Rugby Canada is pleased to announce that the second annual National University Rugby Sevens Championship will be taking place at Bear Mountain Stadium, a part of the brand new Canadian Rugby Centre of Excellence, from March 2nd-3rd, 2012. This tournament will see the top Men’s and Women’s University rugby programs in the country go head to head in this two-day event.
Last year’s champions, the University of Victoria, look to defend their title against 11 other teams from across the country. The event has also added a Women’s tournament this year, with the University of British Columbia, the University of Guelph, UBC Okanagan, and two teams from the University of Victoria all looking to take home the event’s first women’s championship.
The games kick off on Friday with Women’s qualifying play starting at 10:00 am PST. The first Men’s game is scheduled for 10:44 am PST and will see the defending champs, UVIC, take on UBC. For the full two day schedule in its entirety, click here.
Tickets for all games will be available at the stadium as well as from our ticket hotline (905) 780 8998 x245 and through email at events@rugbycanada.ca. Single day tickets priced at $10.00 and tournament passes priced at $15.00.
Also available this year, the National University Rugby Sevens Championship will be streaming live from Sports Canada TV at http://www.sportscanada.tv/rugbycanada. Watch all of the games from both days as well as join fans in the conversation with the up to the second twitter feed.
Come out and watch the best rugby action that the Canadian University level has to offer!
MEN’S POOLS
POOL A POOL B POOL C
UVIC Western UBC
UBC OK Calgary McMaster
MT. Royal Regina Alberta
RMC Humber Saskatchewan
WOMEN’S POOLS
POOL W
UVIC 1
UBC
UVIC 2
Guelph
UBC OK
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