Weekend Schedule for Rugby in BC, Week 1 of Coastal Cup and the Carson Family Tree Explained – Keeping Track of Seven High-Level Players

I remember when keeping track of Tait or Tate when referring to the high performance coaches, John and Doug, caused some editorial grievance. Child’s play now. There’s a new editorial conundrum looming, keeping track of the Carson’s. There are 7 of them playing in BC and most of them are on track to play for Canada, with two already capped at the senior level in XVs and 7s.

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Hornets plan for busy fall at Nanaimo Rugby Club

[ed. if your local newspaper has a story about your club and its plans for rugby this fall, email us the link, editor@bcrugbynews.com]

from Nanaimo News Now

NANAIMO — Hornets rugby is returning to Nanaimo with fall programs for all ages.

Practices for the fall season begin Sept. 7 for the men’s team and Sept. 9 for the women.

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Point Grey Thunder Win BC Rugby League Title with 6 Canada U20 Players, 2 Players Returned from National Men’s XVs Camp, an MLR Draft Pick and Several Other UBC Players – Full Match Video

The Point Grey Thunder are really a UBC Rugby League team and they just won the BC Rugby League championship this weekend. UBC’s rugby coach, Curry Hitchborn, has been an advocate of playing as much rugby as you can, even if it’s another code. The skills picked up in Rugby League transfer well to Union, and vice-versa.

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BC Rugby Outlines Fall Season and Key Dates

[ed. This schedule does not include the Coastal Cup, the high level regional men’s competition starting September 25th.]

from BC Rugby

The Age-Grade Fall season will properly get underway at the Kamloops 7s over the Thanksgiving weekend and build to the Regional Championships, while Senior Club leagues will start October 16 and run for eight weeks ahead of a fully-competitive Spring season.

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BCRU Issues Update on Return to Play: Anticipate Return to Contact (Phase 4) on July 1st at Earliest; Fall Season on Schedule to Return to Contact with Training Starting August 1st

There are two main points of interest to rugby clubs in BC in the attached BCRU news article.

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BCRU Announces Phase 3 Rugby Restarted – Non-Contact Rugby to Resume for Sanctioned Clubs

The PHO (Provincial Health Officer) announced today a 4 step plan to restart the province. Step 1 commences May 25th and in terms of sport and exercise states: “Outdoor games and practices for both adults and youth group/team sports allowed”.

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BCRU Issues Update on Return to Rugby: Extension of Current Public Health Order Continues to Friday, February 5, 2021

from BCRU

January 8, 2021 (Vancouver, BC) – Yesterday afternoon, Dr. Bonnie Henry announced the extension of the current Public Health Order through to Friday, February 5, 2021, at midnight. This includes the restrictions that are in place for sport, which includes reduced participant numbers and 3 metres physical distancing maintained at all times. The Public Health Order, which was most recently updated on December 24, 2020, can be viewed here.

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Langley Rugby Club Adds Four Acres to Crush Crescent Facility for Second Playing Field Plus Parking

Most rugby people in BC will have had at least a few visits to Crush Crescent. Whether at the junior level, senior level or old boys, it was always a physical game when Langley were hosting.

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BCRU Targets April as a Possible Return to Rugby Phase 4 Time Frame

The BCRU sent out a final 2020 missive on the 18th of December and the news isn’t great. They’re basically predicting a post Spring-break time frame for any type of contact rugby. The exact wording is as follows: “Phase 4 Return to Rugby activities (i.e. inter-club competition, modified contact) unfortunately is further away than we had hoped… We remain hopeful that some sort of competition will be possible after Spring-break, at the very least, ‘end of season’ regional tournaments.”

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BCRU Suspends All Sanctioned In-Person Rugby Activity Until January 3rd 2021

The BCRU sent letters out to clubs today advising them that all sanctioned in-person rugby activity will be suspended until January 3rd 2021.

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