Coaching Staff

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[av_toggle title=’Corinne Jacobsen – Premier Women Head Coach’ tags=”]
Corinne made her Canadian women’s national rugby union team debut, in Dijon, France in 2009 and represented Canada at the 2010 Women’s Rugby World Cup. Corinne became an assistant coach for the premier women of Burnaby Lake once she retired from playing and has since moved into the role of Head Coach.
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[av_toggle title=’Dave Murphy – Premier Reserve Coach’ tags=” av_uid=’av-1zy115lqz’]
Murph has been a part of the Burnaby Lake coaching staff for going on seven years now. Most of this has been as the coach of the Premiere Men’s Reserve Squad. During that time he has led the team to three provincial championships. He has also served BC as an assistant on 3 championship winning men’s U19 teams. Murph is looking forward to another productive year with his coaching colleagues.
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[av_toggle title=’Shelby Sloan – Junior Director, Women’s U16 Head Coach’ tags=” av_uid=’av-4cmtzbz4′]
Shelby Sloan is an active coach and Junior Director of Youth Rugby at the Burnaby Lake Rugby
Club. Originally from Kamloops, British Columbia, Shelby took a break from rugby after high
school while pursuing the arts, only to be led back to the game in 2012. Shelby played for the
UBC Thunderbirds under Burnaby Alumnus, Maria Gallo and joined the Blue and White Nation in
2013 where she played for both the Women’s Development and Premier side. Shelby returned
from Auckland, New Zealand in 2017 where she represented the Premier Women’s team at the
College Rifles Rugby Football Club.

Shelby is passionate about grassroots rugby and youth
engagement. She is continually working to introduce youth athletes, and specifically female
athletes into the sport by coaching the junior girl’s program at Burnaby Lake, as well as the girl’s
rugby programs at Burnaby North Secondary School and Burnaby Mountain Secondary School.
Recently, Shelby has started to connect with schools in the Burnaby School district to introduce
Rugby into weekly gym classes and let student and teachers experience this inclusive and
dynamic sport. In addition to this, Shelby also coaches in the Mini Rugby Program during the
spring season and loves creating new and fun games for our Little Lakers to enjoy.
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[av_toggle title=’Bryan Dunse – Men’s U19 Head Coach’ tags=”]
Bryan is excited to be coaching at BLRC. He has been coaching most recently at Burnaby Central High School.
Bryan believes in providing young athletes with a productive, team-based environment to foster their rugby skills.
A skill-focused approach is at the core of Bryan’s coaching philosophy.
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[av_toggle title=’Moreno Stefanon – Men’s U19 Coach’ tags=”]
Moreno is the U19 Men’s Coach at Burnaby Lake Rugby Club, and local teacher at Byrne Creek Community School in the Burnaby School District. He has returned to the club after a 4 year hiatus that saw him teaching on the North Shore at West Vancouver Secondary School. Moreno is a huge advocate for youth sport and is heavily involved with the sport at the high school level as the Vice President of the BC Secondary Schools Rugby Union, BCSSRU. In addition to his involvement in schools, Moreno is also an active member of the BC Rugby Youth Participation Committee which is tasked with improving the current conditions of youth rugby in the province and developing a plan to achieve realistic growth in the sport at the youth level.

As well, Moreno has been heavily involved with representative youth rugby for the past 8 years. At the regional level this has included work with Vancouver North, Vancouver East, and the Fraser River Delta region for BC Summer Games At the provincial level Moreno’s contributions have ben focused towards the BC U14 boys program in recent years, but has also assisted at the U16 level back in 2015.
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[av_toggle title=’Rain de Guzman – 3rd Div Men’s Head Coach’ tags=” av_uid=’av-2z8bfwww’]
Rain de Guzman started playing rugby at Moscrop Secondary and went on to play age grade at BLRC where he represented in FVRU and BC. Rain attended UBC where he played varsity/premier rugby. Upon graduating he returned to the BLRC where he was the first choice scrum half for the premier side as well as the BLRC Lighthouse 7s. Rain represented the Philippine’s National 7s team on occasion. Rain’s goal is to create success by emphasizing fun, fundamentals and fitness.
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[av_toggle title=’Aaron O Flaherty – Skills Coach’ tags=” av_uid=’av-5e4w674′]
Aaron is a new edition to the BLRC coaching team & family & we are delighted to have him on board. He moved to BC from Galway, Ireland in 2016 after working as backroom staff for Connacht Rugby for 4 seasons and having previously played & coached with Galwegians RFC.

Aaron has held the positions of BC U16 Forwards Coach (2016) BC U17 Forwards Coach (2017) BC U18 Head Coach (2018) and is a High Performance Development Coach with BC Rugby. He has a passion for player development and skill acquisition within the game & will be a great asset & resource to all of our players.

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[av_toggle title=’Neil McLaughlin – Head Video Analyst’ tags=” av_uid=’av-33gssig0′]
Neil is a former junior buffalo rugby player who went overseas to NZ to coach for 8 years, during that time Neil coached along side former all blacks Jason Hewett and Bryan Williams. Neil returned back home to Canada in 2010 and during the same year became a member of Burnaby Lake Rugby Club coaching staff currently serving as 2nd division assistant coach and Head Analyst for the 2nd division, Premier Men & Women and Premier Reserves.

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[av_toggle title=’Bryce Worden – Mini Rugby Coach’ tags=” av_uid=’av-4pshhxeo’]
Bryce Worden is currently a player with our senior men’s premier team, mini rugby coach and an active member of our junior/mini rugby executive. Bryce started playing rugby in elementary school in New Brunswick and came to Burnaby Lake RFC in 2014. He has utilized the game of rugby to travel all across Canada and several countries overseas. Bryce was selected to the U20 Canadian team in 2015 and traveled to Portugal for the Junior World Trophy. He has just recently returned from New Zealand where he experienced a competitive and diverse rugby culture at the College Rifles Rugby Football Club. Rugby has opened many doors and been a hugely positive experience in his life and Bryce is eager to grow the game at all levels.
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[av_toggle title=’Geneviève Gratton – Women’s Premier Manager’ tags=” av_uid=’av-1kxdyw68′]
Geneviève joined the BLRC in 2011 and quickly became an active member of the rugby club. Part of the Executive Board from 2014 to 2018, she recently hung her rugby boots and moved on to become the Senior Women’s Team Manager.
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[av_toggle title=’Eoin Gaughran – 2nd Div Manager’ tags=” av_uid=’av-3j824jts’]
Eoin joined BLRC in 2016 after a break from anything truly physical. He was inspired when his son joined the mini program. The club is extremely welcoming and caters for all levels of rugby. Eoin has played with the 2nd/3rd div teams for the past 2 seasons and also helps by managing the 2nd div team for the 2018/19 season.
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