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BC Summer Games – 2026

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BC Summer Games Start Next Week in Kelowna: Rosters and Schedule

The BC Summer Games starts on July 22nd and rugby runs Friday to Sunday, July 24th to 26th. It’s for U17 girls, unfortunately the boys don’t have a rugby competition in the games. Volleyball and Basketball have girls and boys tournaments, but not Rugby. Lacrosse is an interesting situation, they have tournaments for Box Lacrosse and Field Lacrosse but they’re not marked by gender, the participants look to be mostly boys but girls can compete for selection as well, Field Lacrosse is 14-15 age group, Box Lacrosse 15-16.

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BC Bears U19 and U17 Teams – Summer 2026

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BC Rugby Announce U19 and U17 Teams Travelling to Ontario for National Championships

Canada may not have a senior national championship representing all regions anymore but the annual U19 national championships continue with teams from BC, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic. That championship takes place in Guelph starting next Monday. Below are the BC rosters for U19 men and women, BC are also sending U17 boys and girls teams to challenge Ontario directly in a three game head to head series, the winner claims the O’Neills Challenge Cup. Those rosters are also included below in the BCRU media release.

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Junior World U20 Championship – 2026

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South Africa and France Advance to Final: USA and Uruguay in Relegation Match

South Africa who are favourites to repeat as U20 champions will meet France in the final on Saturday, July 18th. South Africa defeated England 53-37 in the one semi and France narrowly got by NZ 26-22 in the other semi. South Africa had a massive +144 point differential in the pool round and look the class of the tournament. At the other end USA lost to Japan 71-21 in the 13th place semi-final and Uruguay lost to Spain 57-6 in the other 13th place semi. USA and Uruguay will compete for 15th/16th place on Friday July 17th. Traditionally the last place team in the JWC has been relegated to the Tier 2 JWRT and the JWRT winner promoted to the JWC but World Rugby have made changes, increasing JWC to 16 teams and renaming the JWRT as the Challenger series, but they haven’t announced the promotion/relegation scenario. Canada are in the Challenger series and awaiting clarification.

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Canada v Portugal – July 2026

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Canada Leak Four Tries in Thirteen Minutes in 38-14 Loss to Portugal

Canada scored first and last but Portugal scored 38 unanswered points in between. Canada were in the game at the half, down 12-7 but they fell asleep in the 3rd quarter as Portugal scored four tries between 42′ and 55′ and the game went from 12-7 to 38-7, from a competitive match to a blowout in 13 minutes. For the second week in a row the Canadian backline was a defensive liability, all Portugal’s tries were scored by the backs, two from the inside centre, two from the wing, one from the outside centre and one from the scrum half. Canada were missing their two top players Tyler Ardron and Lucas Rumball and it showed, coach Meehan’s record is now 1-1-9 and without Tyler Ardron in the lineup it’s 0-9.

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Battle of the Border 2026

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Seattle Rugby Challenges UBCOB Ravens to Battle of the Border on September 12th : $5000 Prize Money

This is an interesting way to start off the season for both Seattle and the UBCOB Ravens. Seattle, who used to play in the BC Premier, made it to the USA national club finals in the spring, just losing to New York in the final match. The Ravens are defending BC Premier champions. Seattle laid down the challenge and there’s even a $5,000 prize award for the winner, we assume that’s in USD. The match takes place in the US but just across the border at the Chuckanut Bay Rugby Club. It’s only 10 km across the border as the crow flies, or should I say as the raven flies. It’s about a 30 minute drive, depending on border conditions, from the nearest Canadian club which would by Bayside.

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Pacific Nations Cup 2026

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Canada Men’s XVs Add Two September Tests in Japan Against Fiji and Either USA or Japan

The Pacific Nations Cup will run as an abbreviated tournament in 2026. Only four teams will participate Canada, USA, Fiji, Japan. In 2025 it was part of the World Cup qualifying and included Tonga and Samoa as well. Canada will play Fiji on September 12th then either Japan or USA on September 19th. Based on previous results it will probably be a Canada v USA match on the 19th. The sponsor is a Japanese beer company so it makes sense they’re hosting the tournament and after Fiji won the last two titles, it will likely be a Fiji v Japan final that the hosts are anticipating with the potential of a Japanese upset victory over Fiji. Currently the world rankings of the four countries are Fiji 9th, Japan 12th, USA 14th, Canada 23rd.

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Provincial Regional Championships (PRCs) 2026

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Vancouver Island Tide Win U19 Men’s and Women’s Titles, U17 Girls and Overall Title; Valley Claim U17 Boys and U15 Girls Titles; Vancouver Win U15 Boys Title

The Island Tide won both the men’s and women’s U19 titles at the Provincial Regional Championships. The women defeated Fraser Valley  23-17, the match was 18-17 in the Tide’s favour at the half and they added one more try in the second half. It was another Island vs Valley final in the men’s competition. The Island led 14-7 at the half and ran out 33-12 winners in the end. The Island claimed the overall PRC title with three 1st place finishes and three second place finishes. Valley were 2nd overall, Vancouver 3rd, Interior 4th.

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Canada v Spain – July 2026

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Canada Draws with Spain 42-42: Last Minute Heroics to Claim 3 Points

It was a match of ups and downs. The highlight for Canada was the come from behind equalizer with time expired. That showed some character to put together multiple phases with no allowance for error. Noah Flesch ended up being the hero as he picked the ball up from the base of the ruck and decided to go himself, getting one of the few line breaks for Canada in the match. From there it went quickly to the outside where Tyler Ardron made the key pass to set Kyle Tremblay across the line. Takoda McMullin showed nerves of steel to take the conversion as Cooper Coats had been injured on the play. Noah may have been the last minute hero but it was his brother Mason who was selected player of the match with two tries.

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BC Premier 2026-27

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Rowers and Bayside Announce Entry into 2026-27 BC Premier – Eleven Team League in 2026-27

The Vancouver Rowing Club and the Bayside Sharks have announced their acceptance into the BC Premier league for the 2026-27 season. It looks to be an 11 team league next year, Langley, long reported to be eyeing a jump up to the Premier have apparently withdrawn their application for promotion. With the Pacific Pride not entering a team next year (the status of the program is unknown) the league will consist of the nine teams from last season plus the two new teams. Both clubs, Bayside and Rowers, have a history in the BC Premier and are returning after a rebuilding phase in Division 1.

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