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From the Editor’s Desk – March 2025

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Comox Valley U18 Girls in Scotland, Canada U20 Women’s 7s in Paraguay in August, Canada Women Start Pacific Four in Kansas City in May, Howlers U18 Boys Tour Germany in June/July, BC Club Finals in Abbotsford on May 3rd

Comox Rapids U18 Girls in Scotland

The Comox Valley U18 girls team, the Rapids, are currently touring northern England and Scotland and doing quite well. They defeated  Northern RFC, based in Newcastle, 24-22 in their first match. They then defeated Borders 59-5 in Melrose, Scotland and are finishing their tour up in Edinburgh. You can follow their tour on their Instagram account.

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CanWest 7s 2025

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UBC Win CanWest 7s Series for 3rd Year in a Row

The UBC Thunderbirds finished the final Women’s Rugby 7’s tournament of the year with a 5-0 record to go unbeaten over the 2025 season and win their third straight Canada West championship Saturday afternoon at Willoughby Stadium at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C.

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MLR 2025 – Round 5

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MLR Round 5 Summary 25 Canadians in Action, 8 Starters and 17 Reserve: San Diego Tops West, Chicago Tops East

There were 25 Canadian players in action in Round 5 of the MLR, 8 starting and 17 in the reserves. It was the first appearance for Kaden Duguid and Gabe Casey in the match 23.

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High School Rugby Updates – March 2025

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In Touch Newsletter Issue 3 – Public puts Private on Notice
Quw’utsun shocks Shawnigan, Claremont Rattles SMUS

Phil Smith has come up with a great resource for high school rugby on the Island and in BC. It’s a newsletter “Covering High School Rugby on Vancouver Island and British Columbia”. We’ve included a link below to download the full .pdf version which is formatted and includes photos. We’ve also copied some of the text below for a quick read.

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BC Rugby Weekend of March 15th 2025

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BC Premier Week 13 Results: Lomas Edge Burnaby, UVic Fall to CW, Pride Overcome Westshore, Bays Lose to UBC, Ravens Top Caps – Women’s Premier CW Lose in Seattle, Thunderbirds Defeat Burnaby

Only 3 more weekends of regular season play after this weekend, time is running out for teams trying to capture the last playoff spot while near the top of the standings UBC and Lomas battle for the #2 playoff ranking and a quarter-final bye.

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Canada U20 Women – March Updates

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Canada U20 Women Tour to Ireland in May: Team Features 8 Players from League Leading BC Premier Thunderbirds Team

The women’s Canada U20 team travels to Ireland in May for two matches against Ireland. The team features 8 players from the Thunderbirds team that currently sits in 1st place in the women’s BC Premier competition, Skye Farish, Lana Dueck, Brooke Roddham, Adia Pye, Mya Koleba, Kiki Idowu, Anya Prokopich, Alexis Dobson.

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BC Youth Rugby Updates – March 2025

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BC Rugby Announces Changes to PRC Tournament and Selection of BC U19 and U17 Coaches For This Summer

A couple of recent announcments from the BCRU this week. They’re changing the Provincial Regional Championships (PRCs) to make it a higher level competition. They’re reducing the competition to 4 regions, basically Island, Vancouver, Valley, Interior. In previous years each region would put in multiple teams from sub-regions diluting the talent from each region. In order to facilitate full participation and create a selection tool they’ve created a new tournament, the PRL (Provincial Regional League) which would include the sub-regions within the regions. It will also act as a selection tool for the PRC teams. The PRL takes place in June and the PRC in July.

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UBCOB Ravens – March 2025

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Ravens Edge Lomas in the Rain Ravens 27 – Lomas 19: Report by Peter MacDonald

On a cold, wet, windy day at Connaught the two west side clubs gathered at midfield for a moment’s silence to honour long time Meraloma member Chas Teeple who recently passed away. Chas was a skilled flyhalf, a class guy and a lover of rugby and of the camaraderie that surrounds it. I recall watching him play in the late 1960s when he led the St Georges backline and later when he manned the #10 jersey with the Lomas. Looking around the sidelines at the game on Saturday there were Bobby Brown and referee assessor on the day Al Hudson who were Chas’s teammates and friends back in the day. Raven Rick Bourne was a high school rival and later a friend. There’s a long BC rugby through line from those days to today.

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