BC Premier Week 5 Results: UBC Vanquish Burnaby; Caps Top CW; Lomas Fall to Bays; Ravens Soar Past Vikes – Women’s Premier Westshore Defeat CW; Burnaby Edge UBC
It’s Week 5 of the BC Premier with 4 matches, Westshore and Pride have a bye and are playing a friendly on Friday evening at Starlight Stadium. It’s Week 3 of the Women’s Premier with 2 matches on the slate. UBC remain the only undefeated side in men’s Premier, while Burnaby and Westshore top the women’s Premier.
Castaway Wanderers 29 v Capilano 45 @ 14:30
Referee: Kristine Lovatt AR1: Dan Cvitanovich AR2: Chris Horsley (Pending)
Venue: Windsor Park
A +16 win by the visiting Caps exceeded the predictions. CW remain winless now at 0-4. Caps keep pace with JBAA with a 3-2 record, just behind Ravens, Westshore and UBC. Next weekend Capilano visit Meraloma and CW have the tough task of visiting the #1 Thunderbirds.
PREGAME
CW coming off a loss to JBAA last week in the crosstown rivalry and Caps coming off an upset win over Burnaby at home. CW at 0-3 looking for their first win and Caps at 2-2 in a 5th/6th tie with JBAA.
CW missing Gavin Kratz, Aiden Cole gets the starting tighthead assignment. Gradyn Bowd returns at #10 but two high profile backline players missing, Jack Shaw and Ethan Hager.
Caps with a similar starting XV to last week, they’re missing Austin James and Ryan Leskiw gets the start.
This is a tough one to pick, Caps are the on form team out of the two, they surprised Burnaby at home in wet conditions, it will be raining again on Saturday. CW seem to be missing something this season, they have Gradyn Bowd back but now are missing two outside threats. Have to go with Caps on this one even though it’s their first cross strait trip of the season. Prediction: Caps by +5.
Sean’s Prediction: Capilano to take the W against Castaway by 3 points, I think it could be a tight one with these sides. Capilano +3.
CW (Oct 18/current)
1 Alex McCallum / Fred Regan
2 Fred Regan / Antonio Corbin
3 Gavin Kratz / Aiden Cole
4 Nat Dring
5 Ayo Ogunlabe / Mike Finnemore
6 John Humphries
7 Dafydd Thomas / Jack Goss
8 Mike Finnemore / Dafydd Thomas
9 Chris Gamage / Zech Pilgrim
10 Gradyn Bowd
11 Jack Shaw / Chris Gamage
12 Andrew Easson
13 Shane Rikley-Krindle
14 AJ Kosempel
15 Ethan Hager / Angus Boyd-Porter
16 Tomas Vidal / Julian Ryan
17 Pearce Reimer / Michael Crawford
18 Scott McCann
19 Jack Goss / Matt Sutherland
20 Sam Johnston / Gord Kehoe
21 Marshall Stove / Rhett Esler
22 Angus Boyd-Porter / Jay Welsh
23 Zech Pilgrim / Marshall Stove
Capilano (Oct 18/current)
1 Hussein Khadr
2 Jacob Bossi
3 Arsalan Schaigan
4 Ryan Hickey
5 Reid Yurkowski
6 Hamish MacDonald / Cam Tanner
7 Cam Tanner / Hamish MacDonald
8 Teancum Tuiali
9 Toby Horn
10 Wade Jansen
11 Jack Wise
12 Austin James / Ben Taylor
13 Johnny Franklin
14 Ben Taylor / Ryan Leskiw
15 Mike Moloney
16 Nate Bolton
17 Josh Leeks
18 Blair Twaddell
19 Riley Canning
20 Arthur Greene / Nick Pearce
21 Cam Waddell / Seamus O’Sullivan
22 Ryan Leskiw / Jose Santiago
23 TBD / Willy Dormaar
James Bay AA 41 v Meraloma 31 @ 14:30
Referee: Julianne Zussman AR1: Al Humphries AR2: John De Goede
Venue: James Bay AA- MacDonald Park
The Bays with a +10 win and go to 3-2 and 4th/5th place tie with the Caps. The Lomas fall to 1-4 and 8th place. Next weekend the Lomas host the Caps and the Bays host the Ravens.
