Men’s University Rugby Championship 2023

UBC Claim 5th University Championship Title In Dominating Win Over UVic

It wasn’t a result many would have predicted, a 41-7 one-sided match in the final. These two teams met twice in October with the Vikes winning one +5 and the T-Birds winning the other +6. There didn’t appear to be much between the teams.

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CanWest Women’s XV 2023

UBC Win 4th Consecutive CanWest XVs Title: UVic Finish 2nd – National Finals in Quebec City November 1-5

UBC won their 4th consecutive CanWest title with the UVic Vikes finishing 2nd. Both teams will advance to the national finals in Quebec City from November 1st to 5th.

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CanWest Women’s XVs Preseason Rankings

UBC Top Coaches Poll as 2023 Fall Season Ready to Kick Off

[ed. CanWest kicks off in BC on September 9th, looking forward to a great day at UVic’s Wallace Field. The Tide v Tsunami U20 boys at 11am, the women’s UVic v UBC at 1pm and the Vikes v Pride men’s game at 3pm.]

from CanWest

Coming off a third-straight conference championship, it’s no surprise the UBC Thunderbirds have once again been named favourites this season.

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UBC Thunderbirds – August 2023

UBC and Head Coach Curry Hitchborn Part Ways

An unexpected announcement from UBC (posted below) indicates that Curry Hitchborn has stepped down from the head coach position at UBC. Several readers have been asking for more details but we don’t have any at this time.

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CanWest Women’s 7s – 2023

UBC Claim CanWest Rugby 7s Title – Breaking UVic Four Year Streak

from CanWest Sports

The UBC Thunderbirds won their first ever Women’s Rugby 7s Canada West banner, going a perfect 15-0 on the season and breaking the four-year dominance of Victoria Vikes after the three-stop series wrapped up at Thunderbird Stadium in Vancouver on Saturday afternoon.

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