Coaching Updates – October 2026
Kevin Rouet Has Coaching Contract Extended to End of 2030
When you’ve kept the Canada XVs team in the top 3 in the world and placed 2nd at the World Cup, it’s a given you should have your contract extended. Why now though is open to speculation, did he receive a solid offer from abroad? In 2025 Rugby Canada extended his contract to the end of 2027, now they’re locking him in until the end of 2030. The World Cup is in 2029. He’s not only head coach, he’s Director of Women’s Rugby. One statement that Rouet keeps mentioning in his interviews, and one we don’t hear so much on the men’s side, is his commitment to developing high-performance pathways domestically, as he’s quoted below, “I also look forward to continuing to help develop the high-performance pathway for women’s rugby in Canada.” That’s why he’s a keeper, hopefully Rugby Canada will apply the same logic when looking for a men’s coach and potential Director of Men’s Rugby after the 2027 World Cup.
BC Premier Week 7 Predictions & Rosters: UBC @ Burnaby, Westshore @ UVic, Rower @ Lomas, CW @ Capilano, Bayside @ Ravens
Canada Men in Dubai for SVNS 3 in November: Top 2 Teams Advance to SVNS 2
BC Premier Week 5 Predictions & Rosters: UBC @ Sharks, Lomas @ CW, Ravens @ Westshore, Burnaby @ Caps – UVic @ JBAA Postponed
NextGen Updates – October 2026
Updates on BC Club U18 and U16 Leagues Plus BCRU Announces U20 Elite Men’s Development Pathway
Today’s article was going to be on the BC club youth competitions taking place this fall, getting caught up on the standings but the BCRU put out a media release this morning that dovetails nicely with that and provides a pathway for players in those competitions. The BCRU release is below but first we’ll catch up on what’s happening at the U16 and U18 club competitions.
HSBC SVNS 3 2026
Canada Men in Dubai for SVNS 3 in November: Top 2 Teams Advance to SVNS 2
The Canadian men’s 7s team will be in action in November in Dubai in the SVNS 3 tournament. The women will be competing in the top level SVNS 1 tournament at the same time. The men’s team have to finish top 2 in the 6 team tournament to advance to the SVNS 2 tournaments taking place in 2027. The teams participating besides Canada are Samoa, Chile, Italy, Hong Kong, Zimbabwe. It’s the debut for the new 7s coach Rugby Canada hired from Scotland, Craig Dods, who was the GB7s Assistant Coach.
Canada West Final 2026
UVic Dominate Canada West Final 67-12 Over UBC – Nationals in Guelph November 4-8
UVic dominated the Canada West final defeating UBC 67-12. Both teams had national team talent, UBC had Shalaya Valenzuela and Adia Pye in the centres. UVic had the 11 to 13 combination of Krissy Scurfield, Maggie MacKinnon, and Maddy Grant. Both teams will head to the Nationals in Guelph taking place from November 4-8. The last rankings were October 13th and had UVic ranked 4th and UBC 5th. Those rankings had Queen’s, Guelph and Laval as the top three. The rosters and Canada West match report are posted below.
Men’s XVs November Tour – Nations Cup 2026
Meehan Names 36 Players for November Tour to Europe: Kevin Rouet Joins Coaching Staff
A lot of positives coming out of the latest men’s XVs announcement, the key European players have committed to the tour, players like Ardron, Olmstead, Quattrin. Matt Beukeboom is back in the mix, Matt Oworu is healthy, Cole Keith and Cali Martinez are back, Nic Benn wrapped up his NPC season and is available. To top it all off Kevin Rouet, the women’s head coach, has been added to the coaching staff.
BC Rugby Standings Week 6
League Standings for Premier, Div 1, Div 2, Div 3
Special thanks to Peter Muirhead for putting these standings together, the PlayHQ system that the BCRU uses is still not updating properly. The PlayHQ system can be accessed here for match results, however tries and try bonus points are not working consistently on their system at the present time. The tables below are ordered by Points per Game rather than total points. Photo by Dave Caleb.
UBCOB Ravens – October 2026
Ravens and Rowers Match Up in Good Spirit
Ravens 47 – Rowers 19
Report by Peter MacDonald
With four weeks and a bunch of turkey, ferry travel and elections since the last home game, it took a while for the supporters to roll in and for the Ravens prems to sharpen their game against a solid Rowers squad who hadn’t visited Jericho for a few years. A light rain contributing to a slick field and ball was another factor limiting crisp execution on the day. But despite some messy early lineouts, a second-best set scrum and some poor handling the Ravens prevailed with good defensive play at the breakdown and a strong forward attack with ball in hand.
Kamloops Rugby Updates – October 2026
Kamloops Match Reports by William Shaw: Women Win in Kelowna, Men Defeat SFU at Home
The KRC Senior Women were off to Kelowna today for both a BC Rugby Women’s Division 1 game and an additional exhibition game with both Kamloops and Kelowna having over 30 players available.
Kelowna kicked off to the visiting Raiders, who quickly moved into the Crows half and set up camp. KRC flyhalf Kelsey Harpman worked hard to move the Crows around the field and create space for the Raiders. Raider wingers Tamara Van Camp and Rhayna Silversides constantly made positive yardage whenever they touched the ball throughout the start of the game, however the Crows defense covered the Raider wingers. Caleigh Silversides finally found a gap in the Crows defense and crossed the line to open the scoring for the Raiders, Jess Oldenburger added the convert, and KRC took a 7-0 lead.
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