BC Rugby Weekend of January 23rd 2026

BC Premier Week 11 Results: Caps 53 – Pride 14, CW 14 – Ravens 29, UBC 34 – Bays 26, Lomas 19 – Vikes 31, Westshore 35 – Burnaby 34; Women’s Premier Westshore 39 – Burnaby 36, CW 27 –  Ravens 19

The spring season returned with some close matches. The Westshore v Burnaby Premier matches were decided by a total of 4 points, 1 point in the men’s match and 3 points in the women’s match. Both full match videos are posted below courtesy of the Westshore youtube channel. The Vikes win and the Bays loss sees the Vikes move up to 6th place, the important last playoff spot. Caps crushed the Pride by 39 points, a tough start to the spring season for the Rugby Canada academy team. Ravens and UBC, last year’s finalists, continue their winning ways and face off against each other next weekend.

MEN’S PREMIER

Capilano 53 v Pacific Pride 14 @ 14:30
Referee: Cole Pedrick AR1: Tyler DAWSON AR2: Mckenzie Eckart
Venue: Klahanie Park

A +39 win wasn’t what we predicted, we thought Caps would win but not by this much. It’s 3 games in a row the Pride have given up 50 points or close to it, 53 to Caps, 45 to JBAA and 57 to Chicago Hounds academy. It’s time to start focusing on D during the midweek academy sessions. The Pride now 0-5 in Premier play, the Caps go to 7-3 and remain in 4th place behind Ravens. Next week the Pride visit the Lomas and Caps visit James Bay.

PREGAME

#4 hosting #10. The Pride are looking for their first win of the season in Premier, the Caps in solid playoff contention. Caps defeated Burnaby in their last match in December. The Pride lost to a touring Chicago Hounds academy team in their last match.

The Caps have added Sam Reimer, a good addition for them at scrum half. We haven’t heard much of him since last MLR season with Utah. They’re missing Mike Moloney who was on the injured list for the national 7s team that went to Dubai.

The big addition for the Pride during the winter break was Jacob Ince at inside centre. They’re starting Jean-Louis Desgouttes at #10 with Jamin Hodgkins in the reserves. Jacques Bonsant moves straight into the starting roster in his debut.

The Caps are hard to defeat at home, they’re on a 2 game winning streak. Prediction: Caps by +5.

Capilano (Dec 6th/current)

1 Hussein Khadr / Riley Canning
2 Jacob Bossi
3 Arsalan Schaigan / Caleb Hickey
4 Arthur Greene / Logan Weidner
5 Reid Yurkowski
6 Logan Weidner / Flynn Heyes
7 Hamish MacDonald
8 Teancum Tuiali
9 Willy Dormaar / Sam Reimer
10 Wade Jansen
11 Austin James
12 Caleb Kingi / Kyle Lamb
13 Johnny Franklin
14 Seamus O’Sullivan
15 Mike Moloney / Caleb Kingi
16 Nate Bolton
17 Josh Leeks
18 Blair Twaddell
19 Cam Tanner / Pat Zuk
20 Flynn Heyes / Ryan Hickey
21 Ryan Leskiw
22 Jose Santiago / Willy Dormaar
23 Chris Robinson / Ben Welsh

Pacific Pride (Dec 6th/current)

1 Justin Tasse
2 Noah Kyneston
3 Simroy John
4 Mason McDonald / Jaiden John
5 Eli Annis / Jacques Bonsant
6 Taine Clague
7 Asfi Saeed / Evan Logan
8 Jack Part
9 Jesse Kilgour / Chris Rose
10 Jamin Hodgkins / Jean-Louis Desgouttes
11 Hudson Young / Thomas Cuzange
12 Andrew Cooper / Jacob Ince
13 Liam Poulton / Andy Cooper
14 Ian Jones / Hudson Poppitt
15 Glenn Roy
16 Theo Espagnol / Jordy Auger
17 Tim Zimmer / Rudy Osborne
18 Evan Roy / Theo Espagnol
19  Jaiden John / Mason MacDonald
20 Evan Logan / Nate Cameron
21 Dewet Van Rooyen / Luke Prest
22 Chris Rose / Jute Norlin
23 Alan Berros / Jamin Hodgkins

