BC Rugby Weekend of April 29th 2023

BC Finals Weekend: UBC Win Men’s & Women’s Premier Championship – Nanaimo, Kats, Ravens, Meraloma, Comox Win Division Titles

UBC 32 v Meraloma 25
Referee: Shanda Assmus AR1: David Smortchevsky AR2: Malcolm Klaver No.4: Alan Hudson
Venue: Bayside (South Surrey Athletic Park)

The Lomas opened the scoring a few minutes into the match when they found a ruck undefended by UBC and the big #8 Jalan Farris picked the ball up and ran straight ahead. He found #13 off his shoulder for the try, 7-0. At 11 minutes UBC #13 Takoda McMullin slotted a penalty to make the score 7-3. 15 minutes into the match UBC took its first lead. The Lomas were attacking at the UBC 22 when the #10 tried a skip pass to the outside backs that was alertly picked off by his counterpart, James Biss, who legged it in from 80 metres out, 8-7 for UBC.

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James Bay AA – April 2023

James Bay Hosting Oshawa Vikings Also Pacific Pride vs Oshawa Vikings on Friday: Matches at 4:30pm and 6pm: Rosters & Results

The Pride defeated the Oshawa Vikings 1st team 45-12. Pride winger JV Vinette played well and the Pride front row had some dominance. For Oshawa their second row James Stockwood stood out. In the other match the James Bay Reserves defeated the Oshawa Vikings 2nd team 60-12.

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UBCOB Ravens – April 2023

Meralomas Full Value For the Win: Lomas 27 – Ravens 14

by Peter MacDonald

On another cool, wet April day a big crowd was out surrounding the Jericho pitch for the biggest west side rivalry game since the 2011 BC semi-final between the Joey Alexis/Ed Fairhurst led Ravens and the Danny Fumano/Sean Mercier led Lomas (also won by the Lomas). In the curtain raiser at Jericho the Kats punched their ticket to the BC Div 2 final and a number of their supporters swelled the crowd making it a an old time west side meet up.

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BC Rugby Weekend of April 22nd 2023

BC Rugby Semi-Final Weekend: BC Premier UBC Dominate Vikes; Lomas Ground Ravens; Exhibition Pride Pummelled by Seattle; Other Division Semi-Final Results

It’s semi-final time in the BC leagues. In the BC Premier there are two outstanding matches on tap. The universities battle it out UVic at UBC, while 10 minutes down the road the Ravens and Lomas clash at Jericho Beach.

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BC Rugby Weekend of April 15th 2023

BC Premier Quarter-Final Results & Rosters: Vikes Edge Burnaby; Lomas Defeat CW; Ravens Soar Past Bays; UBC Top Caps

[ed. results posted are based on BCRU reporting system.]

It’s playoff season in the BC Rugby leagues. In the men’s Premier there are four quarter-finals on tap, the same with the Div 1/Premier Reserves. In women’s Premier there are two semi-finals. Check out bcrugby.com/fixtures for all other leagues.

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Capilano Rugby – April 2023

Capilano Match Reports: Premier Men v Seattle, Premier Women v CW, Women Div 2 v Chilliwack

from Capilano Rugby

Capilano hosted 5 games today. It was supposed to be rainy but the weather turned out to be beautiful. Perhaps a bit chilly but great Rugby weather. The top pitch had two games played, a high school game between West Vancouver and Carson Graham. Carson won 17-0 but it was a well played contest. Capilano’s hope to make this an annual event. Caps awarded two rugby shirts to a player of the match from each side. West Van’s Taiki Orito and Drew from Carson Graham were selected and awarded the shirts by Caps Neil Courtney.

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UBCOB Ravens – April 2023

Ravens Defeat Rowers 41-7 to Wrap Up Regular Season: Match Report by Peter MacDonald

by Peter MacDonald

On a crisp, sunny, early spring day at Brockton Oval the Ravens and the Rowers played out the string but still put on an entertaining, fun game for the players and fans alike. The Ravens remained undefeated (on the field) while the Rowers showed their class in the set scrum and in serious flashes in the backs.

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BC Rugby Weekend of April 1st 2023

BC Premier Week 11 Results & Rosters: UVic Fall to Pride; Caps Top Seattle; Lomas Edge Burnaby; CW Topple Bays; UBC Dominate Westshore; Ravens Paddle Rowers

[ed. rosters posted in format last week/this week]

It took us a while this week to get the scores out, the BCRU system had JBAA defeating CW but in fact it was CW with the win. The BCRU system doesn’t have a central person responsible for scores but relies on refs entering the scores post match and there have been a few data entry errors lately. We’ve verified most of these scores with a secondary source. We’re also assuming the BCRU table accurately calculated bonus points from today’s results. UPDATE: Our assumption was apparently wrong, the BCRU table is incorrect, CW didn’t get a bonus point in their win which changes the playoff picture, we’ve revised our article accordingly.

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