Canada Summer Games BC U20 Men’s Rugby 7s Trials on Monday, June 16th, at Shawnigan 5pm-7pm – Public Welcome
The Canada Summer Games are taking place in St. John’s, Newfoundland between August 8-25. The Rugby 7s takes place Aug 11-13. In 2022 it was just U18 women’s Rugby 7s, won by BC, but in 2025 it will be men’s U20 and women’s U18 Rugby 7s.
Originally the Canada Summer Games was U18 men’s XVs in 1981 and 1985, and after sitting out the 1989 Games, returned from 1993-2009. Ontario won the 2009 U18 men’s XVs competition featuring players like Taylor Paris and Liam Underwood, BC won the 2005 U18 XVs title and featured Nathan Hirayama.
Now the game is 7s and 2025 will be first time both men and women compete.
The men’s U20 are having an open trial at Shawnigan Lake on Monday from 5pm to 7pm and the public are welcome to attend. Below are a list of the players attending. There are some recognizable names from the recent Canada U20 XVs tour to Fiji for the Oceania U20 tournament, including Josh McIndoe, Liam James, Liam Turnbull, Spencer Cotie, Max McGavern, Reece Thompson.
The team will travel with 12 players, and there will be 2 non-travelling reserves selected as well.
Name | Club/University team | Hometown |
Liam James | UBC/RAVENS | Vancouver |
Brek Ball | WESTERN | Vancouver |
Jackson Powell | UVIC/CW | Victoria |
Eli Palov | UBC/CW | Victoria |
Noah Merkur | QUEENS/RAVENS | Vancouver |
Hudson Poppit | WESTSHORE | Victoria |
Evan Palmer | QUEENS/RAVENS | Vancouver |
Sam Blundell | PRIDE | Mill Bay |
Jo Paradis | UBC/COWICHAN | Nanaimo |
Luke Prest | COWICHAN | Cowichan |
Ben Bjorndal | TWU/ARFC | Abbotsford |
Liam Turnbull | UBC/RAVENS | Vancouver |
Jasper Keast | UVIC/CW | Victoria |
Chris MacGregor | RAVENS/Concordia | Vancouver |
Iain Anderton-Teasdale | UVIC/COWICHAN | Cowichan |
Mike Oughtred | UVIC/CW | Victoria |
Reece Thompson | UVIC | Minesing,ON |
Alex Muir | UCD/RAVENS | Victoria |
Jonty Nicholas | UBC/SALISH | Shawnigan Lake |
Josh McIndoe | UVIC/CW | Victoria |
Gavin Kelly | UVIC/KELOWNA | Kelowna |
Max McGavern | UBC | Newcastle, AUS |
Thomas Steinke | Western/Ravens | Vancouver |
Ty Driscoll | PRIDE | Victoria |
Matt Bennett | Westshore/UVIC | Victoria |
Lewis Ahrens | RAVENS | Vancouver |
Spencer Cotie | UVIC/CW | Victoria |
Jackson Palmer | QUEENS/SALISH | Shawnigan Lake |
Yuri Huisamen | Salish | Shawnigan Lake |