I was contacted by Aaron Mittler who is involved with the Dave Huang Memorial Award. His note is below, along with a link to details on the Dave Huang Memorial Award. We’ve also put a link to the Canadian Rugby Foundation scholarships and awards page, and the Friends of Rugby awards story.
This is a story about building relationships in the community and looking for win-win outcomes that will benefit rugby in BC. It could be a model for other clubs to follow to build more rugby approved turf fields in the community, something that is much needed as February’s match cancellations reminded us.
MLR Round 3 saw 23 Canadian players in the rosters, 10 starting and 13 in the reserves. Lucas Rumball made the MLR Team of the Week. San Diego is the only team at 3-0 and Utah are the only other undefeated team at 2-0. Canadian referees have an important role in MLR as well, below is a list of Canadian referees participating in the MLR this season.
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. His contact information is in the .pdf and he’s looking for story ideas for the next issue.
Thanks to Peter Muirhead who put together these league tables for the weekend of March 1st 2025. He’s included a playoff “snapshot” which will be updated each week as the standings change.
The Canadian men reached the top 2 in the tournament which would have met pre-tournament goals. Canada just have to finish top 4 in the three tournaments to make it to the LA tournament and vie for promotion. They found out Chile are a step above any other team at the Challenger tournament, and they now have an idea on how far they have to improve to get back to series level.
Play resumes in the BC Premier after a harsh February that saw a number of game cancellations due to field closures. There are 4 men’s Premier and 2 women’s Premier matches on tap this weekend.
Week 18 was the final regular season weekend and this coming weekend will see only four teams in action for the semi-finals. Rori Wood and Gabby Senft made the team of the week for the final regular season of fixtures. This coming weekend will see #1 Gloucester-Hartpury host #4 Bristol and #2 Saracens host #3 Harlequins in the semi-finals.
MLR Week 2 wrapped up with only 12 Canadian players in action (8 starting, 4 reserves) as New England, Seattle and Old Glory had byes. Cooper Coats and Spencer Jones made the MLR team of the week. San Diego is the only 2-0 team going into Round 3.
The Canada men’s U20 camp wrapped up on Sunday with an inter-squad match. Some comments from those at the match indicate the game was played in good spirits with black scrum dominating in the first half.