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MLR 2024 Week 2

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MLR Week 2 Results & Canadian Highlights: Houston Leads West; New Orleans Leads East

There were 18 Canadian players starting in Week 2 and 13 in the reserves, for a total 31 dressing on game day. That was down 5 from Week 1 where 36 of the 46 Canada-eligible players were in action. Ben Lesage and Andrew Quattrin scored tries for the second week in a row for New England, Shane O’Leary had the top stat for running metres for Miami in their match, Matt Heaton was top of the tackle stats for LA in their match.

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BC Rugby Weekend of March 9th 2024

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BC Premier Week 10 Results & Rosters: Lomas Top UBC, CW Defeat Westshore, Pride Fall to Burnaby, Vikes Beat Bays

There are four matches this week, Caps and Ravens have a bye. There’s four weeks left after this week so points are especially important for teams trying to stay within reach of a playoff spot. The UBC game vs Lomas should be streamed on The Rugby Network.

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Vancouver Highlanders Updates – March 2024

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Highlander Updates: Lenny Bonduau 19th Signing; Taine Clague Added to Reserves; Canadian Press Writes Article; Barbados Media Covers Signing

The Highlanders announced their 19th signing, Lenny Bonduau, a UBC player who plays fullback or wing. He was on the BC U19 team in 2023, the Canada U18 team in 2022 and was also on the BC High School 7s All Tournament team in the spring of 2022.

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Canadian Players in Wales – March 2024

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Izzak Kelly and Jamin Hodgkins Top List of Canadian Players in Wales

Last summer it was Canadian players in NZ, this spring it’s Canadian players in Wales. Last summer we tracked a number of players who were playing regional Premier rugby in NZ, including Izzak Kelly, Noah Bain, Jacob Bossi and Callum Botchar in Taranaki. This spring a number of players are congregating in Wales.

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UBCOB Ravens

UBCOB Ravens – March 2024

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Ravens Pushed But Get The Win – Report by Peter MacDonald
Ravens 18 – Westshore 5

An overnight dusting of snow disappeared by game time on a clear cold afternoon at Jericho. But Westshore brought a lot of heat keeping the Ravens on the back foot for most of the first half. Although the Ravens in the early minutes scored from a chip kick fielded by centre Nico Leonard who then breezed by the defending left winger, Westshore had clear advantages in both possession and territory throughout the half. Credit to the Ravens’ defence and a couple of knock-ons near the line that Westshore was held off the scoreboard in the first 40 minutes.

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MLR 2024 Week 1

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MLR Week 1 Results & Canadian Highlights: Dallas Leads West; New England Leads East

There were 36 Canadian players in action in Week 1 with some making an impact on the score sheet and the stats department. Spencer Jones scored the first try by a Canadian in MLR 2024 in the Utah v Houston match but it was Dewald Kotze who lit up the scoreboard with a hat trick of tries in the Dallas v LA match, in that match Andrew Coe had two tries for LA and Mitch Richardson added a single for Dallas. In the New England v Anthem match Ben Lesage scored 2 tries and Andrew Quattrin added one for NE.

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LA 7s 2024

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France Men and New Zealand Women win HSBC SVNS in LA; Canada Women Finish 4th, Men Finish 12th; Hong Kong Pools Announced

The Canadian women continue to roll along with a 4th place finish to follow the 3rd in Vancouver. They now sit in 5th place in the series standings, 2 points behind USA. The bottom four teams facing the relegation tournament are Brazil, South Africa, Japan and Spain. There are two tournaments left before the Madrid final, Hong Kong and Singapore. The pools for Hong Kong (Apr 5-7) have been announced, the women are in a pool with USA, Japan and Spain.

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