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BC High School Provincial XVs 2026
Collingwood Claim Boys AAA Title; Yale Claim Girls Title
Collingwood claimed the AAA Gold with a hard fought 22-17 win over Robert Bateman. St. George’s claimed Bronze with a 24-3 win over Shawnigan.
Gold Match Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPskOzf4eqo
Yale claimed a comprehensive victory in the girls XVs final defeating Shawnigan 36-3. The video is below.
BC High School Provincial 7s 2026
Clarence Fulton Wins Boys 7s Title; Claremont Wins Girls 7s Title
It was schools from the Okanagan and the Island taking titles this year. Clarence Fulton from Vernon defeated Quw’utsun from Duncan, 12-10 to win the boys final. Claremont from Saanich won the girls final, defeating Langley 37-0.
Here are the final rankings of the top 8. The scores are on the BCSS results page and their YouTube channel has the videos archived.
HSBC SVNS – Spain 2026
Canada Undefeated in Pool Play: Lose in Knock Out Round to Finish 4th
Canada did well in pool play going undefeated in four games but lost to USA in the semis and NZ in the 3rd/4th match to finish 4th in the tournament. That result puts them in a 4th/5th place tie with France in the Championship series with only Bordeaux left. USA are in 3rd, NZ 2nd and Australia in top place.
High School Rugby Updates – May 2026
In Touch Newsletter by Phil Smith: Volume 2 Issue 11
This is Phil’s final newsletter of the year as the Provincials start this week and we’ll cover both the 7s and XVs in separate articles. Phil recaps the Island championship results and presents his 2026 Island All-Star selections.
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BC Bears vs Ontario Blues Match #2
BC Win 32-7 in Game #2 – 68-21 on Aggregate
BC claimed a 32-7 win in Game #2 for a 68-21 win on aggregate. BC came out strong scoring within the first five minutes and continued to add points throughout the match, Ontario got on the board in the last two minutes. The game notes are below. Showing well for BC were Cody Nhanala, probably the player of the series, Wes Black the surprise of the series (coming from a Div 1 club), Lockie Kratz who controlled both games, the McMullin brothers who are always solid. Brendyn Beck was also a player who deserves some attention from selectors and hopefully he gets invited to a Canada camp. Emerson Prior of course who was a mainstay of a strong BC front row. Don Carson was solid in the second row. Leave your thoughts in the comments section.
High School Rugby Updates – May 2026
In Touch Newsletter by Phil Smith: Volume 2 Issue 10
Phil’s Volume 2 Issue 10 covers a couple of upsets Collingwood over St. George’s and Claremont over Oak Bay. The Island finals are this week at Shawnigan. I just looked at the SLS Instagram page and they are Island champions, no score given but they defeated Claremont who are Island 2nd. The latest BC School Sports rankings are posted at the end of the article.
BC Bears vs Ontario Blues Match #1
BC Win Game #1 36-14 Behind Solid Scrum, Jackals and Chip Kicks
It was a good win for BC, the game sometimes felt like a Barbarians style game, neither team had a lot of time together and there wasn’t much cohesion in the backlines. The BC front row got the job done even though pregame it looked like Ontario might dominate this phase of the match with two international props but kudos to Wes Black who held his own against Djustice Sears-Duru and maybe won a bit more. Emerson Prior was up against Matt Tierney and again held his own and maybe won a bit more. Prior was the only prop to go the full 80 minutes. It certainly helped to have the two Carsons in the engine room. Cody Nhanala was probably the player of the match with multiple jackals and scoring the final try of the match. The McMullin brothers put in a good shift, both scoring tries, Talon with his enormous clearance kicks got BC out of trouble on a couple of occasions. Even though the BC backline couldn’t produce much in terms of passing cohesion, the chips kicks and grubbers through the line by Lockie Kratz were devastating and set up 3 of the 5 BC tries. Takoda McMullin’s kick to the corner set up the last try. The series is a composite score format so BC go into Saturday’s game #2 with a +22 advantage.
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