BC Premier Week 12 Results: CW Rock Bays, Ravens Defeat Lomas, UBC Soar Past Westshore, Burnaby Fall to Caps, Pride Dominate Vikes
A full schedule this weekend in the BC Premier with all 10 teams in action. There’s only 4 weekends of matches in the regular season after this weekend, the playoff picture will start to get clearer after this round of matches.
James Bay AA 5 v Castaway Wanderers 35 @ 14:30
Referee: Doug Thorpe AR1: Darren Munro AR2: Kaitlyn Jinda
Venue: James Bay AA- MacDonald Park
Well we didn’t read this one very well, CW with a comfortable win away from home. The Bays are mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, CW are well in the hunt, maybe with a home quarter-final in sight. CW are at 2.77 points per match which is still 6th place (5th for playoff ranking with Pride not eligible) but they are just a fraction behind Westshore (2.8) for the 4th playoff ranking spot. Next week CW host the Vikes while the Bays visit UBC.
PREGAME
#10 hosting #6. The Bays lost a close match to Westshore in their last outing, while CW were blown away by league leading Ravens.
CW with minor changes from last weekend, Ronan Graham comes into the roster on the wing, Jack Wallace moves from hooker to openside, Antonio Corbin comes off the bench and starts at hooker.
The Bays have Cody Nhanala back and he starts at #8, he was at the NRL combine in Vegas last weekend, trying to get noticed in the League game. Their new Fijian, Tevita Daugunu, gets the start at outside centre.
It’s a historic rivalry and always spirited. CW’s big loss last weekend is concerning, are the Ravens that good or are CW slipping. The Bays looked good last weekend against Westshore, D’Shawn Bowen is on top form and now they have Cody Nhanala back. It’s going to be an entertaining battle. Prediction: Bays by +2.
CW (March 1st/current)
1 Gavin Kratz
2 Jack Wallace / Antonio Corbin
3 Denver Fatt
4 Mike Finnemore
5 Ayo Ogunlabe
6 Dafydd Thomas
7 Steve Pyke / Jack Wallace
8 Ollie Nott
9 Chris Gamage
10 Gradyn Bowd
11 Hugh Mager / Ronan Graham
12 Andrew Easson
13 Jordan Tait
14 AJ Kosempel
15 Zech Pilgrim
16 Antonio Corbin / Jack Marshall
17 Jace Peters
18 Jack Marshall / Steve Pyke
19 Conor McKenzie
20 John Humphries
21 Gord Kehoe / Jack Goss
22 Matt Sutherland
23 Keegan Hall / Hugh Mager
James Bay (March 1st/current)
1) Steve Stadnyk
2) Ezra Vai
3) Wyatt Pilz / Dakota Lachance
4) Josh Wilson
5) Asfi Saeed
6) Tom Richardson
7) Brendyn Beck
8) Mitch Young / Cody Nhanala
9) Crosby Stewart / Spike Street
10) Mike Nieuwenhuysen
11) Craig Mitchell-Hermann / Kainoa Lloyd
12) Kainoa Lloyd / Mostyn Findlay
13) Mostyn Findlay / Tevita Daugunu
14) D’Shawn Bowen
15) Tom Burton
16) Dakota Lachance / Wyatt Pilz
17) Julian Gauld
18) Georgiy Sinyakin / Andrew Montgrand
19) Andrew Montgrand / Alex Jordan
20) Austin Hutchcroft / Mitch Young
21) Mark Yuen / Crosby Stewart
22) Iowane Tauraciri
23) Tevita Daugunu / Craig Mitchell-Hermann
Meraloma 19 v UBCOB Ravens 27 @ 14:30
Referee: Bradley Schwalger AR1: CLINT LEMKUS AR2: Scott Johnson
Venue: Connaught Park
The Ravens keep rolling and sit well ahead in the rankings, virtually assured of finishing top in the regular season. The Lomas fall to 3.0 points per match and are in a tie for 3rd/4th (2nd/3rd playoff ranking) now with UBC. All to play for in securing that first round playoff bye for the top 2 teams. The Ravens visit Capilano next week while the Lomas visit Burnaby.
