BC Premier Make-Up Weekend: Men’s Premier Pacific Pride Dominate 2nd Half for Win Over James Bay; Women’s Premier Westshore Blank CW
It’s a make up weekend, family day weekend, but most of the games have been cancelled again due to field closures. The Ravens v Burnaby game at Jericho was a late cancellation. There’s only the one men’s Premier game, Pride v Bays, again Starlight Stadium to the rescue. The women’s Premier game Westshore v CW was moved from Westshore to CW and from Friday evening to Saturday afternoon.
Men Premier
James Bay AA 19 v Pacific Pride 57 @ 14:00
Referee: Cole Pedrick AR1: Andrew Owen AR2: Madeline Berry
Venue: Starlight Stadium
A strong win for the Pride, we understand the game was 26-19 at the half, so the Pride really pulled away in the second 40. It’s a shame the Pride don’t have anyone writing up their matches, and the games aren’t streamed, or archived for later viewing. Last week the opposition, Westshore, streamed the game. The win puts the Pride in second place, 31 points from 9 games, 3.44 points per match. A shade ahead of the Lomas who are at 3.43 points per match, with 24 points from 7 games. The Pride aren’t eligible for the playoffs, so in terms of playoff spots, Meraloma are in 2nd place. The Bays remain in last place with 9 points from 8 games, 1.13 points per match. Next action is March 1st with the Bays visiting Westshore and the Pride have a bye. Other Premier action that weekend sees Capilano host UBC, Ravens host CW and UVic host Burnaby.
Scorers for the Pride were Noah Kyneston x 2, Braden Bruce x 2, Daniel Lucic, Karl Hunger, Liam Poulton, Ty Driscoll, Austin Creighton.
PREGAME
#3 hosting #10. Both teams coming off wins in their last matches, the Bays over Burnaby and the Pride over Westshore.
The Bays have a consistent tight five from last match, Cody Nhanala gets the start at openside. They are missing Tom Richardson this week at blindside flanker and Mostyn Findlay from the backline. Kainoa Lloyd moves from wing to outside centre. The halfback pairing of Crosby Stewart and Josh Thiel remains the same. Hayden Jenkins starts on the wing.
The Pride rotate their front row, Karl Hunger moves from second row to blindside flanker and Jaiden John comes into the second row with James Stockwood. Daniel Muzaliwa gets the start at scrum-half, he looked ambitious when he came in against Westshore last week, may be one to watch. Jamin Hodgkins remains at flyhalf but he has a new backline to work with, wings Blundell and Poulton, centres Cooper and Roy and Jean-Louis Desgouttes at fullback. There’s a new name on the roster, Thomas Cuzange, from Toulon. Listed by RC as Tomas Cuzagne on the Instagram post but almost certain it’s Thomas Cuzange, recently arrived from France, be interesting to watch his form when he comes on.
The Bays play well when they have a few national level players added to the mix, like Lloyd, Thiel, Nhanala. They’re missing D’Shawn Bowen though, a good indicator he may be playing for the 7s team next week. The Pride have a new backline so a lot depends how it clicks, Jamin Hodgkins is getting a good test at #10 working with new combinations each week. It’s a tough one to call with players in and out but I’ll go with Pride again. Prediction: Pride by 5.
