BC Premier Week 8 Results: Ravens Grounded by Burnaby, Lomas Doubled by CW, Westshore Edge Vikes; Exhibition Pride Outscored by Chicago Hounds Development; Women’s Premier Burnaby Defeated by CW, Lomas Dominate Seattle, Thunderbirds Soar Past Abby
It was Week 8 of the BC Premier season with 3 matches on tap, plus an exhibition with the Chicago Hounds development team in town to take on the Pride. The women’s Premier also had 3 matches this weekend. A couple of upsets in men’s Premier with Burnaby taking down defending champs Ravens and CW getting their first win over the visiting Meraloma.
Burnaby Lake 22 v UBCOB Ravens 20 @ 14:30
Referee: Chris Assmus AR1: Trevor Honey AR2: Tere Blake
Venue: Burnaby Lake Rugby Club
A big upset for Burnaby taking down the defending champs at home. Burnaby go from #5 to #4 in the standings, Ravens fall to #3. Next week Burnaby host Westshore and the Ravens have a bye.
PREGAME
#5 Burnaby hosting #2 Ravens. Both teams coming off decisive wins last weekend.
Burnaby only have a couple of changes to the forwards Joel Abdel Barr replaces James Kelly at hooker and Sam Tsoi replaces Josh Halladay in the second row. In the backs Lynden Duggan replaces Stu Jamieson on the wing.
The Ravens with a few changes Riku Konrad and Jake Tierney missing, Jake Ikeda returns in the forwards. Jack Carson starts at fullback.
The Ravens with 5 straight wins after two opening losses, Burnaby coming off two consecutive wins. Should be a good match but Ravens get the nod. Prediction: Ravens by +7.
Ravens (Nov 15/current)
1 Louis Kassapian / Josh Tweed
2 Riku Konrad / Louis Kassapian
3 Owen Kokan
4 Donald Carson
5 Frank Carson
6 Jake Tierney / Matthew Chan
7 Matthew Chan / Jake Ikeda
8 Joe Locke
9 Billy Wickham
10 Andrew Coe
11 Cole Keffer
12 Tsugo Hirai
13 Noah Jenson
14 Mark Wandeto / Jean-Claude Koorsten
15 Noah Bain / Jack Carson
16 Josh Tweed / Isaiah Harrison
17 Kaleb Whitelaw
18 Hillyard Carson / Sam Rezapour
19 Jake Thiel / Hillyard Carson
20 TBD / Bryan Rondeau
21 Jack Carson / Gio Sangiorgi
22 Gio Sangiorgi / David Thompson
23 Jean-Claude Koorsten / Noah Bain
Burnaby (Nov 15/current)
1 Dylan Vermette
2 James Kelly / Joel Abdel Barr
3 Grayson Hardie
4 Leo Chen
5 Josh Halladay / Sam Tsoi
6 Clinton Odhiambo
7 Cooper Johnston / Jonah Fridfinnson
8 Jarod Byrnes
9 Wayne Ngubane
10 Napolioni Bolaca
11 Stu Jamieson / Lynden Duggan
12 Fynn Murphy
13 Tevita Daugunu
14 Iowane Raturaciri
15 Guiseppe du Toit
16 Seth Klassen
17 Iain Kennell-Webb
18 Ben Graci
19 Dreydon Martin / Cooper Johnston
20 Jonah Fridfinnson / Dreydon Martin
21 Anthony Carroll
22 Jack Brady / Reid Watkins
23 TBD / Jack Brady
Castaway Wanderers 38 v Meraloma 19 @ 14:30
Referee: Derek Horton AR1: Sam Klein-Laufer AR2: Kenneth Yee
Venue: Windsor Park
CW get their first win of the season and do it in style with a bonus point win. They still remain in 9th but are starting a move in the right direction. The Lomas looked like they were turning the corner after a win last week after four consecutive defeats, but it wasn’t to be. They remain in 7th place. Next week CW visit Capilano and the Lomas get a Friday night under the lights at UBC’s Thunderbird Stadium, kick off at 8:30pm.
PREGAME
#9 CW hosting #7 Meraloma. CW still looking for their first win and the Lomas looking like a team returning to form with a emphatic win over the Bays after 4 consecutive losses.
The Lomas have an unchanged forward pack and two changes in the backs with Luc Thompson getting the start at scrum-half and Malachi King coming into the roster at outside centre.
CW with a couple of changes in the forwards with Fred Regan returning to loosehead prop, moving Alex McCallum to hooker. Nat Dring comes off the bench to replace the absent Ayo Ogunlabe. In the backs Ethan Hager returns and takes the outside centre spot. Angus Boyd-Porter is missing so Zech Pilgrim moves from scrum-half to fullback and Chris Gamage moves from wing to scrum-half.
