National Women’s XVs Development/ID Camps
Rugby Canada Announce Regional ID/Development Camps for Women’s XVs – West Camp IntraSquad Match Prior to Island v Ontario Men’s XVs
Rugby Canada have announced East and West camps, the East camp took place last week, the West camp is taking place this coming weekend. The VIRU poster announced a “Canada Women’s Intersquad” prior to the Ontario v Island Tide match, these announcements lineup to expect a West camp intrasquad match on Sunday. The Rugby Canada media release didn’t mention which players are attending which camp but these are the players identified from BC and Alberta. We’ll try to get more details on which players are at the West camp and what the rosters will be for the intrasquad match
BC Premier 2025/26
Men’s Premier Schedule by Club and Social Media Links
This article contains social media links and schedules for BC Premier clubs, as well as the updated standings.
Standings – April 11th 2026
| Team | Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | BP | Points | Ratio |
| Ravens | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 68 | 4.25 |
| UBC* | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 64 | 3.76 |
| Westshore | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 64 | 3.76 |
| James Bay | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 3.18 |
| Capilano | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 51 | 3.0 |
| UVic | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 2.93 |
| Burnaby Lake | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 2.76 |
| Meraloma | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 22 | 1.29 |
| Pacific Pride | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 1.11 |
| CW# | 17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 0.41 |
* UBC lose 4 points for defaulting Westshore match
# CW lose 4 points for defaulting Ravens match
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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
Canada to Host England for Rugby Rematch Tour: First Match October 16th in Toronto
Editorial – May 2026
Reflection on the BC Premier, BC Club Finals – Look Ahead to 2026-27
Now that the club finals are over a chance to review the season, the finals event and look ahead to next season.
What worked
The club finals event from a live stream perspective was for the most part well done. The BCRU had a live camera and announcers on both fields for all seven matches. They didn’t use their Veo Ai system which is like watching rugby through a a traffic camera. It would have been nice to have the rosters shown on screen at the beginning of the match, but some of the announcers mentioned they didn’t have the rosters, we’ll cover rosters later.
BC Rugby Weekend of May 9th 2026
BC Premier Final Results: Men’s Premier Ravens Grind Down UVic; Women’s Premier Thunderbirds Defeat Westshore – Rowers Men’s Div 1 Champs, Capilano Women’s Div 1, Kelowna Men’s Div 2, Kelowna Women’s Div 2, Burnaby Men’s Div 3
The BC Premier games went as expected with the Ravens claiming their 3rd men’s title and the Thunderbirds their 5th women’s title. Both teams reaching dynasty level in the current time period. Rowers and Capilano won the men’s and women’s Div 1 titles respectively. Kelowna owned Div 2 winning both men’s and women’s. Burnaby won the Div 3 title.
Men’s Premier – Ravens 30 v UVic 3
Women’s Premier – Thunderbirds 38 v Westshore 17
Men’s Division 1 – Rowers 29 v Capilano 20
Women’s Division 1 – Capilano 44 v Kamloops 7
Men’s Division 2 – Kelowna 21 v Kamloops 15
Women’s Division 2 – Kelowna 28 v Chilliwack 12
Men’s Division 3 – Burnaby 43 v Rowers 10
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BC Club Final 2026
BC Club Finals on Saturday: Event Information, Live Stream Link, Ticket Link
The 2026 BC Club finals takes place this Saturday at the Bayside Rugby Club at South Surrey Athletic Park. Seven titles will be decided with games starting from 10:15 to 4:30pm. The schedule is below.
10:15am – Men’s Division 3 (Field 1) – Burnaby v Rowers
11:15am – Women’s Division 2 (Field 2) – Chilliwack v Kelowna
12:15pm – Men’s Division 1 (Field 1) – Rowers v Capilano
1:15pm – Men’s Division 2 (Field 2) – Kelowna v Kamloops
2:15pm – Women’s Premier (Field 1) – Thunderbirds v Westshore
3:15pm – Women’s Division 1 (Field 2) – Kamloops v Capilano
4:30pm – Men’s Premier (Field 1) – Ravens v UVic
Canadian Rugby NextGen 2026 Plan
Rugby Canada and Canadian Howlers Provide NextGen Development Pathways
Rugby Canada released its NextGen plan, it’s U20 for men and U21 for women. The plan includes camps at the U18 level for both men and women. The U21 women already had their tour to Ireland/England in March. The U20 men will be part of the World Rugby U20 Challenger in Chile in October, they’ll have a camp in August. Up to this point there’s some symmetry with the men’s and women’s pathways but that diverges with the 7s pathway where there’s a lot more focus and opportunity for the women. The women get development opportunities at the senior (EAAST Sevens), university (FISU) and U18 (Global Youth 7s) levels, the men just get development at the U17 level (Youth Olympics).
The Canadian Howlers, formerly the Dog Rivers Howlers, are picking up the slack for Rugby Canada in men’s NextGen development. They’ve organized a U18 XVs tour to Argentina in August. They’ve already selected a Canada roster in cooperation with the Canada U20 coach. The roster and match itinerary are posted below.
UBCOB Ravens – May 2026
Ravens Book Trip to White Rock with Defence and Second Half Surge: Ravens 45 – James Bay 5
Report by Peter MacDonald
While more than two months had passed since the last Ravens’ home game, the faithful turned out in good numbers to take in the BC semi-final on a summer like day at Jericho. With memories of recent home semi-final losses to CW and the Lomas floating around in the back of their minds the home crowd were on edge during a first half display of equally good rugby by both sides. The 19-5 half-time scoreline flattered the Ravens.
Kamloops Rugby Updates – May 2026
Kamloops Match Reports by William Shaw: Both Raider Squads are Finals Bound!!
Blue skies overhead and the shining sun set the stage for two semi final games at Kamloops Rugby Club this weekend.
The Senior women were first to kick off to the visiting Bayside Sharks. The first half saw the Raiders controlling much of the play. Riley Halvorson opened the scoring for the hosts early on in the first half and Jess Oldenburger added the conversion, 7-0 KRC.
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