BC Rugby Weekend of March 21st 2026

BC Premier Week 16 Results: Pride Fall to Burnaby, UBC Soar Past Capilano, Meraloma Humbled by Vikes, Westshore Dominate Bays, CW @ Ravens Cancelled – Women’s Premier Thunderbirds Fall to Meraloma; CW Pummel Ravens

It’s Week 16 with most teams just having two more matches after this weekend, the exception UVic who will have three more matches. CW defaulted/conceded their match to Ravens due to injuries. We’ll see how the BCRU classifies this as it determines how many points are awarded to the Ravens, at the present it just says the match is “Cancelled”. UBC, Burnaby, UVic, Westshore were all winners this weekend. UBC and Westshore remained tied for 2nd/3rd behind Ravens. Burnaby and UVic continue battle for final playoff spot with head to head matchup next weekend.

UBC RFC 40 v Capilano 26 @ 14:30
Referee: Julianne Zussman AR1: Trevor Honey AR2: Tyler DAWSON
Venue: Klahanie Park

A +14 win for UBC puts them in sole possession of 2nd place pending the Westshore v JBAA result this evening. Westshore needs a bonus point win to remain tied for 2nd place. Capilano with the loss remain just 5 points ahead of JBAA in 4th. A bonus point win by the Bays this evening could see them tied for 4th. Lots to play for this evening. Next week Caps host the Bays and UBC visit CW.

PREGAME

#2/3 vs #4. UBC tied for 2nd/3rd with Westshore, Caps sitting just behind in 4th place. Capilano could leap past UBC with a win, lots of playoff implications in this match as #1 and #2 get quarter-final byes and #3 and #4 get home quarter-finals.

Caps have a stable roster, no changes in their starting XV. They’re 2-2 in their last 4 matches, they just got by UVic in their last match.

UBC are also 2-2 in their last 4 matches but 2 of those losses were to #1 Ravens. They obliterated the Pride last week. They have Cody Nhanala back at #8 and Joe McNulty back in the second row which moves Liam Kinghorn to flanker. There’s no change to the backline from last week.

UBC have gone to a 6/2 bench anticipating a forwards battle, UBC have too much talent out wide and even though the match is being played at Klahanie now, the Thunderbirds go in as favourites. Prediction: UBC by 6.

Capilano (March 14th/current)

1  Caleb Hickey
2 Jacob Bossi
3 Payton Teneycke
4 Ryan Hickey
5 Andrew Crane
6 Reid Brookes
7 Flynn Heyes
8 Teancum Tuiali
9 Sam Reimer
10 Wade Jansen
11 Seamus O’Sullivan
12 Austin James
13 Caleb Kingi
14 Jose Santiago
15 Toby Horn
16 Nate Bolton / Hamish McDonald
17 Pat Zuk
18 Riley Canning
19 Conrad Mitchell
20 Hamish McDonald / Angus Walker
21 Angus Walker / Ryan Leskiw
22 Ryan Leskiw / Ben Welsh
23 Chris Robinson / TBD

UBC (March 14th/current)

1 Jacob Blackwood
2 Ethan McCarthy
3 Charlie Clark
4 Relmu Wilson-Valdes
5 Liam Kinghorn / Joe McNulty
6 Aidan Sutherland / Liam Kinghorn
7 Callum Arnesen
8 Max Birtley / Cody Nhanala
9 Stephen Webb
10 Liam James
11 Niko Andrianos
12 Liam Turnbull
13 Alastair Marshall
14 Ben Beauchamp
15 Max McGavern
16 Josh du Toit
17 Ethan Samuels / Graeme Francolini
18 Viktor Wozniak / Ethan Samuels
19 Kieran McRae / Max Birtley
20 Sandon Gupta
21 Ronan Graham / Aidan Sutherland
22 Ben Martin / Caleb Seumanutafa
23 Milo Knights / Ronan Graham

University Of Victoria 68 v Meraloma 12 @ 14:30
Referee: Justine Blatt-Janmaat AR1: James Roszel AR2: David Schmidt-Schweda
Venue: U Of Victoria- Wallace Field

A massive win by the Vikes keeps them in the hunt for the playoffs. Since Burnaby also won the Vikes remain 5 points adrift but have a game in hand. The game next weekend, Burnaby @ UVic, will be massive and a must win for UVic if they want to see postseason play. The Lomas have a bye next week.

