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BC Rugby Weekend of October 3rd 2026

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BC Premier Week 4 Results: Westshore Clobber Bayside, Capilano Fall to JBAA, Ravens Fly Past CW, Burnaby Stunned by Meraloma, UVic Outlast Rowers

It was a week of high scores, comebacks and one upset. We had four of the five winners picked, the spreads weren’t that close and one upset. In total there were 419 points scored over 5 matches with the average winning margin 37 points.

Week 4 has arrived before the Thanksgiving break on October 10th. There are three undefeated sides and the JBAA v Capilano match will be one of the highlights this week. Westshore visit Bayside, Ravens visit the Island to take on CW, Burnaby travel to the Lomas and the Rowers host UVic.

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U20 Challenger Cup 2026 – Canada vs Namibia

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Canada Crush Namibia 95-6 in Opening Match of U20 Challenger Cup

It was one way traffic for most of the match as Canada ran in 15 tries and added 10 conversions. It was 52-6 at the half and Canada kept Namibia off the score sheet in the second half. There were a lot of positives from the match, Canada were winning the collisions, the off load game was working well and there is obviously some strike power in the starting back three as they scored seven tries. Perhaps the most satisfying is they kept Namibia out of the try zone, Namibia did have some possession inside the Canada 5 metres but strong team defence and some stellar individual defensive efforts kept Namibia from scoring a try.

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Kamloops Rugby Updates – October 2026

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Kamloops Match Reports by William Shaw: Senior Women and Men Kick Off Season With Wins

The Kamloops Rugby Club Senior Women and Men kicked off their season this past weekend at Exhibition Park in Kamloops. There was moody skies to start the morning, but the clouds burnt off and provided a sunny and warm day for watching and playing rugby, which was welcomed by the many KRC Alumni out in support of the Senior Squads on Alumni Day.

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Players in the News – September 2026

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Phil Mack to be Inducted into Victoria Sports Hall of Fame – Dinner and Ceremony on November 7th, 2026

There’s a certain amount of irony in posting about one of Canada’s greatest 7s players getting inducted into the Victoria Sports Hall of Fame a day after posting about Rugby Canada bringing someone over from Scotland to coach the Canada 7s team, but here we are. The induction ceremony is being held November 7th at the Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort, the HoF announcement is here, tickets can be purchased here. Phil not only had an outstanding career as a national team XVs and 7s player, a UVic and JBAA player, he had a remarkable record coaching. He led BC to a national title as a player/coach then went to the MLR and led the Seattle Seawolves to two back to back championships as a player/coach. He was part of the Rugby Canada coaching team first with the Pacific Pride academy then as Attack Coach with the senior XVs team. We’ve put a few photos from our archives below, also appended is the Greater Victoria Hall of Fame announcement.

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UBCOB Ravens – September 2026

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Second Half Déjà Vu Ravens 40 UBC 25
Report by Peter MacDonald

High level rugby was on full display at UBC on Saturday as five national team players returning from defeating the USA in Japan split and filtered into both teams joining strong squads, with the Ravens featuring some recent UBC grads and UBC a few former Ravens’ juniors.

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Canada 7s Coaching Update – September 2026

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Rugby Canada Hires Scottish Rugby Union Skills Coach and Assistant Great Britain 7s Coach, Craig Dods, as Canada 7s Coach

Here we go again, foreign coach hires foreign assistant coach. I feel bad for all the qualified Canadian coaches, and there are quite a few who could have filled this position. In the end it would be the decision of Stephen Meehan and who he wants as assistant XVs coach. The 7s coaching aspect is secondary,  the Canadian team’s pathway to the Olympics is basically a straight line, win the RAN 7s and advance to the Olympics. The USA as host qualify, so Canada just have to defeat Mexico and the Caribbean nations. In 2025 Canada won the Rugby Americas North (RAN) 7s tournament at a trot scoring 225 points in total and conceding 14 with Christiaan Esterhuizen as coach. He was 7s coach, U20 coach and Pacific Pride coach at the same time.

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BC Rugby Standings Week 3

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League Standings for Premier, Div 1, Div 2, Div 3

Special thanks to Peter Muirhead for putting these standings together, the PlayHQ system that the BCRU uses is still not functioning properly. The PlayHQ system can be accessed here for match results, however tries and try bonus points are not working consistently on their system at the present time. The tables are ordered by Points per Game rather than total points. Photo by PJ Carr, UVic @ Burnaby.

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Canada U20 – Challenger Cup 2026

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Canada U20 Team Heading to Chile: 30 Man Roster Named – First Match Friday vs Namibia

Canada’s first match in the U20 Challenger Cup will be Friday against Namibia. The tournament is being held in Santiago, Chile. Currently the team are assembled in Toronto, and will fly out Tuesday, not giving them much prep time once they arrive in Chile. The tournament schedule is posted below. We’ll provide updates on live streaming when it’s made available. You can follow their Instagram account for updates as well. The live stream will be at rugbypass.tv

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BC Rugby Weekend of September 26th 2026

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BC Premier Week 3 Results: Ravens Second-Half Comeback Over UBC,  UVic Fall to Burnaby, CW Demolished by James Bay, Capilano Top Bayside, Meraloma Sink Rowers

It was an amazing second-half comeback by Ravens over UBC to remain undefeated. The Bays flexed in a dominant win over CW, Burnaby claimed the home win as did Capilano, Meraloma get their first win of the season on the road at Brockton Oval.

It’s Week 3 and a number of national team players have returned to the rosters after the win over USA in the Pacific Nations Cup. Back from national team duty are Lucas Rumball, Takoda McMullin, Stephen Webb, Cody Nhanala, Liam James, Callum Botchar, Josh McIndoe, Austin Creighton. It’s UBC vs Ravens in a top match, a replay of the 2025 final, check for the live stream on game day. Can Capilano maintain their perfect record with a third BP win. The Bays with a strong roster host crosstown rivals CW. Burnaby host UVic and Rowers and Lomas look for their first win.

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Canada v France – September 2026

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Canada Drop Match Against #4 France 21-5: Full Match Video

Was it the absence of Sophie de Goede or the let down after drawing with #1 England, either way Canada came out flat and were outplayed by France. The last time Canada were held to five points or less was in 2022, again by France when they blanked Canada 36-0 at the World Cup. They missed the leadership of Sophie de Goede, that was evident in subtle ways, when they had the momentum and France pinned in their 5 metres with a lineout, Canada didn’t put any jumpers up, no pressure at all. The forwards, usually Canada’s winning advantage, looked disconnected. The backline, never Canada’s strong point, struggled to make any impact.

Canada scored one try, by #8 Lizzie Gibson, who has been solid on this tour. Olivia Apps, who started at scrum half, then moved to the centres was the top back for Canada. Canada play at home next against England. Also congrats to former Canada coach, Francois Ratier, now France coach who had his team playing at top level. Full match video link below, plus World Rugby and Canadian Press reports.

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