BC Rugby Weekend of March 29th 2025

BC Premier Week 15 Results: UBC End Burnaby Playoff Hopes, Pride Draw with Capilano, Meraloma Defeat Vikes, Ravens Soar Past Westshore – Women’s Premier Burnaby Fall to CW

This is the last weekend of the scheduled regular season, there’s one more weekend of make-up games next week and then the playoffs start April 12th.

Burnaby Lake 7 v UBC 66 @ 14:30
Referee: Nathaniel Hight AR1: CLINT LEMKUS AR2: Elijah Lockington
Venue: Burnaby Lake Rugby Club

There was not the miracle finish for Burnaby this weekend and UBC seem one of the form teams going into the playoffs. UBC with 42 points from 12 matches, 3.5 points per match have a firm hold on 2nd place for the playoffs but haven’t locked it up yet. If they lose next week against CW, without a bonus point, they will have 3.23 points per match, the Lomas currently have 3.09 points per match and if they win next week with a bonus point that would give them 3.25, ahead of UBC. UBC are in a must win situation next week (or a losing bonus point) if they want the quarter-final bye. Burnaby are at 18 points from 11 matches, 1.64 points per match, the best they can do with a bonus point win over Lomas next week is 1.92 points per match. Caps currently are 2.27, if they lose next week against UVic, they will be at 2.08. So Burnaby are officially eliminated from the playoffs, as are UVic, and Caps are officially in the playoffs.

PREGAME

#8 hosting #3. With a big upset win over #2 Pacific Pride last week, Burnaby will be setting its sights on #3 UBC. There’s only 4 points separating Burnaby from Capilano and a playoff spot so they’ll be hoping for a win and a Capilano loss. UBC won’t want to give up their hard fought battle for 2nd ranking in the playoffs and a quarter-final bye, so they can’t afford a loss and a Meraloma win this weekend.

UBC only have one change from last weekend in the starting XV with Liam Kinghorn switching places with Sandon Gupta and getting the start at blindside flanker.

Burnaby missing Ethan Turner this week, likely to the 7s camp. Ed Shepherdson moves from inside centre to #10. Jack Bolton comes into the match 23 as blindside flanker and David Dinbandhu starts at openside. Fynn Murphy comes off the bench to start at inside centre.

Burnaby got the miracle finish last week against the Pride, UBC should be a tougher task. Prediction: UBC by +7.

Burnaby (March 22nd/current)

1 Lalit Bharadwaj / Luka Bradley
2 Joel Abdel-Barr / Dylan Vermette
3 Bryce Worden
4 David Rafuse
5 Sam Tsoi / Andrew McIntyre
6 Jonah Fridfinnson / Jack Bolton
7 Jack Bolton / David Dinbandhu
8 Dylan Horne
9 Ezequiel Rossetti
10 Ethan Turner / Ed Shepherdson
11 Wiremu Sharman / Dan Josok
12 Ed Shepherdson / Fynn Murphy
13 Jeke Gotegote
14 Stu Jamieson
15 Ethan Dromgool
16 Dylan Vermette / Joel Abdel-Barr
17 Luka Bradley / Lalit Bharadwaj
18 Liem Jung
19 Rylin McKenzie / Jonah Fridfinnson
20 Andrew McIntyre / Genaro Gandolfo
21 Genaro Gandolfo / Mohi Parata
22 Fynn Murphy / Wiremu Sherman
23 Matt Willemse / Lynden Duggan

UBC (March 22nd/current)

1 Ken Buckingham
2 Elijan McQueen
3 Payton Teneycke
4 Joe McNulty / Caden Wilson
5 Caden Wilson / Joe McNulty
6 Sandon Gupta / Liam Kinghorn
7 Callum Arnesen
8 Relmu Wilson-Valdes
9 Stephen Webb
10 James Biss
11 Demetri Patterson
12 Talon McMullin
13 Alastair Marshall
14 Niko Andrianos
15 Ben Beauchamp
16 Kevin Griffiths / Josh du Toit
17 Jacob Blackwood
18 James Noftall / Charlie Clark
19 Charlie Clark / James Noftall
20 Liam Kinghorn / Sandon Gupta
21 Josh du Toit / Max Birtley
22 Caleb Seumanutafa / Max McGavern
23 Max Mcgavern / Lenny Bonduau

Capilano 35 v Pacific Pride 35 @ 14:30
Referee: David Smortchevsky AR1: Joel Van Meer AR2: Rachel Morrison
Venue: Klahanie Park

A result than ensures the Caps a place in the playoffs. They play UVic next weekend, a bonus point win would give the Caps 2.50 points per match not enough to catch Westshore for 5th place at 2.53. However if CW lose to UBC without a bonus point they would be at 2.4 and Caps could possibly climb to 5th place in the playoff rankings. CW need a win, draw or double bonus point loss next week against UBC to stay ahead of the Caps if they get a bonus point win against the Vikes.

