BC Rugby Weekend of February 25th 2023

BC Premier Week 7 Rosters & Predictions: Rowers @ Caps; Bays @ Pride; CW @ Westshore; Lomas @ Seattle; Burnaby @ Ravens; Vikes @ UBC : UPDATE BCRU CANCELS MATCHES DUE TO WEATHER

The BCRU has cancelled all games in the province due to weather. It’s seen as a heavy handed decision by some who were prepared to go ahead with their matches, some fields were open. UBC had their field open and handled similar situations during the University Championships in November/December.

It will be 3 weeks in a row now with no BC Premier rugby, Family Day, Weather Cancellation and Vancouver 7s. If BC wants to take elite rugby seriously they need to look at having a separate competition that operates at arms length from the BCRU with its own Commissioner and decision making body. The Coastal Cup with the 3 universities, the Pride and 3 regional sides was the closest elite rugby in BC got to this goal.

The BCRU statement and our pre-cancellation predictions and rosters are posted below. Rosters are listed last week / changes this week.

BCRU Statement

In the wake of deteriorating weather conditions throughout BC and in Washington, causing fields to be unsafe to play on alongside challenging travel conditions, BC Rugby has made the regrettable decision to cancel all fixtures this weekend.

BC Rugby appreciates this is disappointing news for all teams and Clubs, and apologise for any inconvenience that this has caused.

The Government of Canada has issued a special weather statement across the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island for this weekend, with significant snowfall expected. Additionally, the BC Government has issued a Travel Advisory notifying drivers to avoid all unnecessary travel when weather conditions are poor.

For all players registered for the Rookie Rugby Festival this Sunday February 26, Rugby Canada will send communications by 8:00am on Sunday directly to registered players should this event be cancelled. There will still be an opportunity to connect with the Canadian Women’s National Team players from 10:00am-11:00am should we need to cancel the event.

Additionally, the scheduled BC Bears Talent Identification and Development Session for U19 and U20 female athletes on Vancouver Island this Sunday, February 26, has been postponed and rearranged for March 19.

Capilano v Vancouver Rowing Club @ 14:30
Referee: Riley Robinson AR1: Jamie Dopson AR2: Peter MacDonald
Venue: Klahanie Park

#9 Capilano hosting #11 Rowers. Caps with minimum changes to the roster in the backline while the Rowers haven’t posted their roster. Caps will need to win this match to start making a move on a playoff position: Prediction: Caps by 7.

Capilano
1. Rich Merinsky
2. Pete Ingoldsby
3. Jesse Ryan
4. Nick Pearce
5. Tim Manns
6. Glen McKinnon
7. Cori Hamill
8. Jordan Harvey
9. Chris Robinson
10. Mike Moloney
11. Matt Nicol / Cam Waddell
12. Cam Waddell / Charlie Jones
13. Johnny Franklin
14. Sam Franklin / Eligh Papin
15. Jeremy Simon

Rowers
1. Eddie Quinn
2 Gregory Crowe
3 Ian Prendiville
4 Jack Warren
5 Michael Cooke
6 Ray Bissonette
7 Scott McTavish
8 Scyler Dumas
9 Jakeb Roiri
10 Nick Wackwitz
11 Morgan Brinson
12 Tim O’Hare
13 Spencer Morgan
14 Filipe Tagitulmua
15 Jordan Wilson-Ross
16 Josh Waller
17 Liam Litchfield
18 Jake Schwartz
19 Tom Brennan
20 Paul Ciulini
21 Eoin Keenan
22 Duncan James
23 Dominic Howard

Pacific Pride v James Bay @ 14:30
Referee: Julianne Zussman
Venue: Cowichan Rugby Club

#5 Pride hosting #6 JBAA. Pride missing a number of players to the Maple Leaf 7s squad, Max Stewart, AJ Kosempel, Zephyr Melnyk. The Bays missing Mostyn Findlay. D’Shawn Bowen is back at the Pride from the 7s program. Pride have lost 2 in a row and only scored 7 points last weekend. They should get back on the winning track this weekend. Prediction: Pride by 5.

