The 2025 BC Rugby Senior Women’s Blue vs. Gold Series kicks off this weekend – here is all you need to know about Game 1!
Game 1 takes place at John Oliver Park in Delta this Saturday, May 24, at 1:00pm PST.
Both Mainland-based games – Game 1 and Game – will now take place at the home of Brit Lions RFC at John Oliver Park in Delta. Game 2 takes place at UVIC’s Wallace Field on May 31.
The full schedule is as follows:
- GAME 1: John Oliver Park, Delta – 1:00pm PST
- GAME 2: Wallace Field, UVIC, Victoria – 1:00pm PST
- GAME 3: John Oliver Park, Delta – 1:00pm PST
LIVESTREAM INFORMATION
BC Rugby will endeavour to livestream all matches. If we are unable to livestream matches, we will record the matches and release them on the BC Rugby YouTube Channel.
Game 1 will be livestreamed on our YouTube Channel – click the button below to access.
GAME 1 ROSTERS
The full team rosters for Game 1 are as follows:
MAINLAND GOLDS
Head Coach: Demi Stamatakis – Capilano RFC
Assistant Coach: Matt Fraser – Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Payton McNeil – Burnaby Lake RFC
- Maddy Thran – Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Elyce Thomas – Meraloma RFC
- Rachel Smith – Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Teya Ashworth – Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Kalea Nokleby – Kamloops RFC
- Chelsea Patterson – Abbotsford RFC
- Ada Okonkwo – Burnaby Lake RFC
- Alayna Scramstad – Burnaby Lake RFC
- Emilie Brett – UVIC Vikes
- Jaime Dickson – Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Macie Kitt – Calgary Dinos
- Tia Jordo – Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Ava Van Santen – TWU Spartans/Burnaby Lake RFC
- Savannah Bauder – Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Sonja Foulds – Abbotsford RFC
- Melissa Seselja – Bayside Sharks RFC
- Tiana Coutts – Capilano RFC
- Kianna Steel – United Rugby
- Kim Sinow – Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Angelina Alexander – Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Sara Tehrani – Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Makenna Gayger – Abbotsford RFC
- Rachel Wood – TWU Spartans
- Emily Wang – United Rugby/Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Mary Sieker – Vancouver Thunderbirds
ISLAND BLUES
Head Coach: Brittany Waters – UVIC Vikes
Assistant Coach: Oliver Winser – VIRU Tide
- Chanelle Edwards Challenger – Castaway Wanderers
- Chloe Hill Huse – Castaway Wanderers
- Sierra Gillis – Westshore RFC
- Faith Tilley – Castaway Wanderers
- Jesse Knaggs – Castaway Wanderers/Vancouver Thunderbirds
- Regan Casey – Castaway Wanderers
- Shaye Ogurek – Castaway Wanderers
- Emily Findlay – Westshore RFC
- Justine Blatt-Janmaat – Westshore RFC
- Ella O’Regan – Castaway Wanderers
- Jenna De Greeff – Westshore RFC
- Larah Wright – Westshore RFC
- Carissa Norsten – Non-Affiliated
- Emily Currey – Castaway Wanderers
- Lucie Romeo – Westshore RFC
- Remee Brown – Castaway Wanderers
- Josie Anzai – Castaway Wanderers
- Maya Montiel – Non-Affiliated
- Skye Koyote – Cowichan RFC
- Oonagh Hynes – Westshore RFC
- Emma Grootendorst – Westshore RFC
- Courtney Sims – Westshore RFC
- Gwynnie Fry – Castaway Wanderers
- Bella Anderton-Teasdale – Castaway Wanderers
- Hadley MacPherson – Westshore RFC
- Taylor MacDonald – Castaway Wanderers
ABOUT THE SERIES
Working collaboratively with Rugby Canada’s Senior Women’s National Team Programming, BC Rugby is hosting a three-match Blue vs. Gold Series throughout May and June to showcase and prepare athletes with the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup taking place in England later this year.
The Series will see selected sides of the Island Blues and Mainland Golds battle it out across three games in Vancouver and Victoria.
Demi Stamatakis (Capilano RFC) will lead the Mainland Gold team assisted by Matt Fraser (UBC), with Brittany Waters (UVIC Vikes) returning to lead the Island Blues alongside Assistant Coach Oliver Winser (VIRU Tide).
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