1954 NZ All Blacks Tour to BC
1954 Tour Program – NZ All Blacks Visit BC for Matches vs Victoria, UBC, Mainland After 31 Games in UK, Ireland, France
In March 1954 the NZ All Blacks wrapped up a gruelling 36 match tour of the UK, Ireland, France and North America. By the time they reached BC they had played 31 matches and had 5 more to go, 3 of them in BC and 2 in California. They won the matches in BC handily, 39-3 against Victoria, 42-3 against UBC and 37-11 against the Mainland.
BC vs Ontario: BC Win Game #1 36-14 Behind Solid Scrum, Jackals and Chip Kicks
BC Name Lineup for Match #1 vs Ontario Blues – Ontario Roster Added
Brock Gallagher's try sequence the step, the wave, the dive, 10 out of 10 on the landing. 1st half of Island Tide vs Ontario Blues, more photos at https://bcrugbynews.com/vancouver-island-vs-ontario-may-2026-photos/
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Premier Women’s Rugby – June 2026 – Round 17
Update on the English Premier Women’s Rugby (PWR) Round 17 – Eighteen Canadians in Action
There’s still one round of pool play left in the PWR but the top four team participating in the playoffs have already been determined, Gloucester, Saracens, Exeter, Trailfinders. The Canadian players who are not playoff bound have been released to the national 7s team this week. #1 Gloucester suffered their first defeat this weekend, to #4 Trailfinders, a team they may meet in the semi-finals. There were 18 Canadians in action in Round 17. Paige Farries scored a hat trick of tries in the Saracens win.
EAAST 7s Tournament 2026
Canada NextGen Team Finishes 5th in 8 Team Tournament
Rugby Canada released their NextGen programming plan for 2026 in May and one of those tournaments was the EAAST tournament in Haguenau, France on May 29-30 for women’s 7s. Rugby Canada has been quiet on the results of that tournament on social media, and one reason may be is that the team placed 5th out of 8 teams that included Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, R10 (Barbarian team). All those teams finished ahead of Canada. Canada finished ahead Belgium, Georgia and Denmark. Both Czechia and Poland are on the SVNS 3 circuit, Germany aren’t even on the SVNS 3 circuit.
BC Women’s Blue vs Gold
BC Gold Win Western Canadian Championship Series
It was a busy weekend of rugby in BC with the high school Provincials wrapping up, the national women’s 7s team at the HSBC SVNS tournament in Spain so the BC vs Alberta women’s XVs matches may have been overlooked a bit. Kudos to the BCRU for putting out a summary on Monday. Basically both the BC teams, Gold and Blue, won their matches against Alberta in convincing fashion. BC Gold, the Mainland, won the overall competition due to their win over BC Blue, the Island, in the first match. That result was a bit closer at 35-20.
BC High School Provincial XVs 2026
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.
BC High School Provincial 7s 2026
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.
HSBC SVNS – Spain 2026
Canada Undefeated in Pool Play: Lose in Knock Out Round to Finish 4th
Canada did well in pool play going undefeated in four games but lost to USA in the semis and NZ in the 3rd/4th match to finish 4th in the tournament. That result puts them in a 4th/5th place tie with France in the Championship series with only Bordeaux left. USA are in 3rd, NZ 2nd and Australia in top place.
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