BC Premier Week 15 Results: Ravens Edge Capilano, Westshore Thump CW, UVic Lose to JBAA, UBC Pummel Meraloma – Women’s Premier Burnaby Defeat Abbotsford, Westshore Overcome CW, Ravens Fall to Meraloma
Week 15 has wrapped with most teams only having 3 matches left in the regular season. Next weekend is the Vancouver 7s so there will be a break in the action before Week 16 resumes on March 14th. Ravens maintain their lead at the top, Westshore and UBC remain in a battle chasing 2nd place and a quarter-final bye. Capilano and James Bay remain in 4th and 5th place respectively and Burnaby reclaim 6th place with UVic having work to do in order to make the post season. In women’s Premier Westshore closed the gap on 1st place Lomas while CW dropped to 5th and Burnaby rose to 3rd with very little separating the top 5 teams.
Capilano 17 v UBCOB Ravens 24 @ 14:30
Referee: Chris Assmus AR1: Benjamin Lambrick AR2: Chris Edge
Venue: Klahanie Park
A close game and a bonus point loss for the Caps. Ravens remain top of the standings, after the break they’ll host CW on March 21st, then visit Westshore and UVic to close out the regular season. Capilano play next on March 14th hosting UVic, then close out against UBC, JBAA and Westshore.
PREGAME
#4 hosting #1. The Ravens on a 5 game winning streak including two close wins over #3 UBC. Caps coming off a win over UVic but lost to JBAA the week before, they currently are tied with UBC for 3rd/4th.
Ravens missing Josh Tweed in the front row so Saman Rezapour comes off the bench. Reegan O’Gorman gets his first start at #8 with the Ravens. Jack Carson starts at scrum half and Andrew Coe remains at flyhalf. Josiah Morra not in the roster so David Thompson starts on the wing. Owain Ruttan returns to the match 23. Ravens playing a 6/2 bench expecting a battle in the forwards.
Caps with a 5/3 bench, only one change in the forwards with Flynn Heyes replacing Arthur Greene at blindside flanker. Wade Jansen comes in at flyhalf moving Kyle Lamb to inside centre. Payton Teneycke comes into the roster as reserve tighthead prop, a good addition for them, played at UBC previously, Canada U20 and Vancouver Highlanders.
Ravens as #1 go in as favourites but Caps at home are always tough and if the field conditions are sloppy it may favour a forwards battle where it’s a more even matchup. Prediction: Ravens by +5.
Ravens (Feb 21st/current)
1 Josh Tweed / Owen Kokan
2 Riku Konrad
3 Owen Kokan / Saman Rezapour
4 Donald Carson
5 Frank Carson
6 Jake Tierney
7 Matthew Chan / Joe Locke
8 Joe Locke / Reegan O’Gorman
9 Gio Sangiorgi / Jack Carson
10 Andrew Coe
11 Cole Keffer
12 Ethan Berry / Noah Jensen
13 Hamish Janes
14 Josiah Morra / David Thompson
15 Noah Bain
16 Kaleb Whitelaw / Matthew Chan
17 Saman Rezapour / Kaleb Whitelaw
18 Hillyard Carson / Matthew Perry
19 Reegan O’Gorman / Hillyard Carson
20 David O’Donaghue / Owain Ruttan
21 Jacob Bourne / David O’Donaghue
22 Noah Jensen / Gio Sangiorgi
23 TBD / Marceau Bertin
Capilano (Feb 7th/current)
1 Riley Canning
2 Jacob Bossi
3 Caleb Hickey
4 Ryan Hickey
5 Andrew Crane
6 Arthur Greene / Flynn Heyes
7 Hamish MacDonald
8 Teancum Tuiali
9 Sam Reimer
10 Kyle Lamb / Wade Jansen
11 Austin James
12 Ryan Leskiw / Kyle Lamb
13 Ben Welsh / Caleb Kingi
14 Seamus O’Sullivan
15 Caleb Kingi / Ethan Smith
16 Nate Bolton
17 Pat Zuk / Josh Leeks
18 Arsalan Schaigan / Payton Teneycke
19 Conrad Mitchell / Nick Pearce
20 Reid Brookes
21 Ben Taylor / Ryan Leskiw
22 Jose Santiago / Toby Horn
23 Toby Horn / Willy Dormaar
Castaway Wanderers 5 v Westshore 69 @ 14:30
Referee: Derek Horton AR1: Sam Klein-Laufer AR2: David Hale
Venue: Windsor Park
It hasn’t been a great season for CW and they’ll be focused on rebuilding for next season. Westshore retain 2nd place in the table. After the Vancouver 7s and Easter break CW will visit the Ravens then close out against UBC and UVic. Westshore will host the Bays and then Ravens before visiting Capilano.
