Rugby Americas North – RAN 7s 2025
Rugby Americas North – RAN 7s Announced for November 21-23 in Arima, Trinidad – Canadian Men Need Win to Advance to Division 3
The Rugby Americas North (RAN) 7s tournament returns to Trinidad for 2025. The tournament is part of the pathway the Canadian men must follow to get back on the World Rugby 7s Series. The tournament takes place November 21-23 in Arima, Trinidad. Canada is one of 8 countries vying to progress from the tournament to the next stage, Division 3. The winner of RAN 7s will progress to the 8 team Division 3 competition, and two teams from that tournament will progress to Division 2. The details of the Division 3 tournament haven’t been released yet.
BC Premier 2025/26
Men’s Premier Schedule by Club and Social Media Links
Congratulations to the 7 clubs that have their schedules posted, Burnaby, JBAA, CW, Capilano, UBC, UVic and Westshore. We’ll keep this post on the front page throughout the season so you can easily find all the clubs’ social media accounts and their schedule. When the season gets going we’ll also post the YouTube links for those clubs live streaming their matches. Which club will be next?
Rugby Americas North – RAN 7s Announced for November 21-23 in Arima, Trinidad – Canadian Men Need Win to Advance to Division 3
A Look Back at the Original Pacific Pride Program 1996-2005: 2017 Interview with John MacMillan, List of Players 1996-2003, Rivalry vs NZ Youth
MacDowell Rugby Holding Tour Talent ID Session At UVic on Friday, October 17th: November Mexico Tour, December NZ Tour
Major League Rugby Announces Focus on USA Rugby Qualified Players: What That Means for Canadian Rugby
Pacific Pride OG – 1996-2005
A Look Back at the Original Pacific Pride Program 1996-2005: 2017 Interview with John MacMillan, List of Players 1996-2003, Rivalry vs NZ Youth
This article began with research into the competition between the NZ Youth team and the Pacific Pride. I remember attending some of the matches at Centennial Stadium but it was before BCRN started publishing in 2004 so I don’t have any articles in the database. I thought wouldn’t it be great to revive that rivalry and give the Pride, aka Young Canada, aka the Rugby Canada Academy, a high level competition to highlight their season.
Rugby Canada Updates – October 2025
Rugby Canada Announce Community Grants: 38 Grants for Coaching in Schools – Deadline for Application November 7th
Rugby Canada has received some federal government money for Community Sport and they’re distributing it through several programs, the first is the Coaching in Schools initiative. They’ve committed to awarding 38 grants ranging from $1000 to $4500 for Coaching in Schools. The application form is here.
MacDowell Rugby Updates – October 2025
MacDowell Rugby Holding Tour Talent ID Session At UVic on Friday, October 17th: November Mexico Tour, December NZ Tour
MacDowell Rugby is holding a talent ID session for two international tours to end the 2025 season. The ID session is this Friday at UVic’s Wallace Field, details and a registration link are below.
MLR Updates – October 2025
Major League Rugby Announces Focus on USA Rugby Qualified Players: What That Means for Canadian Rugby
There was a bit of hand wringing by Canadian rugby fans and pundits last week when Major League Rugby announced that they “will take steps from the 2026 season to increase the game day spaces available to USA Rugby qualified and pathway players to a minimum of 16 and rising from there”. It appears Canadian players will have to compete as imports for one of the 7 non-USA roster spots in 2026, and that number may decrease in future years.
BC Rugby Weekend of October 11th 2025
University Qualifier UBC Defeat TWU, Exhibition Match Valley Venom Crushed by Pacific Pride, Oakville Crusaders Junior Program on Island for Matches v Ravens and CW Taste Victory
UBC confirmed their #1 ranking as they go 4-0 in the BC University qualifying series, TWU need a massive win next weekend against UVic to qualify for the nationals. Pacific Pride dominate in the Valley with a lopsided win. The Oakville Crusaders Junior program took a double from the Ravens on Friday and Ravens edged CW on Saturday.
There are no Premier games this Thanksgiving Weekend but there are two Premier level matches taking place this weekend plus the Oakville Crusaders Junior Program are on the Island for matches with the Ravens and CW.
Regional Rugby Updates – October 2025
BCRU Revives Ruth Hellerud-Brown Regional Competition – Where’s the McKechnie Cup?
The BCRU has revived the regional competition for women this year, the Ruth Hellerud-Brown Cup. It will replace the Blue-Gold Series that was held in the spring. The RHB Cup will be an in-season competition unlike the Blue-Gold Series which took place out of season in May/June. The competition will run over four weekends from November to March during bye and make-up weekends, Nov 8th, Dec 6th, Feb 14th, March 14th. It raises questions about the status of the men’s regional competition, the McKechnie Cup.
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