BC have historically had strong representation at the men’s U19 level. In 2022 they won the national championship but were defeated by the Atlantic team in 2023. They’ll look to put in a strong performance in 2024 and have announced ID camps for January. Greg Clague will be leading the U19 Men’s Program as Head Coach.
The BCRU have announced Mainland/Island U16 Trial Sessions and a U16-U18 Skills Session in Prince George for girls. Darcy Patterson is the coach and she just returned from Australia with the BC U18 girls where they made the cup quarter-finals at the Global Youth Sevens, losing to eventual winners Australia School Girls. In 2024 the U16 girls will head to Florida for the Tropical 7s, the U18 girls will travel again in December for the Global Youth Sevens.
The Australian School Girls won their home tournament with a 27-12 win over the NZ based Rugby Vault team. The BC U18 team lost to the Australian School Girls in the quarter-finals on Day 2, 29-0. The girls division didn’t have a Plate category unlike the boys division, even though there were more girls teams entered.
Thanks to Peter Muirhead who put together these league tables for the weekend ending Nov 19th.
Thanks to Peter Muirhead who put together these league tables for the weekend ending Nov 5th.
Tables ordered by points per game
Thanks to Peter Muirhead who put together these league tables for the weekend ending October 29th.
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This trip in the wayback machine was prompted by the Facebook discussion on the Rugby Canada announcement of Kingsley Jones contract extension for 2 years. Some of the discussion is entertaining, some is informative and some educational for all the wrong reasons.
BC Rugby is seeking multiple Age-Grade Coaches to work collaboratively and provide performance programs for male and female BC Bears teams for the 2024 season.
The U20 regional competition, the Dunbar Keg, kicks off on Saturday with two matches, one at UBC and one at UVic.
The story photo is of Doug Fraser in 2011, he won the Best Back in the competition and Jared Douglas won the Best Forward. Both went on to national honours later in their careers. Support the U20 competition and possibly see some future national team players early in their career.
from BCRU
BC Rugby is proud to announce the election of Bob Strachan as new BC Rugby President, as well as the addition of three new members elected to its Board of Directors.