With the BC Leagues on winter break until January 24th, the largest concentration of Canadians playing rugby right now is in the women’s Premier league in England. In October we counted 23 Canadians in the league, we’ve found out two more are heading over from the 7s program, Asia Hogan-Rochester (Sale) and Pam Buisa (Bristol).
There were 13 Canadian players in action in the English PWR over the weekend. Sophie de Goede and Gabrielle Senft were missing from the Saracens rosters but Exeter used all their 5 Canadians with Alexandra Tessier getting the starting fullback role. Fancy Bermudez was in the reserves for Loughborough. Saracens had four Canadians starting Corrigan, Omokhuale, Royer, Apps with Farries in the reserves. Sara Svoboda for Harlequins and Holly Phillips for Bristol both got starting roles. Ealing with 7 Canadians had a bye week. Gloucester and Bristol are the only undefeated teams early in the season.
There are 23 Canadian players on 7 teams in the English Premier Women’s Rugby (PWR) league. The largest contingent of players are on the Saracens and Trailfinders, both teams have 7 Canadians. Exeter have 4, Loughborough, Harlequins, Bristol all have 1. Teams without Canadians are Leicester, Sale [see update note below].
Week 18 was the final regular season weekend and this coming weekend will see only four teams in action for the semi-finals. Rori Wood and Gabby Senft made the team of the week for the final regular season of fixtures. This coming weekend will see #1 Gloucester-Hartpury host #4 Bristol and #2 Saracens host #3 Harlequins in the semi-finals.
There were 19 Canadians in action in Round 16 of the Premiership Women’s Rugby in England. Krissy Scurfield (2T), Gillian Boag (1T), Claire Gallagher (1T), Rori Wood (1T) scored tries for their sides. The results and standings are listed below.
There were 18 Canadians in action in Round 15 of the Premiership Women’s Rugby in England. Krissy Scurfield (2T) and Tyson Beukeboom (1T) scored tries for their sides. The results and standings are listed below.
This is a rugby wrapup for the weekend of January 18th 2025. The BC Rugby leagues resume next weekend in most divisions except Premier which is February 1st. UBC toured down to Washington State for an exhibition match. The PWR, Premiership Women’s Rugby, in the UK wrapped up Round 14 with 16 Canadians in action. We have more details on those below. Coming up on the horizon is the Six Nations, and yes for members, we will putting them up for download, as we have since 2016. The Six Nations schedule is posted below.
Rori Wood got her first start at tighthead for Ealing, Tyson Beukeboom was 2nd row, Julia Schell started at #10 for the Trailfinders. Julia Omokhuale started at blindside flanker for Leicester, Claire Gallagher started at fullback for the Tigers. Loughborough had Krissy Scurfield on the wing, she scored two tries, Abby Duguid at second row, Courtney Holtkamp was in the reserves at #19. Saracens had McKinley Hunt as starting loosehead prop, Gabby Senft at #8, Alysha Corrigan on the wing and Maya Montiel as reserve prop.
There were 11 Canadian players in action in the English Premier league Round 11. Exeter with 5 Canadians in the roster experienced their first loss but remain top of the standings.
There were 12 Canadian players (listed below) in action this weekend in the women’s English Premier, 13 if you consider Canadian Mackenzie Carson who now plays for England.