Two Important University Matches Kick Off the Season in BC: Men UBC v TWU and Women UVic v UBC
The BC Premier kicks off next weekend, and a chance to see what the rosters will look like for the new season but this weekend gives us a taste of things to come with two important university matches. For the men it’s a first look at UBC and TWU head to head, their game is on today at 6pm at the Ken Woods Field at UBC . TWU are hosting the university championships this year so have an automatic berth but UBC will have to battle UVic for the remaining one BC spot left. On the women’s side it’s the top two contenders for the women’s university title this year and they go head to head on Saturday at 1pm at Wallace Field.
Here are the UBC and TWU rosters, we’ll publish the women’s rosters when they’re available.
UBC v TWU @ 6pm Friday
Venue: Ken Woods Field, UBC
UBC missing a few players from last season. Relmu Wilson-Valdes, Graeme Francolini, Aidan Sutherland not showing in the first roster of the new season, possibly graduating from the program. Cody Nhanala, Liam James, Stephen Webb are with the Canada men’s team in Japan. TWU missing a few names from last season Matt Willemse, Fynn Murphy, Jan Lourens, Ethan Jurgeneit, Josh Halladay, David Wegert. TWU did post that Fynn Murphy made the Canada Rugby League team that toured Europe. TWU gave UBC Okanagan a hiding 72-0 last week, so this match will give a better idea of the program strength going into the university championships in November.
UBC Starting XV
1 Jacob Blackwood
2 Ethan McCarthy
3 Charlie Clark
4 Alex Muir
5 Joe McNulty (CC)
6 Callum Arnesen
7 Max Birtley
8 Liam Kinghorn
9 Ronan Graham
10 James Biss (CC)
11 Lenny Bonduau
12 William Barrett
13 Alastair Marshall (CC)
14 Elijah Palov
15 Max McGavern
16 Josh Du Toit
17 Ethan Samuels
18 Kevin Griffiths
19 Sandon Gupta
20 Ewan Webber-Smith
21 Caleb Seumanutafa
22 Liam Turnbull
23 Milo Knights
TWU Starting XV
1 Dominik Krajsek
2 Joe Goroza
3 Tim Zimmer
4 Caleb Whitton
5 Martin Zubiri
6 Dallin Westerlund
7 Benard Bjorndal
8 Caleb Graham (C)
9 Brady Howlett
10 Bernabé Sosa Rey
11 Liam Olafsen
12 Jacob Goroza
13 Cayden McCullough
14 Connor Gibbons
15 Liam De Goede
16 José Galicia Guasch
17 Santiago Acuña
18 D’Angelo Bothma
19 Tristan Walde
20 Abraham Okunlola
21 Colton Boychuk
22 Ken Paul
23 Josh Galant
UVic v UBC @ 1pm, Saturday
Venue: Wallace Field, UVic
Rosters not available at time of posting.