Castaway Wanderers 14 v UBCOB Ravens 29 @ 14:30
Referee: Kristine Lovatt AR1: Andrew Owen AR2: David Hale
Venue: Windsor Park

A +15 win for Ravens is in the ballpark with our predictions. CW at 1-9 and 14 points outside a playoff spot. The Ravens keep hold of 3rd place with a 7-3 record and 39 points. Next week Ravens visit UBC which should be an epic battle between #2 and #3. CW will visit Burnaby.

PREGAME

#8 hosting #3. CW with only one win so far this season, that was against the Lomas at home. The Ravens coming off a win in their last match, also against the Lomas.

The Ravens missing Lucas Rumball but have David O’Donaghue back. In the reserves they’ve added Owain Ruttan and Jacob Bourne.

CW have added Merlin M’Cloud at openside flanker, moving on from UVic. Gradyn Bowd missing at #10 so Jordan Tait moves from centre. Liam Poulton takes the #13 position having transferred from the Pacific Pride after the fall season. Ethan Hager missing on the wing but AJ Kosempel has returned.

Ravens go in as favourites based on fall results, CW have added a couple of players, we’ll see if it’s enough to turn their fortunes around. Prediction: Ravens by +7.

Ravens (Dec 6th/current)

1 Louis Kassapian / Owen Kokan
2 Isaiah Harrison / Kaleb Whitelaw
3 Owen Kokan / Saman Rezapour
4 Donald Carson / Matthew Chan
5 Frank Carson / Donald Carson
6 Jake Ikeda / Jake Tierney
7 Lucas Rumball / David O’Donaghue
8 Joe Locke
9 Billy Wickham
10 Gio Sangiorgi
11 Cole Keffer
12 Tsugo Hirai / Ethan Berry
13 Noah Jenson
14 Jean-Claude Koorsten / Noah Bain
15 Noah Bain / Jack Carson
16 Jake Thiel / Isaiah Harrison
17 Josh Tweed / Chris Taylor
18 Kaleb Whitelaw / Owain Ruttan
19 Hillyard Carson / Bryn Rondeau
20 Alexander Walker / Jacob Bourne
21 TBD / Jean Fish
22 Jack Carson / Mark Wandeto
23 Mark Ruga / TBD

CW (Dec 6th/current)

1 Gavin Kratz
2 Alex McCallum / Antonio Corbin
3 Mason Pedersen
4 Ayo Ogunlabe
5 Nat Dring
6 John Humphries / Gord Kehoe
7 Gord Kehoe / Merlin M’Cloud
8 Mike Finnemore
9 Chris Gamage
10 Gradyn Bowd / Jordan Tait
11 Shane Rikley-Krindle
12 Andrew Easson / Angus Boyd-Porter
13 Jordan Tait / Liam Poulton
14 Ethan Hager / AJ Kosempel
15 Zech Pilgrim
16 Jace Peters / Zak Zeray
17 Fred Regan / Roman Cao
18 Roman Cao / Fred Regan
19 Jack Goss / Hugh Mager
20 Hugh Mager / Jack Wallace
21 Ciaran Woods / Andrew Easson
22 Jay Walsh
23 Angus Boyd-Porter / TBD

Meraloma 19 v University Of Victoria 31 @ 14:30
Referee: Nathaniel Hight AR1: Rachel Morrison AR2: Jeremy Duncan
Venue: Connaught Park

A +12 win for the visiting Vikes, having the national team #10 in the roster didn’t hurt and they absorbed the loss of two forwards in the spring season. They move ahead of the Bays into 6th and the final playoff spot. The Lomas remain in 9th place. Next week the Vikes visit Westshore and the Lomas host the Pride.

