Delta Rugby News

Saturday was our Fall Alumni Day. It was looking like a weather wash out but it ended up being a great day for rugby. It was so good to see so many Ex-Brits, Red Lions and Brit Lions alumni out to support our teams. We know all the players enjoyed having the crowd to back them up.

We would like to than our Players of the game sponsor Michelle (Mabel) Adams and Oakwyn Realty for their kind support on our Alumni Day.

The Rich Lions Senior Women started the day against SFU. It was an entertaining game that finished close with SFU holding on to win by 7, 22 to 29. This weekend the Rich-Lions have no game scheduled. Their next game will be on Nov. 15th at Brockton Oval against the Rowers, 11.15 am game time.

The Senior Men were next up against our local rivals the Surrey Beavers. We got the best of the weather but not the result we wanted. We had 9 - 18 years old players and 5 - 19 year old players in our squad on Saturday. Three of the young men were making their senior club debuts. Congratulations goes out to Dhayib, Alex, and Louis for scoring their first points for the club. Surrey play a direct style and executed their game plan well. We had our moments and kept pushing for the whole game. We are improving slowly but we can see that this team will grow more as the season continues. The final was a 17 to 55 loss. This weekend we have no game scheduled. Our next game will be on Nov. 15th against Richmond at John Oliver Park, 12.45pm game time.

Our Mini Lions pride travelled to Jericho Park in Vancouver for the Raven's Jamboree on Sunday.

Their numbers were down a bit but they still put on a good performance, the coaches can see how much the Mini's have improved from this time last season. The next jamboree will be at Brockton Oval on Nov.16th, 10am start.

On Sunday our Junior Boy's teams were split up for the first time. The U16 team travelled to Langley with a full squad this weekend. They proved to be too strong for their opponents and won a very one sided game 110 to 5. The U18 team were away to United at Centennial Oval in Coquitlam. United have an impressive Junior club set up as they had U14, U16 & U18 teams playing away at the Ravens but still had a full squad of players for this home game. Our U18s have had a good start to the season but they came up against a team who put them under pressure and stopped them getting into their normal fluid game. Our boy's defended well all through the game but United used their strengths to open up a first half lead. We made some changes and corrections in the 2nd half and punched in a couple of tries but United deserved the win, the final score was 12 to 22. Our first loss this season but a good learning experience for the team. The U16 & U18 boys are away from home again on Nov.9th with games at Capilano in North Vancouver, 12.15 pm for the U16s and 1.30pm for the U18s.