PREGAME
#3 hosting #1. The Lomas haven’t played since February 1st when they defeated Westshore, the Ravens had a resounding win over CW in their last match on March 1st.
The Ravens seemed to have found the formula at #10 with Aaron McLelland away, Logan Henry returns to start at flyhalf. Owain Ruttan and David O’Donoghue come off the bench to start in the backrow. With Iwan Shenton missing, Ethan MacDonald moves from flanker to second row. There’s no change to the backline.
The Lomas have a few rotations in the forward pack with Ethan Jaques coming off the bench to start at openside flanker. Joe Thomas comes off the bench to start at #10 with Matt Roberts not in the match day 23. Veterans Doug Fraser and Jordan Wilson-Ross return to the roster and start in the backline. Fullback Rory McParland also returns to the roster for a starting role.
This could be a preview of the final, the Ravens with an undefeated record to date, only one draw, have to go in as favourites. Prediction: Ravens by +5.
Ravens (March 1st/current)
1 Josh Tweed
2 Vian Wollie Wolmarans
3 Dion Falconer
4 Iwan Shenton / Ethan MacDonald
5 Don Carson
6 Ethan MacDonald / Owain Ruttan
7 Sean Beckett / David O’Donoghue
8 Joe Locke
9 Jack Carson
10 Logan Henry
11 Cole Keffer
12 Ethan Berry
13 Hamish Janes
14 Ben Greenstein
15 Nick Blain
16 David Carson / Grant Crowell
17 Owen Kokan
18 Joshua Christy
19 David O’Donoghue / Frank Carson
20 Owain Ruttan / Sean Beckett
21 Gaspard de Ligault / Jake Ikeda
22 Tsugunosuke Hirai / Gaspard de Ligault
23 Jake Thiel / Tsugo Hirai
Meraloma (Feb 1st/current)
1 Geoff Brooks
2 Gil Cann-Vaana
3 Tom Webb
4 Finton O’Sullivan / Giovanni Guizzetti
5 Conor O’Brien
6 Giovanni Guizzetti / Evan Galvin
7 Evan Galvin / Ethan Jaques
8 Jalan Farris (c)
9 Luc Thompson
10 Matt Roberts / Joe Thomas
11 Keith Graham
12 Jad Hamade / Doug Fraser
13 Kenny Saito
14 James Daly / Jordan Wilson-Ross
15 Ben Shaw / Rory McParland
16 Cian Cunningham
17 Scott Bowers
18 Conor Turley
19 Aaron Hickey / Jordan Quinn
20 Jordan Quinn / Aaron Hickey
21 Ethan Jaques / Jad Hamade
22 Joe Wilde
23 Joe Thomas / TBA
University Of Victoria 28 v Pacific Pride 70 @ 14:30
Referee: Joel Van Meer AR1: Juan Pablo Rey AR2: David Hale
Venue: U Of Victoria- Wallace Field
The Pride flexing as they dominate with a +42 win. The Pride are in 2nd place which is where they’re likely to finish the season. They have a bye next week while the Vikes visit CW. The Vikes have a points per match average of 1.88 and they have to catch the Caps at 2.33 to make the playoffs. They have four games left and 2 of the keys ones will be against CW next week and a make up game on April 5th against Capilano.
PREGAME
#8 hosting #2. The Vikes had a come from behind victory over Burnaby last weekend, the Pride coming off two consecutive wins in February, the last a convincing win over JBAA.
The Vikes have a completely unchanged starting XV, we don’t see that often. A couple of changes on the bench and Angus Boyd-Porter is back in the roster in the reserves.
