Capilano Rugby – April 2023

Posted on April 5, 2023November 1, 2023 by BCRN

Capilano Match Reports: Premier Men v Seattle, Premier Women v CW, Women Div 2 v Chilliwack

from Capilano Rugby

Capilano hosted 5 games today. It was supposed to be rainy but the weather turned out to be beautiful. Perhaps a bit chilly but great Rugby weather. The top pitch had two games played, a high school game between West Vancouver and Carson Graham. Carson won 17-0 but it was a well played contest. Capilanos hope to make this an annual event. Caps awarded two rugby shirts to a player of the match from each side. West Vans Taiki Orito and Drew from Carson Graham were selected and awarded the shirts by Caps Neil Courtney.

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MLR 2023 – Week 7

Posted on April 4, 2023November 1, 2023 by BCRN

MLR Week 7 Wrapup – 38 Canadians in Rosters – 20 Starting: Seattle Top in West: New England Lead East

There were two new Canadian players added to the MLR list as D’Shawn Bowen and Dawson Fatoric moved from the Pacific Pride/7s program to the Toronto Arrows. Also we added Will Grant who is a Canada eligible scrum half playing for Toronto. That brings the total number of Canadian players who are allocated to MLR teams to 63, this week 38 players got on the rosters with 20 getting the start. The spreadsheet below shows the stats up to Week 7.

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Hong Kong 7s Wrapup – 2023

Posted on April 3, 2023November 1, 2023 by BCRN

Hong Kong 7s Wrapup: Women Finish 6th in 12 Team Tournament; Men Finish 14th in 16 Team Tournament and the Relegation Tournament Looms Larger

The men fell further off the pace in trying to avoid the relegation tournament. With two tournaments left, Singapore next week and Toulouse in May, it’s looking unlikely that Canada will make up the 18 points on Spain and 17 points on Uruguay to contest for the 11th spot and exemption from the relegation tournament in London. Spain made the quarter-final in Hong Kong which gave them 10 series points and allowed them to pass Uruguay who garnered 5 series points. Canada earned 2 series points in Hong Kong. Canada are in a pool with Fiji, Spain and Samoa in Singapore so they’ll have a chance to go head to head against Spain in that tournament.

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UBCOB Ravens – April 2023

Posted on April 3, 2023November 1, 2023 by BCRN

Ravens Defeat Rowers 41-7 to Wrap Up Regular Season: Match Report by Peter MacDonald

by Peter MacDonald

On a crisp, sunny, early spring day at Brockton Oval the Ravens and the Rowers played out the string but still put on an entertaining, fun game for the players and fans alike. The Ravens remained undefeated (on the field) while the Rowers showed their class in the set scrum and in serious flashes in the backs.

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Canada v USA – 2023 Pacific Four Series

Posted on April 2, 2023November 1, 2023 by BCRN

Canada Defeat USA 50-17 to Open Women’s Pacific Four Series: Full Match Video

The women’s XVs team continues to impress under the coaching of Kevin Rouet and the player leadership of Sophie de Goede. The performance of the team challenges some standard beliefs.

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BC Rugby Weekend of April 1st 2023

Posted on April 1, 2023November 1, 2023 by BCRN

BC Premier Week 11 Results & Rosters: UVic Fall to Pride; Caps Top Seattle; Lomas Edge Burnaby; CW Topple Bays; UBC Dominate Westshore; Ravens Paddle Rowers

[ed. rosters posted in format last week/this week]

It took us a while this week to get the scores out, the BCRU system had JBAA defeating CW but in fact it was CW with the win. The BCRU system doesn’t have a central person responsible for scores but relies on refs entering the scores post match and there have been a few data entry errors lately. We’ve verified most of these scores with a secondary source. We’re also assuming the BCRU table accurately calculated bonus points from today’s results. UPDATE: Our assumption was apparently wrong, the BCRU table is incorrect, CW didn’t get a bonus point in their win which changes the playoff picture, we’ve revised our article accordingly.

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BC Rugby Playoffs – 2023

Posted on March 30, 2023November 1, 2023 by BCRN

BC Rugby Playoffs Begin This Weekend in Men’s Div 1 and Women’s Premier: Last Weekend of Regular Season for Men’s Premier

[ed. note that times and locations based on BCRU fixtures page at time of writing.]

Our normal prediction article with rosters and predictions for the men’s Premier will come out tomorrow as usual but we thought we’d take a look at the playoff picture for the men’s Div 1 and women’s Premier today.

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BC Friends of Rugby

Posted on March 29, 2023September 1, 2024 by BCRN

BC Friends of Rugby Group Offering Ten $2,000 Scholarships to Graduating High School Students: Download Application Form

[ed. application deadline is May 15th. Originally published Jan 10th 2023]

‘BC Friends of Rugby’ are a group of passionate rugby people who are trying to give back and help grow our sport. One of the initiatives is a scholarship program where a total of 10 scholarships valued at $2000 each will be awarded to talented young rugby players that are hoping to combine their journey in sport with their education. Five will be awarded to male athletes, and another five will be awarded to female athletes. This opportunity is available to all graduating high school students. Attached is the application form. Please forward your completed application and references to Tim Murdy (tmurdy@shawnigan.ca).

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