PREGAME

#7 hosting #2. The Caps need this win to keep ahead of Burnaby in the battle for the last playoff spot. The Pride fell off their game against Burnaby last weekend in the final 10 minutes letting in 3 tries. Since they’re not eligible for the playoffs there could be a lack of motivation near the end of the season. The Caps had a bye so will be rested up. Complicating things for teams this weekend is a national team 7s camp which will mean some of the clubs will be missing key players. The Pride will be missing some of their starting backline players, the Caps might be missing Johnny Franklin.

The Pride have some TBD in their reserve backline (at the time of writing) as the 7s camp has an effect on their selections. James Thiel, Rhys James, Kyle Tremblay and Thomas Cuzange are missing this week from the starting backline. Chris Rose gets the start at scrum half, Noah Kyneston starts at #8 and Taine Clague finds himself on the wing this week.

Caps missing Izzak Kelly and Jacob Bossi, but they have Johnny Franklin, one of the few 7s players in action this weekend. The rest of the roster remains the same for this important match. It’s Alumni Day at Klahanie so expecting some extra motivation for the team.

Normally Pride would go in as favourites but that shock loss to Burnaby last week plus they’re missing a number of their starting backline. Calling the upset this week. Prediction: Caps by +2.

Pacific Pride (March 22nd/current)

1 Daniel Lucic / Justin Tasse
2 Theo Espagnol / Austin Creighton
3 Connor Williams / Greg McDowell
4 Mason McDonald
5 Jaiden John / James Stockwood
6 Karl Hunger
7 Evan Logan
8 Taine Clague / Noah Kyneston
9 Mitchell Buie / Chris Rose
10 Jamin Hodgkins
11 James Thiel / Sam Blundell
12 Kyle Tremblay / Adam Stander
13 Rhys James / Glenn Roy
14 Thomas Cuzange / Taine Clague
15 Adam Stander / Jean-Louis Descoutte
16 Austin Creighton / TBD
17 Justin Tasse / Theo Espagnol
18 Cole Harris / TBD
19 James Stockwood / Jaiden John
20 Logan Harris / TBD
21 Daniel Muzaliwa / TBD
22 Liam Poulton / Daniel Muzaliwa
23 Jean-Louis Descoutte / TBD

Capilano (March 15th/current)

1 Mareko Fagasa-Nuku
2 Jacob Bossi / Joey Ficocelli
3 Arsalan Schaigan
4 Ryan Hickey
5 Izzak Kelly / Reid Yurkowski
6 Saba Shubitidze
7 Flynn Heyes
8 Colin Mitchell
9 Jamie Drummond
10 Toby Horn
11 Cam Waddell
12 Bruce Jones
13 Johnny Franklin
14 Ben Taylor
15 Mike Moloney
16 Joey Ficocelli / TBD
17 Mackenzie Mills
18 Vincent Liardet-Smith
19 Sasha Putt
20 Nick Pearce
21 Reid Yurkowski / Callum Steer
22 Ryan Leskiw / Eligh Papin
23 Doug Stuart / Ryan Leskiw

University Of Victoria 14 v Meraloma 47 @ 14:30
Referee: Cole Pedrick AR1: Chris Horsley AR2: Martin Thornton
Venue: U Of Victoria- Wallace Field

The loss eliminates the Vikes from playoff contention, the win gives the Lomas a slim chance of claiming the #2 playoff ranking but they would need UBC to lose next weekend to CW without a bonus point while the Lomas get a bonus point win against Burnaby next weekend.

PREGAME

#9 hosting #4. The Vikes are 6 points away from a playoff spot, thei playoff hopes look dire and if they don’t win this week or at least get a double bonus point, they could be officially eliminated depending on other results with Capilano and Burnaby. The Lomas are still in with a shot for the 2nd ranking playoff spot but they would need UBC to stumble in one of their remaining two games. They need a bonus point win to keep their hopes alive.

