Canada Defeat Ireland 21-8 – Face England on October 12th: Video Highlights
It wasn’t a perfect game for Canada but a strong defensive effort limited Ireland to one second half try while Canada did all their scoring in the first half.
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BC Rugby Weekend of October 5th 2024
BC Premier Week 2 Results: Pride Crushed by Ravens; Lomas Topple Bays, Westshore Edge Vikes, Burnaby Lose to UBC, Caps Topped by CW
The Ravens maintain their hold of top spot in the table with CW and UBC a point behind. Even though Week 1 matches were all close with an average +3 differential over the 4 matches, this week there were some blowouts with only the Vikes v Westshore game decided by 1 point. The average score differential this week was +24
Gran Jaguar 7s Tournament – Guatemala
Howlers Prepare for Gran Jaguar Tournament in Guatemala: Howlers Rosters and Tournament Schedule
The Howlers are preparing to head to Guatemala for the Gran Jaguar 7s tournament taking place October 18th and 19th in San Miguel Dueñas on the outskirts of Antigua, Guatemala. The team will be travelling down on the 12th for a week long preparation. National teams from Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador will be participating, as well as development sides from Mexico (Linaje Azteca) and Guatemala (GT Juveniles). Besides the Howlers, 2 other social teams will be playing, the Chupacabras, a Houston, Texas based side and the Mayas a mix of Mexican and Guatemalan players.
CanWest XVs – October 2024
UBC to Host 2025 U SPORTS Women’s Rugby Championship: 2024 Canada West Updates
UBC will host the 2025 U Sports Women’s Rugby Championship, the media release is posted below. The 2024 championships are to be hosted by UPEI in Charlottetown, PEI from Oct. 30 to Nov. 3.
Editorials – October 2024
Editorial: Why The Disparity Between Men’s (#22) and Women’s (#2) Rugby in Canada
I was browsing on X (formerly Twitter) and saw a post from an account called Tier 2 which asked a valid question, “Any good theories for why ???? Canada women (ranked 2nd in 15s & Olympic silver in 7s) currently such contrast to woeful state of the men’s sides? Even accounting for much shallower field on women’s side to be ranked 2nd with no Tier 1 money very impressive.”
UBCOB Ravens – September 2024
Ravens Edge Vikes 27 – 24 – Report by Peter MacDonald
On a cool, late September day the Ravens opened their season facing a fit, well drilled UVic team that was in good form having already had three tough Coastal Cup games. So, it was no surprise to see UVic seize the advantage early with a forward drive to score under the posts at 10 minutes which rewarded their control of the game to that point. Luckily for the home side though, minutes later, a UVic back hung a long miss pass which Ravens winger David Thompson stretched high to snag and quickly run in from short range 7-5 UVic.
Canada vs France September 2024
Canada Defeat France 46-24 in Round One of WXV 1: Video Highlights
Canada opened their WXV 1 campaign with a 46-24 win over France, the win will see Canada rise to #2 in the World rankings behind England. The match was close for the first 30 minutes with the teams tied at 14-14 until player of the match, second row, Laetitia Royer scored the first of her two tries to put Canada ahead, 19-14. A lead they wouldn’t relinquish.
BC Rugby Weekend of September 28th 2024
BC Premier Week 1 and Coastal Cup Week 4 Results & Rosters: Vikes Edged by Ravens, Caps Fall to UBC, Westshore Draw with Burnaby, CW Defeat Lomas, Pride Dominate TWU
The BC Premier kicked off this weekend with four games, the Bays had a bye and the Pride were playing a Coastal Cup match. The theme of the season seems to be parity early on with an average of a 3 point difference over 4 matches in the BC Premier.
World Rugby Women’s Rankings – September 2024
Canadian Women Can Rise to #2 in World Rugby Rankings with Win Over France on Sunday
Canada can rise to #2 in the World Rugby rankings overtaking NZ on Sunday with a win over France. The result of the NZ vs Ireland match won’t improve NZ’s World Rugby ranking due to the large ranking difference between NZ and Ireland.
BC Rugby Hall of Fame Dinner 2024
BC Rugby Hall of Fame Dinner October 11th: Seven Inductees Eddie Evans, Ian Hyde-Lay, Chris Tynan, Gary Fumano, Rod Holloway, William Turpin, George Puil
BC Rugby is delighted to announce the 2024 Hall of Fame Dinner, honouring BC Rugby’s Hall of Fame Class of 2024 and this year’s winners of The Joan Spray & Jack Patterson Memorial Awards.