PREGAME
The Bays at 2-2 won at home last week versus CW, Meraloma at 1-3 were blown away by the Ravens last week.
The Bays still have their two national team props, Kyle Steeves starts at tighthead and Sam Miller is in the reserves. Callum Botchar moves from second row to blindside flanker. Austin Creighton is missing this week. The rest of the roster looks the same with some rotation from the bench.
The Lomas missing their #8 and captain Jalan Farris this week. Jordan Quinn moves from prop to blindside flanker and Marcus Ale moves from flanker to #8. The rest of the starting XV looks the same.
The Bays are the form team out of the two, playing at home, they go in as favourites. Prediction: Bays by +8.
Sean Prediction: JBAA have been in decent shape and I think they will get the job done at home against Meraloma by 3. JBAA by +3.
James Bay (Oct 18/current)
1) Sam Miller / Riley Lloyd
2) Neil Trainor
3) Wyatt Pilz / Kyle Steeves
4) Harrison Archdekin
5) Callum Botchar / Max Brewerton
6) Austin Creighton / Callum Botchar
7) Brendyn Beck
8) Alex Jordan
9) Tom Burton
10) Ty Driscoll
11) Kainoa Lloyd
12) Mike Nieuwenhuysen
13) James Thiel
14) Mostyn Findlay
15) Craig Mitchell-Hermann
16) Nehemiah O’Neil
17) Riley Lloyd / Sam Miller
18) Kyle Steeves / Wyatt Pilz
19) Max Brewerton / Austin Hutchcroft
20) Austin Hutchcroft / Jacob Griffin
21) Jacob Griffin / Crosby Stewart
22) Crosby Stewart / Isaac Gonevou
23) Jeremiah Gonevou
Meraloma (Oct 18/current)
1 Joyner Gaualofa
2 Mark Rickard
3 Jordan Quinn / Tom Webb
4 Craig Trimble / Ed Matthews
5 Conor O’Brien
6 Marcus Ale / Jordan Quinn
7 Sam Lyon
8 Jalan Farris (c) / Marcus Ale
9 Luc Thomson
10 Charlie Greaves
11 Keith Graham
12 Corne Ludick
13 Kenny Saito
14 Ben Pope
15 Malachi King
16 Luca Aukuso
17 Andy McMeel
18 Tom Webb / Rhys Tucker
19 Rhys Tucker / Elliot Ogbemudia
20 Ed Matthews / Dan Aplin
21 James Adams / Alex Tagg
22 Tyus Dimbleby
23 Ted O’Leary / Quentin Coetsee
UBCOB Ravens 33 v University Of Victoria 21 @ 14:30
Referee: Cole Northcott AR1: Phil Webster AR2: David Smortchevsky
Venue: Jericho Beach Park
The Ravens with a +12 win met the prediction expectations, they go to 3-2 and are in 3rd place in points per match with one more bonus point than Caps and Bays. UVic at 1-3 are in 7th place. Next week the Ravens visit the Bays and UVic visit Burnaby.
PREGAME
The Ravens 2-2 looked good last week with a comprehensive win over the Lomas. The Vikes, 1-2, were tentative in their win over TWU last week, going ahead early but fading near the end for a narrow win.
The Ravens rotate their props and Jake Ikeda comes in to take the place of Lucas Rumball who is not in the roster this week. Those are the only changes in the starting XV. In the reserves a changing of the Carson’s, Frank is in and Jack is out.
UVic have Cooper Coats back but are missing Michael Oughtred. Also a few starting forwards Nic Willey, Merlin M’Cloud and Brendan Kim are missing.
It will be a good matchup at #10, Lachlan Kratz and Cooper Coats, both national team level. Ravens are the in form team, we’ll see how missing Lucas Rumball will impact the team. Prediction: Ravens by +10.
Sean’s Prediction: I’m going back with the Ravens to defeat the UVIC by 9. Could be closer as UVIC prepare for Nationals. Ravens by +9.