We’ll see if the Lomas new found form continues and they can get back to back wins for the first time this season. CW will be eager to notch their first win of the season at home. The stats say Lomas go in as favourites. Prediction: Lomas by +5.
Meraloma (Nov 15/current)
1 Joyner Gaualofa
2 Mark Rickard
3 Luca Aukuso
4 Ed Matthews
5 Conor O’Brien
6 Elliot Ogbemudia
7 Sam Lyon
8 Jalan Farris
9 Tyus Dimbleby / Luc Thompson
10 Charlie Greaves
11 Keith Graham
12 Corne Ludick / Kenny Saito
13 Kenny Saito / Malachi King
14 Ben Pope
15 Ted O’Leary
16 Andy McMeel / Corne Ludick
17 Rhys Tucker / Andy McMeel
18 Jordan Quinn / Rhys Tucker
19 Craig Trimble
20 Jack Bonisch
21 Luc Thomson / Kurtis Liu
22 Yudai Morita / Eoin Long
23 Eoin Long / TBD
CW (Nov 15/current)
1 Alex McCallum /Fred Regan
2 Antonio Corbin / Alex McCallum
3 Gavin Kratz
4 John Humphries
5 Ayo Ogunlabe / Nat Dring
6 Gord Kehoe
7 Dafydd Thomas
8 Mike Finnemore
9 Zech Pilgrim / Chris Gamage
10 Gradyn Bowd
11 Chris Gamage / Shane Rikley-Krindle
12 Andrew Easson
13 Shane Rikley-Krindle / Ethan Hager
14 AJ Kosempel
15 Angus Boyd-Porter / Zech Pilgrim
16 Julian Ryan / Michael Crawford
17 Zach Hahn
18 Nat Dring / Julian Ryan
19 Jack Goss
20 Hugh Mager
21 Marshall Stove / Ciaran Woods
22 Jay Welsh
23 TBD / Marshall Stove
University Of Victoria 13 v Westshore 21 @ 14:30
Referee: Cole Pedrick AR1: David Hale AR2: Al Humphries
Venue: U Of Victoria- Wallace Field
Westshore climb to 2nd place with the win and the Ravens loss. The Vikes remain in 8th place. Next week Westshore travel to Burnaby and the Vikes host James Bay in a Friday night at Centennial Stadium, kick off at 7pm.
PREGAME
#8 Vikes hosting #3 Westshore. Westshore coming off a tough win against Capilano last week, the Vikes returning from the university championships where they placed 4th.
Westshore have Foster Dewitt starting this week at hooker, that’s the only change in the forwards. In the backs Thomas Isherwood is in Trinidad with the national 7s team, Rhys James takes the outside centre role. Drew Belbin and Alex Mentiply on the wings, Mark Balaski returning from injury is in the reserves.
UVic have Hunter Hannaford at #10, he seems to be a new addition to the Vikes, showing up in our records for the first time November 1st. He also was one of the few Vikes to be selected to the university all-star teams. A google search indicates he may be an Aussie who played for West Harbour Rugby Club and played some rep rugby. The Vikes top 2 fly-halves Cooper Coats and Michael Oughtred are not in the roster. Coats in Portugal with Canada XVs and Oughtred may be on the injured list.
Based on current form Westshore go in as favourites but the Vikes always dangerous with their expansive game. Prediction: Westshore by +5.
Westshore (Nov 15/current )
1 Kane Perrett
2 Matt Evans / Foster Dewitt
3 Omar Abu Alnaaj
4 Karl Hunger
5 Kaden Duguid
6 Daragh Carroll
7 Brian Ndirangu
8 Joe Kingham
9 Payton Gibson
10 Taylor McGuire
11 Nelson Oyoo / Drew Belbin
12 Rhys James / Jeff Oluoch
13 Thomas Ishwerwood / Rhys James
14 Jeff Oluoch / Alex Mentiply
15 Johnstone Olindi
16 Foster Dewitt / Matt Evans
17 Bob McKay / Nathan Groenewold
18 Nathan Groenewold / Simeon John
19 Matt Weir / Aidan Holland
20 Admir Cejvanovic / Seth Recalma
21 Zander Payne
22 Drew Belbin / Mark Balaski
23 TBD / Jimmy Wilson Bishop
UVic (Nov 1/current)
1 Jack Marshall / Phoenix Moller
2 Sully Curran
3 Brendan Christian / Nic Willey
4 Muiredach Casey / Brendan Kim
5 Alex Gordon
6 Jaxson Jones / Aiden de Witt
7 Merlin M’Cloud / Jaxson Jones
8 Carter Ebrahim
9 Lachlan Crooks
10 Gareth Sandner / Hunter Hannaford
11 Marcus Lott / Alex Gamage
12 Hunter Hannaford / Sion Griffiths
13 Jack Penaluna / Dylan Cleaver
14 Thoron Koyote / Marcus Lott
15 Dylan Cleaver / Gareth Sandner
16 Annan McAllister / Jordy Auger
17 David Michell / Milo McDonald
18 Kale Jones / Brendan Christian
19 Josh Petrov
20 Aiden de Witt / Ronin Smith
21 Ronon Smith / Owen Barlow
22 Alex Gamage / Jack Penaluna
23 Sion Griffiths / Thoran Koyote
Week 8 Standings – November 22nd 2025
| Team | Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | BP | Points | Ratio |
| UBC | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 33 | 4.71 |
| Westshore | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 4 |
| Ravens | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 3.62 |
| Burnaby Lake | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 3.37 |
| Capilano | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 3.28 |
| James Bay | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 2.42 |
| Meraloma | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 1.5 |
| UVic | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1.33 |
| CW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 1.28 |
| Pacific Pride | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0.66 |
Men’s Exhibition
Pacific Pride 33 v Chicago Hounds Development 57 @ 15:00
Referee: Julianne Zussman AR1: Leighton Burridge AR2: Martin Thornton
Venue: Starlight Stadium
It looks like it was a Barbarians style free-for-all with little defence as the MLR Hounds development squad put a half century on the Pride while the Pride scored 33 points of their own.
