With the year winding down and as we continue to add the archived articles to the new site, we thought we would collect together our BCRN MVP hoodie photos from over the years. There's some recognizable faces including John and David Moonlight, Quinn Ngawati, Nate Hirayama, Sean Duke, Fancy Bermudez, Adam Zaruba, Ciaran Hearn, Crosby Stewart, Chauncey O'Toole, Josh Thiel, Julia Sugawara, Glenn McKinnon, Harry Jones, Lucas Rumball, Luke McCloskey, Jim de Goede, Lynzi Anderson, Joe Dolesau, Nick Blevins, Ollie Nott, Morgan Williams, Pat Riordan, Mozac Samson, Sarah Levson, Scott Franklin, Rhys Davies, Jordan Wilson Ross, Scott McKay, Russ Ward, Scott Plummer, Sam Jenkins, Sam Robb, Spencer Dalziel, Stevi Schnoor, Julianne Zussman, Tanya Leigh, Tiffany Pickett, Zac Coughlan, Mia Rushton, Melissa Robinson, Maddy Gold, Jodie Cornell, Maddy Kushner, Jeff Nishima-Miller, Ian Manly, Hayleigh Bell, Linc Bowman, Haley Glendinning, Liam Murray, Keenan Horton, Gurvinder Kalar, Katie Larson, Garret Garbe, Frank Walsh, Evan Thomas, Ceara Mullin, Douglas Delmonico, Devon Luca, Brian McKenzie, Davine Burton, Brian Erichsen, Brandon Schellenberger, Brad Marshall, Ben Brill, Martin Logan-Feek, Conor McCann, Ben Johnson, Ander Monro, Chelsey Minter, Doug Fraser, Robin MacDowell, Bobby Ross, Ellisa Alarie, Clayton Thornber, Amanda Thornborough, Randall Barton, Jeff Lohse, Pat Kay, Mike Burak, Mark MacSween, Lee Helm.
Category Archives: Other News
Book Review – Can You Be Fluent in Success by Damian McGrath
A Review of Damian McGrath’s Book: Can You Be Fluent in Success
I did two levels of review on the book, one my immediate reaction after spending an hour scanning through from front to back, the other after I had read the book and had time to reflect on it. Both are posted below.
In Memory of Fuku Vikilani
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.
Bryan Kelly from Communications Manager to Global Sports Scout
Bryan Kelly is well known in the BC Rugby community. He was a talented #10 in the JBAA Premier Reserve team. He went on to become the Communications Manager for Rugby Canada in 2012 a post he held for 7 years. He excelled in that position and from this Editor’s perspective, he was the best Communications Manager that Rugby Canada have had since Ian Kennedy in the 90s.
World University Rugby Invitation Tournament 2023
UBC Score Updates and Match Videos
The University of Bordeaux streaming crew had a rough go of the tournament. The weather wasn’t the most cooperative and several of the UBC match streams were interrupted. UBC’s five pool matches are below, the streaming improved over the course of the tournament.
Canada v England Match #1 – September 2023
Canada Lose to England 50-24 in Game One of Tour: Match Video
[ed. match video is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_s3IbTdRpI
from England Rugby
Red Roses: Tries – Rowland (2), Packer, Carson, Kildunne (2), L. Packer, Allen. Cons – Rowland (5)
Canada: Tries – Pelletier, Beukeboom, Tuttosi, Grant. Cons – de Goede (2)
BC Rugby Weekend of September 23rd 2023
Coastal Cup Match Pride v UVic; Premier Preseason Bays @ Westshore, Caps @ Lomas, Ravens @ Burnaby: Match Rosters
Coastal Cup
Pacific Pride v University Of Victoria @ 14:30
Referee: Derek Horton AR1: Al Humphries AR2: Jamie Roszel
Venue: MacDonald Park
Week 4 of the Coastal Cup kicks off this weekend but with UBC in France, there’s only the one match, Pride v UVic. The Pride look well ahead in the standings with 3 bonus point wins, a win this weekend would all but seal the deal for the Pride as returning champions. Speaking of UBC it looks like they lost both of their matches on Day 1 in Bordeaux, first against Bordeaux (8-16) and then Cape Town (7-24). On Saturday they’ll play the US team, Atlantic All Stars and then the Australian side from Sydney.
Kamloops Youth 7s 2023
BCRU Release Kamloops 7s Schedule: September 30th-October 1st
The BCRU bill it as the largest 7s tournament in Western Canada, we count 93 teams entered in 8 divisions. There’s U14 boys/girls, U16 boys/girls, U18 Open boys/girls and U18 Elite (boys/girls). It’s interesting, from a growth demographic perspective, that the largest division is the U16 girls with 20 teams entered. Most teams are from BC but there are a number of Alberta teams entered as well, we count 23 Alberta teams, with a few teams such as SheDevils, Lucky Ladies and 1697 where we’re unsure of their home base.
BCRU Updates – September 2023
BCRU Announce Key Dates for Age Grade XVs October to December
from BCRU
The highly anticipated BC Rugby Age-Grade XVs Club Season is around the corner – register now for a Fall U14, U16 or U18 League!
BC Rugby Weekend of September 16th 2023
BC Rugby Wrapup for Weekend of September 16th 2023: Premier Preseason Results; Coastal Cup and Dunbar Keg Results
In the Premier preseason it was Westshore defeating CW 28-17 to take the Gerwing Shield a challenge trophy between the Island teams. They’ll defend it next weekend against James Bay. On the mainland, according to BCRU reported scores, it was Meraloma dominating Ravens 48-7 and Burnaby over Capilano 31-19. Burnaby are 2-0 in the preseason defeating both Capilano and Meraloma. Next weekend sees Burnaby host the Ravens, Lomas hosting the Caps and Westshore hosting the Bays. Those games are scheduled to kickoff at 2:30pm.