Pride
1. Willem den Ouden
2. Tyler Wong
3. Tyler Matchem / Dan Cooper
4. Reid Davis / Karl Hunger
5. Karl Hunger / Sam Miller
6. Ben James / Reid Davis
7. Zephyr Melnyk / Ben James
8 Matt Klimchuk
9. Sam Reimer / Brady White
10. Justin Taylor
11. Ben Russell / JC Vinette
12 Noah Flesch / Taylor de Souza
13 Sion Griffiths / Noah Flesch
14 Alan Berros / D’Shawn Bowen
15 Oliver Mackenzie / Ben Russell
16 Scott Bowers
17 Sam Miller / Alan Clarke
18 Dan Cooper / Tyler Matchem
19 Alastair Bruce / Liam Bolton
20 Jaiden John / Alan Berros
21 Seif Sanad / Sam Reimer
22 Brady White / Sion Griffiths
23 AJ Kosempel / James Thiel

JBAA
1. Andrew McPherson / Dakota Lachance
2. Jake Slobodian / Andrew McPherson
3. Blake van Heyningen
4. Andrew Montgrand / Asfi Saeed
5. Asfi Saeed / Teigen White
6. Shea Wakefield / Andrew Montgrand
7. Tom Richardson
8. Mitch Young
9. Crosby Stewart
10. Mitch Sora
11. Sean Stewart / Mike Nieuwenhusen
12. Isaac Gonevou / Tom Burton
13. Mostyn Findlay / Kainoa Lloyd
14. Craig Mitchell-Hermann / Henry Do
15. Tom Burton / Craig Mitchell-Hermann
16. Toby Ng
17. Dakota Lachance / Adam Fort
18. Justin White / Jim de Goede
19. Isaiah Harrison / Shea Wakefield
20. Mike Nieuwenhusen / Isaiah Harrison
21. Kainoa Lloyd / Travis Best
22. JS Cook / Dawson Fatoric
23. Travis Best / JS Cook

Seattle v Meraloma @ 14:30
Referee: Visiting Referee
Venue: Starfire Field

#10 Seattle hosting #2 Lomas. Neither team have rosters at the time of writing, last week’s rosters are posted. Lomas have only lost one match this season and have been the surprise team of the season, a tough road trip but they should get the win. Prediction: Lomas by 3.

Meraloma
1 Mark Rickard
2 Corne Ludick
3 Pat Zuk
4 Jim Mulvany
5 Fintan O’Sullivan
6 Evan Galvin
7 John Willis
8 Jalan Farris
9 Tommy Viljoen
10 Monty Weatherall
11 Keith Graham
12 Jay Younger
13 Jad Hamade
14 Dewi Williams
15 Louis Whelan
16 Scott McGinley
17 Theo Espangol
18 Tom Dunne
19 Jacob Bourke
20 Thomas Williams
21 Darragh Foley
22 Ginga Ishii
23 D.W. Van Niekerk

Seattle
1 Kellen Gordon
2 Maile Taufa
3 Freddie Tafuna
4 Eric Soto
5 Jamie Demers
6 Ian Crilly
7 Tomasi Puletu
8 Sami Ma’afu
9 Zander Tkel
10 Jonny Reid
11 Isaac Mayala
12 Matt Brennan
13 Patrick Nglam
14 Jordan Anderson
15 Ian Wright
16 Mike Faust
17 Lu Alainuuse
18 Sevuloni Tawake
19 Joe Evans
20 Jeremiah Sio
21 Ronald Dwyer
22 Nephi Ledua
23 Neori Drew

UBCOB Ravens v Burnaby Lake @ 14:30
Referee: Saro Turner AR1: Bradley Schwalger AR2: Kevin Heieis
Venue: Jericho Beach Park

#4 Ravens hosting #7 Burnaby. Ravens would be close to the top of the table except they lost points for the travel default to UVic earlier on. Burnaby with 3 wins in a row after losing their first 3. Ravens at home should have the upper hand. Prediction: Ravens by 7.

