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Paris Olympic 7s Repechage Tournament

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World Rugby Announces Repechage Tournament for Paris Olympic 7s Qualification: June 21-23 in Monaco

The repechage tournament for the Paris Olympic 7s was announced by World Rugby today. It will be held in Monaco on June 21-23. The women’s team earned their way into the Olympics by winning the RAN tournament, fortunately the USA didn’t attend the women’s RAN tournament as they had already qualified as a top 4 finisher in the World Rugby 7s series. The men weren’t as fortunate and lost to USA in the RAN tournament forcing them to qualify through the repechage tournament.

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Rugby Canada Hall of Fame 2023

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Rugby Canada Hall of Fame Inductees for 2023 Include Mike James, Keith Wilkinson, Rick Bourne, Sherry Trumbull, Andrea Burk, Jen Kish, Julianne Zussman, Mark Cardinal, Steve Gray

Rugby Canada is pleased to announce the Hall of Fame class for 2023. Nine Canadian rugby icons will have their distinguished careers celebrated forever as they enter the Rugby Canada Hall of Fame.

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From the Editor’s Desk – December 2023

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Introducing the Atlantic Privateers, Updates on the Vancouver Highlanders and Queen’s University Posts Job for Head Coach Men’s Rugby

The theme of today’s post is men’s high-performance XVs  across Canada, touching on the Highlanders in BC, Queen’s in Ontario and the Privateers in Atlantic Canada.

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BC Rugby Youth 7s – U18 Girls

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BC U18 Girls 7s Return from Australian Tournament with 2-2 Record: Photos

The Australian School Girls won their home tournament with a 27-12 win over the NZ based Rugby Vault team. The BC U18 team lost to the Australian School Girls in the quarter-finals on Day 2, 29-0. The girls division didn’t have a Plate category unlike the boys division, even though there were more girls teams entered.

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Cape Town 7s 2023

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Men Finish in 7th Place; Women Finish in 6th Place in Cape Town

It was a big improvement for the men, going from 12th in Dubai to 7th in Cape Town. For the women it was a slight step down from 4th in Dubai to 6th in Cape Town.

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In Memory of Fuku Vikilani

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GoFund Me Account Set Up to Support Vikilani Family After Passing of Fuku Vikilani

It is with a heavy heart and great sadness that we announce the passing of Fuku Vikilani. After many days of searching, Fuku was found on Dec 7th.

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Rugby Canada Strategic Plan 2024

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Rugby Canada Announces Strategic Plan for 2024-2027

Rugby Canada released its Strategic Plan for the next 3 years. We’ll provide a review of the plan and for reference we’ve included the previous plan, 2021-23. We’ve also included the NZ Rugby Union Strategy 2025 for comparison purposes.

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UBCOB Ravens U18 – December 2023

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Boys BC U18 Final – Ravens Edge CW 19 – 14; Report by Peter MacDonald

On a cool, sunny December late afternoon at Thunderbird Stadium the champions from the mainland and the island entertained and engaged their fans in a game worthy of a provincial final. The Ravens came out on top but there was very little between the two teams and but for a slow start by CW there might have been a different result.

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Vancouver Highlanders

Vancouver Highlanders – December 2023

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Vancouver Highlanders Updates: Tom Larisch Named as Head Coach; Randall Barton is Director of Sports Operations

The Vancouver Highlanders have been busy, not that it’s obvious as they don’t post news updates on their website yet, or have a media email notification system yet, but a bit of looking on social media channels like Twitter and Linkedin shows they’re making progress!

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