James Bay (Feb 1st/current)
1) Steve Stadnyk
2) Ezra Vai
3) Dakota Lachance
4) Alex Jordan
5) Asfi Saeed
6) Tom Richardson / Brendyn Beck
7) Brendyn Beck / Cody Nhanala
8) Mitch Young
9) Crosby Stewart
10) Josh Thiel
11) Kainoa Lloyd / Hayden Jenkins
12) Mike Nieuwenhuysen
13) Mostyn Findlay / Kainoa Lloyd
14) D’Shawn Bowen / Craig Mitchell-Hermann
15) Tom Burton
16) Moe Steves / Austin Hutchcroft
17) Julian Gauld
18) Wyatt Pilz
19) Teigan White
20) Cody Nhanala / Josh Wilson
21) Spike Street
22) Craig Mitchell-Hermann / Isaac Gonevou
23) Isaac Gonevou / Malik James
Pacific Pride (Feb 8th/current)
1 Justin Tasse / Daniel Lucic
2 Austin Creighton / Noah Kyneston
3 Cole Harris / Connor Williams
4 Karl Hunger / Jaiden John
5 James Stockwood
6 Logan Harris / Karl Hunger
7 Taine Clague / Evan Logan
8 Braden Bruce
9 Chris Rose / Daniel Muzaliwa
10 Jamin Hodgkins
11 Andrew Cooper / Sam Blundell
12 Kyle Tremblay / Andrew Cooper
13 Shane Rikley-Krindle / Glenn Roy
14 James Thiel / Liam Poulton
15 Ty Driscoll / Jean-Louis Desgouttes
16 Noah Kyneston / Austin Creighton
17 Daniel Lucic / Cole Harris
18 Connor Williams / Greg McDowell
19 Mason MacDonald / Josh Halladay
20 Jaden John / Taine Clague
21 Evan Logan / Mitchell Buie
22 Daniel Muzaliwa / Thomas Cuzange
23 Glenn Roy / Ty Driscoll
Women Premier
Westshore 43 v Castaway Wanderers 0 @ 12:45
Referee: Andrew Foster AR1: David Hale AR2: Olivia Ross Venue: Windsor Park
Venue: Windsor Park
A comprehensive win for Westshore and they’re tied at the top of the standings with UBC, we’ll call them Thunderbirds Blue, at 20 points from 5 games, 4 points per match. CW remain in 4th place with 9 points from 5 games, 1.8 points per match. Play resumes on March 1st when CW host the other UBC team, we’ll call them Thunderbirds Gold, who haven’t played a match yet. Westshore has a bye and Seattle host Burnaby Lake.
PREGAME
#2 hosting #4. The game was moved from Westshore to CW due to field closures.
CW have a few new faces from last match, Marina Skakun, Regan Casey and Emily Samek. Their last league match was a November 16th win at home over Seattle, 19-10.
Westshore have a few new faces from last match, Emma Grootendorst, Justine Blatt-Janmaat, Kaitlyn Brescia, Emily Findlay. Westshore’s last match was a November 30th win on the road over Burnaby, 23-7.
It should be a competitive match, both teams with a few new additions. We’ll go with the higher ranked team on this. Prediction: Westshore by 4.
Westshore (Nov 30th/current)
1 Brittany Sims
2 Grace McKay / Sierra Gillis
3 Chelsey Minter
4 Aila Norlin / Emma Grootendorst
5 Kate Field / Cindy Andrews
6 Cindy Andrews / Kaitlyn Brescia
7 Phoenix Skailes / Emily Findlay
8 Courtney Sims
9 Jillian Fulton / Justine Blatt-Janmaat
10 Vanessa Chiappetta
11 Brooke Horsfall / Ivy Poetker
12 Emilie Brett / Renee Gonzalez
13 Renee Gonzalez / Brooke Horsfall
14 Ivy Poetker / Amy Camicioli
15 Ivy Poetker / Alexandra Ondo
16 Taylor Morrison / Grace McKay
17 Sierra Gillis / Aila Norlin
18 Paige Horsfall / Phoenix Skailes
19 Kirianne Healy / Sarah McWhinney
20 Brittany Waters / Coral Anderson
21 TBD / Jillian Fulton
22 TBD / Hailey Sampson
23 TBD / Eden Kilgour
CW (Nov 16th/current)
1 Josie Anzai
2 Karen Garcia Perdomo
3 Kelsey McKinnon
4 Chanelle Edwards Challenger / Marina Skakun
5 Bronwyn Zodichi / Chanelle Edwards Challenger
6 Jamie Rikley-Krindle / Lucy Beauchemin
7 Lucy Beauchemin / Regan Casey
8 Laura Salder
9 Kate Kristianson
10 Charlotte Hilton
11 Danica Pedrick / Bella Anderton-Teasdale
12 Bella Anderton-Teasdale / Chloe Hill-Huse
13 Remee Brown / Emily Samek
14 Savannah King / Danica Pedrick
15 Emily Currey
16 Chloe Hill-Huse / Jess Beaudry
17 Josie Pusch
18 Imogen Maxwell / Bronwyn Zodichi
19 Alex Motherwell / Imogen Maxwel
20 Kassidy Cej / Alex Motherwell
21 Gwynnie Fry / Kassidy Cej
22 TBA/ Gwynnie Fry
23 TBA / Savannah King