Patrick Johnston wrote an article in the Province last week, Vancouver group rallies to take another look at pro rugby.
My editorial view is, an MLR team in BC would be good but it’s not going to be the saviour of Canadian rugby, if there’s money to be spent there are other options.
San Diego went top of the West with their win over Atlanta but Seattle had a bye and have a game in hand. Seattle are the only undefeated team in the league. In the East it’s New England who go clear at the top with their defeat of New York and Atlanta’s loss to San Diego.
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[ed. note some of these results are from the BCRU, there may be errors.]
A note on location changes this weekend, unfortunately the city parks board wouldn’t give the west side clubs Meralomas, Kats and Ravens permits for this weekend. Lomas have moved their Premier game to Bayside and Ravens have moved their game to Langley.
from Westshore 7s
Thanks all for the day! Referees, RCMP, St Johns, volunteers, parents, trainers, coaches and players!
All were winners, but we recognized:
Junior girls: Vanier & Claremont (Gold – Silver)
Junior boys: Oak Bay, Claremont & Abbotsford ( Gold – Silver – Bronze)
Senior Girls: Claremont, Shawnigan, Mark Isfeld ( Gold – Silver – Bronze)
Senior Boys: Claremont, Oak Bay, Belmont (Gold – Silver – Bronze)
from Rugby Canada
Head Coach Kevin Rouet has named the roster for Canadas Womens Rugby Teams upcoming tour to Spain, the teams first competition following Canadas fourth place performance at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand last fall.
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.
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.
In an article from 2021 on Wales Online, Sally Dennis had a good chuckle about the Welsh invasion of Canada’s governing body. The occasion was her taking the Chair position at the Board of Rugby Canada.
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 Uprights 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.