The University of Bordeaux streaming crew had a rough go of the tournament. The weather wasn’t the most cooperative and several of the UBC match streams were interrupted. UBC’s five pool matches are below, the streaming improved over the course of the tournament.
[ed. match video is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_s3IbTdRpI
from England Rugby
Red Roses: Tries – Rowland (2), Packer, Carson, Kildunne (2), L. Packer, Allen. Cons – Rowland (5)
Canada: Tries – Pelletier, Beukeboom, Tuttosi, Grant. Cons – de Goede (2)
Coastal Cup
Pacific Pride v University Of Victoria @ 14:30
Referee: Derek Horton AR1: Al Humphries AR2: Jamie Roszel
Venue: MacDonald Park
Week 4 of the Coastal Cup kicks off this weekend but with UBC in France, there’s only the one match, Pride v UVic. The Pride look well ahead in the standings with 3 bonus point wins, a win this weekend would all but seal the deal for the Pride as returning champions. Speaking of UBC it looks like they lost both of their matches on Day 1 in Bordeaux, first against Bordeaux (8-16) and then Cape Town (7-24). On Saturday they’ll play the US team, Atlantic All Stars and then the Australian side from Sydney.
The BCRU bill it as the largest 7s tournament in Western Canada, we count 93 teams entered in 8 divisions. There’s U14 boys/girls, U16 boys/girls, U18 Open boys/girls and U18 Elite (boys/girls). It’s interesting, from a growth demographic perspective, that the largest division is the U16 girls with 20 teams entered. Most teams are from BC but there are a number of Alberta teams entered as well, we count 23 Alberta teams, with a few teams such as SheDevils, Lucky Ladies and 1697 where we’re unsure of their home base.
from BCRU
The highly anticipated BC Rugby Age-Grade XVs Club Season is around the corner – register now for a Fall U14, U16 or U18 League!
In the Premier preseason it was Westshore defeating CW 28-17 to take the Gerwing Shield a challenge trophy between the Island teams. They’ll defend it next weekend against James Bay. On the mainland, according to BCRU reported scores, it was Meraloma dominating Ravens 48-7 and Burnaby over Capilano 31-19. Burnaby are 2-0 in the preseason defeating both Capilano and Meraloma. Next weekend sees Burnaby host the Ravens, Lomas hosting the Caps and Westshore hosting the Bays. Those games are scheduled to kickoff at 2:30pm.
UPDATE: The Pride look destined to repeat as Coastal Cup champions this year with a resounding win over a young UBC side, 80-19. At Trinity Western it was UVic pulling away at the end to win 45-14. The TWU match was live streamed on the Rugby Network and was well done, congrats to TWU on the production.
from Nicole Pasquino
I’m writing in hopes that you will share the following fund me for one of our BC fellow Rugby alumni https://gofund.me/e8de763b
Lisa Oehler, affectionately known as Skippy to all of her rugby community is one of the original members of the Meraloma Women’s Rugby team. Sadly, she is losing her battle with cancer and will be leaving behind a 7 year old daughter and loving husband who has had to stop work to care for her. We have launched the go fund me to raise as many dollars as possible, so they can spend their last valuable days and months together.
It would be immensely helpful if you could share this go fund me on your platform. Our family is big fans of BC rugby news, and we have been following you for years.
Thank you for the consideration.
Cheers in sport, Nicole
Round 1 of the World Cup is in the books, host France defeating NZ, England defeating Argentina while down to 14 men, and Wales surviving a late charge by Fiji were probably the highlights. Round 2 starts Thursday.
A recent article in the Squamish news highlights the problems some rugby clubs are experiencing in finding field access, which is essential to growing the game. Turf fields are especially valuable as they allow all weather access during the wet BC winters. Even established clubs have issues during extended periods of rain as the municipal Parks & Recreation boards seem to be setting tighter restrictions on grass field use.