{"id":531894,"date":"2026-03-12T17:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/531894\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T17:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:48:08","slug":"lawal-joseph-earn-cw-rugby-7s-all-star-nods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/531894\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawal, Joseph earn CW Rugby 7s all-star nods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     CALGARY \u2013 A pair of University of Calgary Dinos have earned Canada West All-Star honours following the conclusion of the Rugby 7s season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/godinos.com\/sports\/womens-rugby7s\/roster\/bomi-lawal\/17082\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17082\" target=\"_blank\">Bomi Lawal<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/godinos.com\/sports\/womens-rugby7s\/roster\/makayla-joseph\/17080\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17080\" target=\"_blank\">Makayla Joseph<\/a> were both named Second Team All-Stars.<\/p>\n<p>Lawal led the Dinos in scoring with eight tries during the 7s season. The third-year wing was named to the Canada West Dream Team after scoring three tries at the opening tournament. She added two tries at the second tournament and closed the season with another three-try performance last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph recorded one try during the season, scoring in a win over the Lethbridge Pronghorns on Jan. 25. Her impact extended beyond the scoresheet, providing a strong presence off the ball and leadership for the Dinos.<\/p>\n<p>The UBC Thunderbirds, who captured their fourth straight Canada West Rugby 7s\u00a0title, led all teams with five all-star selections.<\/p>\n<p>2026 CW Rugby 7s First Team All-Stars<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHooker &#8211; Kiki Idowu &#8211; UBC Thunderbirds &#8211; 3rd year &#8211; Toronto, Ont.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nScrum Half &#8211; Piper Logan &#8211; UBC Thunderbirds &#8211; 3rd year &#8211; Calgary, Alta.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFirst Receiver &#8211; Maggie MacKinnon &#8211; Victoria Vikes &#8211; 3rd year &#8211; Sooke, B.C.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSecond Receiver &#8211; Ivy Poetker &#8211; Victoria Vikes &#8211; 2nd year &#8211; Calgary, Alta.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThird Receiver &#8211; Adia Pye &#8211; UBC Thunderbirds &#8211; 3rd year &#8211; Victoria, B.C.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nProp &#8211; Ava Van Santen &#8211; Trinity Western Spartans &#8211; 4th year &#8211; Aldergrove, B.C.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nLock &#8211; Rachel Smith &#8211; UBC Thunderbirds &#8211; 5th year &#8211; Surrey, B.C.<\/p>\n<p>2026 CW Rugby 7s Second Team All-Stars<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFirst Receiver &#8211; Lana Dueck &#8211; UBC Thunderbirds &#8211; 3rd year &#8211; Abbotsford, B.C.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHooker &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/godinos.com\/sports\/womens-rugby7s\/roster\/makayla-joseph\/17080\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17080\" target=\"_blank\">Makayla Joseph<\/a> &#8211; Calgary Dinos &#8211; 4th year &#8211; Cloverdale, B.C.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThird Receiver &#8211; Kelsa Kempf &#8211; Trinity Western Spartans &#8211; 2nd year &#8211; Langley, B.C.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nProp &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/godinos.com\/sports\/womens-rugby7s\/roster\/bomi-lawal\/17082\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17082\" target=\"_blank\">Bomi Lawal<\/a> &#8211; Calgary Dinos &#8211; 3rd year &#8211; Calgary, Alta.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nScrum Half &#8211; Olivia Newsome &#8211; Victoria Vikes &#8211; 3rd year &#8211; Calgary, Alta.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSecond Receiver &#8211; Millie Teskey &#8211; Lethbridge Pronghorns &#8211; 2nd year &#8211; Cochrane, Alta.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBack 3 &#8211; Kyla Warren &#8211; Victoria Vikes &#8211; 4th year &#8211; Hillsburgh, Ont.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; CALGARY \u2013 A pair of University of Calgary Dinos have earned Canada West All-Star&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-531894","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-calgary","10":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}