Category Archives: Tournaments & Tours

Rugby Premier League 2025

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Rugby Premier League (RPL) Kicks Off in Mumbai, India with 7 Canadian Players Participating

The Rugby Premier League kicked off on Sunday, it’s a 2 week 7s tournament in Mumbai, India. The reason it’s of interest to Canadian rugby fans is there are 7 Canadian players competing. The competing players are Liam Poultan (Bengaluru Bravehearts); Kyle Tremblay, Ethan Turner, James Thiel (Kalinga Black Tigers); Elias Hancock, Rhys James, Briar Barron (Mumbai Dreamers). There are 6 teams in the league and 3 have Canadian players.

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Canada Summer Games 2025

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Canada Summer Games BC U20 Men’s Rugby 7s Trials on Monday, June 16th, at Shawnigan 5pm-7pm – Public Welcome

The Canada Summer Games are taking place in St. John’s, Newfoundland between August 8-25. The Rugby 7s takes place Aug 11-13. In 2022 it was just U18 women’s Rugby 7s, won by BC, but in 2025 it will be men’s U20 and women’s U18 Rugby 7s.

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Hong Kong 10s – 2025

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Seven Canadian Women Playing in Hong Kong 10s Tournament with HKFC Ice: Day 2 Quarter-Finals Live Stream Starts Today at 17:30 PT

The Hong Kong 7s starts tomorrow with the women’s team kicking off at 7:30pm PT against Japan. Meanwhile there’s another tournament taking place in Hong Kong that involves Canadian players, that’s the prestigious Hong Kong 10s. Canada doesn’t have a team entered but there are 7 Canadians on the Hong Kong Football Club women’s team, called the HKFC Ice.

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World Rugby Classic 2024

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Canadian Classics Through to Finals at World Rugby Classic After Defeating Defending Champions Argentina

Last year the Canadian Classics team came 4th at the World Rugby Classic in Bermuda. They lost to Ireland in their first match, thumped USA in their second match and lost to South Africa in the Plate final. Argentina would claim 1st and France 2nd. The 2023 match reports are here.

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Editor’s Update

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Editor Has Gone Walk About in Guatemala with the Howlers Rugby Team

I feel I should explain to readers why there’s been no rugby update since October 12th, and I do have a reason, a rugby reason, I’m with the Howlers on their tour to Guatemala for the Gran Jaguar 7s tournament on October 18th and 19th. The tournament live stream is here.

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Gran Jaguar 7s Tournament – Guatemala

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Howlers Prepare for Gran Jaguar Tournament in Guatemala: Howlers Rosters and Tournament Schedule

The Howlers are preparing to head to Guatemala for the Gran Jaguar 7s tournament taking place October 18th and 19th in San Miguel Dueñas on the outskirts of Antigua, Guatemala. The team will be travelling down on the 12th for a week long preparation. National teams from Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador will be participating, as well as development sides from Mexico (Linaje Azteca) and Guatemala (GT Juveniles). Besides the Howlers, 2 other social teams will be playing, the Chupacabras, a Houston, Texas based side and the Mayas a mix of Mexican and Guatemalan players.

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Gran Jaguar Rugby 7s Tournament – Guatemala

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Howlers Representing Canada at Central American Gran Jaquar Rugby 7s Tournament

The Dog River Howlers, an invitational rugby club, based out of Saskatchewan will be representing Canada at the Gran Jaguar Rugby 7s tournament in Antigua, Guatemala. The tournament includes national teams from across Central America as well as touring teams from Canada and USA. The tournament takes place on October 18th and 19th. It’s the second consecutive year the Howlers have attended the tournament.

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Canadian Ambassadors

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Canadian Ambassadors Inaugural Tour – Letter from Aaron McLelland

The Canadian Ambassadors is a new rugby inititative, started by players, for players. The goal is to provide club players from across the country with the opportunity to go on tour and play against developing nations. The program follows a similar concept that New Zealand has been running with the Czech Republic for the past fifteen years. Over that time the Czech Republic has risen significantly through the IRB rankings (currently #34). The inaugural tour is set for Cancun, Mexico from October 9-15th, to play Mexico National XV. Mexico are ranked #43 in Mens IRB Rankings, behind Czech Republic (34) and Canada (22), but ahead of Barbados (72) who the Highlanders played during the summer.

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