High School Rugby Updates – May 2026
In Touch Newsletter by Phil Smith: Volume 2 Issue 11
This is Phil’s final newsletter of the year as the Provincials start this week and we’ll cover both the 7s and XVs in separate articles. Phil recaps the Island championship results and presents his 2026 Island All-Star selections.
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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 vs Ontario: BC Win Game #1 36-14 Behind Solid Scrum, Jackals and Chip Kicks
BC Name Lineup for Match #1 vs Ontario Blues – Ontario Roster Added
Brock Gallagher's try sequence the step, the wave, the dive, 10 out of 10 on the landing. 1st half of Island Tide vs Ontario Blues, more photos at https://bcrugbynews.com/vancouver-island-vs-ontario-may-2026-photos/
4Ontario Blues Defeat Island Tide 47-19 After Trailing 19-7 at HT
BC Bears vs Ontario Blues Match #2
BC Win 32-7 in Game #2 – 68-21 on Aggregate
BC claimed a 32-7 win in Game #2 for a 68-21 win on aggregate. BC came out strong scoring within the first five minutes and continued to add points throughout the match, Ontario got on the board in the last two minutes. The game notes are below. Showing well for BC were Cody Nhanala, probably the player of the series, Wes Black the surprise of the series (coming from a Div 1 club), Lockie Kratz who controlled both games, the McMullin brothers who are always solid. Brendyn Beck was also a player who deserves some attention from selectors and hopefully he gets invited to a Canada camp. Emerson Prior of course who was a mainstay of a strong BC front row. Don Carson was solid in the second row. Leave your thoughts in the comments section.
BC Women’s Blue vs Gold
BC Gold Defeat BC Blue 35-20
The live stream didn’t materialize so unfortunately we don’t know much about the match itself except the result, 35-20 for BC Gold. The BCRU have indicated they will post the video to their YouTube channel when they have the opportunity. We’ll post the link here and do a summary when that’s available.
HSBC SVNS – Spain 2026
Rugby Canada Announce Women’s Sevens Team for Valladolid, Spain Tournament May 29-31
Canada have announced their team for the 2nd tournament in the three tournament championship series. Canada finished 4th in Hong Kong. In are Asia Hogan-Rochester, Adia Pye, Piper Logan, Taylor Perry, out are Fancy Bermudez, Sarah Poulin returning to the PWR, Caroline Crossley injured, and Larah Wright. The four players coming in were all at the XVs west camp last weekend.
High School Rugby Updates – May 2026
In Touch Newsletter by Phil Smith: Volume 2 Issue 10
Phil’s Volume 2 Issue 10 covers a couple of upsets Collingwood over St. George’s and Claremont over Oak Bay. The Island finals are this week at Shawnigan. I just looked at the SLS Instagram page and they are Island champions, no score given but they defeated Claremont who are Island 2nd. The latest BC School Sports rankings are posted at the end of the article.
BC Bears vs Ontario Blues Match #1
BC Win Game #1 36-14 Behind Solid Scrum, Jackals and Chip Kicks
It was a good win for BC, the game sometimes felt like a Barbarians style game, neither team had a lot of time together and there wasn’t much cohesion in the backlines. The BC front row got the job done even though pregame it looked like Ontario might dominate this phase of the match with two international props but kudos to Wes Black who held his own against Djustice Sears-Duru and maybe won a bit more. Emerson Prior was up against Matt Tierney and again held his own and maybe won a bit more. Prior was the only prop to go the full 80 minutes. It certainly helped to have the two Carsons in the engine room. Cody Nhanala was probably the player of the match with multiple jackals and scoring the final try of the match. The McMullin brothers put in a good shift, both scoring tries, Talon with his enormous clearance kicks got BC out of trouble on a couple of occasions. Even though the BC backline couldn’t produce much in terms of passing cohesion, the chips kicks and grubbers through the line by Lockie Kratz were devastating and set up 3 of the 5 BC tries. Takoda McMullin’s kick to the corner set up the last try. The series is a composite score format so BC go into Saturday’s game #2 with a +22 advantage.
Vancouver Island vs Ontario May 2026 – Photos
Photos (20) With Commentary from Vancouver Island vs Ontario
The photos from the 1st half of the Island Tide vs Ontario Blues are posted below. I had to leave at halftime when Tide were leading 19-7 so was shocked when I got home and saw the final score 47-19 for Ontario. The players in these photos Gradyn Bowd, Brock Gallagher, D’Shawn Bowen, Kyle Tremblay, Owain Rutten, Emerson Prior were instrumental in getting that 1st half lead and didn’t feature in the 2nd half. BC just released their long list for the Ontario matches and all of these players but Gradyn Bowd are on the BC list. Bowd may have picked up an injury in this match, he is not available.
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