Rugby is BACK.
BC Rugby is delighted to announce the finalised 2025/26 Senior Club Schedules for seven Divisions, including the Men’s Premier League and Women’s Premier League, with all roads leading to the 2026 BC Rugby Senior Club Finals on May 9, 2026.
Schedules have been sent to Clubs and fixtures will be uploaded into Sportlomo ahead of the new season. All information for the new season will also be available on the 2025/26 Senior Club Leagues Page published here on the BC Rugby website.
The 2025/26 Senior Club Season promises to be an exciting, action-packed nine months of Rugby across BC’s Lower Mainland. The upcoming season marks the welcome return of Senior Women’s Regional Rugby with the Ruth Hellerud-Brown Cup being reintroduced for 2025/26.
Ten Clubs will contest the Men’s Premier League with defending back-to-back champions UBCOB Ravens aiming for a third successive Championship. The Women’s Premier League features eight teams including newcomers Abbotsford RFC, UBCOB Ravens and last season’s Division 1 champions, Meraloma RFC – can anyone top defending champions Vancouver Thunderbirds?
The Men’s Division 1 will see 18 teams contest across Vancouver Island and Mainland Regions. Ten teams will contest Men’s Division 2, with 11 Teams taking part in Men’s Division 3.
Ten teams will contest a strong Women’s Division 1, while the developmental Women’s Division 2 will be split into Two Tiers. Tier 1 is made up of eight Teams that will contest a full season (including Playoffs) while Tier 2 consists mainly of second teams that will follow their respective first teams. There will be no Playoffs for Tier Two.
Senior Regional Rugby returns with both the Ruth Hellerud-Brown Cup and Dunbar Keg Competitions; the Ruth Hellerud-Brown Cup will be contested by four Senior Women’s Regional Teams across four weekends. More information on this will be released once confirmed by BC Rugby.
The Coastal Cup also returns in 2025 and will be contested by the Pacific Pride, UBC Thunderbirds, UVIC Vikes and TWU Spartans.
Click on the respective Leagues below for a full breakdown of fixtures:
2025/26 SENIOR SEASON – KEY DATES
Here are the key dates for the 2025/26 Senior Club Season!
Several Make-Up weekends take place throughout the season, while there will be no league fixtures on Thanksgiving Weekend (October 11), Family Day weekend (February 14) or Easter Weekend (April 4).
Senior Club Playoffs will start with Quarter-Finals on April 25, Semi-Finals on May 2 and BC Rugby Senior Club Finals on May 9.
The winter break will commence on December 13, 2025 before Leagues start up again on January 17, 2026.
- September 6, 2025: Men’s Division 2, Men’s Division 3 start
- September 13: Men’s Premier League, Men’s Division 1 start
- September 20: Gameweek
- September 27: Gameweek
- October 4: Women’s Premier League, Women’s Division 2 start
- October 11: Thanksgiving (no league fixtures)
- October 18: Women’s Division 1 starts
- October 25: Gameweek
- November 1: Gameweek
- November 8: Ruth Hellerud-Brown starts
- November 15: Gameweek
- November 22: Gameweek
- November 29: Gameweek
- December 6: Gameweek/Make-Up Weekend/Ruth Hellerud-Brown
- December 13: Winter Break starts
- January 10, 2026: Make-up Weekend
- January 17: Men’s Division 1, Division 2, Division 3; Women’s Division 2 restarts
- January 24: Men’s Premier League; Women’s Premier League, Division 1 restarts
- January 31: Gameweek
- February 7: Gameweek
- February 14: Family Day Weekend (no league fixtures)/Ruth Hellerud-Brown
- February 21: Gameweek
- February 28: Gameweek
- March 14: Make-Up weekend/Ruth Hellerud-Brown
- March 21: Gameweek
- March 28: Gameweek
- April 4: Easter Weekend (no league fixtures)
- April 11: Gameweek
- April 18: Make-Up Weekend
- April 25: Senior Club Quarter-Finals
- May 2: Senior Club Semi-Finals
- May 9: 2026 BC Rugby Senior Club Finals
2025/26 SENIOR CLUB LEAGUES PAGE
All the information in one place! BC Rugby has launched a Senior Club Leagues Page on our website that will house all information attaining to the 2025/26 season, including Playoff Formats, Resources and more!
