NextGen Updates – October 2026
Updates on BC Club U18 and U16 Leagues Plus BCRU Announces U20 Elite Men’s Development Pathway
Today’s article was going to be on the BC club youth competitions taking place this fall, getting caught up on the standings but the BCRU put out a media release this morning that dovetails nicely with that and provides a pathway for players in those competitions. The BCRU release is below but first we’ll catch up on what’s happening at the U16 and U18 club competitions.
BC Premier Schedule 2026-27
Men’s Premier 2026-27 Schedule, Results and Week 6 Standings
The BCRU have posted the 2026/27 schedules to PlayHQ, the new registration system. This is the schedule for the men’s Premier, there are 11 teams, 21 Rounds including bye weeks, each team plays 18 games, there are 99 matches in total. The season starts September 12, the winter break occurs between Round 11 on November 28th and Round 12 on January 16th, the regular season ends on April 10th.
During the season check the BCRU site for any last minute changes. We’ll also keep this post on the front page and updated with scores and standings.
Canada Men in Dubai for SVNS 3 in November: Top 2 Teams Advance to SVNS 2
BC Premier Week 5 Predictions & Rosters: UBC @ Sharks, Lomas @ CW, Ravens @ Westshore, Burnaby @ Caps – UVic @ JBAA Postponed
BC Premier Week 4 Results: Westshore Clobber Bayside, Capilano Fall to JBAA, Ravens Fly Past CW, Burnaby Stunned by Meraloma, UVic Outlast Rowers
HSBC SVNS 3 2026
Canada Men in Dubai for SVNS 3 in November: Top 2 Teams Advance to SVNS 2
The Canadian men’s 7s team will be in action in November in Dubai in the SVNS 3 tournament. The women will be competing in the top level SVNS 1 tournament at the same time. The men’s team have to finish top 2 in the 6 team tournament to advance to the SVNS 2 tournaments taking place in 2027. The teams participating besides Canada are Samoa, Chile, Italy, Hong Kong, Zimbabwe. It’s the debut for the new 7s coach Rugby Canada hired from Scotland, Craig Dods, who was the GB7s Assistant Coach.
Canada West Final 2026
UVic Dominate Canada West Final 67-12 Over UBC – Nationals in Guelph November 4-8
UVic dominated the Canada West final defeating UBC 67-12. Both teams had national team talent, UBC had Shalaya Valenzuela and Adia Pye in the centres. UVic had the 11 to 13 combination of Krissy Scurfield, Maggie MacKinnon, and Maddy Grant. Both teams will head to the Nationals in Guelph taking place from November 4-8. The last rankings were October 13th and had UVic ranked 4th and UBC 5th. Those rankings had Queen’s, Guelph and Laval as the top three. The rosters and Canada West match report are posted below.
Men’s XVs November Tour – Nations Cup 2026
Meehan Names 36 Players for November Tour to Europe: Kevin Rouet Joins Coaching Staff
A lot of positives coming out of the latest men’s XVs announcement, the key European players have committed to the tour, players like Ardron, Olmstead, Quattrin. Matt Beukeboom is back in the mix, Matt Oworu is healthy, Cole Keith and Cali Martinez are back, Nic Benn wrapped up his NPC season and is available. To top it all off Kevin Rouet, the women’s head coach, has been added to the coaching staff.
BC Rugby Standings Week 6
League Standings for Premier, Div 1, Div 2, Div 3
Special thanks to Peter Muirhead for putting these standings together, the PlayHQ system that the BCRU uses is still not updating properly. The PlayHQ system can be accessed here for match results, however tries and try bonus points are not working consistently on their system at the present time. The tables below are ordered by Points per Game rather than total points. Photo by Dave Caleb.
UBCOB Ravens – October 2026
Ravens and Rowers Match Up in Good Spirit
Ravens 47 – Rowers 19
Report by Peter MacDonald
With four weeks and a bunch of turkey, ferry travel and elections since the last home game, it took a while for the supporters to roll in and for the Ravens prems to sharpen their game against a solid Rowers squad who hadn’t visited Jericho for a few years. A light rain contributing to a slick field and ball was another factor limiting crisp execution on the day. But despite some messy early lineouts, a second-best set scrum and some poor handling the Ravens prevailed with good defensive play at the breakdown and a strong forward attack with ball in hand.
Kamloops Rugby Updates – October 2026
Kamloops Match Reports by William Shaw: Women Win in Kelowna, Men Defeat SFU at Home
The KRC Senior Women were off to Kelowna today for both a BC Rugby Women’s Division 1 game and an additional exhibition game with both Kamloops and Kelowna having over 30 players available.
Kelowna kicked off to the visiting Raiders, who quickly moved into the Crows half and set up camp. KRC flyhalf Kelsey Harpman worked hard to move the Crows around the field and create space for the Raiders. Raider wingers Tamara Van Camp and Rhayna Silversides constantly made positive yardage whenever they touched the ball throughout the start of the game, however the Crows defense covered the Raider wingers. Caleigh Silversides finally found a gap in the Crows defense and crossed the line to open the scoring for the Raiders, Jess Oldenburger added the convert, and KRC took a 7-0 lead.
BC Rugby Weekend of October 24th 2026
BC Premier Week 6 Results: Westshore Defeat CW, UBC Edged by UVic, Rowers Paddled by Ravens, Bays Conquer Lomas
The Bays remain the only undefeated team in the league at 4-0. A bittersweet day for UVic, they won the match but lost the university championship qualification to UBC, just coming up short on point differential.
It’s Week 6 of the BC Premier, the men’s national XVs team are apparently leaving on Sunday for their November tour, so some names will be missing. The big game is UVic v UBC to determine who goes to the national university championships. They are currently ranked #3 and #2 nationally but due to the current qualifying system, one of them will miss out while an unranked team from Alberta will qualify, two teams from Quebec, two from Ontario, one from Atlantic and host TWU. U SPORTS combines BC and Alberta as one region in women’s rugby.
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