PREGAME

#9 hosting #7. Both teams needing wins to make a run at a top 6 playoff spot. The Lomas on a 3 game losing streak, the Vikes on a 2 game win streak with wins over CW and JBAA.

The Lomas have a new #10, Anzac Tipene, not much known about him, possibly from NZ. A reference in the Otago Times from 2022 on the Zingari-Richmond roster, “First five Anzac Tipene played for the Southern colts last season and has also taken flight to Monticello.” #8 Conor O’Brien is one of their key players and he’s in the roster this week.

UVic have Cooper Coats back at #10, a boost for them. They’re missing Morgan di Nardo but Adam Doane returns from his debut with the national 7s team. The spring season usually sees a few university players move on, hooker Jordy Auger has moved to the Pride and loose forward Merlin M’Cloud has moved to CW.

A difficult one to predict, UVic travelling but they have Cooper Coats back, but they also have a couple of starting forwards who have moved on. Prediction: Vikes by +3.

Meraloma (Dec 6th/current)

1 Joyner Gaualofa / Andy McMeel
2 Mark Rickard / Luca Aukuso
3 Jordan Quinn
4 Craig Trimble
5 Ed Matthews
6 Corne Ludick / Elliot Ogbemudia
7 Sam Lyon
8 Jalan Farris / Conor O’Brien
9 Luc Thompson / Kurtis Liu
10 Charlie Greaves / Anzac Tipene
11 Keith Graham
12 Elijah Corbett
13 Kenny Saito
14 Ben Pope
15 Malachi King
16 Oskar Benoit / Joyner Gaualofa
17 Andy McMeel / Tom Webb
18 Rhys Tucker / Jack Bonisch
19 Dan Aplin / Marcus Ale
20 Marcus Ale / Carlos Thompson
21 Kurtis Liu / Nathan Booker
22 Yudai Morita / Joe Wilde
23 Quentin Coetsee / Nathan Gallant

UVic (Dec 6th/current)

1 Phoenix Moller / Jack Marshall
2 Jordy Auger / Sully Curran
3 Nic Willey / Brendan Christian
4  Muiredach Casey
5 Brendan Kim
6 Adam Doane / Jaxson Jones
7 Merlin M’Cloud / Adam Doane
8 Ryder Heaney-Corns
9 Sion Griffiths / Reece Thompson
10 Hunter Hannaford / Cooper Coats
11 Alex Gamage
12 Dylan Cleaver
13 Josh McIndoe
14 Morgan di Nardo / Jack Penaluna
15 Gareth Sandner
16 Sully Curran / Milo McDonald
17 Jack Marshall / Kale Jones
18 Brendan Christian / TBD
19 Alex Gordon
20 Ronin Smith / Carter Ebrahim
21 Jaxson Jones / Lachlan Crooks
22 Owen Barlow / Sion Griffiths
23 Marcus Lott / Thoron Koyote

UBC RFC  34 v James Bay AA 26 @ 14:30
Referee: Saro Turner AR1: Juan Pablo Rey AR2: Sam Klein-Laufer
Venue: South Surrey Ath Pk

The one prediction we got wrong, we thought the Bays with a couple of national team players would have the edge but the Thunderbirds thought otherwise. It was fairly close at +8 but no double bonus point for the Bays which puts them behind UVic now in the playoff race by the smallest percentage. The Vikes and Bays meet in February in an important match. Next week the Vikes travel to Westshore and the Bays host Capilano.

PREGAME

#2 hosting #6. UBC defaulted their last Premier match when they opted to travel south of the border for a match against Life University instead of their scheduled Premier game. They lost that match 32-19. James Bay won their last match against the Pacific Pride by a healthy margin 45-14, that ended their 3 game losing streak.

UBC missing James Biss who has been their starting #10 for the past few seasons, he’s graduated and Caleb Seumanutafa now takes on the role of starting #10. Cody Nhanala one of their key players and he starts at #8. Takoda McMullin missing but brother Talon is in the reserves.

