The British Columbia Elite 7s Gold team and the Eagle Impact Rugby Academy both finished Day One at the Victoria International Youth 7s with 3-0 records.
The BC team, coached by former Canada 7s great Shane Thompson, opened up with a shutout of the Loggers out of Washington, a team put together as part of the EIRA program in that state. Then BC Gold shut out the Utah Cannibals, before finally giving up some points in a 38-14 victory over the Upright Rugby Rogues.
EIRA, meanwhile, had a tougher road. They took on BC White (19-7 win), the Uta Lions (an impressive 40-7 victory), and then BC Blue (a tough 26-17 win). Those other three teams all went 1-2, putting, by our calculations, BC Blue in 2nd thanks to points difference.
For sure EIRA plays Upright Rugby in the semis at noon on Saturday, while BC Gold plays in their semi at 11:30am. The winners go on to a final at 5:20pm.
BC White plus Washington and the two Utah teams are in the Plate Semis Saturday.
U18 Elite Scores
Upright Rugby 22 – Utah Cannibals 10
BC Gold 20 – Washington Loggers 0
BC Blue 14 – Utah Lions 17
Eagles Impact 19 – BC White 7
Upright Rugby 26 – Washington Loggers 12
BC Gold 32 – Utah Cannibals 0
BC Blue 34 – BC White 15
Eagles Impact 40 -Utah Lions 7
Utah Cannibals 12 – Washington 14
BC Gold 38 – Upright Rugby 14
Utah Lions 12 – BC White 26
Eagle Impact 26 – BC Blue 17
| Elite Pool A |
W |
L |
T |
Pf |
Pa |
Pd |
Pts |
| BC Gold |
3 |
0 |
0 |
90 |
14 |
76 |
9 |
| Upright |
2 |
1 |
0 |
62 |
60 |
2 |
7 |
| Washington EIRA |
1 |
2 |
0 |
26 |
58 |
-32 |
5 |
| Utah Cannibals |
0 |
3 |
0 |
22 |
68 |
-46 |
3 |
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| Elite Pool B |
W |
L |
T |
Pf |
Pa |
Pd |
Pts |
| EIRA |
3 |
0 |
0 |
85 |
31 |
54 |
9 |
| BC Blue |
1 |
2 |
0 |
65 |
58 |
7 |
5 |
| BC White |
1 |
2 |
0 |
48 |
65 |
-17 |
5 |
| Utah Lions |
1 |
2 |
0 |
36 |
80 |
-44 |
5 |
