Category Archives: Youth Rugby

High School Rugby Updates – March 2025

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In Touch Newsletter Issue 2 – Covering High School Rugby on Vancouver Island and British Columbia

Phil Smith has come up with a great resource for high school rugby on the Island and in BC. It’s a newsletter “Covering High School Rugby on Vancouver Island and British Columbia”. We’ve included a link below to download the full .pdf version which is formatted and includes photos. We’ve also copied some of the text below for a quick read. His contact information is in the .pdf and he’s looking for story ideas for the next issue.

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Rugby Scholarships and Awards

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The Dave Huang Memorial Award and Other Rugby Scholarships and Awards

I was contacted by Aaron Mittler who is involved with the Dave Huang Memorial Award. His note is below, along with a link to details on the Dave Huang Memorial Award. We’ve also put a link to the Canadian Rugby Foundation scholarships and awards page, and the Friends of Rugby awards story.

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Community Rugby in Action – March 2025

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Rugby Approved Turf Field on the Horizon with Partnership between School, Municipality, Rugby Club, Soccer Club and Firefighters

This is a story about building relationships in the community and looking for win-win outcomes that will benefit rugby in BC. It could be a model for other clubs to follow to build more rugby approved turf fields in the community, something that is much needed as February’s match cancellations reminded us.

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High School Rugby Updates – March 2025

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In Touch Newsletter – Covering High School Rugby on Vancouver Island and British Columbia Issue 1

Phil Smith has come up with a great resource for high school rugby on the Island and in BC. It’s a newsletter “Covering High School Rugby on Vancouver Island and British Columbia”. We’ve included a link below to download the full .pdf version which is formatted and includes photos. We’ve also copied some of the text below for a quick read. His contact information is in the .pdf and he’s looking for story ideas for the next issue.

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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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