PREGAME
#10 hosting #2. It hasn’t been CW’s year with only one win, injuries, and now news that head coach Ken Goodland is stepping down after this season. Westshore wanting to maintain that top two ranking to get a bye in the quarter-finals.
Westshore with a strong front row featuring two Canada level players, Emerson Prior and Foster Dewitt. They make one change in the forwards with veteran Admir Cejvanovic, former Canada player, starting at #8. A shakeup in the backline with Mark Balaski starting at #10, he played flyhalf for the Pacific Pride, the Rugby Canada Academy, and it’s surprising he doesn’t get consistent selection here as he should be considered long listed for national team #10. Three former Kenyan 7s players in the backline and Canada 7s player Rhys James at outside centre. It’s a dangerous looking backline.
CW missing a couple of front row players, Gavin Kratz and Antonio Corbin, last week’s reserves get the start, Akram Nadeem and Mateo Quinonez. John Humphries returns to the roster at second row. AJ Kosempel is missing from the back three and Yuri Huisaman replaces him at fullback.
Westshore have a strong roster and a potent backline, CW missing a few players, if the field is heavy it may neutralize the Westshore advantage out wide. Prediction: Westshore by +8.
Westshore (Feb 21st/current)
1 Emerson Prior
2 Foster Dewitt
3 Kane Perrett
4 Toby Higgins
5 Seth Recalma
6 Daragh Carroll / Joe Kingham
7 Brian Ndirangu
8 Joe Kingham / Admir Cejvanovic
9 Mitch Buie / Grayson Perry
10 Josh Nordstrom / Mark Balaski
11 Alex Mentiply / Nelson Oyoo
12 Mark Balaski / Jeff Oluoch
13 Payton Gibson / Rhys James
14 Jeff Oluoch / Johnstone Olindi
15 Rhys James / Taylor McGuire
16 Nathan Groenewold / Ryan Surgenour
17 Ryan Surgenour / Nathan Groenewold
18 Alvin Otieno / Matt Weir
19 William Mwanji / Thomas Heuser
20 Ryan Waldriff / Daragh Carroll
21 Grayson Perry / Mitch Buie
22 Liam Clark / Braeden Bespalki
23 Avery Oitomen / Alex Mentiply
CW (Feb 21st/current)
1 Fred Regan / Akram Nadeem
2 Antonio Corbin / Mateo Quinonez
3 Gavin Kratz / Fred Regan
4 Ayo Ogunlabe
5 Nat Dring / John Humphries
6 Gord Kehoe
7 Marcello Wainwright
8 Merlin M’Cloud
9 Zech Pilgrim
10 Andrew Easson
11 Shane Rikley-Krindle
12 Angus Boyd-Porter / George Vorster
13 Liam Poulton
14 Jay Welsh
15 AJ Kosempel / Yuri Huisaman
16 Zak Zeray
17 Roman Cao / Zach Hahn
18 Akram Nadeem / Pearce Reimer
19 Mateo Quinonez / Nate Smith
20 Sam Powley / Jacob Isaac
21 George Vorster / Jordan Tait
22 Marshall Stove / TBD
23 TBD
James Bay AA 43 v University Of Victoria 24 @ 14:30
Referee: Cole Pedrick AR1: Dave Holmes AR2: Al Humphries
Venue: James Bay AA- MacDonald Park
James Bay went up quickly 24-0 and UVic played catch up the rest of the match. They closed the gap to 24-12 at the half but the Bays closed the game out for a +19 win. Kudos to the UVic crew for live streaming from James Bay, it’s one thing to stream your home games, it’s next level to stream your opponent’s home game. The stream link is below. The Bays have come on strong in the latter part of the season and now sit a solid 5th place and look assured of a playoff spot. UVic have some work to do if they’re going to make the post season as it will be between them and Burnaby for the 6th spot. The Bays visit Westshore after the break and then Capilano before hosting UBC. UVic will visit Caps, then host Lomas, Burnaby, visit CW and host Ravens. They have 5 matches left, the most in the league, to turn things around.
