Bula Rugby 7s Tournament Kicks Off on August 16th and 17th: Registration Still Open
The Bula Rugby 7s tournament will be a 2 day event, Friday August 16th and Saturday August 17th, at John Oliver Park in Delta, the home of the Brit Lions.
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WXV 2024 Match Official Appointments
Three BC Match Officials Assigned to World Rugby WXV Tournaments, Shanda Assmus, Chris Assmus and Julianne Zussman
Three BC match officials have been named to the World Rugby appointments for the WXV tournaments. Julianne Zussman will officiate at WXV 1 in Vancouver, Chris Assmus will be TMO at WXV 2 in South Africa and Shanda Assmus will officiate at WXV 3 in Dubai. All tournaments take place over September and October this year.
BCRU Updates Summer 2024
BC Rugby Raises Service Fees by 10% for 2024/25 Season
The BCRU announced they are raising service fees by 10% for the 2024/25 season. The fees that are affected by the 10% increase are listed below with the new amount listed. Further details in the BCRU news release appended below.
MLR 2024 – Championship Match
New England Free Jacks Repeat MLR Champions with a 20-11 Win Over Seattle: New England Feature 9 Canadians in Roster
Seattle is closer to BC and the Seawolves were initially seeded with Canadian talent by Curry Hitchborn when MLR first started in 2018, and Seattle won the first two titles in 2018 and 2019. But now Seattle have lost that Canadian connection, only Reid Davis appeared sporadically in the roster this season, and he wasn’t in the match day 23 for Seattle this weekend. The Free Jacks however boasted 9 Canadians in the roster in the Championship match, so who which team were we pulling for… O Canada.
Canadian U19 Rugby Championships 2024
BC Men Lose to Ontario to Finish 2nd at Championship; Women Finish Tournament with Loss to Ontario
BC went up 10-0 in the championship final against Ontario but Ontario came back to make it 10-7 BC at the half. Ontario added a penalty to tie the match up at 10-10. Strong Ontario defence won the match as they kept BC off the score sheet in the second half and added a try of their own for a 17-10 win.
Vancouver Highlanders v Brazil XV – August 2024
Highlanders Defeat Brazil XV 77-7 in 11 Try Performance: Match Video
It was running, attacking rugby at its finest as the Highlanders backline players accounted for 10 of the 11 tries. It was no secret early on that the game plan was to spread the ball wide and the Highlanders did so successfully with outside centre Melani Nanai providing the key link to wingers Nico Leonard and D’Shawn Bowen. Between the three players they accounted for 7 tries. Mike Moloney was 11 for 11 on conversions.
2024 Olympics – Rugby 7s
Canada Claim Olympic Silver After Upsetting Australia in Semi-Finals – Edged by NZ in Gold Medal Match: Full Match Videos.
It wasn’t expected but Canada upset #2 seed Australia, 21-12, to advance to the Gold medal match. Earlier in the quarter-finals they eliminated #3 France who were expected to medal as hosts. Canada couldn’t pull off one more miracle but gave #1 seed NZ a tough match only losing 19-12 to win Silver.
MLR 2024 – Conference Finals
New England Edge Chicago to Win Eastern Conference; Seattle Victors Over Dallas in Western Conference Final.
Seattle and New England will meet in the MLR final. Seattle won the first two years of MLR championships after the league started, 2018 and 2019. New England are defending champions, 2023. The other two title winners are no longer in the league, LA Giltinis 2021, and Rugby New York 2022. The 2020 season was cancelled due to Covid.
Canada Women’s U20 – July 2024
Canada U20 Women Defeat Wales 53-17 to Complete Sweep at Trans-Atlantic Quad Series: Full Match Video
Canada completed the sweep at the Trans-Atlantic Quad Series with a comprehensive win against host Wales today. They previously defeated USA and England to top the competition.
In Memory Of – July 2024
Lew Madley, Author of “Rugby Football in British Columbia 1876-1989” Passes at Age 102
If anyone had been to the James Bay clubhouse post match over the last several decades they likely met Lew Madley. He was President of the club for a period in the 80s but it’s his writing that gained him further recognition. He wrote a book on the history of the James Bay Athletic Association; his work on the history of BC Rugby in his book “Rugby Football in British Columbia 1876-1989” has become a well used reference on my book shelf.