The Pride have rotated their front row, and Mason McDonald has come into the roster as a starting second row. Taine Clague comes off the bench to start at #8, and Mitch Buie also rotates from the bench to starting scrum half. Rhys James returns to the roster at inside centre and teams up with Liam Poulton. James Thiel gets the start on the wing.
The Vikes earned their win last weekend with superior fitness and finding defensive gaps in the last 20, it will be a different story against an equally fit Rugby Canada academy side. Pride should be favourites going into the match. Prediction: Pride by +5.
UVic (March 1st/current)
1 Phoenix Moller
2 Sully Curran
3 Nic Willey
4 Muiredach Casey
5 Dane Siebens
6 Adam Doane
7 Merlin M’Cloud
8 Ryder Heaney-Corns
9 Lachlan Crooks
10 Gareth Sandner
11 Jackson Powell
12 Mason Levin
13 Sion Griffiths
14 Jack Penaluna
15 Alex Gamage
16 Jordy Auger
17 Kale Jones / Alex Gordon
18 Alex Gordon / Kale Jones
19 Brendan Kim
20 Josh Petrov
21 Ian Smith
22 Tanner Milligan / Annan McAllister
23 TBD / Angus Boyd-Porter
Pacific Pride (Feb 15th/current)
1 Daniel Lucic / Cole Harris
2 Noah Kyneston / Austin Creighton
3 Connor Williams / Greg McDowell
4 Jaiden John / Mason McDonald
5 James Stockwood / Jaiden John
6 Karl Hunger
7 Evan Logan
8 Braden Bruce / Taine Clague
9 Daniel Muzaliwa / Mitchell Buie
10 Jamin Hodgkins
11 Sam Blundell
12 Andrew Cooper / Rhys James
13 Glenn Roy / Liam Poulton
14 Liam Poulton / James Thiel
15 Jean-Louis Descoutte
16 Austin Creighton / Theo Espagnol
17 Cole Harris / Daniel Lucic
18 Greg McDowell / Connor Williams
19 Josh Halladay / Logan Harris
20 Taine Clague / Braden Bruce
21 Mitchell Buie / Daniel Muzaliwa
22 Thomas Cuzange
23 Ty Driscoll / Adam Stander
Westshore 14 v UBC 41 @ 14:30
Referee: Derek Horton AR1: Andrew Owen AR2: Martin Thornton
Venue: Juan De Fuca
UBC with a dominant second half pulled away in a game that was close at the half. The result puts UBC in a tie with Meraloma for 3rd/4th place (2nd/3rd for playoff ranking). Westshore drop to 5th with CW in pursuit.
UBC opened the scoring 14 minutes in with a counter attack off a clearing kick, #13 Alastair Marshall broke through some weak defensive tackling and found #9, Stephen Webb, on his shoulder for the try, 7-0. At 24 minutes Westshore responded when second row Joe Kingham created some space with a swivel move and then offloaded to #14 Alex Mentiply who weaved in for the score, 7-7. UBC went ahead at the 29 minute mark when a run off a dominant scrum put them inside the 5 metres, hooker, Emmet Allan, eventually crossing the line, 14-7. Westshore tied it up at 34 minutes with some prolonged possession inside the 22, fullback Johnstone Olindi found the narrowest of gaps and offloaded to #10, Jimmy Wilson-Bishop, in support who scored under the posts, 14-14. Another score at 36 minutes by UBC showed the strength of their counter-attack game as they punished an aimless kick with no chase from Westshore, Talon McMullin rounded the corner and suddenly there was a dearth of defenders, it went to #7 to #8, Relmu Wilson-Valdes, who hoofed it in from 22 metres out, 21-14 for UBC and it was still anyone’s game.
It was all UBC in the second half however as they scored 20 more points on 3 tries and a penalty kick, going 26-14, 33-14, 36-14, and finally 41-14.
Westshore have a bye next week while UBC host James Bay.
PREGAME
#4 hosting #5. Westshore coming off a narrow home win over the Bays while UBC looked impressive with a +38 win over Capilano.
