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Crisis averted? Caps look set to dodge Reyna playoff nightmare
If you’re just catching up: Yordy Reyna’s Peru and Stefan Marinovic’s New Zealand are playing in a two-leg playoff for a final World Cup spot next month. That’s exciting news for the Whitecaps’...
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Ex-All Black Buck Shelford coming to Vancouver for Rugby Canada fundraiser
One of the most famous All Blacks of all time is coming to Vancouver and Rugby Canada wants you to have lunch with him. Hours before the New Zealand Maori All Blacks kickoff at B.C. Place against...
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Maori rugby visit a reminder of deep connections between B.C. and New Zealand
Rugby has brought Ambrose Curtis to Vancouver twice in a year now. First, he was here with the New Zealand team for the Canada Sevens last March. Now, there’s Friday’s match at B.C. Place Stadium...
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Buck Shelford’s in Vancouver and he’s got plenty of rugby stories to tell
Buck Shelford says he’s happy just being a granddad. “I want to be around for them,” he says, proudly. “I’ve decided to give away rugby.” Coaching rugby, that’s a thing he’s done. It’s no longer a...
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NZ Maori vs. Canada: Expect hard-hitting, fast-paced rugby
Fast, hard-hitting, and a fresh look is what the particulars say they expect from Friday night’s rugby match at B.C. Place Stadium between the New Zealand Maori All Blacks and Canada. Beyond, that, who...
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Myer Bevan to bring Kiwi — and a hint of Canadian — flavour to the Whitecaps
In less than a week, the Whitecaps have added three new strikers to the mix. The latest is New Zealand-born Myer Bevan, who the Whitecaps confirmed Wednesday as their latest signing. Bevan, 20, joined...
View ArticleNew Zealand outdoor hockey game falls flat
Wellington, New Zealand is known as the world’s windiest city. With the wind howling up Cook Strait, winter there can chill to the bone. The wind starts on the coast of South America and whips across...
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Stewart Island and the elusive kiwi
Tell a New Zealander that you’ve been to Stewart Island and chances are they’ll be envious, telling you they can’t wait to visit their wee third-largest island. After intros — kia ora, how ya doing —...
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Canada rugby sevens team playing for Abbotsford toddler diagnosed with leukemia
The Canadian men’s rugby sevens team will wear orange laces at the New Zealand Sevens this weekend in support of Paisley MacRury, a four-year-old from Abbotsford, B.C., who is battling leukemia. “Your...
View ArticleCanada Sevens: All Blacks visit to Musqueam forges another Aboriginal...
As a teenager Larry Grant trekked from his home on the Musqueam reserve by the Fraser River down to Stanley Park in 1954 to watch the mighty All Blacks play a B.C. team at Brockton Oval. Read More
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