by Peter MacDonald
A good crowd was out on a pleasant afternoon at the Lomas Connaught Park to take in the latest round in the longstanding rivalry between the two Kitsilano based clubs. The early season form of both clubs was unclear going in so this game was of interest to help assess the current state of affairs in the two clubs. While the game might not have been a Picasso, a lot was likely learned by all.
by Steve Feenstra
Klahanie Park in West Vancouver welcomed teams from Abbotsford, Chilliwack, and Vancouver Island for a full day of long missed rugby.
Only 3 matches this weekend in the men’s Premier division.
report by Peter MacDonald
[ed. it’s the editor’s fault this is late, dropped the ball on this one. The BCRU recorded the score as 84-8 but Peter stands by the 69-8 scoreline. Either way a big win by the Ravens. ]
After almost two years without a Premier League game, today was more about both teams enjoying the return of competitive club rugby, finding out what they have and building match fitness and cohesion. As it turned out the Ravens had too much for the visitors but on a dry field in late January Im sure everyone appreciated the opportunity to do their thing like normal, win or lose, cause right about now normal is more like excellent.
by Mike Devlin
BLRC 3rd Div Men 24 Kelowna Crows 22
A great start to the 2022 Spring season, with two very evenly matched teams going back and forth for 80 minutes. The game decided only at the final whistle.
Well 4-1 on the predictions on the first weekend isn’t bad, the only home team not to win were the Vikes, the Pacific Pride didn’t look at all rusty going into the second half of the season. Some big scores show the gaps between some of the teams.
The BCRU have updated their schedule page. The men’s Premier schedule has been rejigged with the start now January 29th instead of January 22nd and the February 26th weekend, formerly reserved for the Canada 7s, has now been filled.
With the release this week of the men’s Premier schedule for the spring of 2022, we’ve put some numbers to the unbalanced schedule to derive a figure to indicate the relative difficulty of each team’s schedule.
by Phil Meyer
posted May 12 2014
In the passage to the change rooms at historic MacDonald Park is a large mural displaying JBAAs twenty-four BC Championship Trophies the year of each emblazoned thereupon. At practice and home games, our players glance at this Champions Mural going to and from the field and in ways big and small, reflect on the Navy Blue athletes from the 127 years before, upon whose shoulders present-day players stand. On Monday, graphic artists from the Victoria Department of Parks will add a record 25th Rounsfell Cup to the Mural on the Wall.
posted March 28 2014
Meraloma 6 @ Burnaby Lake 59
No surprises here, Burnaby continue at the top of the standings and subsequently look forward to a home field semi-final against either Capilano or CW. Their remaining games are against Rowers and Capilano and they’re 12 points clear of 2nd place James Bay.