston & Utah Top West, Chicago Top in East

There were 24 Canadian players in action in Week 10, 11 starters and 13 in reserve. Houston remains top in the West on total points but Utah have a game in hand and are top when considering points per match. Chicago are leaders in the East, with New England closing the gap. Shane O’Leary at fullback and Nic Benn on wing made the MLR team of the week.

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High School Rugby Updates – April 2025

In Touch Newsletter Issue 6 – Island All-Star XV Named

Phil Smith has come up with a great resource for high school rugby on the Island and in BC. It’s a newsletter “Covering High School Rugby on Vancouver Island and British Columbia”. We’ve included a link below to download the full .pdf version which is formatted and includes photos. We’ve also copied some of the text below for a quick read.

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