Ravens (Oct 18/current)
1 Louis Kassapian / Josh Tweed
2 Riku Konrad
3 Saman Rezapour / Owen Kokan
4 Donald Carson
5 Matthew Chan
6 Jake Tierney
7 Lucas Rumball / Jake Ikeda
8 Joe Locke
9 Billy Wickham
10 Lachlan Kratz
11 Cole Keffer
12 Ethan Berry
13 Hamish Janes
14 Noah Bain
15 Andrew Coe
16 Josh Tweed / Louis Kassapian
17 Owen Kokan / Saman Rezapour
18 Noah King / Frank Carson
19 Hillyard Carson
20 Kelepi Gucake
21 Jack Carson / Gio Sangiorgi
22 Gio Sangiorgi / Jean-Claude Koorsten
23 Mark Ruga
UVic (Oct 18/current)
1 Jack Marshall
2 Jordy Auger
3 Nic Willey / Phoenix Moller
4 Muiredach Casey
5 Brendan Kim / Alex Gordon
6 Adam Doane
7 Merlin M’Cloud / Jaxson Jones
8 Ryder Heaney-Corns
9 Reece Thompson
10 Michael Oughtred / Cooper Coats
11 Alex Gamage / Jack Penaluna
12 Josh McIndoe
13 Lockhart MacGregor
14 Thoron Koyote
15 Dylan Cleaver
16 Sully Curran
17 Milo McDonald
18 Phoenix Muller / Brendan Christian
19 Josh Petrov / Carter Ebrahim
20 Jaxson Jones / Aiden de Witt
21 Lachlan Crooks
22 Sion Griffiths / Josh Petrov
23 Jack Penaluna / Marcus Lott
UBC RFC 40 v Burnaby Lake 24 @ 14:30
Referee: Cole Pedrick AR1: Keller Reeves AR2: Bradley Schwalger
Venue: UBC- Gerald McGavin Centre
A +16 win for the #1 T-Birds. They sit clear at the top of the table with a 5-1-0 record, redeeming their one draw against Burnaby in Week 1. Burnaby drop to 2-1-2 and 6th place. Next week UBC host CW and Burnaby host the Vikes.
PREGAME
UBC are the only undefeated team in the league and obliterated #2 Westshore last week. Burnaby were upset last week and the cold, rainy weather may not be ideal conditions for the Fijian flair they have in the backline.
UBC have a few rotations in the forwards Ethan McCarthy starts at hooker and Australian Aiden Sutherland is in the backrow. A new look from 11 to 15, Takoda McMullin gets his first start after returning from injury, his brother Talon takes the week off. Liam James moves from fullback to inside centre. Two new wingers, Niko Andrianos and Elijah Palov, get the start.
Burnaby are missing their stalwart tighthead prop, Bruce Worden. Also missing is blindside flanker, Clinton Odhiambo. They have Guiseppe du Toit in the roster, a great addition for them. Ethan Turner moves to fullback and Napolioni Bolaca returns to #10. Fijian flyer Tevita Daugunu returns to the roster at inside centre. It’s a formidable backline.
UBC have to go in as favourites, at home, undefeated. Burnaby are difficult to predict, brilliant one week, under performing the next. These teams tied 30-30 in week 1. Prediction. UBC by +7.
Sean’s Prediction: Thunderbirds has looked so good so far and it looks like they will be favourites as of right now. I think they’ll win by 3 over Burnaby Lake. UBC by +3.
