Ravens Still in Form Ravens 58 – Meralomas 0
Report by Peter MacDonald

On a beautiful late summer day at Jericho the proceedings began with a moment’s silence for Joan Porter who passed away this summer. Joan was a leading supporter of BC Rugby and the four clubs her family were involved with over three generations, the Rowing Club, Meralomas, Ravens and Scribes. In recent years Joan would bus to Jericho, watch the game and mingle, then hang at the clubhouse and pick up a ride home like a 19 year-old with whomever was heading her way. She was loved and will be missed by the Ravens family.

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League Standings for Premier, Div 1, Div 2, Div 3

Special thanks to Peter Muirhead for putting these standings together, the PlayHQ system that Rugby Canada implemented and the BCRU has signed on with is still not working properly after Week 2. Peter had to do a lot work to put these tables together. Note the women’s competition starts September 26th. The PlayHQ system can be accessed here for match results, however tries and try bonus points are not accurately calculated on their system at this time. (story photo Josh Halladay, photo from Burnaby FB)

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BC Premier Week 2 Results: Bayside Sink Rowers, Caps Top Westshore, Burnaby Edged by UBC, Ravens Dominate Lomas

The Ravens make it clear they’re looking to 4-peat the BC Premier championship as they dominate the Lomas in Week 2. The Caps show they’re contenders as they put in another bonus point win performance. UBC outlast Burnaby and turn it on in the last quarter. Bayside claim their first Premier win since returning to Premier

Week 2 kicks off with the defending champions UBCOB Ravens getting their first match of the season. The two Division One sides promoted this season, Bayside and Rowers, square off against each other. Can UBC keep focused on the BC Premier with the university championships on the horizon. Will defence be the difference this week as Capilano visit Westshore.

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Ravens Win Inaugural Battle of the Border Over Seattle

While the BC Premier kicked off last weekend, the UBCOB Ravens, last year’s champions, on a bye week, were south of the border in Ferndale, Washington at the Chuckanut Rugby Club playing Seattle, runners up in the USA club championship last season. It was billed as the Battle of the Border, we had run the initial story in July and Paul Horne sent us the match summary today, which we’ve posted below.  The Ravens came away with $5,000 for their efforts in a 34-12 win. The Ravens will be hosting the Meraloma this coming weekend in the BC Premier.

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BC Premier Week 1 Results: Burnaby Edged by Westshore, UVic Fall to UBC, Bays Bite Sharks, CW Sink Rowers, Capilano Defeat Meraloma

It was a week of high scores and limited defence as the BC Premier kicked off. All together there were 380 points scored over five games, the highest score was 57 by Capilano and the lowest 26 by the Vikes. The average score differential was 12 points. The new PlayHQ system, replacing SportLomo, had hiccups in the first week. The tables aren’t updating correctly neither recording tries or bonus points.

And we’re back, it’s Week 1 of the 2026-27 BC Premier. It’s a time to check out the rosters for the new season, although in the first week there will be gaps, the national team are in Japan and a few players may trickle back into the league by Week 3 or 4. Some overseas players may not have arrived, we’ll see. I want to thank our new Predictions & Rosters article sponsor, Bad Frog Print Shop & Promo Goods.

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Capilano Win 2004 and 2005 Rounsefell Cup: Articles from Quarter-finals to Finals by Ben Buan and Jeremy Dalton

There’s a large collection of BCRN articles going back to 2004 that I haven’t had time to migrate to the new site yet, this is one from the spring of 2004 covering the playoffs for the BC Premier Rounsefell Cup, along with Div 1, 2 and 3. Names like Ben Buan, Jeremy Dalton, Jan-Christian Sorensen show up in the article credits, long time readers will recognize the names and contributions they made. Bayside made the semi-finals in the Premier in 2004, timely as they return to the BC Premier this coming season. The Saratoga Cup is coming up soon, it’s now for interior teams only (Kootenays, Okanagan, Central Interior) but back in 2004 the two 3rd div finalists got an invite to the tournament as well. Some of the try scorers back in 2004 will also cause readers to reflect as many are now involved in rugby as coaches and administrators. Ian Hyde-Lay reffed the Premier final, noted at the time as his last officiating assignment. There’s also the write up of the 2005 final appended at the end.

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