UVic missing Morgan di Nardo and Thoran Koyote takes his spot on the wing. Josh Petrov and Brendan Kim come off the bench to start in the second row and Muiredach Casey moves to #8. Sully Curran moves from reserve hooker to starting blindside flanker.

The Lomas with a number of changes from last week, they rotate their front row and some of their forwards from the reserves. Corne Ludick moves from blindside flanker to inside centre with Doug Fraser not in the match 23. Josh Ferriman starts at fullback with Jordan Wilson-Ross moving to the reserves.

The Vikes on a 3 game losing streak, the Lomas only losses in the new year were to the top 2 teams. Prediction: Lomas by +6.

UVic (March 22nd/current)

1 Phoenix Moller
2 Jordy Auger
3 Nic Willey
4 Muiredach Casey / Josh Petrov
5 Dane Siebens / Brendan Kim
6 Adam Doane / Sully Curran
7 Merlin M’Cloud
8 Ryder Heaney-Corns / Muiredach Casey
9 Lachlan Crooks
10 Gareth Sandner
11 Jackson Powell
12 Sion Griffiths
13 Mason Levin
14 Morgan di Nardo / Thoran Koyote
15 Alex Gamage / Angus Boyd Porter
16 Sully Curran / Brent Hamberg
17 Kale Jones
18 Brighton Feldman / Alex Gordon
19 Brendan Kim / Aiden de Witt
20 Josh Petrov / Ryder Heaney-Corns
21 Reece Thompson
22 Thoron Koyote / Marcus Lott
23 Jack Penaluna

Meraloma (March 22nd/current)

1 Geoff Brooks / Scott Bowers
2 Gil Cann-Vaana / Cian Cunningham
3 Tom Webb / Conor Turley
4 Finton O’Sullivan
5 Conor O’Brien / Noah Glanville
6 Corne Ludick / Evan Galvin
7 Evan Galvin / Ethan Jaques
8 Jalan Farris (c)
9 Tyus Dimbleby / James Frankenberger
10 Joe Wilde
11 Keith Graham
12 Doug Fraser / Corne Ludick
13 Kenny Saito
14 Jad Hamade
15 Jordan Wilson-Ross / Josh Ferriman
16 Cian Cunningham / Corey Hughes
17 Scott Bowers / Geoff Brooks
18 Conor Turley / Tom Webb
19 Noah Glanville / Conor O’Brien
20 Jordan Quinn / Aaron Hickey
21 Ethan Jaques / Giovanni Guizzetti
22 James Frankenberger / Tyus Dimbleby
23 Joe Thomas / Jordan Wilson-Ross

Westshore 15 v UBCOB Ravens 41 @ 14:30
Referee: Saro Turner AR1: Michael Moss AR2: Leighton Burridge
Venue: Cowichan Rugby Club

Both teams have finished their regular season, the Ravens claiming top spot, a bye in the quarter-finals and a home field in the semi-finals. Westshore guaranteed of making the playoffs in either 4th or 5th place. They’ll wait for the result of UBC @ CW next weekend to see where they finish.

PREGAME

#5 hosting #1. The Ravens haven’t been defeated yet this season and Westshore are only 2 points ahead of CW for the home field playoff quarter-final. CW play UBC next weekend so bonus points may become important. The Juan de Fuca fields are closed so the game has been moved to Cowichan.

Westshore are missing their three 7s players, Thomas Isherwood, Kal Sager and Elias Hancock so that will impact their performance. Taylor McGuire retains his #10 spot and Payton Gibson comes into the match 23 to take the outside centre position.

The Ravens may be a little light in the front row with coach Chris Taylor starting at tighthead and the reserve tighthead as a TBD. Jack Carson starts at scrum half and Jake Thiel comes in as fullback. The Ravens have a 6/2 split perhaps anticipating some muddy conditions with the spring rains.

The Ravens #1 and undefeated go in as favourites, Westshore missing three national 7s players will impact them. Prediction: Ravens by +7.