The Bays have their ‘A’ roster with Callum Botchar, who has signed with the Seattle Seawolves of the MLR, playing second row. They’ve also added Noah Flesch to the centres. Kyle Steeves remains at tighthead and Kainoa Lloyd on the wing.

Usually UBC would be clear favourites but with the Bays having a few national team players in the roster it levels the prediction odds. The game is at a neutral venue as well, at the Bayside club. Prediction: Bays by +2.

James Bay (Dec 6th/current)

1)  Scott Warner
2) Neil Trainor
3) Kyle Steeves
4) Harrison Archdekin
5) Callum Botchar
6) Jacob Griffin / Austin Hutchcroft
7) Brendyn Beck
8) Alex Jordan
9) Crosby Stewart / Tom Burton
10) Isaac Gonevou / Ty Driscoll
11) Mostyn Findlay
12) Kainoa Lloyd / Noah Flesch
13) James Thiel
14) Craig Mitchell-Hermann / Kainoa Lloyd
15) Ty Driscoll / Craig Mitchell-Hermann
16) Nehemiah O’Neil
17) Riley Lloyd
18) Wyatt Pilz
19) Max Brewerton / Moe Steves
20) Pete Massimo / Carter Haddow
21) Tom Burton / Dakota Lachance
22)  Mike Nieuhuysen
23) Jeremiah Gonevou / Malik James

UBC (6th/current)

1 Jacob Blackwood
2 Ethan McCarthy / Emmet Allan
3 Graeme Francolini
4 Relmu Wilson-Valdes
5 Joe McNulty
6 Liam Kinghorn / Aidan Sutherland
7 Aidan Sutherland / Max Birtley
8 Cody Nhanala
9 Stephen Webb
10 James Biss / Caleb Seumanutafa
11 Niko Andrianos / Max McGavern
12 Talon McMullin / Liam Turnbull
13 Liam Turnbull / Alastair Marshall
14 Alastair Marshall / Niko Andrianos
15 Takoda McMullin / Liam James
16 Josh du Toit / Ethan McCarthy
17 James Mahaffy / Ethan Samuels
18 Elijah McQueen / Charlie Clark
19 Sandon Gupta / Ewan Webber-Smith
20 Max Birtley / Callum Arnesen
21 Caleb Seumanutafa / Ronan Graham
22 Liam James / Talon McMullin
23 Demetri Patterson

Westshore 38 v Burnaby Lake 37 @ 14:30
Referee: Chris Assmus AR1: Annabelle Lapointe AR2: Tim Stokes
Venue: Juan De Fuca

This was as close as a game can get, a +1 win for the home side to retain their #1 ranking. Burnaby remains in 5th place. Westshore owned the first half but Burnaby roared back in the 2nd half. It was Westshore 28-14 at the half, the final according to the video (see below) was 35-34 but either way it was a one point win. Kudos to Westshore for putting on another live stream, they seem to be leading the league in streaming technology. Next week Westshore host the Vikes and Burnaby host CW.

PREGAME

#1 hosting #5. These two teams met just before the winter break in Burnaby and it was a close, low scoring match, a 15-9 win for Westshore.

Burnaby have a strong looking forward pack anchored by tighthead Bryce Worden. They have Ethan Turner back from the national 7s team and starting at #10. They are missing their Fijian players who travelled to the Coral Coast 7s last week with the Pacific Warriors. Guiseppe du Toit also missing. Taitusi Vikilani returns in the reserves.

Westshore have a potent backline with national level players and featuring Thomas Isherwood who was Canada’s player of the tournament at SVNS 3 in Dubai. They’ve added Avery Oitomen who was an outstanding winger for the Toronto Arrows and then Miami in the MLR. He’s been off our radar since 2024. They’re missing some forwards Karl Hunger has gone to Portugal and Kaden Duguid to NZ.

This match looks to be a classic forwards v backs game with Burnaby having an edge in the forwards and Westshore in the backline. Burnaby playing a 5/3 bench and Westshore a 4/4. Should be an interesting last 20 minutes. Westshore won the first one, we’ll go with that. Prediction: Westshore by +4.

