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Mark Anscombe has played and coached rugby just about everywhere, from Northern Hemisphere to Southern. But the Canadian national team coach said never in these conditions.

SEATTLE 3 VICTORIA 1 Class is now in session. The Victoria Royals’ recent string of success was mostly built on opposition provided by the lowly Vancouver Giants and teams from a suspect Eastern Conference of the Western Hockey League.

After a confidence-building 2-1 double-overtime win over Penticton on Saturday night, the Victoria Grizzlies will try to keep that momentum going tonight in Powell River.

At this point it’s not certain what will be tougher to get through, the snow on the way to the Abbotsford Curling Club for the 2017 belairdirect sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Men’s Curling Championship or wrestling that very title away from Jim Cotter.

It is the 2016 WHL Western Conference final that could have been. Many say should have been, if not for the Victoria Royals’ spiralling into their own version of a Falcons-like collapse.

The University of Victoria Vikes came apart at the most inopportune time on Saturday night, allowing the Fraser Valley Cascades to come alive in the fourth quarter.

VICTORIA 2 PENTICTON 1 With two of the top defensive teams in the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League meeting up at The Q Centre on Saturday night, no one was expecting an offensive fireworks display.

VICTORIA 4 CALGARY 1 On the designated Super weekend, the Victoria Royals were less than Super anything. But they still got the two points. The sign of a good team is that it wins even when playing poorly.

ARGENTINA 20 CANADA 6 No summer? No problem.

It’s a good thing the University of Victoria Vikes, like all successful teams, are used to working as hard in practices as they play in games.