Gameday report

The weather continues to provide perfect conditions to play and watch rugby, long may that last. This weekend we had 2 games at home and 1 on the road. The RichLions started the day with a impressive away win against Ridge Meadows, the bonus point was achieved in a 42-7 victory. Next up were the Senior Men with a home game against United. We lost the game at Coquitlam 2 weeks ago due to the 14 penalties that cost us 17 points so we had intentions to make up for that in the return match. We almost scored straight from the kick off but the delay wasn't too long before we got on the board with Quin's first try of the day, which he quickly followed up with another try. Then Larry got in on the act with a score before we allowed United to cross the line. We finished the half with a world class try. United kicked a penalty for touch, somehow we were able to play the ball back infield from 10 feet outside the field before it touched the ground, into a waiting pair of hands, the play went across the field and after a couple of attempts Connor dived over the ruck to score. Half time was 22-5 for BL. We were running hard and moving the ball quickly, this was breaking down the United team and they had to make a number of changes. Dante punched in another try from halfway, Louai used his dancing feet to make 3 United defenders miss and touch down under the posts. United got 1 more try before Quin stepped up to run in 2 quick tries from our half to wrap up the scoring on the day. Louai converted 3 tries and hit the post 2 times on his other efforts. Brody making his debut at #10 got the other convert. Final score was 48-10. It made a big difference having a bomb squad on the sidelines this week, having Malcolm, Gretzky, Shane, Shaggy, Sam, and Joe CP come on in the 2nd half put the stop to any chance of a United comeback. 

On Sunday the U16 boys had a game against the Capilano's. We are still struggling with player numbers for the U16 team but it is improving. Thankfully the visiting team were gracious enough to give us some players and the game went ahead. And what a game it was, the BL team went up by 2 tries then Caps levelled up. The Caps went up and then we levelled up. It went that way for the whole game, with some great defense by both teams, but the home team just came up short even with a try on the last play of the game, still to be confirmed, but the final score was 38-35 for the visitors. The last game of the weekend had our U18 boys away at Abbotsford. Games have not been going our way so far this season, so after some hard practices this week the team were intent on getting back on track. The tries were coming thick and fast in this one. Half time was 15-0 for BL, and the second half was a mirror image with our boys scoring another 15 points, but we let Abby back in the game a bit and they scored 12 points. The final was 30-12, so a good win away from home and some less stressed coaches after this weekend.

The club really needs to find gameday, team, and player sponsors for this season as our field and clubhouse costs have tripled from last year. 

We cannot cover these additional costs by increasing our player fees. 

We also have a few younger, local players who cannot afford the cost to register to play for the club, so if you can help support a player that would be much appreciated.

If you can help the club in any way please contact Andrew Walker at 604-970-2787 or at britlionspresident@gmail.com