Burnaby (Dec 6th/current)

1 Iain Kennell-Webb / Dylan Vermette
2 James Kelly
3 Bryce Worden
4 Leo Chen / Dreydon Martin
5 Josh Halladay / Sam Tsoi
6 Clinton Odhiambo
7 Sam Tsoi / Jonah Fridffinson
8 Jarod Byrnes
9 Wayne Ngubane
10 Napolioni Bolaca / Ethan Turner
11 Ethan Turner / Sione Fine
12 Tevita Daugunu / David Dinbandhu
13 Guiseppe du Toit / Fynn Murphy
14 Fynn Murphy / Stu Jamison
15 Matt Willemse / Kyle Corrigan
16 Joel Abdel Barr
17 Ben Graci / Iain Kennell-Webb
18 Grayson Hardie
19 Dreyden Martin / Taitusi Vikilani
20 David Dinbandhu / Cooper Johnston
21  Reid Watkins / Anthony Carrol
22 Luke Toroca / Woods Sharman
23 Stu Jamison / Jentezen Peterson

Westshore (Nov 29th/current)

1 Kane Perrett
2 Foster Dewitt
3 Omar Abu Alnaaj
4 Karl Hunger / Toby Higgins
5 Kaden Duguid / Seth Recalma
6 Joe Kingham / Daragh Carroll
7 Brian Ndirangu
8 Elias Hancock / Joe Kingham
9 Payton Gibson / Grayson Perry
10 Taylor McGuire
11 Darian Morrison / Avery Oitomen
12 Rhys James /  Mark Balaski
13 Thomas Isherwood
14 Alex Mentiply / Nelson Oyoo
15 Mark Balaski / Rhys James
16 Matt Evans
17 Nathan Groenewold
18 Bobby McKay
19 Daragh Carroll / Aidan Holland
20 Aidan Holland / Mitch Buie
21 Admir Cejvanovic / Jeff Oluoch
22 Jeff Oluoch / Payton Gibson
23 Nelson Oyoo / Johnston Olindi

WOMEN’S PREMIER

Castaway Wanderers 27 V UBCOB Ravens 19 @ 12:45
Referee: Andrew Owen (Pending)
Venue: Windsor Park

A +8 win for CW, exactly as our prediction stated, it happens once and a while. Next week Ravens visit the Thunderbirds and CW visit Burnaby.

PREGAME

#4 hosting #8. CW on a 3 game winning streak. The Ravens defaulted their matches in the fall season and this is the first match for them in Premier. It’s not clear if the result will count in the standings as the defaults haven’t been recorded in the table.

CW  with a stable lineup, Jamie Knaggs and Jess Beaudry return to the roster in the forwards. In the backs Hadley MacPherson moves from centre to #10 and Sarah Chen and Kayla Conway come into the roster in starting roles.

This is the first look at the Ravens roster, Alayna Scramstad and Jordan McLeod are captains. Scramstad played for Burnaby last season and McLeod for the Thunderbirds.

CW would go in as favourites as the Ravens are still an unknown in playing strength. Prediction: CW by +8.

CW (Nov 22nd/current)

1 Josie Anzai
2 Remee Brown / Jess Beaudry
3 Bronwyn Zodichi
4 Kass Cej
5 Marina Skakun
6 Alex Motherwell / Jamie Knaggs
7 Lucy Beauchemin / Alex Motherwell
8 Olivia Corbett
9 Emily Samek
10 Kate Kristianson / Hadley MacPherson
11 Savannah King
12 Hadley MacPherson / Kayla Conway
13 Chloe Hill-Huse / Maddy Astridge
14 Gwynnie Fry / Sarah Chen
15 Emily Currey / Emmie Pierce
16 Avalon Crawford / Jamie Rikley-Krindle
17 Madea Solberg / Samara Sadden
18 Jamie Rikley-Krindle / Lucy Beauchemin
19 Annalise Branter / Grace Goodwin
20 Sadie Schneider / Josie Pusch
21 Madeline Astridge / Val Savchenko
22 Emmie Pierce / Jojo Offerein
23 TBD

