Tag Archives: BC Premier League

The Rugby Weekend in Chicago will not just be an international spectacle. It is also an important one for Major League Rugby. The league owners will meet on Thursday in the Windy City to ratify the 2019 schedule. A final draft has already been circulated and barring any unforeseen circumstances …

Canadian prop Liam Murray will take part in the World Rugby combine at Glendale, Colorado, this week. The 21-year-old joins players from Uruguay, Brazil, and Chile as part of a joint effort with Major League Rugby. Professional contracts will be on offer following an intensive week of training and a …

In light of Canada’s recent struggles at international level a natural conclusion would be that the professional ranks are dwindling outside of the country. While those in ‘Tier 1’ divisions such as the English Premiership and Guinness Pro 14 are certainly hard to come by, there are in fact a …

Conor Keys has signed his first overseas professional contract. The 6’6″ (1.98m) second row will play for Rotherham Titans in the 2018-19 season. Keys departs Canada having played for the University of Victoria in the CDI Premier League and the Atlantic Rock in the Canadian Rugby Championship. Hailing from Stittsville, …

The UBC Old Boy Ravens earned a famous victory over their Alma mater on Saturday as they defeated the UBC Thunderbirds 16-10 to claim the CDI Premier League title and lift the Rounsefell Cup at Rotary Stadium. It was the 6th Cup win for the Ravens in their history and …

The biggest trophy in BC men’s rugby will be contested on Saturday when the three-time defending champion UBC Thunderbirds take on some familiar faces in the UBC Old Boy Ravens with the Rounsefell Cup on the line. Abbotsford’s Rotary Stadium will host BC Rugby Finals day, with nine games in …

Canadian age-grade international Sam Hayward has signed with Birmingham Moseley for the 2018-19 season. Born in Australia, the 23-year-old qualifies for Canada via his mother, a native of Alberta. Hayward represented Canada at the 2014 World Rugby u20 Trophy tournament in Hong Kong. He was also part of the Canada …

It’s been an extraordinarily eventful couple of weeks in the rugby world and as such we’ve collected a number of interesting stories from other online publications that are worth a gander. Professional rugby in New York, concerns in BC, American rugby, Pumas exiles, Canadian players, French interests in America, refereeing, …

Major League Rugby has hit its first speed bump. Late Wednesday evening its Seattle franchise, the Seawolves, were forced to pull out of a scheduled preseason match against the Vancouver Island Crimson Tide. The match was due to take place at Westhills Stadium in Langford, BC, on Sunday afternoon. A …

The Seattle Seawolves have beefed up their front row stocks once again with the signing of former Melbourne Rebels prop Tim Metcher for the 2018 Major League Rugby season. A member of Australia’s u20 side at the 2011 Junior World Championship, the 26-year-old tighthead specialist arrives in Seattle after an …