Last weekend of the regular season in the BC Premier. Lomas @ Burnaby, Westshore @ Caps, UBC @ Bays, UVic @ CW – Women’s Premier Westshore @ Thunderbirds, Lomas @ Burnaby
Edmonton and Winnipeg Selected as Host Cities for Nations Cup Matches in July vs Spain, Portugal, Zimbabwe
Canada with matches against Spain, Portugal and Zimbabwe in Edmonton and Winnipeg.
The inaugural @WorldRugby Nations Cup heads to the Americas in July.
With 18 matches hosted across the continent, the #NationsCup is designed to accelerate competitiveness, create certainty, and provide revenue opportunities to participating teams.
https://www.world.rugby/nations-cup/en/news/1043084/world-rugby-nations-cup-heads-to-the-americas-in-july-for-inaugural-2026-edition
BC Premier Week 17 Predictions & Rosters: Ravens @ Westshore, JBAA @ Capilano, Burnaby @ UVic, UBC @ CW – Women’s Premier Thunderbirds @ CW, Ravens @ Westshore
Rugby Canada T1 Rugby
Rugby Canada Launches T1 Rugby as Official Non-Contact Version of Rugby
Rugby Canada put out an article two days announcing their T1 Rugby initiative. It’s another version of touch rugby that World Rugby came out with late in 2023. It’s taken a couple of years to get off the ground it appears. There may be a bit of confusion around the various versions of touch rugby, the standard Touch Rugby game which has its own governing body in Canada. Rookie Rugby which Rugby Canada has been using for years, and now T1 Rugby.
Rugby News from Around BC & The World- January 2026
From CanWest 7s to Six Nations Touching Down on U18 Tours, Rugby Camps, Ravens Women, Bayside Hosting, European Championship Round of 16, SVNS Series, Atlantic Privateers
We took a look around social media today to pick up rugby news of interest to the BC Rugby community. We found posts about the Ravens women’s program, the CanWest 7s series, U18 tours by Abbotsford and Thunder Rugby, Spring Break Camp by Vikes, Bayside Saturday and Sunday hosting, European Champions Cup Round of 16 and the Six Nations Schedule, SVNS Series Singapore, SVNS Vancouver Tickets, Atlantic Privateers roster vs Pacific Pride.
Editorial – January 2026
How Many Rugby Clubs in BC? A Look at the Numbers and Comparing to the Province of Buenos Aires
How many rugby clubs are in BC? Sounds like an easy question but it depends on how you define a rugby club. This all started with a conversation with Les Cusworth, the former Director of Rugby of the Argentina Rugby Union, comparing the number of rugby clubs in the province of Buenos Aires with the number of rugby clubs in the province of British Columbia. Simple right, maybe. If you start with wiki, it will tell you 65 rugby clubs for BC and “76 clubs directly affiliated and 15 competing as guests” so 91 altogether for Buenos Aires. The information is dated, Les says there are over 100 clubs now in Buenos Aires. The BCRU states it has “66 registered community rugby clubs across BC” in its recent documents, that number matches with the 2025 AGM Voting Allocations for Voting Members document. How does that number of 66 correlate with number of clubs we see in the league structure, Premier, Div 1, Div 2, Div 3 for men and women which is 31? It depends how you define rugby club.
Canadian Rugby Foundation Updates – January 2026
Canadian Rugby Foundation Assets to Reach $30M by June with Additional Funds from Fletcher’s Field Limited (FFL)
The Canadian Rugby Foundation currently has about $27M invested in the future of Canadian rugby and that will rise to over $30M with additional funds from Fletcher’s Field Limited. The Foundation made over $1M in fund distributions in 2024, they have over 90 funds, mostly club funds, and the funds receive annual interest payments. The Foundation also has an Unrestricted Fund which supports initiatives such as the University Men’s Rugby Championship and the CRF University Coaches Awards which sends coaches to the Crusaders Global Academy in Christchurch. This year initiatives like the BC vs Ontario Men’s summer series, the BC v Alberta Women’s series, the Ontario v Quebec Women’s series will be funded by the CRF. Last year Rugby Canada thanked the CRF for the “more than $300,000 in support directly to Rugby Canada programs, including a large contribution from the Monty Heald Senior National Women’s Fund to the Mission: Win Rugby World Cup campaign.”
SVNS 3 Tournament – January 2026
Canada Win SVNS 3 in Dubai: Advance to SVNS 2 in Feb/March
As the announcer mentioned Canada came a shoe lace away from not making the final two but a heroic game saving tackle by Thomas Isherwood was the difference between going home disappointed and going home as champions. It was the final play of the semi-final, Hong Kong looked as if they had crossed the line to win the match but the replay showed Isherwood’s tackle had forced the Hong Kong player’s foot into touch a fraction of a second before he touched the ball down. It was a game of milliseconds that made the difference. Isherwood then went on to score the winning try in extra time. The final against Belgium was anti-climatic but a win to claim the title was icing on the cake. Canada now enter the SVNS 2 series with tournaments in Nairobi (Feb 14-15), Montevideo (March 21-22), Sao Paulo (March 28-29). Canada and Belgium will be in the SVNS 2 along with Kenya, USA, Germany, Uruguay. The top four advance to the SVNS World Championship tournaments.
BC Rugby Weekend of January 7th 2025
BC Rugby Season Resumes: No Premier but Div 1 to 3 Matches Plus Women’s Regional – Results Posted
The BC Premier resumes next weekend but there’s rugby action resuming in Div 1 to Div 3 plus the women’s regional competition is back with the Island hosting the Vancouver Thunderbirds. The current standings in all divisions are posted here. In men’s Div 1 the Rowers maintained their unbeaten record, narrowly defeating the Ravens. In men’s Div 2 Kelowna continued to roll and remain undefeated. In women’s regional rugby it was a lopsided result with a triple digit score differential.
Canada Women’s 7s – January 2026 Updates
Canada Announce Women’s 7s Team for Singapore and Perth Tournaments
Coach Jocelyn Barrieau has selected 14 players to travel to Singapore and Perth for the two back to back tournaments starting at the end of this month. The surprise is seeing some of the PWR players returning to the squad, Olivia Apps, Fancy Bermudez, Sabrina Poulin, Alysha Corrigan, Gabrielle Senft. Also former Exeter player Taylor Perry is back on the 7s squad. Missing from the first two tournaments are Charity Williams (injured), Pam Buisa and Asia-Hogan Rochester (PWR), Carmen Izyk, Adia Pye, Monique Coffey, Ivy Poetker. NOTE: The original Rugby Canada media release had Rachel Smith in the roster, the updated media release has Larah Wright in the roster instead.
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