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
EAAST 7s Tournament 2026
Canada NextGen Team Finishes 5th in 8 Team Tournament
Rugby Canada released their NextGen programming plan for 2026 in May and one of those tournaments was the EAAST tournament in Haguenau, France on May 29-30 for women’s 7s. Rugby Canada has been quiet on the results of that tournament on social media, and one reason may be is that the team placed 5th out of 8 teams that included Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, R10 (Barbarian team). All those teams finished ahead of Canada. Canada finished ahead Belgium, Georgia and Denmark. Both Czechia and Poland are on the SVNS 3 circuit, Germany aren’t even on the SVNS 3 circuit.
BC Women’s Blue vs Gold
BC Gold Win Western Canadian Championship Series
It was a busy weekend of rugby in BC with the high school Provincials wrapping up, the national women’s 7s team at the HSBC SVNS tournament in Spain so the BC vs Alberta women’s XVs matches may have been overlooked a bit. Kudos to the BCRU for putting out a summary on Monday. Basically both the BC teams, Gold and Blue, won their matches against Alberta in convincing fashion. BC Gold, the Mainland, won the overall competition due to their win over BC Blue, the Island, in the first match. That result was a bit closer at 35-20.
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.
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