PREGAME
Not much known about the Chicago Hounds development team, officially referred to as “autumn performance squad” on their social media. Their last match was against a Midwest Thunderbirds team in Chicago, a game they won 36-22. So this will be an interesting test for the Pacific Pride.
Pacific Pride (Nov 15/current)
1 Justin Tasse
2 Theo Espagnol
3 Evan Roy
4 Jaiden John
5 Mason MacDonald / Eli Annis
6 Evan Logan / Asfi Saeed
7 Dewet Van Rooyen / Evan Logan
8 Jack Part
9 Daniel Muzaliwa / Rogan Moir
10 Jamin Hodgkins
11 Sam Blundell / Hudson Poppit
12 Hudson Young / Andrew Cooper
13 Liam Poulton
14 Hudson Poppit / Glenn Roy
15 Glenn Roy / Alan Berros
16 Noah Kyneston / Porter Gook
17 Asfi Saeed / Tim Zimmer
18 Simroy John
19 Eli Annis / Mason McDonald
20 Nate Cameron
21 Chris Rose / Rudy Osborne
22 Andrew Cooper / Dewet Van Rooyen
23 Rogan Moir / Chris Rose
24 Jute Norlin
25 Hudson Young
26 Sam Blundell
Chicago
1 Elias Garza
2 Ethan Howard
3 Koby Baker
4 Calvin Ihrig
5 Mason Wells
6 Alex Null
7 John Dupree
8 Jake Kinneeveauk
9 Mathis Demandolx
10 Sam Walsh
11 Peyton Wall
12 Lachy MacDonald
13 Dayen Joyce
14 Preston Hammerschmidt
15 Royaal Jones
16 Delgado
17 Blankenship
18 Beattie
19 Grant
20 Aguilar
21 Modlin
22 Smith
23 Goodwin
Women’s Premier
We’ll double back on the women’s Premier when we get the rosters in. The BCRU schedule shows Westshore @ Ravens but we see no sign that match is going ahead as the Ravens haven’t officially fielded a team yet this season.
Castaway Wanderers 24 v Burnaby Lake 21 @ 12:45
Referee: Dan Cvitanovich AR1: Chris Horsley AR2: Kenneth Yee
Venue: Windsor Park
CW with the narrow win at home hold on to 3rd place while Burnaby fall to 5th behind the Lomas. Next week Burnaby host #2 Westshore while CW have a bye.
PREGAME
#3 hosting #4. Burnaby coming off a bye week but they lost to the Lomas before that. CW just came off an emphatic win over Lomas. Burnaby travelling with 4 TBD on roster may indicate a short roster on the road, never a good sign. CW with a fairly consistent roster with some rotation from the bench. Go with the home team on this. Prediction: CW by +5.
