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
UBCOB Ravens – October 2025
Ravens Climbing Table Ravens 52 – Lomas 19: Report by Peter MacDonald
A close game was expected between these two west side rivals, and it was that till the 20-minute mark. The Lomas controlled possession and scored early but the Ravens then reeled off 8 tries on the trot, four in each half, suggesting that their game may now be rounding into form.
CanWest Rugby 2025
UVic Claim Canada West Conference Title; Carissa Norsten Named Player of the Year; UVic Coach Brittany Waters Named Coach of the Year
UVic claimed the Canada West title with another narrow victory over UBC. UBC are current U SPORTS title holders and are hosting the U SPORTS rugby championship which starts later this month. UVic defeated UBC with a come from behind win, trailing by 6 points with 10 minutes remaining, they scored a try at the 74′ mark and made the important conversion to claim the Western title. The match report from CanWest is posted below.
World Cup 2027 Repechage Tournament
World Cup 2027 Repechage Tournament Schedule Announced: Samoa, Paraguay, Namibia, Belgium
It’s a relief from a Canadian perspective to announce the repechage tournament knowing Canada has already qualified for the 2027 World Cup. Canada didn’t even make the repechage tournament for the 2023 World Cup, and they had to win the repechage to make the 2019 World Cup. In that 2019 repechage tournament Canada defeated Germany, Hong Kong and Kenya to advance to the World Cup. This year Canada defeated USA to claim direct entry to the World Cup.
BC Rugby Weekend of October 18th 2025
BC Premier Week 4 Results: Bays Drop CW, Ravens Soar Past Lomas, UBC Demolish Westshore, Caps Top Burnaby – University Qualifier UVic Edge TWU – Week 2 Women’s Premier Westshore Defeat Abby, UBC Outlast Seattle
Some surprising scorelines on a cold, rainy weekend on the west coast. UBC look to be the on form team and sit top of the standings, the Ravens have started to find their form with some key player additions, Bays playing solid rugby and the Caps with the upset of the weekend.
It’s Week 4 of the men’s BC Premier and Week 2 of the women’s Premier. UBC sit top of the standings with a 3-1 record, they’ve played one more game than the rest of the league as they fit their home and away games against the Vikes in early as part of the University Qualification series. Westshore are the only team at 3-0 and those two teams meet to determine top spot. Burnaby are close behind with a 2-1-0 record having tied UBC in their first match.
Rugby Americas North – RAN 7s 2025
Rugby Americas North – RAN 7s Announced for November 21-23 in Arima, Trinidad – Canadian Men Need Win to Advance to Division 3
The Rugby Americas North (RAN) 7s tournament returns to Trinidad for 2025. The tournament is part of the pathway the Canadian men must follow to get back on the World Rugby 7s Series. The tournament takes place November 21-23 in Arima, Trinidad. Canada is one of 8 countries vying to progress from the tournament to the next stage, Division 3. The winner of RAN 7s will progress to the 8 team Division 3 competition, and two teams from that tournament will progress to Division 2. The details of the Division 3 tournament haven’t been released yet.
Pacific Pride OG – 1996-2005
A Look Back at the Original Pacific Pride Program 1996-2005: 2017 Interview with John MacMillan, List of Players 1996-2003, Rivalry vs NZ Youth
This article began with research into the competition between the NZ Youth team and the Pacific Pride. I remember attending some of the matches at Centennial Stadium but it was before BCRN started publishing in 2004 so I don’t have any articles in the database. I thought wouldn’t it be great to revive that rivalry and give the Pride, aka Young Canada, aka the Rugby Canada Academy, a high level competition to highlight their season.
Rugby Canada Updates – October 2025
Rugby Canada Announce Community Grants: 38 Grants for Coaching in Schools – Deadline for Application November 7th
Rugby Canada has received some federal government money for Community Sport and they’re distributing it through several programs, the first is the Coaching in Schools initiative. They’ve committed to awarding 38 grants ranging from $1000 to $4500 for Coaching in Schools. The application form is here.
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