BC Rugby is excited to announce the BC Blue and BC Gold U18 Boys and Girls 7s Rosters for the upcoming 2026 VSI tournament to be held at UBC’s Gerald McGavin Centre on March 5-7 in Vancouver.
Our Blue and Gold 7s Teams will represent BC in the U18 Boys and Girls Pools across two action-packed days in Vancouver, as the city enjoys full Rugby 7s fever alongside the HSBC SVNS Vancouver at BC Place – buy your tickets now and support the BC Bears.
Jake Thiel (Gold) and Ciaran Breen/Jamie MacKenzie (Blue) will Coach the U18 Boys teams, with Darcy Patterson/Shalaya Valenzuela (Gold) and Julia Sugawara (Blue) leading the U18 Girls teams. The full rosters are listed below.
TEAM BC ROSTERS
The BC U18 Blue and Gold Rosters are as follows:
BC U18 BOYS BLUE ROSTER
- Grady Curran – Kelowna Crows RFC
- Will Young – Bayside Sharks RFC
- Brendan Grisdale – Salish Sea Warriors
- Ethan Ang – Bayside Sharks RFC
- Fergus Jessop – Castaway Wanderers RFC
- Dylan Ditchfield – Langley RFC
- Evan Postma – Abbotsford RFC
- Marcus Costantino – CV Rapids Rugby
- Angus Turnbull – UBCOB Ravens
- Gabriel Regosa – Castaway Wanderers RFC
- Samuel Pla – Capilano RFC
- Lucas Gonzalez Medicis de Biron – CV Rapids Rugby
COACHES: Ciaran Breen (James Bay AA), Jamie MacKenzie (TORA)
BC U18 BOYS GOLD ROSTER
- Grady Watt – NIVRU
- Declan Anderson – Cowichan RFC
- Mason Balzer – Abbotsford RFC
- Dominic Tapparo – Abbotsford RFC
- Desmond Murray – Castaway Wanderers RFC
- Everett Pinkoski – Kelowna Crows RFC
- Quinn Stuckey – CV Rapids Rugby
- Sam Bayley – Cowichan RFC
- Luca Robb – Castaway Wanderers RFC
- Evan Carlson – Abbotsford RFC
- Theo Schaddelee – Castaway Wanderers RFC
- Liam DeGoode – Bayside Sharks RFC
COACH: Jake Thiel (UBCOB Ravens)
BC U18 GIRLS BLUE ROSTER
- Asia Olnyk – James Bay AA
- Katie Sumners – Langley RFC
- Wendy Huynh – Abbotsford RFC
- Lauren Stanley – James Bay AA
- Chloe Baxendale – James Bay AA
- Lily Baxendale – James Bay AA
- Malia Pemberton – Langley RFC
- Alyvia Binstead-Drainey – Abbotsford RFC
- Chloe Whittaker – James Bay AA
- Rebecca Zaparolli – Abbotsford RFC
- Jayah Niedoba – Westshore RFC
- Layla Walker – Nanaimo Hornets RFC
COACH: Julia Sugawara (TWU Spartans)
BC U18 GIRLS GOLD ROSTER
- Emma Narraway – Salish Sea Warriors
- Evelyn Wilke – Salish Sea Warriors
- Louis McKenzie – CV Rapids Rugby
- Briar Tait – James Bay AA
- Chantelle Lambert – CV Rapids Rugby
- Lily McCluskey – Cowichan RFC
- Claudia Vallance – Abbotsford RFC
- Amber Vallance – Abbotsford RFC
- Charlotte Agnew – CV Rapids Rugby
- Elly Martin – Westshore RFC
- Grace Martin – James Bay AA
- Taylor Funk – Westshore RFC
- Hailey Carroll – James Bay AA
COACHES: Darcy Patterson (Vancouver Thunderbirds), Shalaya Valenzuela (UBC)
All Team BC sides will wear playing kit designed and made by our Official Merchandise Partner, O’Neills Sportswear.
JOIN US AT 2026 VSI!
In partnership with Sport Hosting Vancouver, the 2026 VSI will take place at UBC’s Gerald McGavin Centre and will provide a complete Rugby Sevens experience for all participants, combining thrilling competition with the opportunity to watch world-class international Sevens at Vancouver’s BC Place.
Taking place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation in the week leading up to the HSBC SVNS Vancouver, the VSI aims to foster the growth of competitive Rugby Sevens throughout BC and serves as a key event on the 2026 BC Bears 7s Pathway.
The 2026 VSI is an integral part of the Sevens pathway for BC athletes, with the return the BC Summer Games in July 2026 and BC Bears 7s teams heading to the Global Youth Sevens in December.
In hosting VSI, BC Rugby gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Sport Hosting Vancouver and the Province of British Columbia.
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BC Rugby gratefully acknowledges that its offices reside on the traditional and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
