Recap from Canada West

BC Universities celebrated a historic 1-2-3 finish in the 2026 Canada West Rugby 7s Season with UBC Thunderbirds claimed its fourth straight Championship banner, with the UVIC Vikes finishing second overall and TWU Spartans winning the bronze medals.

Playing in front of a home crowd inside Thunderbird Stadium, the Thunderbirds ended the final day of the 2026 Canada West Rugby 7s season with the triumphant lifting of the conference championship banner.

Despite ending up with the silver medal for the season overall, Victoria did finish atop the standings in the UBC Tournament, after defeating the Thunderbirds in the final match on Saturday afternoon.

Each team left the weekend with at least one win to celebrate, with bronze medallists Trinity Western victorious in three of their five matches in Vancouver and all three of Alberta, Calgary and Lethbridge finishing with 1-4 records, separated only by point differential.

“I’m super proud of this year’s squad,” said UBC head coach Darcy Patterson. “They all pushed really hard, and we had a few injuries stemming from the first tournament, so to be able to continue and have an undefeated season up until the last game is pretty impressive.

“I think we overall had six new players join the squad so I’m proud of all of them and all their contributions…I’m really thrilled for their futures and their contributions to come in the next few cycles because 7s is so exciting.”