PREGAME

#7 hosting #8. UVic are still in with a chance to make the post-season, they have a game in hand on Burnaby and are only 4 points behind. They need this win. The Lomas are out of the playoff race.

UVic have a few changes in the forwards, Ronin Smith comes off the bench to start second row, Robert Reid also rotates off the bench to start at blindside flanker. Jaxson Jones moves to openside flanker. The backline remains unchanged with the exception of fullback where Michael Oughtred gets the start. The big news is the return of Canada 7s player David Richard to the bench, he’s apparently been recuperating and is now ready to play some limited minutes.

The Lomas have Malachi Te Rore-King back in the centres but missing a couple of forwards Conor O’Brien and Elliot Ogbemudia.

Vikes go in as favourites, at home, needing the win. Prediction: Vikes by +8.

UVic (March 14th/current)

1 Brendan Christian
2 Jack Marshall
3 Brendan Kim
4 Muiredach Casey / Ronin Smith
5 Alex Gordon
6 Jaxson Jones / Robert Reid
7 Carter Ebrahim / Jaxson Jones
8 Rider Heaney -Corns
9 Keegan Neary
10 Cooper Coats
11 Alex Gamage
12 Dylan Cleaver
13 Lockhart MacGregor
14 Spencer Cotie
15 Gareth Sandner / Michael Oughtred
16 Sully Curran
17 Milo McDonald
18 Robert Reid / David Michell
19 Ronan Smith / Carter Ebrahim
20 Aiden de Wit
21 Owen Barlow
22 Michael Oughtred / Gareth Sandner
23 Marcus Lott / David Richard

Meraloma (Feb 28th/current)

1 Tom Webb
2 Luca Aukuso
3 Jordan Quinn
4 Elliot Ogbemudia / Sam Lyon
5 Craig Trimble
6 Sam Lyon / Corne Ludick
7 Alex Tagg
8 Marcus Ale
9 Tyus Dimbleby
10 Anzac Tipene
11 Keith Graham
12 Nathan Booker / Malachi Te Rore-King
13 Joe Wilde
14 Ben Shaw / Nathan Booker
15 Nathan Gallant
16 Corne Ludick / Steve Tien
17 Carl Pickering / Rhys Tucker
18 Steve Tien / Andrew Readman
19 Andrew Readman / Kurtis Liu
20 Kurtis Liu / Mitchell Stokes
21 Carlos Thompson
22 Ian Crowley / TBD
23 TBD

Burnaby Lake 50 v Pacific Pride 31 @ 14:30
Referee: Kristine Lovatt AR1: Jeff Lorz AR2: JT ZHANG
Venue: Burnaby Lake Rugby Club

An important bonus point win for Burnaby as they stay ahead of UVic in the battle for the last playoff spot. Next weekend they visit UVic for what may be the decider. The Pride are done for the BC Premier season, we’ll see what exhibition matches they have lined up for the spring.

PREGAME

#6 vs #9. The Pride were crushed by UBC last week, their head coach is away, and they’re the only team without a published roster at the time of writing. None of these are good signs. Burnaby haven’t played a game since Feb 21st and are coming off losses to a revitalized JBAA and #1 Ravens.

Burnaby have Napolioni Bolaca back in the lineup at #10, the Fijian star last played in December and then returned to Fiji for the Coral Coast 7s. That’s a big boost for them. It looks like he brought back a friend, Suliano Volivoli, a veteran Fiji 7 player who is starting at outside centre. It’s a potent looking backline. There’s some rotation in the forwards with Cooper Johnston returning at second row, James Kelly moves from hooker to blindside flanker, Jarod Byrnes moves from #8 to openside flanker and Taitusi Vikilani starts at #8.

