Ruck & Maul

B.C. ELITE SEVENS

The Thompson/Tate Troupe – BC Elite Youth Sevens (men), have arrived and shaken off the cobwebs in Hong Kong. This is a select U18 team and it will be their third visit to play concurrently, with the IRB Men’s Circuit Comp, in the Chartered Bank International Youth Sevens Tournament. B.C. has won this Tournament on all three of their previous visits. It is a great opportunity for elite talent to experience life in The Bigs – they train with the NSMT, give school clinics, attend VIP events, getting immersed in the local culture. We will follow their results with interest.

U20 NATS COMPLETE TOUR

The U20’s completed a three match tour of English Academies last Saturday, when they defeated Leeds, 35 – 10. After contests with Leicester and Sale, the lads finished with a 1 – 3 record and very little Rugby Canada reporting spin. Coach Shelley did offer some causal factor to the game #1 outing, a 22 – 39 loss to Leicester, being related to travel lag. This pundit would argue that if you were going all that way for “experience”, why would you not go one day earlier so that you could be at your best, rather than look for an excuse? Game #2 followed, a 64 – 3 loss to Sale – no excuses read about this one. Finally, game #3 and the 35 – 10 win. Either the team had become super improved or the opposition weaker. Read what you will into these results. There is no one more RED than The Ruggernut, however, it looks like yet another tough haul at the U20’s WC for our boys.

    CONGRATS TO CHRIS ASMUS