The Victoria International Youth 7s kicks off this weekend with a mostly, but not entirely, Canadian field converging on the capital of the province of British Columbia.

The U16 and U14 brackets are all Canadian, as is the U18 open, but in the U18 elite level Utah will face three British Columbia Elite Youth 7s (BCEY_ teams, along with Alberta and Ontario.

Michael Cressler of Utah Youth Rugby said he hopes to build on his team's success at the HSRC in Philadelphia in June and in Denver a couple of weeks ago. He has been working with the players to create a team dynamic and certainly they will be one of the stronger teams at the tournament. If 6-2, 215 Tanu Aupiu keeps exploiting space the way he has so far this year, they should be in good shape.

Tance Allsup is a points machine for Utah, as has Darian Power.

Utah Roster:
First Name Last Name Age
Colton Swapp 16
Matthew Larson 18
Tance Allsup 17
Bridger Gilgen 17
Darian Power 17
John Cameron 18
Ezias Bigelow 16
Elliot McDaniel 18
Himinai Tausinga 17
Aleni Kekoa Aiono 18
Matthew Miner 18
DAVID MONTOYA 17
Tosh Wilcox 18
Daniel Salazar 18
Peter Makalio 17
Tanugatoa Aupiu 18