We’ll post the Pride roster when it’s available. It was posted Saturday morning, and included below.

Burnaby with some Fijian 7s talent returning should be hitting their form just in time for the playoff run. They’re motivated to keep ahead of UVic and claim that last playoff spot. This is the last Premier match for the Pride this season, not sure what to expect. Prediction: Burnaby by +7.

Pacific Pride (March 14th/current)

1 Justin Tasse / Rudy Osborne
2 Theo Espagnol
3 Simroy John / Eric Rutledge
4 Mason McDonald
5 Jaiden John / Asfi Saeed
6 Taine Clague
7 Evan Logan
8 Jack Part
9 Rogan Moir / Chris Rose
10 Jean-Louis Desgouttes
11 Thomas Cuzange / Sam Blundell
12 Hudson Young
13 Glenn Roy / Alan Berros
14 Noah Hudson / Hudson Poppitt
15 Luke Prest / Glenn Roy
16 Porter Gook / Jordy Auger
17 Rudy Osborne / Justin Tasse
18 Eric Rutledge / Adam Robinson
19 Jacques Bonsant / Jaiden John
20 De Wet Van Rooyen / Jacques Bonsant
21 Sam Blundell / Rogan Moir
22 Max Macleod
23 Alan Berros / Noah Hudson

Burnaby (Feb 21st/current)

1 Dylan Vermette / Iain Kennel Webb
2 James Kelly / Dylan Vermette
3 Bryce Worden
4 Leo Chen / Cooper Johnston
5 Sam Tsoi / Dreydon Martin
6 Jonah Fridffinson / James Kelly
7 Clinton Odhiambo / Jarod Byrnes
8 Jarod Byrnes / Taitusi Vikilani
9 Wayne Ngubane
10 Guiseppe du Toit / Napolioni Bolaca
11 Sione Fine
12 Fynn Murphy / David Dinbandhu
13 David Dinbandhu / Suliano Volivoli
14 Stu Jamison
15 Iowane Raturici
16 Iain Kennel Webb / Joel Abdel Barr
17 Grayson Hardie
18 Dreydon Martin / Owen Wright
19 Taitusi Vikilani / Andrew McIntyre
20 Anthony Carrol / Jonah Fridffinson
21 Kimi Vunituraga / Clinton Odhiambo
22 Kyle Corrigan / Anthony Carrol
23 TBD / Luke Toroca

Westshore 59 v James Bay AA 14 @ 19:00
Referee: Cole Pedrick AR1: David Hale AR2: Robert Brown
Venue: Starlight Stadium

An emphatic +45 win for Westshore as they keep pace with UBC in the battle for 2nd place. They also win the Barnard Cup for top Premier team on the Island this season. Next weekend Westshore host the Ravens and the Bays visit Capilano.

PREGAME

#2/3 hosting #5. Westshore 2-2 in their last 4 matches, the Bays on a 4 game win streak.

The Bays have been bolstered by the return of some national level players like Callum Botchar, Noah Flesch, James Thiel, Kainoa Lloyd and have a four game win streak to show for it. It’s bad news/good news for them, Noah Flesch and James Thiel have joined Penarol in Uruguay,  Callum Botchar is with the Seattle Seawolves in South Africa and Kainoa Lloyd is not available this week. However they have added D’Shawn Bowen and Austin Creighton this week. Mike Nieuhuysen moves to #8 and Alex Jordan from #8 to second row. Austin Creighton starts at blindside flanker. Mostyn Findlay moves from the wing to take Noah Flesch place in the centres and Malik James comes off the bench to replace James Thiel at outside centre.

