Ontario Win Gold, BC Silver in Men’s and Women’s U19 Championship

It wasn’t to be the day for BC as they lost both final matches against Ontario on Sunday. The women came close, leading for most of the match but giving up two tries in the last 5 minutes to lose 17-7. The men were defeated 44-12 and trailed in the match from the beginning. Jack Gore the Ontario #10 and team captain scored 29 points.  The BC U17 teams wrapped up their 3 game series on Saturday, Ontario won both matches. The bright spot for BC were the U17 women who, despite losing Saturday’s game, won the series against Ontario with 2 wins and 1 loss. The BC U17 men had a record of 1 win and 2 losses. Kudos to host Ontario who claim the title of top province this year in age-grade rugby. We haven’t heard where next year’s tournament will be held yet.

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BC Rugby Announce U19 and U17 Teams Travelling to Ontario for National Championships

Canada may not have a senior national championship representing all regions anymore but the annual U19 national championships continue with teams from BC, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic. That championship takes place in Guelph starting next Monday. Below are the BC rosters for U19 men and women, BC are also sending U17 boys and girls teams to challenge Ontario directly in a three game head to head series, the winner claims the O’Neills Challenge Cup. Those rosters are also included below in the BCRU media release.

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Vancouver Island Tide Win U19 Men’s and Women’s Titles, U17 Girls and Overall Title; Valley Claim U17 Boys and U15 Girls Titles; Vancouver Win U15 Boys Title

The Island Tide won both the men’s and women’s U19 titles at the Provincial Regional Championships. The women defeated Fraser Valley  23-17, the match was 18-17 in the Tide’s favour at the half and they added one more try in the second half. It was another Island vs Valley final in the men’s competition. The Island led 14-7 at the half and ran out 33-12 winners in the end. The Island claimed the overall PRC title with three 1st place finishes and three second place finishes. Valley were 2nd overall, Vancouver 3rd, Interior 4th.

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Summer Rugby Camps in BC from June to September

We’ve put together a list of summer rugby camps, we’ll keep updating the list throughout the summer. If you know of a summer rugby camp in BC, tag us on social media with the poster, Instagram is the best choice, @bcrugbynews – or add a link and description in the comment section.

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Collingwood Claim Boys AAA Title; Yale Claim Girls Title

Collingwood claimed the AAA Gold with a hard fought 22-17 win over Robert Bateman. St. George’s claimed Bronze with a 24-3 win over Shawnigan.

Gold Match Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPskOzf4eqo

Yale claimed a comprehensive victory in the girls XVs final defeating Shawnigan 36-3. The video is below.

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Clarence Fulton Wins Boys 7s Title; Claremont Wins Girls 7s Title

It was schools from the Okanagan and the Island taking titles this year. Clarence Fulton from Vernon defeated Quw’utsun from Duncan, 12-10 to win the boys final. Claremont from Saanich won the girls final, defeating Langley 37-0.

Here are the final rankings of the top 8. The scores are on the BCSS results page and their YouTube channel has the videos archived.

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In Touch Newsletter by Phil Smith: Volume 2 Issue 11

This is Phil’s final newsletter of the year as the Provincials start this week and we’ll cover both the 7s and XVs in separate articles. Phil recaps the Island championship results and presents his 2026 Island All-Star selections.
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In Touch Newsletter by Phil Smith: Volume 2 Issue 10

Phil’s Volume 2 Issue 10 covers a couple of upsets Collingwood over St. George’s and Claremont over Oak Bay. The Island finals are this week at Shawnigan. I just looked at the SLS Instagram page and they are Island champions, no score given but they defeated Claremont who are Island 2nd. The latest BC School Sports rankings are posted at the end of the article.

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In Touch Newsletter by Phil Smith: Volume 2 Issue 9

Phil’s Volume 2 Issue 9 covers the last round of pool play, the zone semi-finals are today with #1 Shawnigan vs #4 SMUS and #2 Oak Bay vs #3 Claremont. Meanwhile across the Strait, St George’s are hosting their zone finals for Juniors and Seniors on Wednesday and Thursday

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In Touch Newsletter by Phil Smith: Volume 2 Issue 8

Phil’s Volume 2 Issue 8 covers the St. George’s v Collingwood match, SMUS v Brentwood, Oak Bay v Royal Bay and the Port Alberni tour to Wales. Phil’s provincial rankings seem more up to date than the BCSS rankings which come out mid-week. Both have St. George’s #1 but Phil goes Shawnigan, Collingwood, Robert Bateman, Oak Bay after that. The BCSS doesn’t have the St. George’s v Collingwood result factored in and have Collingwood, Robert Bateman, Shawnigan, Oak Bay as #2 to #5.

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