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BC Rugby Youth Club Season

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BC Rugby Youth Club Season Starts September 7th at U18, U16 and U14 Levels for 7s and September 28th for XVs

The club rugby season for youth is in the fall, in the spring it’s school based. Depending on the club, there will be teams at the U18, U16, U14 level for boys and girls. The BCRU find a club page is here. The season kicks off September 7th with 3 weeks of 7s and then the XVs season starts September 28th with 6 weeks of rugby before the playoffs start on November 23rd. The finals will be held on the mainland this year at the Langley Event Centre on December 7th.

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BC Bears U17

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BC Sending U17 Boys and Girls XVs Squads to Tour Ontario for 3 Match Series August 23-31 – Rosters Included

A good initiative by the BCRU to send two youth teams to Ontario before school starts in September. The teams will play regional games and then play the full Ontario team in their last match. John Tait the BC Rugby Technical Director stated, “We hope this will become an annual series of games between Ontario and BC, and that Rugby Canada will recognize the value of programming for this age band.“.

Tuesday Results:

Bears U17 Girls 25-17 TRU/EORU
Bears U17 Boys 32-15 TRU/EORU

Thursday Results:

Bears U17 Girls 31-22 SWRU/NRU
Bears U17 Boys 36-12 SWRU/NRU

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Junior PanAm Games Rugby 7s 2025

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Canadian U20 Women Claim Bronze at Junior PanAm Rugby 7s

It wasn’t the final most would have expected, that would have been a Canada v USA matchup for Gold and Silver but Brazil were the surprise team of the tournament defeating Canada in the semi-finals and USA in the finals. Brazil won Gold and USA Silver. In the men’s tournament it was Argentina Gold, Uruguay Silver and Chile Bronze. It would have been a good learning experience for a Canadian men’s U20 team.

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2025 Canada Summer Games

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BC Win Women’s Gold, Ontario Win Men’s Gold, BC Claim Men’s Silver

The BC women’s programs have been on a tear recently, winning the national U19 XVs title and now the Canada Games U18 7s title. They defeated Ontario in the final 22-10 to win Gold, Alberta claimed Bronze. The men came up second best to Ontario for the second time this summer, losing the U19 XVs title and now the Canada Games U20 7s title. BC claimed Silver in both cases. It was a close 17-12 loss with Ontario keeping their nerve and scoring the winning try at the whistle. Quebec claimed Bronze with a 17-15 win over Alberta.

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BC Bear U15 – 2025

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BC Rugby “Build a Bear” Camps for Select U15 Players Takes Place This Week at Shawnigan

Almost 90 U15 athletes have been invited to the Shawnigan “Build a Bear” Camp from July 27-August 1. The focus is on skill building and game understanding under the tutelage of an impressive list of coaches. The U17 camp takes place the following week and includes a few matches, that press release can be viewed here.

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Canadian U19 Rugby Championships 2025

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BC Women Win Gold at U19 National Championships: Men Take Silver

What a result for the BC U19 women’s program, from last place in 2024 to 1st in 2025, kudos to the coaching team and the players. It will be interesting to see what Jake Thiel can do with the new Ravens women’s program in the 2025-26 season. The men returned as Silver medallists after losing a close match to Ontario, who claim their second consecutive Gold.

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BC Bears U17 – 2025

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2025 BC Bears U17 Camp Rosters Announced – Four Selection Matches Before Ontario Tour

The provincial U17 teams will hold camps at Shawnigan Lake from August 3-7 with matches on August 5-7. The boys will be playing a school from the UK and the Alberta Wolfpack, the girls will play 2 games against the Wolfpack. After the camp 24 players from each squad will be selected for a tour to Ontario for a 3 match series from August 23-31. The boys have brought 30 players to camp and the girls 26 players.

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BC U19 Men’s Team 2025

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BC Rugby Announce Men’s and Women’s U19 Teams for Canadian Rugby Championship

The BCRU have announced the men’s and women’s teams to take part in the U19 Canadian Rugby Championships which start next week. The men’s coach is Curry Hitchborn and the women’s coach is Jake Thiel. Last year the men came second to Ontario, losing a close 17-10 match in the final. Ontario also won the women’s title, BC finished with 3 losses and a draw. The teams kick off on July 22nd with both teams facing the Atlantic Rock.

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World Rugby U20 Championship

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The U20 Junior World Championship Reaches Final Round: What’s in Store for Canada U20 in 2026

The U20 World Championships wraps up on Saturday with the semi-final rounds completed today. The World Rugby report is below, basically NZ and South Africa will meet in the final. Spain and Ireland will compete in the 11th place playoff, normally that would mean one of them would be relegated but not this year because the U20 Tier 2 competition is in flux and there was no JWRT this year. We’ll also look at what’s in store for the U20 Tier 2 competition next year and where Canada fits in. We finish with some comments from Karl Fix who took a U18 team to Germany this year and plans on taking a U19 team to Argentina next year.

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Provincial Regional Championships (PRCs) 2025

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Vancouver Dominate Boys Competition with 3 Gold, Island Claim 2 Gold and Silver in Girls Competition, Valley Win One Gold and 3 Silver Overall, Interior Win U19 Boys Silver

The Vancouver Wave dominated the boys competition winning Gold at the U19, U17 and U15 levels. The Island Tide dominated the girls competition winning Gold at the U19, U17 and Silver at the U15 levels, also claiming Silver in the boys U15. The Fraser Valley won Gold in the U15 girls and Silver in the U19, U17 girls and U17 boys. The Interior had their best showing in the U19 boys division, winning Silver.

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