Westshore have a couple of changes in the forwards, Porter Gook replaces Brian Waraba and Clinton Odhiambo comes in as a new player to start in the second row. There’s little change in the backline with Payton Gibson replacing Darian Morrison in the starting XV.
UBC have only one change in the starting XV, Charlie Clark comes off the bench to start at second row.
UBC have started the new year on a strong note, they drew with #1 Ravens, the only team to deny the Ravens a win this season. They then were dominant in a win over Capilano last weekend. Westshore just narrowly got by the last place Bays last weekend and ran the Pride close in the match before that in a narrow loss. The Birds look like they’re peaking for a strong playoff run. Prediction: UBC by +2.
Westshore (March 1st/current)
1 Kane Perrett
2 Brian Waraba / Porter Gook
3 Daragh Carroll
4 Joe Kingham
5 Seth Recalma / Clinton Odhiambo
6 Zephyr Melnyk
7 Brian Ndirangu
8 Alvin Otieno
9 Josh Nordstrom
10 Jimmy Wilson-Bishop
11 Nelson Oyoo
12 Jeff Olouch / Payton Gibson
13 Darian Morrison / Jeff Olouch
14 Alex Mentiply
15 Johnstone Olindi
16 Matt Evans / Nathan Groenewold
17 Nathan Groenewold / Meshack Tunnichi
18 Meshack Tunnichi / Seth Recalma
19 Aiden Holland / Aiden McCleary
20 Tommy Heuser / Anthony Carroll
21 Braeden Bespalko
22 Hudson Poppitt / Darian Morrison
23 Payton Gibson / TBA
UBC (March 1st/current)
1 Ken Buckingham
2 Emmet Allan
3 Payton Teneycke
4 Sol Jacques
5 Joe McNulty / Charlie Clark
6 Elijan McQueen
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 Tate Hartley / James Noftall
17 James Noftall / Jacob Blackwood
18 Kevin Griffiths / Liam Kinghorn
19 Spencer Voegeli
20 Charlie Clark / Ethan Lee
21 Jonty Nichols / Caleb Seumanutafa
22 Caleb Seumanutafa / Max McGavern
23 Max McGavern / Jo Paradis
Capilano 27 v Burnaby Lake 13 @ 14:45
Referee: Cole Pedrick AR1: Tyler Dawson AR2: Mark Abercrombie
Venue: Klahanie Park
Another game we got wrong, and it’s now looking dire for Burnaby making the playoffs this season. They sit in 9th with a 1.5 points per match average and they have some tough games to end the season against Lomas, Pride and UBC. The Caps and Vikes will likely be battling it out for the final playoff spot but it doesn’t get easy for the Caps as they host the undefeated Ravens next weekend.
PREGAME
#7 hosting #9. Caps losing big to UBC last weekend, Burnaby failing to hold onto a lead and falling the Vikes last weekend.
Burnaby have a few changes in the forwards, Lalit Bharadwaj comes off the bench to start at hooker and Leo Chen in the second row. James Catterson comes into the lineup to start at #8. Hayden Mulgrew returns to start on the wing.
Caps have only one change to the starting roster with Mike Moloney out, Ben Taylor goes to the wing and Ryan Leskiw moves from wing to fullback.
Two clubs battling for a playoff spot, this match could be a key decider, a must win for Burnaby to stay in the hunt. Burnaby were well in control of the match last weekend but faded badly in the last 20. The Caps missing Mike Moloney might be a factor. Prediction: Burnaby by +3.
