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Carson Graham, Earl Marriott win Mainland, Valley titles as prelude to B.C....
(This story updated from Thursday’s print editions with scores from Fraser Valley and Lower Mainland championship final scores — Tsumura) VANCOUVER — Take a look at the B.C. high school boys Triple A...
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Carson girls look to extend dominance on B.C. rugby pitch, boys tourney hits...
NORTH VANCOUVER — The dynasty looks to grow even grander. North Vancouver’s Carson Graham Eagles will attempt to win the B.C. senior girls Triple A rugby title for the eighth time in the past nine...
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B.C. high school rugby wrap: Carson girls champs again, full senior boys...
NORTH VANCOUVER — The Carson Graham Eagles of 2012 were of a lot smaller vintage than in past seasons, but when it came time to chase yet another B.C. senior girls Triple A rugby championship on...
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Saints add more muscle to fleet-footed backfield, St. George’s, Shawnigan the...
VANCOUVER — Last season, with both committed to overseas touring schedules, Vancouver’s St. George’s Saints and Vancouver Island’s Shawnigan Lake Stags were unable to find a date to stage a...
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Abbotsford the heart of B.C. senior boys high school rugby’s championship...
ABBOTSFORD — It’s down to the final eight at the B.C. Secondary Schools Rugby Union provincial boys championships, which centralizes Wednesday at Abbotsford’s Rotary Stadium for the remainder of its...
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B.C. boys rugby quarters: Vataki drop-goal a last-second dagger as Mariners...
ABBOTSFORD — No boys rugby team in B.C. anticipates dramatic finishes quite like Surrey’s Earl Marriott Mariners. After all, they finish each practice by attempting a last-second drop goal, a play that...
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BC boys rugby Final Fours: Saints, Stags live up to 3A ranks, all-West Van...
NOTE — This late P.M. update adds results from Triple A semifinal games played today. ABBOTSFORD –Both managed comeback victories, and in their two prior meetings this season, the outcomes were decided...
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Rugby brings huge numbers to the pitch at Abbotsford’s Yale, Fraser Middle...
ABBOTSFORD — One of the most significant sights in the world of B.C. high school sports happens with daily frequency through the spring months in Abbotsford, yet you won’t find its time or location...
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Saints too much for Grey Ghosts in Boys’ BC Sevens final
Championships usually come down to stamina; there’s often a special player involved as well. St. George’s got both on Sunday, as they knocked off an upstart Lord Byng squad 38-7 in the cup final of the...
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Rugby BC’s 2014: West Van foes Collingwood, Rockridge top dogs in deep Double...
WEST VANCOUVER — On the road to the B.C. Double A boys rugby championships, the Collingwood Cavaliers and Rockridge Ravens have annually steeled their mettle by the matches they have played against...
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Rugby 2014: Final Four Thursday from the BC boys AAA and AA championship...
Keep checking back here today as we update the results of the four semifinal games at the AAA and AA BC bus high school rugby championships in Abbotsford (full championship-side schedule and scoreboard...
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Berna stokes late fire, No. 8’s two tries end decade-long drought for St....
ABBOTSFORD — Phil Berna’s second try of the match, coming in injury time, carried the day for the St. George’s Saints, lifting the Vancouver school to a 15-12 win over the Shawnigan Lake Stags and its...
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Now in its ninth decade, Saints rugby keeps on rolling, senior XV working...
VANCOUVER — There is such vast canon of history to draw from when the topic turns to the greatest moments in the history of rugby at Vancouver’s St. George’s School, that it’s foolhardy to even try....
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Sutherland rugby: First boys varsity team in 25 years borne from novice...
Brad Thornhill had one of those moments of clarity a few weeks ago as he walked past the rows of the lockers at North Vancouver’s Sutherland Secondary School. “We had just gotten our rugby jackets and...
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PODCAST: Varsity Letters talks rugby, soccer with veteran coaches David...
Varsity Letters is feeling the spirit of the spring championship season in B.C. high school sports. Canada’s only podcast dedicated solely to high school and university sports welcomes West...
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First Final 8 rugby appearance for Tweedsmuir Triple-A boys after upset...
VANCOUVER — What a day Saturday turned out to be for the boys rugby team from Surrey’s Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary. As underdogs seeded 11th in the opening round of the B.C. Triple A championships Sweet...
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BC Triple A rugby: Shawnigan, St. George’s roll in Final 4, set up third...
ABBOTSFORD — The rubber match comes Saturday. The Shawnigan Lake Stags and Vancouver’s St George’s Saints are set to meet for the third straight season in the B.C. boys Triple A rugby championship...
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Caps, gowns missing, but Shawnigan Lake’s rugby Stags graduate provincials...
ABBOTFORD — When Tim Murdy gathered his players for a post-game talk Saturday afternoon in Abbotsford, he was ready, in a figurative kind of way, to begin handing out diplomas to his Grade 12 players...
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