Ravens

1 Caitlin Woods
2 Jordan McLeod
3 Talia Hennessy
4 Lauren Brown
5 Dani Ewen
6 Georgia Elliston
7 Ang Alexander
8 Kim Sinow
9 Alayna Scramstad
10 Vela Baravian
11 Caoimhe McManus
12 Robyn Alexander
13 Meghan Lindsay
14 Saylor Pickrell
15 Taylor Danieli
16 Alex Sy
17 Ruby Kalatiainen
18 Adinah Sheppard
19 Anna Plate
20 Emma Hannigan
21 Julia Douglas
22 Ella Hudon
23 Cat Taylor
24 Sabine Pengally

Westshore 39 V Burnaby Lake 36 @ 12:45
Referee: Julianne Zussman AR1: Olivia Ross AR2: Kenneth Yee
Venue: Juan De Fuca

We predicted a draw in this match and it almost was accurate. It was 36-36 going into the final minute and a penalty in front of the posts with time expired proved to be the winner. Again kudos for providing the live stream (below). Next week Westshore hosts Seattle and Burnaby hosts CW.

PREGAME

These teams tied for 2nd/3rd with 17 points from 5 games. They met just before the break in Burnaby with the home team coming away with a +17 win.

Burnaby have a stable roster with most of their roster returning from last match, the only caution is the 4 TBD on the bench which may play a factor in the last 20 minutes if they can’t find the bodies.

Westshore have added a couple of players to the front row Sierra Gillis and Kendra Cousineau who played for Ealing Trailfinders in the English Premier. They’ve also added Canada 7s player Maya Addai on the wing.

Westshore have an improved roster from their 17 point loss last meeting, Burnaby may be travelling light in the reserves. It should a closer game. Prediction: Draw.

Burnaby (Nov 29th/current)

1. Tess Woldring / Ada Okonkwo
2. Lauren Tagg / Teresa Thomson
3. Ada Okonkwo / Tess Woldring
4. Emily Van Gulik
5. Nicole Stephenson
6. Simran Gillar / Madison Brooke
7. Madison Brooke / Natasha Lalonde
8. Gabrielle Hindley
9. Natasha Lalonde / Kaila France
10. Miriama Naiobasali
11. Olivia Vangel / Faith Nishi
12. Laisana Likuceva / Grace Tuivatukalo
13. Kaila France / Hannah Hibbs
14. Mia Chan / Tatiana Rowe
15. Jaidyn Mawhinney
16. T Thompson / Lauren Tagg
17. Faith Nishi / J Sheldon-Houle
18. Jailee Mercedes / S Milburn
19.  T Rowe / N Elwood
20. D Dublin / TBD
21. R Lewis / TBD
22. TBD
23. TBD

Westshore (Nov 29th/current)

1 Soleil Brooks / Sierra Gillis
2 Grace McKay / Kendra Cousineau
3 Chelsey Minter
4 Aila Norlin / Sioa Bloomfield
5 Sash McGee / Aila Norlin
6 Brittany Sims / Courtney Sims
7 Brooke Horsfall
8 Sioa Bloomfield / Grace McKay
9 Jillian Fulton / Abby Hall
10 Emery Britton
11 Ami Camicioli / Emilie Sinclair
12 Shayla Stigent
13 Emerald Maze
14 Emilie Brett / Maya Addai
15 Cypress Des Ormeaux Schmidt / Amy Camicioli
16 Courtney Sims / Jimena Alvarez Rodriguez
17 Madeline Lemay / Soleil Brooks
18 Zoe Williams / Sasha McKee
19 Sarah McWhinney / Celia Probe
20 Hailey Sampson / Miranda Grant
21 Israel te Bulte / Hailey Sampson
22 Abby Hall / Maddie Lemay
23 TBD / Brittany Sims