Canada Women’s XVs – March 2023

Canada Name Roster for South Africa and USA Matches March 25th and April 1st

from Rugby Canada

Head Coach Kevin Rouet has named the roster for Canada’s Women’s Rugby Team’s upcoming tour to Spain, the team’s first competition following Canada’s fourth place performance at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand last fall.

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Premier Rugby Sevens – March 2023

Three Canadian Coaches in Premier Rugby Sevens (PR7s) This Season

There are three Canadian coaches this coming season in the PR7s. DTH is assistant coach for the Headliners men’s team working with head coach Tim Stanfill who used to play for the Seattle team in the BC Premier. Robin MacDowell is the head coach of the Loonies women’s team and his assistant is Saskatchewan’s Brett Kannenberg who is also the assistant coach with the MacDowell Rugby 7s program.

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Shawnigan Lake School – March 2023

Shawnigan Lake School Only North American Team at Prestigious 7s Tournament Held at Rugby School in England

from Shawnigan Lake

Shawnigan Lake School will have the honour of representing all of North America at a prestigious rugby sevens tournament in England later this month celebrating the 200th anniversary of the sport.

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MLR 2023 – Week 4

MLR Week 4 Wrapup – 30 Canadians in Rosters – 17 Starting: Seattle Only Undefeated Team Tops West: Three Way Tie in East

Seattle remain the only undefeated team in the league after defeating Houston on the weekend. Nakai Penny started for the Seawolves. They are one point clear of San Diego in the West standings.

In the East, New York, Atlanta and New England are tied atop the standings with 10 points. Toronto won their first match of the season and are tied with New Orleans at the bottom of the standings.

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Upright Rugby Academy – March 2023

Upright Rugby Academy Win First Match in UK – Tour Update

by Tyler Leggatt

Amidst partially sunny skies and cooler climes in the northeast part of London, England, Upright Rugby took to the field against Wansted RFC. This was first match in Upright’s first ever 15s rugby tour, a team which is comprised of a mix of players primarily based in Oakville, Ontario, where many of them train with the Upright Rugby Academy nearly year-round.

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UBCOB Ravens – March 2023

Ravens Forwards the Difference: Ravens 31 – Lomas 14

by Peter MacDonald

On a cool day at Connaught the players and supporters were happy to get back to rugby after another long break and they were curious to see how the two long time westside rivals were now stacking up against one another. As it turned out the Ravens still have the upper hand thanks on this day to the strong play of their forward pack.

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BC Rugby Weekend of March 11th 2023

BC Premier Week 8 Results: Caps Edge Lakers; Ravens Top Lomas; CW Battle UBC; Bays Fall to Vikes; Pride Blast Westshore; Rowers Sunk in Seattle

BC Premier is back after 3 weeks of down time due to holiday, weather, Canada 7s. Note the rosters are listed to show last roster/change this week.

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