PREGAME
#5 hosting #6. Burnaby will be watching this match closely, a UVic loss would put Burnaby back in 6th place on a points per match basis. The Bays on a 3 game winning streak, UVic coming off a winning tour to Portugal but they lost their last Premier match to Caps.
The Bays with a stable forward pack but they are missing Callum Botchar this week, Austin Hutchcroft comes off the bench to start in the second row. There are no changes in the backline. Mason Flesch isn’t available off the bench in this match and Carter Haddow takes his spot.
UVic move Brendan Kim from second row to tighthead prop, it’s a move that has been anticipated. He has a lot of potential in the second row but maybe even more at prop, this will be a good test. That change means Carter Ebrahim moves from flanker to second row and Ronan Smith comes off the bench to start at #8. Cooper Coats is back at #10, although he didn’t have much impact in the loss to Capilano on a soggy pitch. Josh McIndoe isn’t in the roster and is replaced by Lockhart MacGregor at outside centre.
The Bays are on a roll and have found a stable roster, they are missing Callum Botchar so we’ll see if that has any impact. We’ll see how UVic rebound after a tour to Portugal. Prediction: Bays by +3.
James Bay (Feb 21st/current)
1) Scott Warner
2) Neil Trainor
3) Wyatt Pilz
4) Harrison Archdekin
5) Callum Botchar / Austin Hutchcroft
6) Mike Nieuhuysen
7) Brendyn Beck
8) Alex Jordan
9) Tom Burton
10) Isaac Gonevou
11) Kainoa Lloyd
12) Noah Flesch
13) James Thiel
14) Mostyn Findlay
15) Ty Driscoll
16) Nehemiah O’Neil
17) Omar El-Gayed
18) Riley Lloyd
19) Austin Hutchcroft / Dakota Lachance
20) Mason Flesch / Carter Haddow
21) Henry Kirwan
22) Joeli Gonevou
23) Malik James
UVic (Feb 7th/current)
1 Jack Marshall
2 Sully Curran
3 Kale Jones / Brendan Kim
4 Alex Gordon / Carter Ebrahim
5 Brendan Kim / Alex Gordon
6 Carter Ebrahim / Jaxson Jones
7 Aiden de Wit
8 Jaxson Jones / Ronan Smith
9 Sion Griffiths
10 Cooper Coats
11 Alex Gamage
12 Dylan Cleaver
13 Josh McIndoe / Lockhart MacGregor
14 Thoron Koyote
15 Gareth Sandner
16 Robert Reid / Clayton Miller
17 Milo McDonald
18 David Michell / Brendan Christian
19 Seb Isherwood
20 Ronan Smith / Robert Reid
21 Michael Oughtred / Owen Barlow
22 Lockhart MacGregor / Michael Oughtred
23 Jasper Keast / Spencer Cotie
Meraloma 7 v UBC RFC 53 @ 14:30
Referee: Shanda Assmus AR1: Justyn Roberts AR2: Anthony Forth
Venue: Connaught Park
It wasn’t a close match with UBC claiming a +46 win on the road. UBC battling Westshore for that key 2nd place which gets a bye in the quarter-final and a semi-final hosting. They finish off the season hosting the Pride and Capilano, then visiting CW and JBAA. The Lomas finish out against UVic and Burnaby.