Westshore are missing Foster Dewitt who has also gone to Penarol in Uruguay. Daragh Carroll comes off the bench to start at hooker. Brian Ndirangu moves from flanker to second row and Thomas Heuser starts at openside. Veteran Admir  Cejvanovic again starts at #8 setting up a mighty battle of top level veterans at the base of the scrum. The high octane backline remains unchanged led by #10 Mark Balaski. Porter Gook has moved over from the Pride and is reserve hooker, Alvin “the Buffalo” Otieno is also in the reserves.

This is going to be a tough one to choose, the Bays might have the edge in the forwards, Westshore might have an edge in the backs. The match is being played at Starlight Stadium on Saturday evening. We’ll go with the higher ranked team for this one. Prediction: Westshore by +2.

James Bay (Feb 28th/current)

1)  Scott Warner
2) Neil Trainor
3) Wyatt Pilz
4) Harrison Archdekin / Alex Jordan
5) Austin Hutchcroft / Harrison Archdekin
6) Mike Nieuhuysen / Austin Creighton
7) Brendyn Beck
8) Alex Jordan / Mike Nieuhuysen
9) Tom Burton
10) Isaac Gonevou
11) Kainoa Lloyd / D’Shawn Bowen
12) Noah Flesch / Mostyn Findlay
13) James Thiel / Malik James
14) Mostyn Findlay / Henry Kirwan
15) Ty Driscoll
16) Nehemiah O’Neil
17) Omar El-Gayed
18) Riley Lloyd
19) Dakota Lachance / Austin Hutchcroft
20) Carter Haddow / Nolan Hall
21) Henry Kirwan / Joeli Gonevou
22) Joeli Gonevou / Walter Somers
23) Malik James / Jeremiah Gonevou

Westshore (Feb 28th/current)

1 Emerson Prior
2 Foster Dewitt / Daragh Carroll
3 Kane Perrett
4 Toby Higgins / Brian Ndirangu
5 Seth Recalma / Matt Weir
6 Joe Kingham
7 Brian Ndirangu / Thomas Heuser
8 Admir  Cejvanovic
9 Grayson Perry
10 Mark Balaski
11 Nelson Oyoo
12 Jeff Oluoch
13 Rhys James
14 Johnstone Olindi
15 Taylor McGuire
16 Ryan Surgenour / Porter Gook
17 Nathan Groenewold
18 Matt Weir / Simeon John
19 Thomas Heuser / Aidan Holland
20 Daragh Carroll / Alvin Otieno
21 Mitch Buie
22 Braeden Bespalko
23 Alex Mentiply

UBCOB Ravens v Castaway Wanderers @ 14:30
Referee: David Smortchevsky AR1: Rachel Morrison AR2: Tere Blake
Venue: Jericho Beach Park

GAME CANCELLED – CW have forfeited the match due to injuries. We’ll see how the game is classified by the BCRU in terms of points, the Rules of Competition state, “”A conceded Match shall count as four points and recorded as a 20-0 score, as if the non-conceding Team scored no more than three tries. A defaulted Match shall count as five points and recorded as a 20-0 score, as if the non-defaulting Team scored four non-converted tries.” So far the BCRU just have the match labelled as “Cancelled”.

Ravens (Feb 28th/current)

1 Owen Kokan
2 Riku Konrad
3 Saman Rezapour
4 Donald Carson
5 Frank Carson
6 Jake Tierney
7 Joe Locke
8 Reegan O’Gorman
9 Jack Carson
10 Andrew Coe
11 Cole Keffer
12 Noah Jensen
13 Hamish Janes
14 David Thompson
15 Noah Bain
16 Matthew Chan
17 Kaleb Whitelaw
18 Matthew Perry
19 Hillyard Carson
20 Owain Ruttan
21 David O’Donaghue
22 Gio Sangiorgi
23 Marceau Bertin

CW (Feb 28th/current)

