D’Shawn Bowen has been named as the 13th Vancouver Highlanders signing. He has represented Canada on the World Rugby 7s series, at the 7s World Cup and Commonwealth Games. He has played for Canada ‘A’, the Pacific Pride and for the Toronto Arrows of the MLR.
Thanks to Peter Muirhead who put together these league tables for the weekend ending Feb 11th.
Rugby was back at Jericho after the long winter break and the fans, who were Jonesing for a game, as Georgian/Old Boy Bobby Brown is wont to say, got a three-game slate with wins across the board for the home club. The Lomas, who have been setting the standard for the past year, crossed over Alma Street from “County Kits” and suffered their first loss of the season at the Premier level and, like last year, they will look to reverse things if the two teams were to meet again in the playoffs.
VANCOUVER – Once again it all came down to the final game of the weekend, but this time the UBC Thunderbirds claimed the glory and the top spot ahead of the University of Victoria Vikes at the second Canada West women’s rugby 7s series tournament of the year.
It was Week 8 of the BC Premier with 6 more weeks of regular season to go after the 2 week break for Family Day Weekend and the Vancouver 7s, season restarts March 2nd. The Lomas were looking to defend their unbeaten record on the road against the 6-1 Ravens. .
The BCRU have released the high performance pathways for athletes hoping to take their rugby to the next level. It covers men’s and women’s rugby from U16 up to the senior level, in both XVs and 7s.
Matt Klimchuk has been named as the 12th Vancouver Highlanders signing. Capped for Canada’s men’s senior team in 2022, Matt represented with Canada U20, Canada U18 and currently plays for the Pacific Pride, the Rugby Canada Academy team.
World Rugby confirmed that Scotland would host the Tier 2 Junior World Trophy Tournament (JWRT). It had already been known that South Africa would host the Tier 1 Junior World Championship (JWC).
Happening at BC Rugby Clubs throughout the Province every Sunday, Mini Rugby is a safe, non-contact version of the sport.
Canadians Sophie de Goede and McKinley Hunt scored tries in the Saracens win over Trailfinders to remain top of the table in the England Women’s Premiership. The round 10 video highlights, standings, scores and write up are included below.