PREGAME
#3 hosting #8. The Lomas with the upset win over Westshore last week at home but this will be a bigger task. UBC narrowly lost to #1 Ravens last week but are hitting their form that brought them to the finals last year.
The Lomas are missing Conor O’Brien in the second row, one of their key players. Craig Trimble takes his place. They’re missing both centres from last week and Nathan Booker and Joe Wilde come off the bench to start.
UBC missing #8 Cody Nhanala, one of their best players, Viktor Wozniak is brought into the loose forwards and Liam Kinghorn moves from blindside flanker to #8. In the backline they try a different look with Liam James getting the start at #10 and Caleb Seumanutafa moving to the centres.
Even missing Nhanala, UBC should have enough to get the job done, especially with the Lomas missing 3 starters from last week. Prediction: UBC by +8.
Meraloma (Feb 21st/current)
1 Tom Webb
2 Luca Aukuso
3 Jordan Quinn
4 Elliot Ogbemudia
5 Conor O’Brien / Craig Trimble
6 Sam Lyon
7 Alex Tagg
8 Marcus Ale
9 Tyus Dimbleby
10 Anzac Tipene
11 Ben Shaw / Keith Graham
12 Elijah Corbett / Nathan Booker
13 Malachi Te Rore – King / Joe Wilde
14 Ben Pope / Ben Shaw
15 Nathan Gallant
16 Corne Ludick
17 Carl Pickering
18 Craig Trimble / Steve Tien
19 Andrew Readman
20 Kurtis Liu
21 Joe Wilde / Carlos Thompson
22 Nathan Booker / Ian Crowley
23 TBD
UBC (Feb 21st/current)
1 Jacob Blackwood
2 Ethan McCarthy
3 Graeme Francolini
4 Relmu Wilson-Valdes
5 Joe McNulty
6 Liam Kinghorn / Callum Arnesen
7 Callum Arnesen / Viktor Wozniak
8 Cody Nhanala / Liam Kinghorn
9 Stephen Webb
10 Caleb Seumanutafa / Liam James
11 Lenny Bonduau / Niko Andrianos
12 Alastair Marshall / Caleb Seumanutafa
13 Liam James / Alastair Marshall
14 Niko Andrianos / Lenny Bonduau
15 Max McGavern
16 Josh du Toit
17 Kevin Griffiths
18 Charlie Clark
19 Max Birtley / Aidan Sutherland
20 Keiran McCrae / Max Birtley
21 Ronan Graham / Ethan Samuels
22 Ben Martin / Ronan Graham
23 Will Barrett / Ben Martin
Women’s Premier
The weekend results changed the standings around a bit with Burnaby moving up. The Lomas remain on top with a 3.75 ppm (points per match). Westshore are second, just a fraction behind at 3.7 ppm. Burnaby are now 3rd at 3.22 ppm, Thunderbirds are 4th at 3.14, CW is 5th at 3.11 ppm. The schedule shows the Lomas with 2 games left against Thunderbirds and Burnaby; Westshore have 1 league game left against Thunderbirds and an exhibition against Ravens; Burnaby have 2 games left, Abby and Lomas; Thunderbirds have 3 games left Lomas, CW, Westshore; CW have 1 league game left against Thunderbirds and an exhibition against Ravens. The goal is to finish top 2 and get a bye in the quarter-finals and host the semi-final.
Abbotsford RFC 46 v Burnaby Lake 56 @ 12:45
Referee: Saro Turner AR1: Alun Bartlett AR2: Chad Falk
Venue: Exhibition Park
A good result for Abby even though they lost, they scored the most points of their season and stayed within 10 of Burnaby.
PREGAME
Abbotsford are 0-6 and have given up an average of 80 points per match this season as they struggle with the level at Premier. Burnaby are 4-4 and sit in 5th place on a points per match basis.