Ravens
1 Tom Kaijaks / Connor Sampson
2 Connor Sampson / Matias Suez
3 Keenan Kayser / Tom Kaijaks
4 Don Carson
5 James Carson / Frank Carson
6 Matt Bluck / Trevor Helgason
7 Jacob Ikeda
8 Joe Locke
9 Alex Ball
10 Harjun Gill
11 Aga Ligamy / Mark Wandeto
12 Sawyer Herron
13 Noah Bain
14 Marceau Bertin / Aga Ligamy
15 Aaron McLelland
16 Chris Taylor / Joe Dawson
17 Dan Cervino / David Carson
18 Guido Suez / Keenan Kayser
19 Zach Klassen / James Carson
20 Trevor Helgason / Matt Chan
21 David Carson / Christian Tasi
22 Sean Pyle / Billy Wickham
23 Christian Tasi / Sean Pyle

Burnaby
1. Lalit Bharadwaj / Chase McCrum
2. Evan Mackey
3. Bryce Worden (C)
4. Cooper Johnston
5. Ethan Soden / Ish Mulema
6. Kimi Vunituraga / David Dinbandhu
7. Dom Baptista / Kimi Vunituraga
8. David Dinbandhu / Callum Cruickshank
9. Ezequiel Rossetti
10. Neil Maclaine
11. Darren McCrory
12. Connor Byron
13. Scott Barr / Ethan Turner
14. Jack Gelbart
15. Ethan Turner / Brian Fitzpatrick
16. Chase McCrum / Dylan Vermette
17. Liem Jung / Juan Videla
18. Juan Videla / Liem Jung
19. Ish Mulema / Dom Baptista
20. Darius Towers
21. Cian Keegan / Jean Koorsten
22. Dean McMahon
23. Jean Koorsten / Eoin Reddington

UBC v UVic @ 14:30
Referee: Shanda Assmus AR1: Benjamin Lambrick AR2: Emma Gallagher
Venue: UBC- Gerald McGavin Centre

#1 UBC hosting #3 UVic. UBC missing a few players to the Canada 7s and Maple Leaf 7s team but have a lot of depth in their program. They’ve had the upper hand in the head to head lately. Prediction: UBC by 8.

UBC
1. Conor O’Flaherty
2. Jacob Bossi
3. Payton Tenneycke
4. Hillyard Carson
5. Joe Mcnulty
6. Sol Jaques
7. Joshua Downes
8. Relmu Wilson – Valdes
9. Jacob Bourne
10. James Biss
11. Jared Andrews – Almack / Alastair Marshall
12. Ethan Berry
13. Takoda Mcmullin
14. Tenniel Cowen
15. Owain Cormack
16. Koen Buckingham / Joshua Tweed
17. Joshua Tweed / Raymond Chou
18. Flynn Heyes / Koen Buckingham
19. Callum Arneson / Izzak Kelly
20. Ethan Lee / Flynn Heyes
21. Nico Andrianos / Max Abercrombie
22. Max Abercrombie / Talon Mcmullin
23. Max Birtley / Nico Andrianos

UVic
1 Phoenix Moller
2 Jordy Auger / Jack Marshall
3 Owen Kokan
4 Muiredach Casey
5 Ayo Ogunlade
6 Brendan Kim
7 Merlin M’Cloud
8 Taine Clague
9 Chris Gamage / Jenner Teufel
10 Alex Gamage
11 Lockhart MacGregor / Graeme Norris
12 Andrew Easson
13 Shane Rikley-Krindle
14 Marcus Lott / Austin Pinnell
15 Ethan Smith
16 Jack Marshall / Jordy Auger
17 George Piper Arroliga
18 Dane Siebens / Tucker Nadeau
19 Jaxson Jones
20 Tucker Nadeau / Marcus Lott
21 Jenner Teufel / Chris Gamage
22 Graeme Norris / Dylan Cleaver
23 Austin Pinnell / Lockhart MacGregor

Westshore v Castaway Wanderers @ 14:30
Referee: Nathaniel Hight
Venue: Juan De Fuca

#12 Westshore hosting #8 CW. Westshore winless this season, CW still in the playoff hunt. Michael Smith comes into the CW roster at blindside. No roster from Westshore at the time of writing. Prediction: CW by 10.

