The Island Tide v Ontario Blues match coming up Sunday at 4:15pm PT. Tide released their 28 player roster and Blues announced their 28 player travelling roster. Some interesting potential matchups.
1876 Where Rugby in BC Began: The Canteen Grounds in Esquimalt – Vancouver Island Rugby Union 150th Anniversary @JasonBeck82 @bcrugbyunion
BC Premier Finals Predictions & Rosters: Men’s Premier #1 Ravens vs #6 UVic; Women’s Premier #3 Thunderbirds vs #4 Westshore – Full Rosters All Divisions
MLR 2025 – Round 4
MLR Round 4 with 24 Canadians in Action: San Diego Only Undefeated Team Tops West Conference and Chicago Tops East Conference
There were 24 Canadians in action this weekend in MLR, 13 starting and 11 in the reserves. San Diego remains the only undefeated team and tops the West Conference, Chicago tops the East Conference.
BC Rugby Weekend of March 8th 2025
BC Premier Week 12 Results: CW Rock Bays, Ravens Defeat Lomas, UBC Soar Past Westshore, Burnaby Fall to Caps, Pride Dominate Vikes
A full schedule this weekend in the BC Premier with all 10 teams in action. There’s only 4 weekends of matches in the regular season after this weekend, the playoff picture will start to get clearer after this round of matches.
SVNS Challenger Series 2025 – Tournament 2 Cape Town
Canada Finish 3rd in Second Cape Town Tournament: Tied for Top in Standings Overall
Canada came 3rd in the second Cape Town tournament but on aggregate are top of the standings, tied with Germany at 34 points. The next tournament is in Krakow April 11-12, the top four from there go to the LA promotion/relegation tournament.
Rugby Scholarships and Awards
The Dave Huang Memorial Award and Other Rugby Scholarships and Awards
I was contacted by Aaron Mittler who is involved with the Dave Huang Memorial Award. His note is below, along with a link to details on the Dave Huang Memorial Award. We’ve also put a link to the Canadian Rugby Foundation scholarships and awards page, and the Friends of Rugby awards story.
Community Rugby in Action – March 2025
Rugby Approved Turf Field on the Horizon with Partnership between School, Municipality, Rugby Club, Soccer Club and Firefighters
This is a story about building relationships in the community and looking for win-win outcomes that will benefit rugby in BC. It could be a model for other clubs to follow to build more rugby approved turf fields in the community, something that is much needed as February’s match cancellations reminded us.
MLR 2025 – Round 3
San Diego and Utah Only Undefeated Teams – 23 Canadians in Rosters, 10 Starting, 13 Reserves – Canadian Referees Listed
MLR Round 3 saw 23 Canadian players in the rosters, 10 starting and 13 in the reserves. Lucas Rumball made the MLR Team of the Week. San Diego is the only team at 3-0 and Utah are the only other undefeated team at 2-0. Canadian referees have an important role in MLR as well, below is a list of Canadian referees participating in the MLR this season.
High School Rugby Updates – March 2025
In Touch Newsletter – Covering High School Rugby on Vancouver Island and British Columbia Issue 1
Phil Smith has come up with a great resource for high school rugby on the Island and in BC. It’s a newsletter “Covering High School Rugby on Vancouver Island and British Columbia”. We’ve included a link below to download the full .pdf version which is formatted and includes photos. We’ve also copied some of the text below for a quick read. His contact information is in the .pdf and he’s looking for story ideas for the next issue.
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