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 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
BC Rugby Weekend of October 24th 2026
BC Premier Week 6 Results: Westshore Defeat CW, UBC Edged by UVic, Rowers Paddled by Ravens, Bays Conquer Lomas
The Bays remain the only undefeated team in the league at 4-0. A bittersweet day for UVic, they won the match but lost the university championship qualification to UBC, just coming up short on point differential.
It’s Week 6 of the BC Premier, the men’s national XVs team are apparently leaving on Sunday for their November tour, so some names will be missing. The big game is UVic v UBC to determine who goes to the national university championships. They are currently ranked #3 and #2 nationally but due to the current qualifying system, one of them will miss out while an unranked team from Alberta will qualify, two teams from Quebec, two from Ontario, one from Atlantic and host TWU. U SPORTS combines BC and Alberta as one region in women’s rugby.
Canada v England – October 23rd 2026
Canada Defeat England for Second Match in a Row – 31-22
Canada have not lost to #1 ranked England in three matches now, a draw in England and two wins in Toronto and Ottawa. Canada are still ranked #3 despite defeating England in the last two matches, that’s because England had a huge lead in the rankings due to their unbeaten record and NZ keeps winning and maintaining their #2 spot. After this latest round of WXV matches England’s ranking points are 94.20, NZ 92.79, Canada 91.68, France 85.39, Ireland 77.76, Australia 77.18.
Canada scored 5 tries in the match two by Sophie de Goede and singles by Julia Omokhuale, DeLeaka Menin and Savannah Bauder. Even though Canada lost the battle of the scrum again they won in open play, attacking at multiple points from the fringes of the ruck to the sideline. They kept England guessing as to the point of attack and two tries illustrate that well, Sophie de Goede scored a key try by picking up the ball from the ruck and catching defenders looking elsewhere, Savannah Bauder scored a try that put the game out of reach and she was centimetres from the sideline as she beat defenders out wide.
Canada’s next matches will be in April 2027 as part of the Pacific Four series with NZ, Australia, USA. The match highlights from World Rugby and the match report from Rugby Canada are posted below.
Canada West XVs Championship
Canada West Playoffs Start Today at UVic: Vikes v Alberta and UBC v Lethbridge
UPDATE: UVic defeated Alberta 74-14 and UBC defeated Lethbridge 53-31. Both UVic and UBC qualify for the nationals and will face off on Sunday to determine CanWest #1 ranking. More to follow.
The CanWest championships take place this week, Thursday and Sunday, with the top two teams going to the national finals in Guelph in two weeks time. The winners from today’s matches will qualify and also meet on Sunday to determine final ranking. The UVic and UBC rosters for today are listed below, also the CanWest media release with more information and streaming information.
BCRU Updates – October 2026
BCRU Hiring Full-Time Marketing Manager – Closing Date October 31st
The BCRU are hiring a Marketing Manager, previous Marketing Manager Rob Bartlett is moving on, to St. George’s I believe. Best wishes to him. The job details from BCRU are listed below plus a link to the full job description. My wishes for a new Marketing Manager is someone who will be able to promote the BC Premier and bring some standards in reporting and branding to arguably the top amateur rugby league in North America. The BCRU brand is largely tied in to youth rugby and running club leagues from Div 3 upwards so I’m not sure they have a vision of what the BC Premier could be, and without that vision, how are they going to market it?
BC Rugby Standings Week 5
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 BCRN Westshore v Ravens, more match photos on BCRN FB page.
U20 Challenger Cup 2026 – Canada v Brazil
Canada Defeat Brazil 61-24 to Claim 5th Place in U20 Challenger Cup
Canada finished on a strong note at the U20 Challenger Cup defeating Brazil 61-24 and claiming 5th place. Host Chile won the tournament defeating Belgium. Canada started the tournament with a big win over Namibia but fell to Belgium and Portugal before their final match against Brazil. Canada weren’t far off the pace to win the tournament, small improvements in decision making, discipline, technical skills and execution could have seen them in the final. As far as individual athletism they matched up with any team in the tournament.
BC Rugby Weekend of October 17th 2026
BC Premier Week 5 Results: UBC Pummel Sharks, Lomas Defeat CW, Ravens Grounded by Westshore, Burnaby Fall to Caps – UVic @ JBAA Postponed
Week 5 wraps up with one big upset and other results falling into the “as expected” column. Next week a couple of big matches, the UVic v UBC national university qualifier and the undefeated Bays test themselves at a resurgent Lomas. Also CW host Westshore and Ravens host Rowers.
It’s time to wrap up the turkey and get back to action. There are four games on tap, the JBAA v UVic match has been postponed until December 4th, we’ll see if the “super” El Niño brings warmer-than-average winter temperatures to BC as promised. The Rowers have a bye week.
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