1 Akram Nadeem
2 Mateo Quinonez
3 Fred Regan
4 Ayo Ogunlabe
5 John Humphries
6 Gord Kehoe
7 Marcello Wainwright
8 Merlin M’Cloud
9 Zech Pilgrim
10 Andrew Easson
11 Shane Rikley-Krindle
12 George Vorster
13 Liam Poulton
14 Jay Welsh
15 Yuri Huisaman
16 Zak Zeray
17 Zach Hahn
18 Pearce Reimer
19 Nate Smith
20 Jacob Isaac
21 Jordan Tait
22 TBD
23 TBD

Women’s Premier

Meraloma 29 v Vancouver Thunderbirds 19 @ 11:15
Referee: Nathaniel Hight AR1: John Hight AR2: Lauren Hancock
Venue: Brockton Oval

A +10 win for the Lomas as they remain top of the table, at 3.89 points per match. The Thunderbirds drop to a 2.75 ppm, behind Westshore 3.7, Burnaby 3.22, CW 3.11. Thunderbirds visit CW next weekend, Meraloma have a bye.

PREGAME

Potentially the top 2 teams in the competition, although Westshore may have something to say about that. If you’re going to beat the Thunderbirds, now is the time with the Canada U21 team in Ireland with a number of UBC players. The Lomas are top of the table in points per match, the Thunderbirds defending Premier champions. The fact the Thunderbirds are missing key players to the Canada U21 tour and Lomas won the first match at UBC makes me think the Lomas go in as favourites. Prediction: Lomas by +3.

Note: The match has been moved to Brockton Oval.

Meraloma (Feb 28th/current)

1 Hailey Jeffries
2 Tanya Bennett
3 Elyce Thomas / Stacey Warner
4 Nat MacMillan
5 Jessica Nelson / Deanna Cvitanovich
6 Caleigh McMillan
7 Gemma McCutcheon / Jessica Nelson
8 Helen McGhee
9 Bea Collier-Pandya
10 Sara Hernandez
11 Kayla Kim / Mikela Scharlach
12 Flora Poole
13 Cassidy Gale
14 Mikela Scharlach / Demi Quickfall
15 Demi Quickfall / Emma Lowe
16 Gracie Donaldson / Solana Pasqual
17 Stacey Warner / Gracie Donaldson
18 Lindsey Hood
19 Deanna Cvitanovich / Gemma McCutcheon
20 Carah Hager / Robyn Feraday
21 Lucy Gethin-Jones
22 Mackenzie Adam / Carah Hager
23 TBD / Chloe Woolsey

Thunderbirds (Feb 21st/current)

1 Katie Stoddart
2 Kiki Idowu / Abi Stanley
3 Angel Boswell / Maya Nowotny
4  Anya Prokopich / Tegan Jost
5  Teya Ashworth
6 Anna Plate / Kimberly Sinow
7 Maddy Thran / Anna Plate
8 Ayana Titifanua
9 Tia Jordo / Ella Hudon
10 Lana Dueck / Sarah MacPherson
11 Meghan Lindsay / Jaime Dickson
12 Sarah MacPherson / Chloe Bong
13 Belle Rousseau
14 Catrin Taylor / Emily Wang
15 Olivia Sarabura
16 Ruby Kaltiainen / Addy Oldfield
17 Abi Stanley / Alli Dobson
18 Ella Kirk / Ruby Kaltiainen
19 Sarah Fong / Ella Kirk
20 Jesse Knaggs / Sarah Fong
21 Ella Hudon / Sofia Shortis
22 Joelle Kuyak
23 TBD / Catrin Taylor

UBCOB Ravens 7 v Castaway Wanderers 58 @ 12:45
Referee: Rachel Morrison AR1: David Smortchevsky AR2: Tere Blake
Venue: Jericho Beach Park

As expected a substantial win by CW in this exhibition match. CW host Thunderbirds next week.

PREGAME

An exhibition match but I’m expecting CW to win by a substantial margin. The Ravens have had the benefit of some of the Thunderbird players in previous weeks to bolster the roster but the Thunderbirds have a match this weekend. CW look fully loaded with plenty of subs. Prediction: CW by +15.

