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 Premier Week 4 Results: Westshore Clobber Bayside, Capilano Fall to JBAA, Ravens Fly Past CW, Burnaby Stunned by Meraloma, UVic Outlast Rowers
Phil Mack to be Inducted into Victoria Sports Hall of Fame – Dinner and Ceremony on November 7th, 2026
Canada U20 Team Heading to Chile: 30 Man Roster Named – First Match Friday vs Namibia
BC Premier Week 3 Results: Ravens Second-Half Comeback Over UBC, UVic Fall to Burnaby, CW Demolished by James Bay, Capilano Top Bayside, Meraloma Sink Rowers
Kamloops Rugby Updates – October 2026
Kamloops Match Reports by William Shaw: Senior Women Secure Road Win in South Surrey Against the Sharks
The early morning travels have started for the Senior Women from the Kamloops Rugby Club.
A 5:30 am meet up saw the Raiders load up and head to the South Surrey Athletic Park to go Shark hunting. The Bayside Sharks kicked off to the awaiting Raiders, and for the opening 5 minutes the two sides traded possession. This was due to a combination of great tackling from Kayla Comeau, jackling from Thea Flundra and poor execution at the hands of both squads.
BC Rugby Weekend of October 3rd 2026
BC Premier Week 4 Results: Westshore Clobber Bayside, Capilano Fall to JBAA, Ravens Fly Past CW, Burnaby Stunned by Meraloma, UVic Outlast Rowers
It was a week of high scores, comebacks and one upset. We had four of the five winners picked, the spreads weren’t that close and one upset. In total there were 419 points scored over 5 matches with the average winning margin 37 points.
Week 4 has arrived before the Thanksgiving break on October 10th. There are three undefeated sides and the JBAA v Capilano match will be one of the highlights this week. Westshore visit Bayside, Ravens visit the Island to take on CW, Burnaby travel to the Lomas and the Rowers host UVic.
BC Premier Schedule 2026-27
Men’s Premier 2026-27 Schedule, Results and Week 4 Standings
The BCRU have posted the 2026/27 schedules to PlayHQ, the new registration system. This is the schedule for the men’s Premier, there are 11 teams, 21 Rounds including bye weeks, each team plays 18 games, there are 99 matches in total. The season starts September 12, the winter break occurs between Round 11 on November 28th and Round 12 on January 16th, the regular season ends on April 10th.
During the season check the BCRU site for any last minute changes. We’ll also keep this post on the front page and updated with scores and standings.
U20 Challenger Cup 2026 – Canada vs Namibia
Canada Crush Namibia 95-6 in Opening Match of U20 Challenger Cup
It was one way traffic for most of the match as Canada ran in 15 tries and added 10 conversions. It was 52-6 at the half and Canada kept Namibia off the score sheet in the second half. There were a lot of positives from the match, Canada were winning the collisions, the off load game was working well and there is obviously some strike power in the starting back three as they scored seven tries. Perhaps the most satisfying is they kept Namibia out of the try zone, Namibia did have some possession inside the Canada 5 metres but strong team defence and some stellar individual defensive efforts kept Namibia from scoring a try.
Kamloops Rugby Updates – October 2026
Kamloops Match Reports by William Shaw: Senior Women and Men Kick Off Season With Wins
The Kamloops Rugby Club Senior Women and Men kicked off their season this past weekend at Exhibition Park in Kamloops. There was moody skies to start the morning, but the clouds burnt off and provided a sunny and warm day for watching and playing rugby, which was welcomed by the many KRC Alumni out in support of the Senior Squads on Alumni Day.
Players in the News – September 2026
Phil Mack to be Inducted into Victoria Sports Hall of Fame – Dinner and Ceremony on November 7th, 2026
There’s a certain amount of irony in posting about one of Canada’s greatest 7s players getting inducted into the Victoria Sports Hall of Fame a day after posting about Rugby Canada bringing someone over from Scotland to coach the Canada 7s team, but here we are. The induction ceremony is being held November 7th at the Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort, the HoF announcement is here, tickets can be purchased here. Phil not only had an outstanding career as a national team XVs and 7s player, a UVic and JBAA player, he had a remarkable record coaching. He led BC to a national title as a player/coach then went to the MLR and led the Seattle Seawolves to two back to back championships as a player/coach. He was part of the Rugby Canada coaching team first with the Pacific Pride academy then as Attack Coach with the senior XVs team. We’ve put a few photos from our archives below, also appended is the Greater Victoria Hall of Fame announcement.
UBCOB Ravens – September 2026
Second Half Déjà Vu Ravens 40 UBC 25
Report by Peter MacDonald
High level rugby was on full display at UBC on Saturday as five national team players returning from defeating the USA in Japan split and filtered into both teams joining strong squads, with the Ravens featuring some recent UBC grads and UBC a few former Ravens’ juniors.
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