Check out the 2025/26 Senior Club Leagues page here.
WHO CAN TOPPLE RAVENS AND THUNDERBIRDS?
With new Domestic Player Rules coming into effect this season, we are in for an exciting Premier League season.
The Men’s Premier League features 10 teams aiming to lift the Rounsefell Cup. UBCOB Ravens are aiming for a third successive Championship, but will have the likes of Meraloma RFC and UBC Thunderbirds out to stop them – and might we see a resurgence from island teams Westshore RFC, Castaway Wanderers RFC and James Bay AA?
The full Men’s Premier League line-up for 2025/26 is as follows:
- Burnaby Lake RFC (Burnaby)
- Capilano RFC (North Vancouver)
- Castaway Wanderers RFC (Victoria)
- James Bay AA (Victoria)
- Meraloma RFC (Vancouver)
- Pacific Pride (Langford)
- UBCOB Ravens (Vancouver – defending champions)
- UBC Thunderbirds (Vancouver)
- UVIC Vikes (Victoria)
- Westshore RFC (Langford)
The Women’s Premier League has experienced change with three new Clubs coming into the fold for the 2025/26 season. Last year’s Women’s Division 1 champions, Meraloma RFC, and runners-up, Abbotsford RFC, come up to the top division while the UBCOB Ravens are entering its very first Senior Women’s team into the top league.
With Capilano RFC dropping down, it means eight teams will battle it out over the season.
The Women’s Premier League line-up for 2025/26 is as follows:
- Abbotsford RFC (Abbotsford)
- Burnaby Lake RFC (Burnaby)
- Castaway Wanderers RFC (Victoria)
- Meraloma RFC (Vancouver)
- Seattle RFC (Seattle, USA)
- UBCOB Ravens (Vancouver)
- Vancouver Thunderbirds (Vancouver – defending champions)
- Westshore RFC (Victoria)
CONCUSSION MODULES – PREPARE FOR THE NEW SEASON
When it comes to Rugby, safety and player welfare is the most important thing. Whether you are playing Senior Rugby for your Club or signing your child up for Rookie Rugby, we want you to have a safe and positive experience. There are lots of resources to help protect both your physical and mental wellbeing in Rugby.
Visit our Resources section for more information on player welfare.
Learn more about Safety in Rugby by visiting our Safe Sport section or downloading the BC Rugby App now!
BC Rugby adheres to World Rugby’s policy of “Recognize and Remove” when dealing with concussions or suspected concussions. Anyone on or around the Rugby pitch has a responsibility to be aware of the symptoms of concussion and are encouraged to complete World Rugby’s online Concussion Management module. We strongly encourage parents, guardians, partners or housemates of Rugby players to complete the online module to be informed.
MARKET YOUR CLUB!
If you need any help promoting your Club throughout the season, please contact BC Rugby’s Marketing Director Rob Bartlett at rbartlett@bcrugby.com. Include plenty of photos!
Rugby Canada has also produced a Club Marketing Tool resource to assist Clubs with their marketing and communication needs. The tool is available in English and French.
The Club Marketing Toolkit can be found on the Rugby Canada website HERE. The package includes:
- Generic “Play Rugby” graphics
- Registration graphic templates
- Social post templates for club/program registration
- Email templates for club/program registration
- “Try Rugby Day” graphic templates
- Email template for club “Try Rugby Day”
- Social post templates for club “Try Rugby Day
- Communication package – “Try Rugby Day”
- “How to” document for paid social ads
- Additional tips and tricks
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