What Was the Sporting/Rugby News 100 Years Ago in Victoria on January 9th 1926 - there were 3 mentions of rugby but hockey was headline as the Victoria Cougars had won the Stanley Cup in 1925
Chloe Daniels Signs With Bristol Bears in the PWR: Brings Total to 25 Canadian Players in English Pro League
Rugby Canada Seeks Expressions of Interest for Coaching International Age-Grade Women’s Sevens
BC Rugby Weekend of December 6th 2025
BC Premier Week 10 Results & Rosters: Caps Top Burnaby, Pride Fall to Bays, Ravens Fly Past Lomas, CW Edged by Vikes
It’s the wrap up of the fall season, the last matches before the Dec/Jan winter break. Play resumes January 24th. UBC defaulted their match to Westshore, they’ve chosen to take a game in South Carolina versus USA #2 Life University. That puts Westshore top of the table going into the break, the Ravens have caught UBC in a 2nd/3rd place tie, Capilano sit in 4th place, Burnaby drop to 5th and the Bays claim 6th. The women’s Premier wrapped up their fall season last weekend.
Coaching Updates – December 2025
Francois Ratier Named Head Coach of France Women’s XVs and Jack Hanratty Named Head Coach of USA Women’s XVs
Two Canadian coaches have been hired by other countries to lead their women’s rugby programs. Francois Ratier who led the Canadian women’s XVs team to a 2nd place finish at the 2014 World Cup is being appointed as the new France women’s XVs head coach. Jack Hanratty who led the Canadian women’s 7s team to a 2nd place finish, Silver Medal, at the 2024 Olympics is being appointed as the new USA women’s XVs head coach.
RWC 2027 Australia – December 2025 Updates
Canada Drawn in Pool C with Argentina, Fiji, Spain for RWC 2027
The pools for the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia have been announced and Canada are in Pool C with Argentina, Fiji and Spain. The format is the top 2 teams from each of the 6 pools move to the next round, along with the 4 best 3rd place finishers, for a round of 16. Canada’s chances of making the round of 16 likely come down to winning the match versus Spain and keeping the scoreline reasonable against Argentina and Fiji.
Kamloops Rugby Updates – December 2025
Kamloops Match Reports by William Shaw: Women Defeat Capilano, Men Win Over Kats
Both KRC Senior squads were on the road this weekend for their final game of the first half. The men were away to Kats at Balaclava Park, while the women were playing Capilanos. However, due to field closures at Khlanie Park, the fixture was being played at Meralomas.
BC Rugby Weekend of November 29th 2025
BC Premier Week 9 Results, Predictions & Rosters: UBC Dominate Lomas, Vikes Edge Bays, Westshore Win at Burnaby, CW Topped by Caps – Women’s Premier Lomas Upset Thunderbirds, Westshore Fall to Burnaby
Week 9 in the BC Premier sees some Friday night matches, we’ve got both the Friday and Saturday predictions and rosters in now. The BCRU and universities have put some effort into promoting these matches so hopefully they’ll see some positive results in attendance. The BCRU write-ups are included below as well.
Dubai 7s – November 2025
Canada Women Finish 6th in Dubai: Win Over France, Loss to USA
Canada finished 6th in Dubai with a 5th place semi-final win over France but a loss to USA in the 5th place final. Canada fly to Cape Town now for next weekend’s 7s tournament, they’ll be in a pool with Australia, Japan and France. Krissy Scurfield came out in the 9th minute of the Japan match and didn’t show up in the roster for the France and USA matches.
World Rugby 7s – November 2025
World Rugby Releases Full Rugby 7s Schedule Including HSBC SVNS 2 and HSBC SVNS 3
World Rugby has released the tournament schedules for the Div 2 and Div 3 tournaments which is of interest to the Canada men’s 7s who are entered in the Div 3, SVNS 3, tournament after winning the RAN 7s tournament last weekend. They now know they will play in the 17–18 January 2026 tournament being held in Dubai. They know they have to finish top 2 against these other teams: Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Hong Kong China, Italy, Madagascar, Samoa, Tonga. It’s an achievable goal. If they can finish top 2 in that tournament then they move on to the Div 2 tournaments being held in Nairobi, Montevideo and Sao Paulo in Feb/March.
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