Saratoga Cup – September 2022

Kamloops Wins Women’s Title; Rocky Mountain Rogues Win Men’s Title

from BCRU

Kamloops Rugby Club lifted the inaugural Women’s Saratoga Cup title while the Rocky Mountain Rogues made it back-to-back Men’s Championship wins following an action-packed weekend in Kamloops.

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BC Rugby 2022-23 Season

BC Rugby Week One Preview: Regional Games for Premier Teams, League Play Starts in Divisions 1,2,3

[ed. our normal predictions article with rosters will publish every Friday.]

Week 1 of the 2022-23 rugby season is coming up this Saturday. Yes, once again, Saturday is a rugby day in BC.

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BC Bears 7s – August 2022

BC Bears Win Shield at RugbyTown 7s – Jesters Defeat USA U23 in Cup Final

The BC Bears won the Shield Final over Team Germany 21-7 to finish 12th in the tournament. Perhaps not the ranking they were expecting going into the tournament but as their tournament description states, “This program’s goal is to provide a competition pathway for BC players to gain experience and showcase themselves towards National team selections.”

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JBAA Updates – August 2022

JBAA Opens Registration for 2022-23 Season, President’s Message and Youth Co-Ordinator Hired

from John de Goede

Registration is now OPEN!

We have opened registration for the 2022-23 season with packages available for all ages and genders.

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Canadian U19 Championship 2022

BC Win U19 Canadian Rugby Championships with 4-0 Record: Defeat Quebec 27-10 in Final Match

[ed. we didn’t have the starting roster for this match so referenced the player’s number in the match summary.]

A good result for BC as they maintain their strong winning record at the U19 level. At least six of the BC players will continue on next weekend for Canada U20 as they host Zimbabwe, Chile and Uruguay.

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Women’s U23 Western Championship 2022

BC Announces Team for the Women’s U23 Western Championship Series July 29 & 31

from BC Rugby

BC Rugby is pleased to announce the BC Bears U23 Women’s travelling roster that will face the Alberta Wolfpack in an exciting double-header at the upcoming 2022 Western Canada Championships in Kelowna.

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BC U19 Updates

BC U19 v Canada U19 Selects Rosters: Match Today at 1pm

The BCRU refers to the match as BC U19 vs Canada U19 Selects, others refer to it as BC U19 vs Canada U20. It’s likely a combination of U19/U20 players from the Canada U20 camp, which is taking place this week at Shawnigan, vs the BC U19 team. The match is taking place at 1pm today and will be streamed on the BCRU YouTube channel at youtube.com/user/bcrugbyunion

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BC Bears 7s – June 2022

Robin MacDowell Named as BC Men’s 7s Coach – ID Session This Saturday, Team to Enter Kelowna 7s and RugbyTown 7s

Robin MacDowell has been an extraordinary servant of the game in Canada, both as a player and coach. He’s represented Canada on the World Series, at the Commonwealth Games, he played professionally in Italy and then played at the highest level domestically on a Rugby Canada Super League national championship team and on a NA4 championship team. As a coach he’s been in charge of the Canada U18 7s team, the USPORT 7s team, he’s been key in identifying high performance athletes for the Canada Women’s 7s program, like recent sensation Krissy Scurfield. He was in demand outside of Canada as the head coach of the Mexican women’s 7s team and the Trinidad & Tobago high performance program. He’s coached professionally with the Premier Sevens and Rugby Tens competitions. He also has the MacDowell Rugby Academy which operates in Saskatchewan and BC. He knows the world of high performance 7s and he knows the talent that’s out there. The program is in good hands.

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