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BC Premier Finals Predictions & Rosters: Men’s Premier #1 Ravens vs #6 UVic; Women’s Premier #3 Thunderbirds vs #4 Westshore – Full Rosters All Divisions
BC Rugby Weekend of March 21st 2026
BC Premier Week 16 Results: Pride Fall to Burnaby, UBC Soar Past Capilano, Meraloma Humbled by Vikes, Westshore Dominate Bays, CW @ Ravens Cancelled – Women’s Premier Thunderbirds Fall to Meraloma; CW Pummel Ravens
It’s Week 16 with most teams just having two more matches after this weekend, the exception UVic who will have three more matches. CW defaulted/conceded their match to Ravens due to injuries. We’ll see how the BCRU classifies this as it determines how many points are awarded to the Ravens, at the present it just says the match is “Cancelled”. UBC, Burnaby, UVic, Westshore were all winners this weekend. UBC and Westshore remained tied for 2nd/3rd behind Ravens. Burnaby and UVic continue battle for final playoff spot with head to head matchup next weekend.
From the Editor’s Desk
Wet Weather Changes Some Weekend Matches; Logan Weidner Capped for Romania; Rugby Canada Changing Digital Platform; TBT to June 2011 at Buccaneer 7s
The wet weather has predictably changed some matches this weekend as municipalities, which own most of the rugby playing venues, are becoming increasingly more protective of the fields. It’s good to see some clubs being proactive in finding alternative venues. Westshore have moved their match vs JBAA to Starlight Stadium, the match is now at 7pm under the lights on Saturday. Other changes we’ve noted as of Thursday evening according to the BC Rugby fixture page, the UBC v Capilano men’s Premier match is now at Klahanie.
Premier Women’s Rugby – March 2026 – Round 14
Update on the English Premier Women’s Rugby (PWR) Round 14 – Sixteen Canadians in Action
There were 16 Canadian players in action last weekend in the PWR. Asia Hogan-Rochester scored a try. Bristol with 3 Canadian players had a bye week. Sophie de Goede is still recuperating from injury, 13 weeks ago she posted on social media, “cartilage defect in my right knee requiring surgery round 3”. It’s unclear when she’ll be back. There’s two more rounds before the April break and the Pacific Four tournament preparation begins.
High School Rugby Updates – March 2026
In Touch Newsletter by Phil Smith: Volume 2 Issue 3
The 3rd issue of Phil’s newsletter covering boys XVs rugby on Vancouver Island. In 7s last week GP Vanier claimed the Westshore Secondary 7s titles in senior boys, senior girls and junior girls. Cowichan’s Quw’utsun claimed the junior boys title. St. George’s junior XV are in Scotland/England during the spring break. Thunder Indigenous rugby are sending boys and girls U18 XVs teams to a tournament in Portugal. Robert Bateman is touring to NZ and Australia. Shawnigan is going to France. ADSS (Port Alberni) going to the UK. If you know of other youth teams touring during spring break, add them to the comments section.
New York 7s 2026
Canada Finish 7th in New York: Lose to France and Defeat Great Britain
Canada lost to France in the 5th place semi-final 24-19. It was a better performance for Canada with the match tied 19-19 as the clock wound down, a late try by France gave them the victory. Canada followed that up with their first win of the tournament 22-14 over Great Britain. Florence Symonds and Charity Williams again led the team on Day 2, Williams scoring 3 tries and Symonds distributing and leading on defence, she was the leading defender in their win over Great Britain with 5 tackles.
BC Rugby Weekend of March 14th 2026
BC Premier Make-Up Weekend Results: Vikes Edged by Caps, Pride Fall Hard to UBC
This is a make-up weekend which is why there are only two Premier matches. After this weekend all but two teams will have reached 14 games played with 3 games left, the exceptions are UVic who still have one extra match left and the Lomas who have already played 15 and are out of playoff contention. The Pride aren’t included as they only play a single round and aren’t playoff eligible.
Westshore Secondary 7s – 2026
GP Vanier Win 3 of 4 Titles at Westshore Secondary 7s
GP Vanier from Courtenay made a statement in high school 7s winning 3 of the 4 titles at the Westshore Secondary 7s. They won the senior boys, senior girls and junior girls. Robin MacDowell’s rugby academy at Cowichan’s Quw’utsun high school won the junior boys title. Vanier senior boys came 2nd in the province last year in 7s with Belmont winning the provincial 7s title.
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