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BC Sending U17 Boys and Girls XVs Squads to Tour Ontario for 3 Match Series August 23-31 – Rosters Included

A good initiative by the BCRU to send two youth teams to Ontario before school starts in September. The teams will play regional games and then play the full Ontario team in their last match. John Tait the BC Rugby Technical Director stated, “We hope this will become an annual series of games between Ontario and BC, and that Rugby Canada will recognize the value of programming for this age band.“.

Tuesday Results:

Bears U17 Girls 25-17 TRU/EORU
Bears U17 Boys 32-15 TRU/EORU

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Canada v Japan – August 2025

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Canada Travelling Roster to Japan Missing Evan Olmstead, Tyler Ardron and Cooper Coats

The Canada men’s XVs roster travelling to Japan has been posted but not by Rugby Canada, at the time of writing, but by the Japan Rugby Union. We knew Evan Olmstead wasn’t travelling but also now we’ve discovered that Tyler Ardron and Cooper Coats won’t be travelling as well. The discovery of the Japan Rugby Union page can be credited to Bryan Ray who posted it on X.

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Canada v Fiji – RWC 2025

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Canada Defeat Fiji 65-7: Julia Schell Scores Six Tries

Julia Schell scored 6 tries over 22 minutes in the second half for a record breaking performance by the fullback. She led in points 30, metres made 116, successful offloads 4, line breaks 9. The forwards had put in the hard yards in the first 40 and the game was won by halftime, 24-0, with the first 3 tries by forwards de Goede, Boag and Crossley. Courtney O’Donnell, second row, was top tackler with 14. Canada had 65% of the territory and played the game in the right part of the park.

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Canada v USA Qualifier August 2025

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Tyler Ardron Scores 4 Tries in Canada’s 34-20 Win Over USA

What a difference having Tyler Ardron and Evan Olmstead, the two pros playing in France, in the starting XV. Between the tries and the steals at the breakdowns and lineouts, they were massive in Canada’s performance. Also kudos to the new coach Stephen Meehan, who has created an environment where the pro players were motivated to suit up for Canada. It was a solid effort on both sides of the ball and Canada looked in control for most of the match and definitely in the second half where they outscored the USA 17-3.

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RugbyTown 7s 2025

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RugbyTown 7s Kicks Off Today: Five Canadians on Rosters, Live Stream Link

The RugbyTown 7s tournament kicks off today and the live stream is here. There are at least 5 Canadians playing in the tournament. Ethan Hager is playing for the Ramblin Jesters, a team that has won the tournament in the past. Canada eligible scrum half Cameron Nordli-Kelemeti is also playing for the Jesters. The North American Lions have Luca Milne, Marshall Mather, Rob Frascione, and Jack Shaw playing for the them, and Tyler Leggatt who runs the Upright Rugby Academy is one of the coaches.

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Coaching Summit October 2025

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Two Day Coaching Summit in Vancouver October 4th and 5th Featuring Phil Mack, Lesley McKenzie, Ben Herring

The Rugby Site is hosting a coaching summit at Capilano Rugby Club on October 4th and 5th, it will feature two international level Canadian coaches, Phil Mack and Lesley McKenzie. The website and registration link is here, the poster and some information on the summit is posted below. Well known BC coach Curry Hitchborn endorsed the coaching summit, the Rugby Site and CEO Phil Connolly , “the Rugby Site is THE best online resource for coaches, Phil ran a successful coaching development conference in Ontario a few months back. Based on feedback from some of the attendees I immediately reached out to Phil to see if he’d be keen on doing one in BC.”

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BC Premier Schedule

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BC Premier Rugby 2025-26 List of Matches by Club Plus Preview Video

There’s 26 days before the BC Premier league begins on September 13th. The BCRU have the schedule up, we’ve included the link below. We’ve also listed the Premier schedule for each club and a preview video, entirely Ai created from the schedule link.

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Junior PanAm Games Rugby 7s 2025

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Canadian U20 Women Claim Bronze at Junior PanAm Rugby 7s

It wasn’t the final most would have expected, that would have been a Canada v USA matchup for Gold and Silver but Brazil were the surprise team of the tournament defeating Canada in the semi-finals and USA in the finals. Brazil won Gold and USA Silver. In the men’s tournament it was Argentina Gold, Uruguay Silver and Chile Bronze. It would have been a good learning experience for a Canadian men’s U20 team.

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Canada Women’s XVs – August Updates

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Julia Omokhuale Replaces Pam Buisa in World Cup Squad

Rugby Canada announced a change in the squad at the women’s Rugby World Cup, their post on social media stated “After suffering an injury in Canada’s match against Ireland, Pamphinette Buisa has been ruled out of the Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025. Wishing you a speedy recovery Pamphinette! Julia Omokhuale has been called into the squad as a replacement.” They kick off their tournament on August 23rd against Fiji.

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