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
2024 Recap – February/March
Top Rugby Stories in BC and Canada During February and March 2024: BC Premier Re-Starts at Week 7; Vancouver & LA 7s; Rugby Canada Announce Summer Tests; Canada Selects vs Seattle Seawolves; National U20 and 7s Coaching Announcements; Tropical 7s; MLR Season Starts
We look at some of the top rugby stories in BC and Canada during February and March 2024. The BC Premier re-started in February with Week 7, mini-rugby ramped up, the BCRU announced its high performance pathways for the year. The Vancouver 7s and the invitational youth tournament took place. Rugby Canada announced the 3 home tests during the summer for the men’s XVs team. World Rugby announced Scotland as the host of the JWRT U20 championships. MLR preseason started with Seattle taking on the Canada Selects.
2024 Recap – January
A Look at the 2024 Stories in January 2024: Vancouver Highlanders Player Announcements; Adam Roberts Resigns U20 Coach; Phil Mack Appointed Men’s XVs Attack Coach; World Rugby Invests in MLR Charlotte; BC Rugby Season Restarts; Perth 7s; Pacific Four Series Announced… and More
There were a lot of key rugby events and announcements in January 2024. The Vancouver Highlanders came on the scene and announced they would name their 25 player roster over the following 12 weeks. We’ll see next week whether there’s some Highlanders activity to kick of the new year.
Holiday Message 2025
Message of Hope Over the Holiday Season
There’s been some gloom in the rugby community going into the holiday season, especially around the hope that Jamie Cudmore would be the new Canadian coach, that Canadians would take back the men’s XVs program going into 2025. It wasn’t to be this year however there are some positive thoughts to share over the holiday season.
England Premiership Women’s Rugby – December 2024
Round Eleven Results from English Premier: 11 Canadian Players in Action
There were 11 Canadian players in action in the English Premier league Round 11. Exeter with 5 Canadians in the roster experienced their first loss but remain top of the standings.
Rugby Canada Updates – December 2024
Steve Meehan Named as Canadian Men’s XVs Head Coach
I have to admit, most of the Canadian rugby community feels sucker punched by Stephen Aboud right now. Instead of hiring Jamie Cudmore, who was the Canadian choice, he went for Australian Steve Meehan. I’ve had a few messages from Canadian rugby fans but as I’ve explained when you hire an American CEO and an Irish High Performance Director, you can’t expect a Canadian solution. Thank the current and previous Rugby Canada Board for that.
In The News – December 2024
RugbyPass Article Delves into Canadian Men’s Rugby, Jamie Cudmore’s Desire to Return, Cancel Culture at Rugby Canada That Prevents His Return
Great article on RugbyPass (owned by World Rugby) about Jamie Cudmore, the state of men’s rugby in Canada and the cancel culture at Rugby Canada that’s preventing his return… “is there no forgiveness?”
Vancouver 7s – Canadian Men
Canada Men to Play Trinidad & Tobago and Japan at Invitational Tournament at Vancouver 7s
It’s not what was wanted from last year’s perspective. Ideally the men’s team would still be on the World Rugby 7s series and, with the women, drawing in the crowd. Will the crowds still come without the men in the main tournament or do people just want to party and rugby is the extra bonus. We’ll find out in February.
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