UBC (Oct 18/current)
1 Jacob Blackwood
2 Emmett Allan / Ethan McCarthy
3 Graeme Francolini
4 Relmu Wilson-Valdes
5 Joe McNulty
6 Liam Kinghorn / Aiden Sutherland
7 Callum Arnesen
8 Cody Nhanala
9 Stephen Webb
10 James Biss
11 Max McGavern / Niko Andrianos
12 Talon McMullin / Liam James
13 Liam Turnbull / Takoda McMullin
14 Alastair Marshall / Elijah Palov
15 Liam James / Max McGavern
16 Ethan McCarthy / Josh du Toit
17 James Mahaffy / Ethan Samuels
18 Charlie Clark
19 Josh du Toit / Max Birtley
20 Aiden Sutherland / Elijah McQueen
21 Max Birtley / Liam Turnbull
22 Ethan Samuels / Ben Martin
23 Takoda McMullin / Hamish Taylor
Burnaby (Oct 18/current)
1 Dylan Vermette
2 James Kelly
3 Bryce Worden / Grayson Hardie
4 Leo Chen
5 John Southern
6 Clinton Odhiambo / Sam Tsoi
7 Cooper Johnston / David Dinbandhu
8 Jarod Byrnes
9 Wayne Ngubane
10 Ethan Turner / Napolioni Bolaca
11 Kyle Corrigan
12 Wiremu Sharman / Tevita Daugunu
13 Luke Toroca / Guiseppe du Toit
14 Iowane Raturaciri
15 Napolioni Bolaca / Ethan Turner
16 Joel Abdel Barr
17 Grayson Hardie / Lalit Bharadwaj
18 Peterson Lemalu / Iain Kennell Webb
19 David Dinbandhu / Cooper Johnston
20 Dreydon Martin / Jonah Fridffinson
21 Anthony Carrol / Reid Watkins
22 Reid Watkins / Anthony Carrol
23 Sione Fine
Week 5 Standings
| Team | Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | BP | Points | Ratio |
| UBC | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 4.66 |
| Westshore | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 3.75 |
| Ravens | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 3.6 |
| James Bay | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 3.4 |
| Capilano | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 3.4 |
| Burnaby Lake | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 2.6 |
| UVic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1.75 |
| Meraloma | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1.4 |
| CW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Pacific Pride | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Women’s Premier
It’s Week 3 of the Women’s Premier. Seattle are the only team with 2 games played but they have a bye this week.
Westshore 37 v Castaway Wanderers 26 @ 12:45
Referee: Saro Turner AR1: Sam Klein-Laufer AR2: Kenneth Yee
Venue: Juan De Fuca
Westshore roared out to a 25-0 lead, 5 tries but no conversions. Westshore fell off their game in the second half and CW stormed back to claim a bonus point in the loss. Westshore go to 2-0 and are tied with Burnaby at the top of the standings. CW are 0-2 and tied with Seattle for 6th/7th. Next week Westshore host Abbotsford and CW visit UBC.
PREGAME
Westshore 1-0 at home to CW 0-1. Westshore defeated Abby and CW lost to the Lomas.
Westshore have a good looking backline with 2 national 7s players, Breanne Nicholas at #10 and Keyara Wardley at #13. The Sims sisters anchor the front row with veteran Chelsey Minter. Again they’re a little short on number but up to 21 from 20 last week.
CW have a fairly stable roster from last match, Emily Samek comes in at scrum half, Gwynnie Fry at wing and Mirin O’Regan at fullback.
Westshore at home with two national team 7s players and a solid front row go in as favourites. Prediction: Westshore by +8.
Westshore (Oct 18 / current)
1 Madeleine Lemay / Brittany Sims
2 Jimena Alvarez-Rodriguez / Courtney Sims
3 Chelsey Minter
4 Aila Norlin
5 Sioa Bloomfield / Sarah McWhinney
6 Hailey Sampson / Sioa Bloomfield
7 Brooke Horsfall
8 Sarah McWhinney / Emerald Maze
9 Emilie Sinclair
10 Breanne Nicholas
11 Jilian Fulton
12 Miranda Grant / Kendra Cousineau
13 Emerald Maze / Keyara Wardley
14 Cypress Des Ormeaux Schmidt / Emery Britton
15 Amy Camicioli / Cypress Des Ormeaux Schmidt
16 Megan Wolfe / Jimena Alvarez-Rodriguez
17 Zoe Williams / Maddie Lemay
18 Courtney Sims / Israel de Bulte
19 Abigail Hall
20 Tiffany Lam / Emilie Brett
21 Ami Camicioli
CW (Oct 4/current)
1 Josie Pusch
2 Karen Garcia
3 Bronwyn Zodichi
4 Avalon Crawford / Kass Cej
5 Josie Anzai
6 Annalise Branter
7 Lucy Beauchemin
8 Kass Cej / Olivia Corbett
9 Zahra Kasim / Emily Samek
10 Emily Currey
11 Nat Yeung / Gwynnie Fry
12 Olivia Corbett / Bella Anderton-Teasdale
13 Alex Motherwell / Madeline Astridge
14 Savannah King / Emmie Pierce
15 Emmie Pierce / Mirin O’Regan
16 Madea Solberg / Jamie Rikley-Krindle
17 Jamie Rikley-Krindle / Kelsey McKinnon
18 Annabelle Lapoint / Jordis Furdal
19 Jess Beaudry / Jamie Knaggs
20 Madeline Astridge / Hadley MacPherson
21 Jordis Furdal / Kate Kristianson
22 Bella Anderton-Teasdale / Savannah King
23 Jojo Offerein / TBD
Vancouver Thunderbirds 24 v Burnaby Lake 29 @ 12:45
Referee: Bradley Schwalger AR1: Mckenzie Eckart AR2: Keller Reeves
Venue: UBC- Gerald McGavin Centre
Burnaby upset the two time defending champions, Thunderbirds. Burnaby are tied with Westshore at 2-0 while UBC go 1-1 and sit in 3rd place. Next week Burnaby visit Lomas and Thunderbirds host CW.