Burnaby (March 1st/current)
1 Luka Bradley
2 Dylan Vermette / Lalit Bharadwaj
3 Bryce Worden
4 Andrew McIntyre / Leo Chen
5 Sam Tsoi / Andrew McIntyre
6 Jonah Fridfinnson / Sam Tsoi
7 Jack Bolton
8 Dylan Horne / James Catterson
9 Reid Watkins
10 Ed Shepherdson
11 Kyle Corrigan
12 David Dinbandhu
13 Brendon McCaskie
14 Kimi Vunituraga / Hayden Mulgrew
15 Ethan Dromgool
16 Lalit Bharadwaj / Gerard Beaven
17 Liem Jung / Iain Kennell-Webb
18 Cooper Johnston / Liem Jung
19 Leo Chen / Cooper Johnston
20 Wiremu Sharman / Jonah Fridfinnson
21 Ezekiel Rossetti / Dan Josok
22 Stu Jamison / Ezekiel Rossetti
23 TBA / Mohi Parata
Capilano (March 1st/current)
1 Mareko Fagasa-Nuku
2 Jacob Bossi
3 Arsalan Schaigan
4 Ryan Hickey
5 Izzak Kelly
6 Nick Pearce
7 Flynn Heyes
8 Colin Mitchell
9 Jack Adams
10 Toby Horn
11 Cam Waddell
12 Bruce Jones
13 Melani Nanai
14 Ryan Leskiw / Ben Taylor
15 Mike Moloney / Ryan Leskiw
16 Joey Ficocelli
17 Josh Leeks
18 Vincent Liardet-Smith
19 Reid Yurkowski / Sasha Putt
20 Sasha Putt / Reid Yurkowski
21 Jamie Drummond
22 Doug Stuart
23 TBD / Charlie Huntingford
Women’s Premier
Vancouver Thunderbirds (2) 57 v Seattle 5 @ 12:45
Referee: Lance Davison AR1: Darryl Lucas AR2: Elijah Lockington
Venue: UBC- Gerald McGavin Centre
The match between Thunderbirds 1 and Westshore seems to have disappeared from the schedule. At the time of writing there’s no rosters available for Thunderbirds 2 or Seattle, we’ll update when they’re made available.
The rosters for Thunderbirds 2 and Seattle were posted to Instagram Friday evening.
Thunderbirds (1/2) (March 1st/current)
1 Alli Dobson
2 Maddy Thran
3 Dylan Kipp / Sasha Oreskovich
4 Anya Prokopich / Teya Ashworth
5 Teya Ashworth / Jesse Knaggs
6 Sarah Fong / Mya Koleba
7 Ella Kirk / Jordan Mcleod
8 Jesse Knaggs / Rachel Smith
9 Lanae Davenport / Sara Tehrani
10 Chloe Bong / Brooke Roddham
11 Cassie Jorgenson / Adia Pye
12 Meghan Leung / Lana Dueck
13 Jaime Knaggs / Skye Farish
14 Emily Wang / Jaime Dickson
15 Taylor Gotto / Cassie Jorgenson
16 Maya Nowotny / Kiki Idowu
17 Tegan Jost / Maya Nowotny
18 TBA / Sarah Fong
19 TBA / Ella Kirk
20 TBA /Saylor Pickrell
21 TBA / Lanae Davenport
22 TBA / Mary Sieker
23 TBA / Chloe Bong
Seattle (March 1st/current)
1. Sydnee Kimber
2. Taylor Tracy
3. Gabby Simmons
4. Alina Ampeh
5. Hattie McKay / Bee Blackmon
6. Mo Cricchio / Tee Teaupa
7. Envee Sakhoeun-Hem
8. Zyana Flores-Thomas
9. Noelle Heiser / Sho Markus
10. Madison Ray
11. Kendra Young / Sally Egan
12. Gabrielle Fernandopulle
13. Karina Bridgman / Emily Barber
14. P.J. Tillman / Kendra Young
15. Sally Egan / Karina Bridgman
16. Tee Teaupa / Sydney Abel
17. Ann England / Hattie McKay
18. Krystall Marshall
19. Juliette Champagnat / Jess Berg
20. Faith Granados / Juliana Vazquez
21. Astrid Ramos / Mo Cricchio
22. Aiyana Gilliard / P.J. Tillman
23. Kiki Mamea / Katie Shadler