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.
Three BC Teams in NZ for Global Youth 7s – BCRU Lays Out 2026 Youth 7s Plan
Kévin Rouet Joins Saracens Coaching Staff on Secondment While Continuing Role of Canada Women’s Head Coach
Update on the English Premier Women’s Rugby @ThePWR Round 6 – 14 Canadians in Action
Ravens Pack Leads in Win Over Lomas: Ravens 38 – Lomas 5, Report by Peter MacDonald
UBCOB Ravens – November 2025
Burnaby Second Half Keys Win Over Ravens: Burnaby 22– Ravens 20
Report by Peter MacDonald
It was a gumboot day for the fans but the pitch was in good shape for this anticipated tilt between two upper table hopefuls and long-time rivals. The first half was an even affair with the Ravens cashing in for tries at 15 and 18 minutes and the home team being held off the scoresheet. Ravens prop Louis Kassapian finished off a Billy Wickham quick tap and run for the first try and left winger Jean-Claude Koorsten put on a burst down the line after a long miss pass from Andrew Coe for the second score. Burnaby had its chances but after Napo Bolaca quick tapped and beat the line his long pass to send his support free was knocked on and at 40 minutes another threat ended with Wickham jackalling at the tackle near the Ravens’ line.
BC Club Youth Championships – November 2025 Updates
BC Club Youth Quarter-Final Results and Upcoming Semi-Final (Regional Finals) Matchups
The BC Club youth competition takes place in the fall at the U14, U16 and U18 level for both boys and girls. The rugby high school competition takes place in the spring. The club youth leagues have reached the semi-final stage with the quarter-finals wrapping up last weekend. The U16 and U18 Provincial finals will take place December 7th in Langley where it will be the Mainland champion v Island champion for the Provincial title. The quarter-final results are listed below along with the regional final (Provincial semi-final) match ups for this weekend. Last year’s final results are posted here.
Kamloops Rugby Updates – November 2025
Kamloops Match Reports by William Shaw: Women Defeat Meraloma at Connaught, Men Lose in Richmond
Another double KRC away game, and another 5:45 am leave for both Senior squads.
Rugby Americas North (RAN) 7s – 2025
Canada Win RAN 7s with 41-0 Win in Semi-Final and 31-0 Win in Final
Canada won the Rugby Americas North 7s tournament scoring 225 points in total and conceding 14. They finished Day 3 with a semi-final win over T&T 40-0 and a final over Barbados 31-0. They’ll now await details on the next tournament which will see regional tournament winners vie for two spots to go to the next level. The SVNS 3 tournament is supposed to be in January and includes 8 teams, the top 2 will advance to SVNS 2 tournaments in February and March.
BC Rugby Weekend of November 22nd 2025
BC Premier Week 8 Results: Ravens Grounded by Burnaby, Lomas Doubled by CW, Westshore Edge Vikes; Exhibition Pride Outscored by Chicago Hounds Development; Women’s Premier Burnaby Defeated by CW, Lomas Dominate Seattle, Thunderbirds Soar Past Abby
It was Week 8 of the BC Premier season with 3 matches on tap, plus an exhibition with the Chicago Hounds development team in town to take on the Pride. The women’s Premier also had 3 matches this weekend. A couple of upsets in men’s Premier with Burnaby taking down defending champs Ravens and CW getting their first win over the visiting Meraloma.
Canada v Portugal – November 2025
Canada Fall to Portugal 33-27 to Close Out November Tour
It was as close to a win that Canada got this November, 16-16 at the half, and their scrum wasn’t battered as in the first two matches. It was Canada’s there for the taking, down 6 points, the man advantage, the ball 15 metres out from the goal line in front of the posts, four minutes left. Then one attempt at a clever, no look, pass that’s intercepted and suddenly they’re defending inside their 22 with time expiring. That play seemed to epitomise the Canada’s men’s XVs mindset right now. Instead of playing high percentage, patient rugby in this situation, it’s a 50-50 go for glory option that’s chosen. Is it a lack of confidence, a lack of leadership, a lack of communication? The game goes into the “could have won but didn’t” category, an improvement over the “never in the game” category.
Reflections on Men’s University Championship 2025
The Guelph Formula for Success: Player Talent and Coach of the Tournament Cory Hector
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