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Category Archives: Youth Rugby
Doug Tate Selects 2024
Island U18 Team Named as Doug Tate Selects to Face UVic Jutes in Two Match Series – Weekend Match Postponed
[note due to snow in Victoria the January 20th matches have been postponed, Vikes vs CWU is postponed until Tuesday, January 23rd at 1pm, Jutes vs DTS is postponed until Saturday, January 27th at 1pm]
This UVic initiative looks like a keeper and hopefully will become an annual event. UVic coaching staff were looking for extra games for their Jutes team, that’s their 3rd squad, made up of first year players, basically the 18 year old age group.
BC Bears Girls 7s Youth Teams – December 2023
BC Bears Girls U16 Tropical 7s Trials in January: Register Online
The BCRU have announced Mainland/Island U16 Trial Sessions and a U16-U18 Skills Session in Prince George for girls. Darcy Patterson is the coach and she just returned from Australia with the BC U18 girls where they made the cup quarter-finals at the Global Youth Sevens, losing to eventual winners Australia School Girls. In 2024 the U16 girls will head to Florida for the Tropical 7s, the U18 girls will travel again in December for the Global Youth Sevens.
BC Rugby Youth 7s – U18 Girls
BC U18 Girls 7s Return from Australian Tournament with 2-2 Record: Photos
The Australian School Girls won their home tournament with a 27-12 win over the NZ based Rugby Vault team. The BC U18 team lost to the Australian School Girls in the quarter-finals on Day 2, 29-0. The girls division didn’t have a Plate category unlike the boys division, even though there were more girls teams entered.
UBCOB Ravens U18 – December 2023
Boys BC U18 Final – Ravens Edge CW 19 – 14; Report by Peter MacDonald
On a cool, sunny December late afternoon at Thunderbird Stadium the champions from the mainland and the island entertained and engaged their fans in a game worthy of a provincial final. The Ravens came out on top but there was very little between the two teams and but for a slow start by CW there might have been a different result.
BC Rugby Youth Club Finals – December 3rd at UBC
Bayside (U16 Boys); Langley (U16 Girls); Ravens (U18 Boys); CW (U18 Girls) Claims Provincial Club Youth Titles
Four champions were crowned at an action-packed 2023 BC Rugby Age-Grade Club Finals event at UBC’s Thunderbird Stadium on Sunday.
Dog River Howlers – November 2023
Dog River Howlers U17 Team Win Torneo Colombo – Canadiense 2023 Tournament
The boys U17 team that travelled to Colombia won the Torneo Colombo – Canadiense tournament against U18 teams including the Colombian national U18 team.
ISPARC Invites Applications for Hosting Indigenous Youth Sport Camps
ISPARC, the Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity & Recreation Council, has put out its annual invitation for hosting sports camps or clinics aimed at Indigenous youth. Rugby is on the list of approved sports. Usually ISPARC will cover the costs of the hosting if approved.
Kamloops Youth 7s 2023
MacDowell Rugby Wins U18 Boys Elite; CW Win Girls U18 Elite – List of Top 3 in Each Division
MacDowell Rugby Academy operating out of Cowichan High School won the Boys U18 Elite competition over the weekend, defeating a team from Okotoks Alberta. In the Girls U18 Elite it was Oak Bay’s Castaway Wanderers who took top honours defeating Abbotsford. The top 3 in each division are listed below and the full results are at https://bcrugby.com/results/
Thunder Indigenous Rugby – August 2023
Thunder Tour to NZ Wraps Up – A Reflection on the 14 Day Tour with Highlights
What a tour! A party of 42 travelling around the north island of NZ (Aotearoa) for fourteen days in four large vans and a car covering about 1400 km and over 18 hours of driving time. During that time they played six matches (3 for boys, 3 for girls), attended five Powiri (cultural welcoming ceremonies at Marae), attended four high level training sessions. They stayed in two Marae, two motels and were biletted with player families for two nights. They attended three professional matches in the evenings at Eden Park (FIFA semi-final), Mt Smart Stadium (up the wahs!), and Central Energy Trust Stadium (Go Turbos). There were trips to the NZ Rugby Museum, the Auckland Museum, hikes up Mount Maunganui and Maungakiekie.