Burnaby rotating some players from the bench in this match and missing some starters. They still should have enough to claim a comfortable win. Prediction: Burnaby by 20+.
Burnaby (Feb 21st/current) (3.22 ppm)
1. Lauren Tagg
2. Teresa Thomson
3. Tess Woldring / Staci Chassomeris
4. Emily Van Gulik / Tess Woldring
5. Nicole Stephenson
6. Madison Brooke / Jailee Mercedes
7. Gabrielle Hindley / Madison Brooke
8. Ada Okonkwo / Payton McNeill
9. Natasha Lalonde / Faith Nishi
10. Michelle Veerman
11. Tatiana Rowe / Olivia Vangel
12. Hannah Hibbs
13. Grace Tuivatukalo / Kaila France
14. Jaidyn Mawhinney / Mia Chan
15. Kaila France / Jaidyn Mawhinney
16. P McNeill / J Curinao
17. S Chassomeris / Emily Van Gulik
18. S Savary / R Wood
19. J Sheldon-Houle / N Elwood
20. Faith Nishi / A Van Santen
21. S Gillar / TBD
22. O Vangel / TBD
23. N Elwood / TBD
Abbotsford (Feb 21st/current) (0.57 ppm)
1 H Cookson
2 H Giesbrecht
3 L Duncan
4 T Lew
5 S Johnson / L Demeyer
6 R Sandhu
7 Y Kubota
8 L Demeyer / M Handy
9 A Maarsman / S Rozell
10 E Chalmers
11 K Bay / J Church
12 S Eskildsen / M Gayger
13 M Gayger / T Kempf
14 J Church / A Meier
15 A Meier / K Bay
16 AJ Johnston
17 A Johnson / / L Tapporo
18 R Zapporalli / S Johnson
19 H Harrison / S Mosser
20 TBD / M Kitt
21 TBD / B Sullivan
22 TBD / S Foulds
23 TBD / K Brosseau
Castaway Wanderers 22 v Westshore 29 @ 12:45
Referee: Juan Pablo Rey AR1: Sam Klein-Laufer AR2: John J De Goede
Venue: Windsor Park
The game delivered as expected with only 7 points between the teams. The top 5 teams Meraloma, Westshore, Burnaby, Thunderbirds, CW are all competitive and only 0.64 ppm separate #1 from #5.
PREGAME
#3 hosting #2. These two teams are evenly matched and just trail the #1 Lomas on a points per match basis. CW coming off two easy wins over Abby and Seattle, Westshore coming off a home and away battle against #1 Lomas, a series they split.
CW weren’t tested last week against Abby but this should be a very competitive match. Only one change to the forwards Marina Skakun starts at second row and Jamie Knaggs goes to the bench. Only one change in the backs with Savannah King getting the start on the wing.
Westshore with one change in the forwards, they’re missing openside flanker Emily Findlay and Brooke Horsfall gets the start. They’ve rotated their backline a bit Vanessa Chiapetta moves from centre to fullback, Emilie Sinclair moves from scrum half to wing and Abby Hall moves from fullback to scrum half. They’re missing Ivy Poetker and Elle Douglas from the bench but have added Miranda Grant and Emerald Maze.
A tough one to call with teams evenly matched. Westshore with the upset of #1 Lomas last week with a similar roster bodes well for them. Prediction: Westshore by +2.
