BC Premier Week 2 Predictions & Rosters: Rowers @ Bayside, Caps @ Westshore, Burnaby @ UBC, Lomas @ Ravens
Meehan Names 23 for USA Match: Cooper Coats Returns to Flyhalf
U19 Canadian Rugby Championship 2026
Ontario Win Gold, BC Silver in Men’s and Women’s U19 Championship
It wasn’t to be the day for BC as they lost both final matches against Ontario on Sunday. The women came close, leading for most of the match but giving up two tries in the last 5 minutes to lose 17-7. The men were defeated 44-12 and trailed in the match from the beginning. Jack Gore the Ontario #10 and team captain scored 29 points. The BC U17 teams wrapped up their 3 game series on Saturday, Ontario won both matches. The bright spot for BC were the U17 women who, despite losing Saturday’s game, won the series against Ontario with 2 wins and 1 loss. The BC U17 men had a record of 1 win and 2 losses. Kudos to host Ontario who claim the title of top province this year in age-grade rugby. We haven’t heard where next year’s tournament will be held yet.
Stories from the Rugby Community
Community Rugby Stories – Alexandra Schlosser from Trail RFC
At the beginning of the month we ran a promo on Instagram, send us your rugby story and we’ll send you a BCRN rugby ball. Alexandra Schlosser from Trail RFC jumped on that like a loose forward at a ruck, we can tell she’s the type of rugby player you want on your team. Below is her rugby story on how she discovered rugby and what it means to her. We’ll give away one ball a month, if you’re interested in entering, email editor@bcrugbynews.com your rugby story (about 500 words) and you could be August’s winner.
Junior World U20 Championship – 2026
South Africa Crowned Junior World Championship 2026 Winners: Uruguay in Relegation Position
As no surprise the Baby Boks claimed the U20 title for the second year in a row, France were 2nd, NZ 3rd and England 4th. At the lower end of the tournament USA defeated Uruguay putting Uruguay in the potential relegation position as the 16th place team. World Rugby still haven’t clarified what relegation/promotion will look like between the U20 Championship and U20 Challenger tournaments. Canada are in the Challenger tournament in October hosted by Chile along with Belgium, Hong King China, Brazil, Namibia, Portugal, Romania and Chile.
Canada v Zimbabwe – July 2026
Canada Defeat Zimbabwe 23-19: Peter Nelson Scores 13 from the Boot
It was a game that saw both teams score off opposition mistakes, Zimbabwe outscored Canada three tries to two but Peter Nelson’s boot was the difference for Canada. He was selected as player of the match. It was the first win under Meehan without Tyler Ardron in the roster but it was far from convincing. Canada led at the half 16-0 with three penalty kicks and a converted try. The try came at the half time whistle, Zimbabwe overthrew their lineout and Noah Flesch whipped the loose ball out to Cooper Coats on the outside who booted it down field. The Canadian chase caught up with the Zimbabwe defender and Canada won a penalty, a quick tap and chip kick by Nelson out to Mason Flesch on the wing saw the big man score the first try. The other Canadian try came at the 58′ mark when a Zimbabwe pass inside their 22 went to ground, Izzak Kelly picked it up and drove to the line, next phase saw Cali Martinez dive over. It was 23-7 for Canada with 20 minutes left and it appeared that Canada would finally impose themselves and drive the score up. That didn’t happen, Rumball went off with a HIA, subs came on and Zimbabwe scored two tries to make it a nail biting finish.
World Rugby Rankings – Weekend of July 18th 2026
World Rugby Publishes Ranking Permutations for 3rd Round of Nations Cup and Championship
It’s always interesting to preview the ranking permutations for the upcoming weekend. For Canada, the objective is clear, defeat Zimbabwe or they’ll fall below Zimbabwe in the rankings. If Canada win and Romania lose to Samoa then Canada could bypass Romania, depending on the point differential. If Hong Kong defeat Uruguay, highly unlikely, then they’ll jump up several spots depending on other results. Another interesting note, the referee for the Canada v Zimbabwe match is Argentine Tomás Bertazza who officiated the Canada v Spain match.
BC Bears U19 and U17 Teams – Summer 2026
BC Rugby Announce U19 and U17 Teams Travelling to Ontario for National Championships
Canada may not have a senior national championship representing all regions anymore but the annual U19 national championships continue with teams from BC, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic. That championship takes place in Guelph starting next Monday. Below are the BC rosters for U19 men and women, BC are also sending U17 boys and girls teams to challenge Ontario directly in a three game head to head series, the winner claims the O’Neills Challenge Cup. Those rosters are also included below in the BCRU media release.
Canada v Portugal – July 2026
Canada Leak Four Tries in Thirteen Minutes in 38-14 Loss to Portugal
Canada scored first and last but Portugal scored 38 unanswered points in between. Canada were in the game at the half, down 12-7 but they fell asleep in the 3rd quarter as Portugal scored four tries between 42′ and 55′ and the game went from 12-7 to 38-7, from a competitive match to a blowout in 13 minutes. For the second week in a row the Canadian backline was a defensive liability, all Portugal’s tries were scored by the backs, two from the inside centre, two from the wing, one from the outside centre and one from the scrum half. Canada were missing their two top players Tyler Ardron and Lucas Rumball and it showed, coach Meehan’s record is now 1-1-9 and without Tyler Ardron in the lineup it’s 0-9.
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