Author Archive: MarkB

UBCOB Ravens – January 2022

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Retooled Ravens Start Strong: Ravens 69 – Westshore 8

report by Peter MacDonald
[ed. it’s the editor’s fault this is late, dropped the ball on this one. The BCRU recorded the score as 84-8 but Peter stands by the 69-8 scoreline. Either way a big win by the Ravens. ]

After almost two years without a Premier League game, today was more about both teams enjoying the return of competitive club rugby, finding out what they have and building match fitness and cohesion. As it turned out the Ravens had too much for the visitors but on a dry field in late January I’m sure everyone appreciated the opportunity to do their thing like normal, win or lose, cause right about now normal is more like excellent.

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From the Editor’s Desk – February 2022

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Pat Kay Announces Retirement; Shanda Assmus Selected as World Cup Qualifier Match Official; Julianne Zussman Selected as Six Nations U20 Match Official

Pat Kay Retires

Pat Kay made a brief announcement on social media about his retirement from rugby. We understand he will focus on a career moving forward. We wish him all the best in his new endeavour.

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Burnaby Lake – January 2022

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Burnaby Lake Match Reports: Wins in Men’s 3rd Div, Women’s 1st Div; Loss in Men’s Premier: MATCH VIDEOS

by Mike Devlin

BLRC 3rd Div Men 24 – Kelowna Crows 22

A great start to the 2022 Spring season, with two very evenly matched teams going back and forth for 80 minutes. The game decided only at the final whistle.

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In Memory Of…

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Former Rugby Canada Director of Senior Men’s Rugby, Keith Wilkinson, Passes Away

Sad news, I had the utmost respect for Keith, he was the Director of National Senior Men’s Teams at Rugby Canada when I first met him in 1998. I had just built the Rugby Canada website and Keith provided most of the content. We worked together, virtually, for the next few years to keep it updated. I left in 2002 and I lost touch with him after that. I learned afterwards that his daughter Rhian was on the national women’s soccer team (2 Olympic Bronze) and is now a professional coach at the Portland Thorns. Keith was capped 3 times for Canada at inside centre. A great rugby person and very sad news.

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Seville 7s – January 28-30 2022

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Men Finish in 14th Place and Gain 2 Series Points; Women Finish in 7th Place and Gain 8 Series Points: FULL MATCH VIDEOS

The men came away with 2 points at the Seville tournament only coming out ahead of Jamaica who were an invitational side. Wales, Japan and Germany all came out ahead of Canada, and Germany are also an invitational side. Canada’s permanent spot on the series may be in jeopardy, the one saving grace this year, due to COVID, is relegation and promotion may be off the table. Canada currently sit in 13th spot, narrowly ahead of Wales and Japan.

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BC Rugby Weekend of January 29th 2022

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BC Premier Weekend Results UBC and Ravens Pummel Opponents; Lomas Edge Rowers; CW Sink Lakers and Pride Fell Vikes

Well 4-1 on the predictions on the first weekend isn’t bad, the only home team not to win were the Vikes, the Pacific Pride didn’t look at all rusty going into the second half of the season. Some big scores show the gaps between some of the teams.

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Rugby Canada Updates – January 2022

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Jamie Levchuk Named Interim CEO of Rugby Canada

Jamie first showed up in our database in 2014 as a referee and then showed up frequently in our match reports as a referee up till 2019. He then showed up in media releases as the Rugby Canada Managing Director of Business Operations in 2021.

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Capilano Updates – January 2022

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HISTORY OF THE CAPILANO RFC WOMEN’S PROGRAM by John Langley

[ed. if you’re interested in the history of women’s rugby in Vancouver in the 70’s and 80’s check out this article by Dave Pearcey.]

written by John Langley

The last 20 years of Capilano Women’s Rugby is quite a story. What a success story it has been! The Women have made the Capilano Club and their fans very proud. Also what a contribution our players have made to the success of the Canadian National Team. Placing three starters in Andrea Burk, Hilary Leith and Mandy Marchak on the Women’s World Cup of Rugby Silver Medal winning Canada team and the Dream Team in 2014, was remarkable. This silver medal was the highest finish of any Canadian Rugby team, Women or Men, in International 15’s competition and was an amazing feat.

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Malaga 7s – January 21-23 2022

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Men Lose to USA to Finish 7th/8th of 15 teams; Women Defeat Poland, Lose to Ireland to Finish 6th of 11 Teams: FULL MATCH VIDEOS

MEN’S TEAM

Canada lost to USA in the 5th place semi-final and ended up in a 7th/8th place tied with Ireland for 10 series points. South Africa won their 3rd straight tournament and remain top of the standings. Canada are in 11th place and closed the gap on Spain (10th) to one point and on Kenya (9th) to two points.

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Canada 7s in Vancouver – Updates

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Canada Sevens in Vancouver Resurrected on Easter Weekend – LA Sevens Moves to August

The Canada Sevens in Vancouver have changed their dates, gone is the February 26-27 date, due to COVID concerns. The tournament has been moved to April 16-17, the Easter long weekend.

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