CW (Feb 21st/current) (3.11 ppm)
1 Chanelle Edwards-Challenger
2 Remee Brown / Taylor McKnight
3 Hana Veysi
4 Kass Cej
5 Jamie Knaggs / Marina Skakun
6 Alex Motherwell
7 Lucy Beauchemin
8 Olivia Corbett
9 Emily Samek
10 Bella Anderton-Teasdale
11 Emmie Pierce
12 Emily Currey
13 Hadley MacPherson
14 Kayla Conway / Savannah King
15 Marin O’Regan
16 Jessica Beaudry / Remee Brown
17 Bronwyn Zodichi
18 Jamie Rikley-Krindle / Jamie Knaggs
19 Jordis Furdal / Jessica Beaudry
20 Josi Pusch
21 Gwynnie Fry
22 Maddy Astridge / Kayla Conway
23 Savannah King / Maddy Astridge
Westshore (Feb 7th/current) (3.7 ppm)
1 Soleil Brooks
2 Courtney Sims
3 Sierra Gillis
4 Aila Norlin / Sioa Bloomfield
5 Shayla Stigant
6 Hailey Sampson
7 Emily Findlay / Brooke Horsfall
8 Celia Probe
9 Emilie Sinclair / Abby Hall
10 Emery Britton
11 Cypress Des Ormeaux Schmidt
12 Vanessa Chiapetta / Emilie Brett
13 Emilie Brett / Kyla Warren
14 Maya Addai / Emilie Sinclair
15 Abby Hall / Vanessa Chiapetta
16 Kendra Cousineau
17 Sioa Bloomfield / Madeleine Lemay
18 Brittany Sims / Sasha McGee
19 Piper Walsh / Aila Norlin
20 Kyla Warren / Piper Walsh
21 Elle Douglas / Miranda Grant
22 Ivy Poetker / Maya Addai
23 TBD / Emerald Maze
Meraloma 24 v UBCOB Ravens 19 @ 14:30
Referee: Phil Webster AR1: Lauren Hancock AR2: Jack Webster (Pending)
Venue: Connaught Park
A close win by the Lomas but not too much can be read into the result as the Ravens had a lot of UBC players in for the match with the Thunderbirds having a bye week.
PREGAME
An exhibition match that won’t count in the standings. No rosters from either team at the time of writing [Updated with rosters]. Ravens got their first win of the season last week against Seattle, Lomas lost to Westshore. Lomas, if they put out a full roster, should get the win. Lomas have put out a strong roster, the Ravens have a number of UBC players in the roster. Prediction: Lomas by +10.
Ravens (Feb 7th/current)
1 Talia Hennessy / Maya Nowatny
2 Jordan McLeod
3 Caitlin Woods / Talia Hennessey
4 S Brooks / Caitlin Woods
5 Emma Hannigan
6 K Good / E Due
7 Ang Alexander
8 R Smith / Sarah Fong
9 H Carroll / Alayna Scramstad
10 Alayna Scramstad / R Alexander
11 E Due / A Carruthers
12 J Douglas / Vela Baravian
13 G Elliston / Lindsay
14 Caoimhe McManus / Georgia Elliston
15 A Carruthers / J Douglas
16 A Laing / Katie Stoddart
17 C Baxendale / Tegan Jost
18 L Baxendale / Sheppard
19 Sabine Pengally / Ruby Keltiainen
20 I Vera / Z Cisak
21 Z Cisak / Sofia Shortis
22 TBD / C Taylor
23 TBD / Sabine Pengally
Meraloma (Feb 7th/current) (3.75 ppm)
1 Stacey Warner / Hailey Jeffries
2 Tanya Bennett
3 Elyce Thomas
4 Deanna Cvitanovich / Nat MacMillan
5 Nat MacMillan / Jessica Nelson
6 Gemma McCutcheon / Caleigh McMillan
7 Jessica Nelson / Gemma McCutcheon
8 Helen McGhee
9 Cassidy Gale / Bea Collier-Pandya
10 Sara Hernandez
11 Kayla Kim
12 Flora Poole
13 Demi Quickfall / Cassidy Gale
14 Mikela Scharlach
15 Emma Lowe / Demi Quickfall
16 Hailey Jeffries / Gracie Donaldson
17 Gracie Donaldson / Stacey Warner
18 Lindsey Hood
19 Caleigh McMillan / Deanna Cvitanovich
20 Carmen Duursema / Carah Hager
21 Bea Collier-Pandya / Lucy Gethin-Jones
22 Lucy Gethin-Jones / Mackenzie Adam
23 Carah Hager / TBD
Congrats to the Pride on extending their unbeaten streak to two weeks