Westshore (March 22nd/current)

1 Kane Perrett
2 Zephyr Melnyk
3 Nathan Groenewold
4 Joe Kingham
5 Seth Recalma
6 Alvin Otieno / Brian Ndirangu
7 Brian Ndirangu / Daragh Carroll
8 Elias Hancock / Alvin Otieno
9 Grayson Perry
10 Taylor McGuire
11 Nelson Oyoo
12 Jeff Olouch
13 Thomas Isherwood / Payton Gibson
14 Kal Sager / Alex Mentiply
15 Jimmy Wilson-Bishop
16 Matt Evans
17 Simeon John / Bobby McKay
18 Daragh Carroll / Thomas Heuser
19 Matt Weir / Matt Weir
20 Aiden Holland / Clinton Obhiambo
21 Thomas Heuser / Josh Nordstrom
22 Josh Nordstrom / Darian Morrison
23 Alex Mentiply / Braedan Bespalko

Ravens (March 15th/current)

1 Josh Tweed / Dion Falconer
2 Vian Wollie Wolmarans / Josh Tweed
3 Dion Falconer / Chris Taylor
4 Ethan MacDonald / Iwan Shenton
5 Don Carson
6 Jake Ikeda / Owain Ruttan
7 David O’Donoghue / Jake Ikeda
8 Joe Locke
9 Gaspard de Ligault / Jack Carson
10 Logan Henry
11 Cole Keffer
12 Tsugo Hirai / Ethan Berry
13 Hamish Janes
14 Noah Bain / Jake Thiel
15 Nick Blain
16 Grant Crowell
17 Owen Kokan / Kaleb Whitelaw
18 Joshua Christy / TBD
19 Frank Carson / Ethan MacDonald
20 Owain Ruttan / Sean Beckett
21 Jack Carson / David O’Donoghue
22 Ethan Berry / Gaspard de Ligault
23 Noah Jenson / Jean Koorsten

Women’s Premier

Castaway Wanderers 54 v Burnaby Lake 7 @ 12:45
Referee: Dan Cvitanovich AR1: Al Humphries AR2: Olivia Ross
Venue: Windsor Park

CW guaranteed a quarter-final bye with the win, currently sitting in 3rd place. Burnaby looking to face Seattle in the quarter-finals, the winner to play the Thunderbirds. There’s one game scheduled for the make-up weekend next week, Westshore @ Burnaby.

PREGAME

#3 hosting #5. CW will be hoping to gain ground on Westshore to host the semi-final match, Burnaby looking to overtake Seattle to host the quarter-final match.

CW with the big win over Westshore last weekend, they only have a few changes to the starting XV. Jess Beaudry comes off the bench to start at hooker, Lucie Beauchemin comes into the match 23 as blindside flanker, Olivia Newsome starts on the wing.

Burnaby were blown out last weekend by the #1 Thunderbirds. They’ve made a few changes, #8 Ada Okonkwo moves to loosehead prop, Emily van Gulik comes off the bench to start at #8. Miriama Naiobasali comes into the match 23 at fullback and Sara Eskildsen at outside centre.

CW are on a roll and getting the results, at home, higher ranked team. Prediction: CW by +8.

CW (March 22nd/current)

1 Josie Anzai
2 Karen Garcia / Jess Beaudry
3 Bronwyn Zodichi
4 Marina Skakun
5 Josie Pusch
6 Kass Cej / Lucie Beauchemin
7 Regan Casey
8 Laura Sadler
9 Gwynnie Fry
10 Charlotte Hilton
11 Bella Anderton-Teasdale
12 Chloe Hill-Huse
13 Remee Brown
14 Maddy Aberg / Olivia Newsome
15 Emily Currey
16 Jess Beaudry / Katerina Sachinidis
17 Kelsey McKinnon
18 Chanelle Edwards-Challenger
19 Imogen Maxwell / Kass Cej
20 Sophie Hayes
21 Danica Pedrick / Sara Einarson
22 Kate Kristianson / TBD
23 Savannah King / TBD

Burnaby (March 22nd/current)

1. Payton McNeill / Ada Okonkwo
2. Jade Farhat
3. Jailee Mercedes
4. Teresa Thomson / Nicole Stephenson
5. Nicole Stephenson / Teresa Thomson
6. Simran Gillar
7. Gabrielle Hindley
8. Ada Okonkwo / Emily van Gulik
9. Kaila France
10. Aphra Taylor
11. Rebecca Roth
12. Chelsea Rodgers
13. Sofie van Beusekom / Sara Eskildsen
14. Jaidyn Mawhinney / Sofie van Beusekom
15. Faith Nishi / Miriama Naiobasali
16. Lauren Tagg / Faith Nishi
17. Anastasia Chassmoresis / Katie Grudzinski
18. Emily van Gulik / Stasi Chasso
19. James Sheldon-Houle / Jaidyn Mawhinney
20. Naomi Elwood / James Sheldon-Houle
21. Natalie Teteris / Naomi Elwood
22. Ava van Stanten / TBD
23. Michelle Veerman / TBD