Category Archives: Youth Rugby

Vancouver Sevens Invitational (VSI) 2025

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Day 1 Complete at Vancouver 7s Invitational: Undefeated Teams BC Gold U18 Girls, South Island Tide U18 Boys, North Island Tsunami U18 Boys, South Island U16 Boys, South Island Tide U16 Girls, North Island Tsunami U16 Girls

Day 1 has wrapped up at the VSI with several teams going undefeated and looking strong going into Day 2. In U18 Girls BC Gold are undefeated, in all other divisions the Island teams are doing well, the South Island Tide are undefeated in U18 Boys, U16 Boys, U16 Girls, the North Island Tsunami are undefeated in U18 Boys and U16 Girls.

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Canada U20 Updates – February 2025

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Canada U20 Holds Camp at St. George’s This Week: 54 Players Named to Long List

The men’s U20 team are holding a training camp this week Thursday to Sunday at St. George’s school. There is no JWRT this year so the Canadian and USA teams are touring, the USA announced a tour to South Africa and Canada announced they’re touring to Fiji in today’s media release.

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BC Friends of Rugby – February 2025

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The BC Friends of Rugby ‘Legends of Canadian Rugby Long Lunch’ on Feb 21st: Scholarship Application Form for Graduating High School Players

The BC Friends of Rugby are looking forward to the upcoming fundraising ‘Legends of Canadian Rugby Long Lunch’ Friday, February 21 at the Yaletown Brew Pub. BCFoR have been supporting various BC based rugby grassroots projects for eight years now. Their support has had a significant positive impact on our local rugby community.

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Canada U18 Tour to California in January 2020

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A Reflection on the Canada U18 Tour to California in January 2020; A Look at Where Players Are Now

With little rugby happening in BC and Canada right now I thought I’d go back to January 2020 and revisit the Canada U18 tour to California to take on the USA U18 teams and then a couple of touring sides from South Africa. The tour started in December 2019 and finished up in January 2020. The tour included 6 games in total with 4 wins and 2 losses for the Canadian teams.

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Thunder Indigenous Rugby – January 2025

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Thunder Indigenous Rugby 2025 Updates: White Rock Camp in January, Phil Mack Indigenous Player of the Year Applications Open, Thunder to NZ in 2025, Support Thunder with Tax Deductible Donation

A couple of events are coming up in January for the Thunder Indigenous Rugby program. First is a youth rugby camp at White Rock on January 25-26. The registration link is here, you can also email jlyall@thunderrugby.ca

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Global Youth Sevens 2024

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Finals Results at Global Youth 7s: BC Bears Girls Finish 17th, Boys 19/20; MacDowell Academy Girls Finish 21st Place, Boys 32nd

The BC Bears boys won their Bowl quarter-final over Belmont Shore from California, 19-7 but lost the semi-finals to Saracens 33-5. Saracens would go on to win the Bowl final and claim 17th place. That would put the boys ranking as 19/20 place at the tournament. The boys tournament was won by the Australia U18 team.

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BC Club Youth Championships 2024

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Comox Valley Win Double Titles in Girls U16 & U18; CW Win U18 Boys and Abbotsford Claim U16 Boys Titles

CV Rapids out of Comox Valley won both the Girls U16 and U18 titles, defeating Abbotsford 29-7 in U16 and claiming the double over Abbotsford with a 12-10 win in U18. CW out of Oak Bay won the Boys U18 with a 36-31 win over UBCOB Ravens, Abbotsford defeated CW in Boys U16 by a score of 10 to 7 to claim the title.

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Kamloops 7s 2024

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Fraser Valley Clubs, Abbotsford and Langley, Win Top U18 Divisions; JBAA and Langley Win Top U16 Divisions

The Fraser Valley clubs Abbotsford and Langley did well in the Kamloops 7s elite divisions, Abbotsford won the U18 Boys top division plus the U16 Girls top division, Langley won the U18 Boys top division plus the Boys U14. James Bay from the Island won the U16 Girls top division plus the U14 Girls.

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BC Rugby Club Youth Season 2024

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BCRU Announce Club Youth Season for Fall 2024

The Club Age-Grade or Youth season starts September 29th. There are seven weeks of regular season play, 2 weeks of regional playoffs and the final is December 8th at Starlight Stadium in Langford. The finals in December will pit the top U16 and U18 teams in the Province against each other in both the boys and girls divisions. The U14 competition is regional only.

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