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Thunder & Grassroots Summer Camps
– Posted on May 30, 2024Posted in: Feature, Top Stories
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John Lyall’s Indigenous Roots Weave Into Seattle Seawolves New City Kit
“Orcas or killer whales are known as Maxinuxw to the Kwakwaka’wakw. ‘Maxinuxw’ roughly translates to ‘side by side,’ as the orcas travel, live, and hunt together side by side. As […]
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Von Richardson Wins 2024 Phil Mack Indigenous Player of the Year Award
– Posted on May 6, 2024Posted in: Feature, Top Stories
Von Richardson presented Phil Mack Indigenous Player of the Year Award 2024 by Bobby Ross
The Phil Mack Indigenous Player of the Year award was started in 2017 to recognize Indigenous rugby athletes who have excelled during the year. This year’s winner was Von Richardson of the Pacific Pride, the Rugby Canada national development academy. Von is of Apache ancestry and has represented Canada in rugby at the U18 level and BC at the U16 and U18 level. He described his pathway to rugby.
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Thunder Rugby New Zealand Tour
– Posted on May 2, 2023Posted in: Feature, Top Stories
Thunder Rugby New Zealand Tour
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The Thunder Indigenous Rugby program is getting ready to soar and has its sights set on NZ for an August 2023 tour. They will be taking 28 players, representing a U18 boys team and an U18 girls team. The teams will get to experience rugby where it is an integral part of the culture and our youth will get to learn more about the Maori culture. The trip is set for August 13th to August 28th and we encourage supporters to follow us on social media to get updates and support our fundraising initiatives, Facebook at /ThunderIndigenousRugby, Instagram at /thunder_rugby and Twitter at /ThunderRugbyCA
John Lyall, Kwakwaka’wakw, Director of Thunder Rugby
“Going to New Zealand with our Thunder rugby team is a dream come true. Confidence in who we are and where we come from is a key component of Thunder Rugby, and Aotearoa embodies cultural pride and rugby ethos. Our youth accepted the challenge of our 2022 California tour and came back the better for it, on and off the field, and made some lifelong friends doing so! We will continue to use the philosophy of Numwayut, or we are all one to guide us!” Read the rest of this entry »