CW (Nov 15/current)
1 Josie Anzai
2 Karen Garcia Perdomo / Remee Brown
3 Bronwyn Zodichi
4 Kass Cej
5 Jamie Knaggs / Marina Skakun
6 Alex Motherwell
7 Lucy Beauchemin
8 Olivia Corbett
9 Kate Kristianson / Emily Samek
10 Emily Currey / Kate Kristianson
11 Emily Samek / Savannah King
12 Hadley MacPherson
13 Bella Anderton-Teasdale / Chloe Hill-Huse
14 Savannah King / Gwynnie Fry
15 Marin O’Regan / Emily Currey
16 Marina Skakun / Avalon Crawford
17 Madea Solberg
18 Remee Brown / Jamie Rikley-Krindle
19 Annalise Branter
20 Sadie Schneider
21 Chloe Hill-Huse / Madeline Astridge
22 Emmie Pierce
23 Gwynnie Fry / TBD
Burnaby (Nov 1/current)
1. Lauren Tagg
2. Florence Belanger Jones
3. Tess Woldring
4. Emily Van Gulik
5. Nicole Stephenson
6. Natasha Lalonde / Jailee Mercedes
7. Madison Brooke
8. Jailee Mercedes / Ada Okonkwo
9. Kaila France / Natasha Lalonde
10. Rachel Wood / Miriama Naiobasali
11. Jaidyn Mawhinney
12. Laisana Likuceva / Gabrielle Hindley
13. Hannah Hibbs / Olivia Vangel
14. Olivia Vangel / Mia Chan
15. Ava van Santen / Kaila France
16. Teresa Thomson / S Savary
17. James Sheldon-Houle / Faith Nishi
18. G Hindley / S Gillar
19. Ada Okonkwo / T Rowe
20. S Gillar / TBD
21.Faith Nishi / TBD
22.M Chan / TBD
23. Miriama Naiobasali / TBD
Meraloma 87 v Seattle 5 @ 12:45
Referee: Lance Davison AR1: Phil Webster AR2: Michael Blais
Venue: Connaught Park
A dominant win by the Lomas after their defeat on the road to CW last week. They take control of 4th place in the table and prepare for a Friday night under the lights contest against the #1 Thunderbirds at UBC’s Thunderbird Stadium at 7pm, part of a double header with the men’s UBC team facing the Meraloma men at 8:30pm.
Meraloma (Nov 15/current)
1 Stacey Warner
2 Tanya Bennett
3 Elyce Thomas
4 Jessica Nelson
5 Deanna Cvitanovich
6 Gemma McCutcheon
7 Bea Collier-Pandya
8 Nicola Schmidt
9 Cassidy Gale
10 Flora Poole
11 Kayla Kim
12 Robyn Feraday
13 Demi Quickfall
14 Carah Hager
15 Emma Lowe
16 Mhairianne McKeeve
17 Hailey Jeffries
18 Gracie Donaldson
19 Lindsey Hood / Billie Li
20 Jessica Nelson / Lyon Mar
21 Mikela Scharlach
22 TBD
23 TBD
Seattle (Nov 15/current)
1. Gabby Simmons
2. Taylor Tracy
3. Sydnee Kimber
4. Krystal Marshall
5. Hattie McKay
6. Olivia Santiago
7. Jess Berg
8. Jessie Eames
9. Faith Granados
10. Abby Sanchez
11. Sydney Colbern
12. Emma Santosuosso
13. Christa Banks
14. Katie Shadler
15. Dani Fogg
16. Steph Hook
17. Sydney Abel
18. Ann England
19. Laurel Hendrickson
20. P.J. Tillman
21. Sho Markus
22. Rylie Pereira
23.Sarah Wallace
Vancouver Thunderbirds 111 v Abbotsford 0 @ 12:45
Referee: Kristine Lovatt AR1: Rachel Morrison AR2: Michael Landiak
Venue: UBC- Gerald McGavin Centre
Another tough lesson for the new Abby team in the Premier, they were supposed to play the Ravens next week, might be a good chance for the Ravens to put together a team for an exhibition match. The Thunderbirds host Meraloma on Friday night, 7pm at Thunderbird Stadium.
Thunderbirds (Nov 15/current)
1 Katie Stoddart
2 Addy Oldfield
3 Tegan Jost
4 Kimberley Sinow
5 Sofie Leman
6 Anna Plate
7 Savannah Peltier
8 Poppy Elcock
9 Sara Tehrani
10 Sarah MacPherson
11 Emily Wang
12 Vela Baravian
13 Chloe Bong
14 Skye Farish
15 Catrin Taylor
16 Maya Nowotny
17 Ruby Kaltiainen
18 Ayana Titifanua
19 Bronwyn Parker
20 Ella Hudon
21 Lanae Davenport
22 Sofia Shortis
23 Belle Rousseau
Abbotsford (Nov 15/current)
1 H Cookson
2 L Tapparo
3 K Preston
4 T Lew
5 K Brosseau
6 S Foulds
7 J Dhillon
8 L Demeyer
9 E Chalmers
10 M Gayger
11 K Bay
12 ER Skillings
13 S Eskildsen
14 A Maarsman
15 K Makara
16 L Duncan
17 A Johnson
18 E Roberds
19 R Sandhu
20 C Swain
21 T Kempf
22 TBD
23 TBD
Pending
UBCOB Ravens v Westshore @ 12:45
Referee: TBC (Pending)
Venue: Jericho Beach Park