The BC Bears U18 Boys and Girls 7s teams are in action at the 2024 Global Youth Sevens in Auckland on December 13-15 – here is how you can watch!
The Bears will compete at this year’s Auckland event, giving BC’s best youth 7s athletes an exciting opportunity to showcase their talents and compete at a high-level event on the global stage against other top nations and representative sides.
The BC Bears U18 Girls 7s team has been pooled against Australia, NZ Barbarians and Rugby Fault, while the BC Bears U18 Boys 7s side will face Australia, Eden College and NZ Fijians in their Pool.
The full tournament draw can be found here.
Check out livestream details, rosters and more below!
HOW TO WATCH BC BEARS AT GLOBAL YOUTH SEVENS
The 2024 Global Youth Sevens will be streamed live on NZR+.
Learn how to buy a pass and access the livestream here.
POOL SCHEDULES
U18 Girls
The BC Bears U18 Girls will play their opening Pool Games at the following times. Please refer to the tournament draw for all Play-Off match times.
- BC Bears vs Australia – 12:20pm PST, Thursday December 12
- BC Bears vs NZ Barbarians – 4:00pm PST, Thursday December 12
- BC Bears vs Rugby Vault – 11:30am, Friday December 13
U18 BOYS
The BC Bears U18 Boys will play their opening Pool Games at the following times. Please refer to the tournament draw for all Play-Off match times.
- BC Bears vs Australia – 2:20pm PST, Thursday December 12
- BC Bears vs Eden – 7:00pm PST, Thursday December 12
- BC Bears vs NZ Fijians – 1:30pm PST, Friday December 13
BC BEARS U18 7s ROSTERS
BC Rugby is delighted to announce the athletes heading to New Zealand who will represent the BC Bears!
The BC Bears U18 Girls 7s Team is as follows:
- Ayana Titifanua – Langley RFC – Richmond
- Elyse Koleba – Yeti Rugby Club/TORA – Vernon
- Belle Rousseau – James Bay AA – Victoria
- Rafi Barrack – Cowichan RFC – Duncan
- Tayla Kempf – DW Poppy Secondary School – Langley
- Ayva Kennedy – Langley RFC – Langley
- Louisa Imolele – Yeti Rugby Club/TORA – Salmon Arm
- Emilie Sinclair – Langley RFC – Coquitlam
- Emery Britton – Yeti Rugby Club/TORA – Vernon
- Asia Olynyk – James Bay AA – Victoria
- Makella Smortchevsky – Capilano RFC – North Vancouver
- Cypress Des Ormeaux Schmidt – Abbotsford RFC – Abbotsford
- Marin O’Regan – James Bay AA – Victoria
BC Bears U18 Girls 7s Support Staff: Darcy Patterson, Lucie Romeo, Adryon Hutton
The BC Bears U18 Boys 7s Team is as follows:
- Alex Muir – University College Dublin – Victoria
- Liam Turnbull – UBCOB Ravens – Vancouver
- Sam Blundell – Pacific Pride/Brentwood College – Nanaimo
- Michael Oughtred – Castaway Wanderers – Victoria
- Jonty Nicholas – UBC Thunderbirds – Cowichan Valley
- Elijah Palov – Castaway Wanderers – Victoria
- Oliver Lenahan – Langley RFC – Maple Ridge
- Jackson Powell – UVIC Vikes – Victoria
- Brek Ball – Capilano RFC – Vancouver
- Rio Iwabuchi – Salish Sea Warriors – Shawnigan Lake
- James Holm – UVIC Vikes – Vancouver
- Evan Palmer – Queens/St. George’s School – Vancouver
- Owen Barlow – Salish Sea Warriors – Victoria
BC Bears U18 Boys 7s Support Staff: Jake Thiel, John Tait
The selection process for the BC Bears U18 Boys and Girls 7s teams was very competitive and took into account key events throughout the BC Rugby season, including the 2024 Vancouver Sevens Invitational (VSI), 2024 Provincial Regional Championships (PRCs), 2024 BC Bears season, 2024 Kamloops 7s and the 2024 Age-Grade Club Leagues.
ABOUT GLOBAL YOUTH SEVENS
Since 2016, the Global Youth Sevens (formerly the World School Sevens) has held annual international U18 Sevens Rugby tournaments at Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. The competition has featured over 100 national sides including USA, Canada, Wales, Japan, Fiji, Australia, Samoa, Nauru and New Zealand. We’ve also hosted many representative and composite teams including NZ Tongans, NZ Fijians, NZ Samoans, Cook Islands NZ and NZ Niue.
The purpose of the tournament is to deliver a high-level professional event that’s both an entertaining spectacle, and a platform for players to showcase their talents on the world stage.
That’s why Rugby Australia and New Zealand Rugby decided to work together to provide a high-performance competition, above domestic tournaments with adequate funding and global reach.
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