It was fifty years ago today, on Oct 31st, 1971, that seven members of the Ottawa rugby community decided to branch off from their current club and start something of their own. This was the beginning of the Bytown Blues. The man who was named interim chairman that night, and eventually na...

We are excited to share that the Bytown Blues RFC have been selected by @CTJumpstart to receive a grant from their Sport Relief Fund. The fund helps community sport organizations like ours continue to provide access to sport and play for Canadian kids. This grant will go a long way towards h...

The news out of Rugby Ontario at the end of last week gave us all something to look forward to as we’ve got the green light to get back on the field for our non-contact programs. We’re going to be starting up during the week of June 21st. If you need a reminder, here’s what we’ve got in ...

As we mentioned in last week's update, things are progressing with receiving approval for getting back on the field this spring. Here's an update with more specific information to the process and where we are with Rugby Ontario, the city of Ottawa and Ottawa Public Health. COVID-19 Sanctioning: We a...

We've got some important information to share about the current on-field plans for the 2021 year. COVID-19 Sanctioning Rugby Ontario officially started the sanctioning process last week with a president's briefing last week and Club COVID-19 Administrators training session this week. For 2021, we ...

The Annual General Meeting details: January 23, 2021, 11:15am – 1:00 pm.Online at This link Additional considerations: Due to the complications of COVIPD-19 at 11:00 am we will have a short SGM to pass a motion to allow 2019 registered members to also partake and vote in the 2020 AGM (r...

2020 Volunteers We would like to take a moment to thank all our 2020 Season Volunteers, these Junior volunteers helped make the summer rugby possible for players between the ages of 8-18: Jordan BeukeboomKatie BondRupert Bonham-CarterGillian CampbellMatt CarterRichard DavisJoel GibsonMichaela...

Winter 2021 Training Update Bad news: Patrick Henderson at Ottawa University (Lees dome facility) has informed us that the dome and its facilities restrictions will be extended past Jan 2021. As with all covid restrictions, its open ended (no official expected end date).He did say that he believ...

Blues Selected for Representative Academies The recent EORU/Arrows Academy combine was a great success, with large numbers of Blues at all ages putting their best foot forward at Twin Elm. Representatives from the Toronto Arrows and Womens 7s program were there to see the best from the area perf...

Update from RC and RO Rugby Canada has lifted the sanction for rugby at the national level, leaving each provincial union to set up their return to play guidelines. We have received a preliminary update from Rugby Ontario indicating the process forward; which is still being finalized, hopefu...