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.
New CUMRC Format Means UVic or UBC Will Be Omitted from Canadian University Men's Rugby Championship for First Time - two most successful men's university programs in Canada but only one place at the tournament
Meehan Names 32 Player Squad for September Tests in Japan - 6 starters missing from Zimbabwe match, new skills coach
BC Club Season 2026-27 Overview
List of Clubs/Teams by Division for 2026-27 Season
Peter Muirhead did an analysis on the 2026-27 season and produced a list of clubs, how many teams each club has and which divisions they play in. The table is below. This is for senior men and women and doesn’t include juniors or masters.
Canada Women’s XVs – September 2026
Kevin Rouet Names 36 Players for Three Fixtures Versus Scotland, England and France in September
The Canadian women’s XVs team are headed to Europe for matches against Scotland, England and France. The first match against Scotland kicks off on September 12th. Canada’s previous match was against USA in April, a 50-12 win behind a dominant scrum. The starting XV from that match are again selected for the Europe tour plus some key players from the 7s team are returning Alysha Corrigan, Florence Symonds, Olivia Apps, Fancy Bermudez. There are a couple of 7s players possibly getting their first XVs cap, Charity Williams and Savannah Bauder. It’s a strong tour group as #3 Canada play #7 Scotland, #4 France and #1 England.
Canada Men’s XVs Updates – August 2026
Meehan Names 32 Player Squad for September Tests in Japan
Stephen Meehan has named his 32 players list for three matches in Japan starting September 5th. It’s a different looking team compared to the summer squad, it is missing a number of first string players. Not on the September roster are Tyler Ardron, Evan Olmstead, Andrew Quattrin, mentioned in the RC release as not available “due to club commitments” but also missing are Cali Martinez, Cole Keith, Piers Von Dadelszen, Peter Nelson all starters. There are six starters missing from the team that narrowly defeated Zimbabwe in July. It’s going to be a tall order going from Zimbabwe to playing Japan, Fiji and possibly USA minus six starters.
BC Premier Schedule 2026-27
Men’s Premier 2026-27 Schedule Posted – 21 Rounds, 11 Teams, 99 Matches
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.
Men’s Div 1 Schedule 2026-27
Men’s Div 1 Schedule Posted – 21 Rounds, 19 Teams, 162 Matches
The men’s Division 1 has 19 teams entered, the second team from the 11 Premier sides plus 8 other teams, Nanaimo, Comox, Cowichan, Port Alberni on the Island and Squamish, Langley, Kelowna, Abbotsford from the Mainland.
The men’s Premier schedule is here. 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.
Westshore 7s 2026
UVic Vikes Win Senior Men’s Title; Thunder Indigenous Win U18 Boys and Girls Titles
It feels like rugby season is almost here as the last 7s tournament of the summer wrapped up. The UVic Vikes won the men’s title defeating Pacific Warriors in the final. The Warriors had won all the mainland titles this year (SFU 7s, Bayside 7s) but weren’t able to add the Westshore 7s to their trophy case. Along the way UVic defeated hosts Westshore. UVic had two teams entered and it was a chance to see some of the emerging talent in their XVs program this season. In the U18 divisions it was Thunder and Thunder winning both boys and girls titles. The program had just wrapped up a week long camp at Shawnigan Lake school and it looks like the program has some emerging talent. This group will form the core of their next NZ tour. Westshore won the U16 girls title.
Referee Updates – August 2026
Four Canadian Match Officials Appointed to 2026 WXV Matches in September/October
Canadian Match Officials Julianne Zussman (Referee), Emma Gallagher (Referee, Assistant Referee), Kristine Lovatt (Assistant Referee) and Cam Russell (FPRO, TMO) have been appointed to the 2026 WXV Global Series & Global Series Challenger matches taking place this September and October. The WXV series is for the top tier nations, the WXV Challenger is for upcoming nations. Julianne Zussman has been selected to referee two of the WXV matches, and Emma Gallagher one of the WXV Challenger matches. The match schedules involving Canadian officials are listed below, also the World Rugby profile for Julianne Zussman is posted below.
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