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Tough test Saturday for Capilano Rugby premier women

Caps face top-ranked Westshore in playoff opener
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Players from the Westshore and Capilano Rugby premier teams square off Saturday at Klahanie Park. photo Paul McGrath, North Shore News

The Capilano Rugby Club’s premier women will need to bounce back quickly from a 57-14 loss to Westshore Saturday as they are scheduled to face the same squad in their playoff opener on the road this weekend.

The Caps finished the regular season in fourth place in the women’s premier division with a 6-7 record. They’ll be in tough this Saturday as they travel to Vancouver Island to take on top-ranked Westshore, who finished the regular season with a perfect 13-0 record while outscoring their opponents by 425 points.

Capilano’s Div. 2 women’s team is the only local squad hosting a playoff game this weekend as they’ll welcome Ridge Meadows for an 11:30 a.m. kickoff at Klahanie Park Saturday.

On the men’s side Capilano’s premier and Div. 1 squads both failed to make the playoffs this season. Premier men’s head coach Keith Reeves, who has guided the elite team since 2015, resigned from his post at the end of the season.

The club’s Div. 3 men’s squads will carry the banner this weekend as the U23 Capilano Academy team will also be on the Island to take on Westshore Saturday in the Div. 3A playoffs, while the Capilano 4 team will play in Comox in the Div. 3B playoffs.