BC Premier Week 9 Friday Night Matches Predictions & Rosters: Lomas @ UBC, Bays @ Vikes - Women’s Premier Lomas @ Thunderbirds
World Rugby Releases Full Rugby 7s Schedule Including HSBC SVNS 2 and HSBC SVNS 3
Well done Francois, a great choice by France.
🇫🇷 Nous sommes heureux d'annoncer la nomination de 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄̧𝒐𝒊𝒔 𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒓 au poste d’entraîneur–sélectionneur du #XVdeFrance Féminin.
🖊️ À l’issue d’un processus de recrutement clair et transparent, mené par un comité dédié et validé ce jour par notre Bureau stratégique,…
Head Coach Barrieau Selects 14 Players for Canada Trip to Dubai 7s: Kick Off November 29th
From the Editor’s Desk – October 2025
BCRU Offers Invitation to “Develop Your Game in BC” this Winter, RC Starts “Task Force” on University Rugby
There were a couple of media releases last week that caught my eye, the first was the BCRU official invitation to players from across Canada to come west to play in the BC leagues this winter. I like it, it’s a no brainer for me. When we had national team coaches who were immersed in Canadian rugby, it was a given, they recognized it was the only place in Canada to play rugby in the winter. They would encourage players to move west. Now that we have coaches on the men’s side that have no background in Canadian rugby, the BCRU have to state the obvious. The last Canadian coach of the men’s program was Ric Suggitt in 2008, it’s crazy, 17 years since we’ve had a Canadian at the helm of the men’s program. The BCRU media release is posted below, hopefully we’ll see some results. A lot will depend on what happens with the MLR and where players who don’t pick up contracts will go. The national team coach will have an impact based on the message he’s sending to players.
BC Rugby Weekend of October 25th 2025
BC Premier Week 5 Results: UBC Vanquish Burnaby; Caps Top CW; Lomas Fall to Bays; Ravens Soar Past Vikes – Women’s Premier Westshore Defeat CW; Burnaby Edge UBC
It’s Week 5 of the BC Premier with 4 matches, Westshore and Pride have a bye and are playing a friendly on Friday evening at Starlight Stadium. It’s Week 3 of the Women’s Premier with 2 matches on the slate. UBC remain the only undefeated side in men’s Premier, while Burnaby and Westshore top the women’s Premier.
Premier Women’s Rugby – October 2025
Premiership Women’s Rugby (PWR) Kicks Off in UK This Weekend: 23 Canadian Players on Rosters
There are 23 Canadian players on 7 teams in the English Premier Women’s Rugby (PWR) league. The largest contingent of players are on the Saracens and Trailfinders, both teams have 7 Canadians. Exeter have 4, Loughborough, Harlequins, Bristol all have 1. Teams without Canadians are Leicester, Sale [see update note below].
Rugby Canada Job Opportunities
Rugby Canada Start Search for New High Performance Director
Rugby Canada are looking for a High Performance Director to replace Stephen Aboud who went back to Italy. Aboud wasn’t a good fit for Canada, he knew little about the Canadian rugby infrastructure and the key people across the country he needed to work with. It was a big learning curve and in the end he returned to Italy where he had some success. The job transition from a country like Ireland or Italy where there is a layer of professional rugby to a nation like Canada where rugby is strictly amateur does not usually end well for either party. That’s not even going into the shock they have going from a small country where everything is a drive away to the geographical vastness of the Canadian rugby landscape.
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.
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