Andrew Quattrin Signs in Pro D2 France; Super Rugby Schedule Announced; BC University Tours and Nationals Qualification Schedule; Curry Hitchborn Named Capilano Director of Rugby
A few stories of interest as we wait for the men’s and women’s national team rosters to be announced on Thursday/Friday. As a reminder it’s Canada v Japan men at 1am PT on TSN and Canada v Wales women at 4am PT. Hopefully TSN will have both matches in their Games on Demand archive on Saturday.
Andrew Quattrin Signs in France
Valence Romans Drôme Rugby which plays in the Pro D2 in France has signed Andrew Quattrin as a injury replacement for their hooker Issam Hamel.
Super Rugby 2026 Schedule Announced
It’s still a ways off in February but a lot of readers follow Super Rugby, they posted the schedule today.
University Tours in February
While putting together the Premier club schedules today on this page, I added UVic and UBC and saw they’re both going on tours in February. UVic to Portugal and UBC to California. TWU are also playing US universities in the spring. The universities, UBC, UVic and TWU will be vying for the 2 spots at the National University Championships in November. TWU have been pushing the other two programs and UVic just qualified ahead of them last year. Each uni will play the other two in a home and away in September and October with the top two going to Montreal in November. This is what the qualification schedule looks like, the UVic v UBC games also counting in the Premier standings.
• 6 September 2025 UBC v TWU at UBC- Gerald McGavin Centre, 14:30.
• 20 September 2025 UVic v UBC at U Of Victoria- Wallace Field, 14:30.
• 27 September 2025 TWU v UVic at Langley Events Centre, 14:30.
• 04 October 2025 UBC v UVic at UBC- Gerald McGavin Centre, 14:30.
• 11 October 2025 TWU v UBC at Langley Events Centre, 14:30.
• 18 October 2025 UVic v TWU at U Of Victoria- Wallace Field, 14:30.
Curry Hitchborn Named Director of Rugby at Capilano
courtesy of the Capilano Rugby website
The Capilano Rugby Club is excited to announce that Curry Hitchborn has been appointed Director of Rugby. This position will oversee all rugby aspects for the Sr. Women, Sr. Men, and Youth programs, as well as increase engagement with North Shore high school rugby programs. Improving the links between youth rugby, school and club, and senior rugby is a critical value for our club.
Director of Rugby is a new position at the Capilano Rugby Club. Some of the main focuses of this role is to grow club membership and increase player retention. The position will support coaching development for all aspects of the club. While measuring these priorities will take time and involve some changes, we anticipate that increased participation and player development will ultimately lead our club back to winning provincial championships.
Curry has been involved in rugby on the North Shore for the past twenty years. Coaching high school rugby, youth club rugby and youth representative rugby with the VRU, BC Rugby and Rugby Canada. Curry also had a very successful tenure at UBC winning multiple Canadian University Rugby Championships and multiple Rounsefell Cups. In 2016, Curry was awarded the Gerald McGavin Coaching Award.
The Capilano Rugby Club was where Curry got started in rugby. First as a player, before Curry coached U16 to U19 youth teams at our club. In addition, he has coached every division of Sr. Men’s rugby at the Capilano Rugby Club. In 2012, Curry was the Premier Men’s Forwards Coach during our clubs Rounsefell Cup winning season.
The Capilano Rugby Club is looking forward to having Curry back at his home club. This new position is exciting for the growth and development of our great club both on and off the pitch.