In Memory Of… April 2025
England Premiership Women’s Rugby – Round 5
Five Canadians Make Team of the Week in Top Women’s League
You know the future looks bright when a third of the players in the Team of the Week in the top professional league are Canadians. The Allianz Premiership Women’s Rugby competition in England is the top professional league for women’s rugby and Canadians are representing well. The Team of the Week for Round 5 included 5 Canadians, Emily Tuttosi (Exeter) at hooker, Daleaka Menin (Exeter) at tighthead prop, Sophie de Goede (Saracens) at #8, Alex Tessier (Exeter) at #10 and Paige Farries (Saracens) on the wing. Saracens and Exeter are top of the table as well.
Editorial: Howley Returns to Wales
Robert Howley Returns to Wales After Timeout in Canada; When Will Jamie Cudmore Return?
File this story under the category, irksome. Rob Howley gets banned from rugby in 2019 for betting on rugby games that included Wales where he was a coach. As the BBC article calls it, “betting breaches”. His ban was 18 months, reduced to 9 months. He was persona non grata in the rugby world, so where did he find work, Canada, and who helped him land the job, according to BBC, Kingsley Jones.
MLR 2024 Schedule
MLR Announces 2024 Schedule – 18 Week Regular Season Starting March 2nd
Major League Rugby has announced its 2024 schedule which starts on March 2nd. The regular season is 18 weeks and then the top 8 teams will start the playoff round in July.
BC Bears U19 Men – December 2023
Men’s U19 ID Sessions in January on Island and Mainland
BC have historically had strong representation at the men’s U19 level. In 2022 they won the national championship but were defeated by the Atlantic team in 2023. They’ll look to put in a strong performance in 2024 and have announced ID camps for January. Greg Clague will be leading the U19 Men’s Program as Head Coach.
BC Bears Girls 7s Youth Teams – December 2023
BC Bears Girls U16 Tropical 7s Trials in January: Register Online
The BCRU have announced Mainland/Island U16 Trial Sessions and a U16-U18 Skills Session in Prince George for girls. Darcy Patterson is the coach and she just returned from Australia with the BC U18 girls where they made the cup quarter-finals at the Global Youth Sevens, losing to eventual winners Australia School Girls. In 2024 the U16 girls will head to Florida for the Tropical 7s, the U18 girls will travel again in December for the Global Youth Sevens.
Paris Olympic 7s Repechage Tournament
World Rugby Announces Repechage Tournament for Paris Olympic 7s Qualification: June 21-23 in Monaco
The repechage tournament for the Paris Olympic 7s was announced by World Rugby today. It will be held in Monaco on June 21-23. The women’s team earned their way into the Olympics by winning the RAN tournament, fortunately the USA didn’t attend the women’s RAN tournament as they had already qualified as a top 4 finisher in the World Rugby 7s series. The men weren’t as fortunate and lost to USA in the RAN tournament forcing them to qualify through the repechage tournament.
Book Review – Can You Be Fluent in Success by Damian McGrath
A Review of Damian McGrath’s Book: Can You Be Fluent in Success
I did two levels of review on the book, one my immediate reaction after spending an hour scanning through from front to back, the other after I had read the book and had time to reflect on it. Both are posted below.
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