PREGAME
Both these teams defeated Seattle, Burnaby with the larger scoreline. However the Thunderbirds haven’t been defeated in a long time. Even though they’re the players that didn’t crack the first squad playing in the University Championships there are a lot of good young players in the squad.
The Thunderbirds don’t usually post their roster until game day but we’ve got the Oct 4th and 18 rosters below. It shows the depth of the program with Lanae Davenport coming into the roster, she was on the BC U19 team and also attended the Canada West U18 camp in 2023.
Burnaby are missing their #8 Ada Okonkwo, they have a new halfback combination with Kaila France moving from fullback to scrum half and #10 Miriama Naiobasali new to the roster.
The Thunderbirds have dominated the BC Premier the last two years, suffering very few defeats. They’ll go in as favourites at home. Prediction: Thunderbirds by +6.
Thunderbirds (Oct 4 / Oct 18)
1 Tegan Jost / Katie Stoddart
2 Addy Oldfield
3 Angel Boswell
4 Kimberley Sinow
5 Sofie Leman / Tegan Jost
6 Anna Plate
7 Sarah Fong / Savannah Peltier
8 Makenna Kamiya
9 Ella Hudon
10 Chloe Bong / Lanae Davenport
11 Joelle Kuyek
12 Sofia Shortis / Vela Baravian
13 Emily Wang / Chloe Bong
14 Therese Nyuyen / Emily Wang
15 Catrin Taylor
16 Ruby Kaltiainen
17 Mina Hoang / Adinah Sheppard
18 Beatrix Datars / Sofie Leman
19 Matty Dufort / Sarah Fong
20 Adinah Sheppard / Ella Kirk
21 Bronwyn Parker / Sara Terani
22 Zosia Cisak / Avery Carroll
23 Avery Carroll / Therese Nyuyen
Burnaby (Oct 4/current)
1. Lauren Tagg
2. Teresa Thomson / Florence Belanger Jones
3. Tess Woldring
4. Nicole Stephenson / Emily Van Gulik
5. Natasha Lalonde / Nicole Stephenson
6. Madison Brooke / Natasha Lalonde
7. Gabrielle Hindley / Madison Brooke
8. Ada Okonkwo / Jailee Mercedes
9. Faith Nishi / Kaila France
10. Tatiana Rowe / Miriama Naiobasali
11. Jaidyn Mawhinney
12. James Sheldon-Houle
13. Rachel Wood
14. Olivia Vangel
15. Kaila France / Ava van Santen
16. Emily Van Gulik / Teresa Thomson
17. Jailee Mercedes / R Lewis
18. S Gillar / J Sheldon-Houle
19. M Chan / D Dublin
20. Florence Belanger Jones / B Booth
21. B Booth / N Elwood
22. N Elwood / K Gertzl
23. L Likuceva
Men’s Exhibition
Pacific Pride v Westshore @ 7pm Friday
Venue: Starlight Stadium
