High School Rugby to Honour Don Burgess

Lower Vancouver Island Senior Boys Rugby will honour the late Don Burgess with the establishment of a memorial trophy in his name. The trophy will be presented for the first time in May of this year, and recognize the most outstanding local high school player from the 2018 season.

Burgess, who passed away February 6 at the age of 85, was an absolute legend of the game, as a player, coach, administrator and innovator.

Educated at Vic High and then Western Washington University, Burgess went on to teach and coach at both Mt. Newton JSS and then Parkland SS for 32 years. He made a hugely positive impact on literally generations of students and players.

An outstanding rugby player himself, Burgess toured the UK with Canada in 1962, winning headlines in the British press for his superb performances. Two years later, he was part of history, with his contributions critical in British Columbia's famous 8-3 win over the touring British Lions.

At every level, including with his beloved Oak Bay Wanderers, he was renowned for his side stepping ability, deadly accurate kicking and crunching tackles.

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Obituary: Rugby legend Don Burgess was inventor of the Burge tee

Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist

There wasn’t a pair of uprights Don Burgess couldn’t clinically slice right through the heart.

Burgess, one of Canada’s greatest rugby kickers, influenced hundreds of young players as a coach and invented the Burge kicking tee. He died Tuesday at age 85.

He competed at the club, Island, provincial, national and international levels and was inducted into both the B.C. and Victoria sports halls of fame. He played 17 games for Canada and was the national team fullback through much of the 1960s, when Test matches were rare.

Brent Johnston, manager of the Castaway Wanderers club and former national team manager, said Burgess “was as good, if not better, in his era” than D.T.H. van der Merwe, the all-time Test tries leader for Canada.

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Stadium Series - Round One 2018

Stadium Series Round 1: Friday, April 6th and Saturday, April 7th, 2018

FV = Fraser Valley
LM = Lower Mainland
OK = Okanagan
VI = Vancouver Island
KT = Kootenays
* = Premier League

Please note:

All games are used for Provincial Qualification and Rankings purposes, so there are no tie scores and each game will have 2 halves of 30 minutes each. In the event of a tie, the BCSSRU Tie Breaker Protocol will be used, which is attached.

Scrum Fest 2018

Claremont Secondary School in Victoria is hosting the 10th annual Scrum Fest exhibition rugby tournament on April 12-14.  This event is open to school teams in the following categories:

• Sr. Boys 15's (Grades 11 & 12)
• Jr. Boys 15's (Grades 9 & 10)
• Mixed Grades Girls 7's (Grades 9 -12)
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BC High School 7’s Championship Results

BC High School 7’s Championship
June 9 - 10, 2017
Brentwood College School

• Download the 7's Dream Team (pdf format)

Tier 1

1)  Shawnigan Lake
2)  Oak Bay
3)  Brentwood
4)  St. George's
5)  SMUS
6)  Earl Marriott
7)  Mt. Boucherie
8)  Aberdeen Hall

Tier 2

1)  R.E. Mountain
2)  Elphinstone
3)  Argyle
4)  Reynolds
5)  Cowichan
6)  Belmont
7)  Ballenas
8)  Edward Milne
9)  Esquimalt
10) Sa-Hali
11) G.P Vanier
12) Brentwood B
13) Earl Marriott B
14) Burnaby South
15) Rutland
16) Charles Hayes

Scores and Updates - Provincials 2017

If you are looking for all the latest scores during the 2017 tournament please visit the Scores and Update page here.