Meehan Names Match 23 to Host Zimbabwe in Winnipeg: Coats and Rumball Return to Roster
BC Rugby Announce U19 and U17 Teams Travelling to Ontario for National Championships
Canada Leak Four Tries in Thirteen Minutes in 38-14 Loss to Portugal
UBCOB Ravens – March 2025
Ravens Edge Lomas in the Rain Ravens 27 – Lomas 19: Report by Peter MacDonald
On a cold, wet, windy day at Connaught the two west side clubs gathered at midfield for a moment’s silence to honour long time Meraloma member Chas Teeple who recently passed away. Chas was a skilled flyhalf, a class guy and a lover of rugby and of the camaraderie that surrounds it. I recall watching him play in the late 1960s when he led the St Georges backline and later when he manned the #10 jersey with the Lomas. Looking around the sidelines at the game on Saturday there were Bobby Brown and referee assessor on the day Al Hudson who were Chas’s teammates and friends back in the day. Raven Rick Bourne was a high school rival and later a friend. There’s a long BC rugby through line from those days to today.
High School Rugby Updates – March 2025
In Touch Newsletter Issue 2 – Covering High School Rugby on Vancouver Island and British Columbia
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.
BC Rugby League Standings – March 8th 2025
BC Rugby League Standings for Men’s Premier, Div 1, Div 2, Div 3, Women’s Premier, Div 1, Div 2
Thanks to Peter Muirhead who put together these league tables for the weekend of March 8th 2025. He’s included a playoff “snapshot” which will be updated each week as the standings change.
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.
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