CW
1 Gavin Kratz
2 Jace Peters / Alex Clark
3 Jake Ilnicki / Denver Fatt
4 John Humphries
5 Riley Ilnicki
6 Mike Finnemore / Michael Smith
7 Cam Sandison / Steve Pyke
8 Nick Carson
9 Zech Pilgrim / Brandon Schellenberger
10 Gareth Sandner / Ian Hickman
11 James Mitchell
12 Matt Sutherland
13 Brandon Schellenberger / James Duguid
14 Jordan Ng / Gabriel Smith
15 Harry Elliot
16 Alex Clark / Jace Peters
17 John Braddock / Jack Sponarski
18 Denver Fatt / John Braddock
19 Antonio Corbin / Jack Wallace
20 Jack Wallace / Cam Sandison
21 Ollie Nott / Nat Dring
22 Joe Massyn / Ollie Nott
23 James Duguid / Zech Pilgrim

Westshore
1 Nathan Yue
2 Matt Evans
3 Nathan Groenewold
4 Matt Weir
5 Adam Beaupre
6 Jade Billington
7 Tom Heuser
8 Admir Cejvanovic
9 Nicky Mouret
10 Josh Nordstrom
11 Jacob Brown
12 Tutusi Vikilani
13 Aidan Holland
14 Alex Mentiply
15 Braedan Bespalko
16 Tobias Berg
17 Parker Smith
18 Neil Hagerty
19 Makz Foot
20 Hanno Fourie
21 Yuya Kimura
22 Tyler Wilkes
23 Ethan Gottschulk

Women’s Premier

Seattle v Capilano @ 11:00
Referee: Visiting Referee
Venue: Starfire Field

Capilano

1 Karyn Nelson
2 Rachel Moloney
3 Melissa Robinson
4 Stacey Hake / Katerina Josephides
5 Katerina Josephides / Stacey Hake
6 Karina Christensen / Nicola Jones
7 Nicola Jones / Karina Christensen
8 Teya Ashworth
9 Christina Burnham
10 Flora Poole / Sarah Bill
11 Bethany Dueck / Charlotte Ketchen
12 Suhad Mardikian
13 Danielle Fearns
14 Heather Muir / Bethany Dueck
15 Savannah Bacchus

Castaway Wanderers v Westshore @ 12:45
Referee: Kevin Smith AR1: Carter Haddow
Venue: Windsor Park

Westshore

1 Soleil Brooks
2 Brinten Comeau
3 Abby Vogel
4 Chelsey Minter
5 Emma Grootendorst
6 Sarah Levson
7 Courtney Sims
8 Tonya Wessman
9 Shelby Lin
10 Sarah Kaljuvee
11 Joanne Lunag
12 Zoe Williams
13 Hadley Macpherson
14 Miranda Grant
15 Amy Camicioli
16 Brittany Sims
17 Morgan Davidson
18 Violetta Rodriguez
19 Sage Cameron
20 Eden Kilgour
21 Ngoc Anhphan
22 Sara McWhinney

CW
1 Adrienne Shepherd
2 Karen Garcia
3 Kelsey McKinnon
4 Avery Champion
5 Josie Anzai
6 Jamie Beck
7 Lucy Beauchemin
8 Louise Eriksson
9 Renee Cook
10 Julia Schell
11 Remee Brown
12 Maddy Aberg
13 Emily Samek
14 Rowan Benning
15 Danica Pedrick
16 Ella Gallant
17 Cathy Ginchereau
18 Avalon Crawford
19 Abby Warner
20 McKenzie Eckart
21 Frelen Gorst
22 Stephanie Solomon-Ani
23 Caitlin McNally

Vancouver Thunderbirds v Burnaby Lake @ 12:45
Referee: Emma Gallagher
Venue: UBC- Gerald McGavin Centre

Burnaby
1 Simone Savary
2 Rachel Choboter
3 Tess Woldring
4 Natashe Lalonde
5 Emily van Gulik
6 Chelsea Rodgers
7 Gabby Hindley
8 Georgia Hood
9 Nina Boundy
10 Jess Walrond
11 Natalie King
12 Miriama Naiobasali
13 Madi Gold
14 Jaidyn Mawhinney
15 Aphra Taylor
16 C Walker
17 L Wright
18 K Grudzinski
19 C Duursema
20 M McCaskill
21 L van Vugt
22 J Quan
23 T Brandl
24 R Roth
25 C Thompson
26 N Teteris

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