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.
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.
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.
There were 6 Canadian teams who claimed titles at the Tropical 7s in Tampa over the Easter Weekend. MacDowell Rugby women claimed the senior elite title for the 2nd year in a row. The Vancouver Island Crimson Tide U16 girls won the open title. The Niagara Rugby Union claimed a double in the U16 girls elite and the U18 girls open. The Eastern Ontario Rugby Union won the boys U16 open and the Oshawa Vikings won the U23 women.
The following article in elobservador.com.uy was written by Ignacio Chans and claims the World Rugby Sevens Series will limit the number of teams to 8 next season on the circuit. It implies teams like Uruguay and Canada won’t be going up to the main series next year regardless of the outcome of the promotion tournament.
The BC Friends of Rugby are offering 12 scholarships of $1500 to BC graduating high school players. The announcement of recipients is typically made at the high school finals, so apply now before it’s too late.
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.
There were 20 Canadian players in action in Week 9, 13 starters and 7 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 clear leaders in the East, leading in both categories.
Coach Christiaan Esterhuizen has selected 32 players to make the trip to Fiji in May/June to play Samoa, Fiji and Tonga. There is no JWRT U20 championship this year, and there’s been no mention from World Rugby on what future plans are for U20 programs outside of the Tier 1 nations who are holding their Junior World U20 Championships in June/July in Italy.
The BC Premier quarter-finals are here, the #1 Ravens and #2 UBC have a bye. The semi-finals take place April 26th with Westshore @ Ravens and Meraloma @ UBC. Results of other division playoff matches are listed below.