CW (Feb 28th/current)

1 Chanelle Edwards-Challenger
2 Taylor McKnight / Jamie Rikley-Krindle
3 Hana Veysi / Bronwyn Zodichi
4 Kass Cej / Marina Skakun
5 Marina Skakun / Jamie Knaggs
6 Alex Motherwell
7 Lucy Beauchemin / Remee Brown
8 Olivia Corbett / Temitope Ogunjimi
9 Emily Samek / Gwyn Fry
10 Bella Anderton-Teasdale
11 Emmie Pierce
12 Emily Currey
13 Hadley MacPherson / Maddy Astridge
14 Savannah King / Kayla Conway
15 Marin O’Regan
16 Remee Brown / Kira Smed
17 Bronwyn Zodichi / Josie Pusch
18 Jamie Knaggs / Hana Veysi
19 Jessica Beaudry / Lucy Beauchemin
20 Josi Pusch / Hadley MacPherson
21 Gwynnie Fry / Alyona Kaminskaya
22 Kayla Conway / Annabelle Lapointe
23 Maddy Astridge / Val Savchenko

Ravens (Feb 28th/current)

1 Maya Nowatny / Adinnah Sheppard
2 Jordan McLeod / G.Uest
3 Talia Hennessey
4 Caitlin Woods
5 Emma Hannigan / Ainsley Cummings
6 Emma Due / Zosia Cisak
7 Ang Alexander
8 Sarah Fong / Emma Hannigan
9 Alayna Scramstad
10 Robyn Alexander
11 Avery Carruthers / Cindy Sha
12 Vela Baravian / Julia Douglas
13 Lindsay / Saylor Pickrell
14 Georgia Elliston / Emma Due
15 J Douglas / Avery Carruthers
16 Katie Stoddart / TBD
17 Tegan Jost / TBD
18 Sheppard / TBD
19 Ruby Keltiainen / TBD
20 Z Cisak / TBD
21 Sofia Shortis / TBD
22 C Taylor / TBD
23 Sabine Pengally / TBD

Burnaby Lake v Abbotsford RFC @ 12:45
Venue: Burnaby Lake Rugby Club

The fact the BCRU haven’t assigned a referee and Burnaby haven’t posted a roster make me wonder if this match is still on, but it’s not flagged by the BCRU. Also Abbotsford have posted their women’s team is heading to Kamloops for an exhibition match. I’m guessing this match isn’t on, wonderful that the BCRU are right on top of it. We’ll see if the standings are impacted at all, Abby out of playoff contention but Burnaby could use the points.

UPDATE: Apparently Abbotsford dropped out of the league midway through the season, we didn’t see any announcement.

Burnaby (Feb 28th/current)

1. Lauren Tagg
2. Teresa Thomson
3. Staci Chassomeris
4. Tess Woldring
5. Nicole Stephenson
6. Jailee Mercedes
7. Madison Brooke
8. Payton McNeill
9. Faith Nishi
10. Michelle Veerman
11. Olivia Vangel
12. Hannah Hibbs
13. Kaila France
14. Mia Chan
15. Jaidyn Mawhinney
16. J Curinao
17. Emily Van Gulik
18. R Wood
19. N Elwood
20. A Van Santen
21. TBD
22. TBD
23. TBD

Abbotsford (Feb 28th/current)

1 H Cookson
2 H Giesbrecht
3 L Duncan
4 T Lew
5 L Demeyer
6 R Sandhu
7 Y Kubota
8 M Handy
9 S Rozell
10 E Chalmers
11 J Church
12 M Gayger
13 T Kempf
14 A Meier
15 K Bay
16 AJ Johnston
17 L Tapporo
18 S Johnson
19 S Mosser
20 M Kitt
21 B Sullivan
22 S Foulds
23 K Brosseau