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Canada v Japan – August 2025

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Canada Lose to Japan 57-15: Fail to Get Bonus Point in Loss

Canada missing their two pros from France, Tyler Ardron and Evan Olmstead, aren’t the same team, that is obvious after this match. Canada’s goal was to get a 4 try bonus point, regardless of win or loss, but they fell short and now have to wait for the USA v Japan result next weekend. A Japan win or a USA win without a bonus point will see Canada through to the PNC semis and a spot at the 2027 Rugby World Cup. A USA bonus point win will see Canada start over again, and have to go the long route to RWC qualification.

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From the Editor’s Desk – August 2025

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Andrew Quattrin Signs in Pro D2 France; Super Rugby Schedule Announced; BC University Tours and Nationals Qualification Schedule; Curry Hitchborn Named Capilano Director of Rugby

A few stories of interest as we wait for the men’s and women’s national team rosters to be announced on Thursday/Friday. As a reminder it’s Canada v Japan men at 1am PT on TSN and Canada v Wales women at 4am PT. Hopefully TSN will have both matches in their Games on Demand archive on Saturday.

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BC Bears U17

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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

Thursday Results:

Bears U17 Girls 31-22 SWRU/NRU
Bears U17 Boys 36-12 SWRU/NRU

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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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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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From the Editor’s Desk – August 2025

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Thunder Indigenous Rugby in NZ Claim First Wins; Junior PanAm 7s Kicks Off Saturday; World Rugby Introduces New Concussion Mouthguard for Women’s World Cup

A few news items for Thursday, the Thunder Indigenous Rugby program is in NZ, playing their final match in Wellington as this goes to press. They notched up their first wins in NZ earlier in the week, so congrats to them. The Junior PanAm 7s kick off on Saturday for the U20 women and World Rugby is introducing a new concussion mouthguard for the Women’s Rugby World Cup, details and links below.

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