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Welcome to the Balmy Beach RFC! We are one of Canada’s oldest, largest and most successful grassroots rugby clubs. The Balmy Beach RFC constists of 4 men’s teams, 1 women’s team, and youth teams for boys and girls from Under-8’s up to Under-18’s, and an alumni section.

Established in 1955, Balmy Beach Rugby Rugby Club has a long and storied history in the Toronto and Ontario rugby communities. We are a progressive club whose members have gone on to feature for Canada and teams around the world.

Serving Toronto’s Leslieville and Beaches neighbourhoods, Balmy Beach Rugby Club runs programs for players ages 6-50+. Our programs prioritize strong fundamentals, fun, and a love of the game at all stages of life.

Balmy Beach Alumni are a key component of our Club and remain engaged with our section long after their playing days end. For more information on their activities, head to the Alumni section of our site.

Since 1955, the Balmy Beach Rugby Senior Men’s section has won a remarkable 13 McCormick Cups and 4 Carling Cups, the highest honours for a Senior Men’s team in the province.

As a club, our objective is to develop and empower players of all ages to go on to long and successful rugby careers, whether they be playing, coaching, or officiating.

Balmy Beach Rugby welcomes new and experienced players of all ages, genders and abilities.

SENIOR RUGBY

Registration for the 2026 season is NOW OPEN

Registration for the 2026 Summer season is NOW OPEN!

The Balmy Beach RFC is the most successful rugby organization in Ontario.

During the 2026 Season, the Balmy Beach RFC will field 4 men’s teams and 1 women’s team. 3 of the men’s teams will compete in the Ontario Rugby Union and 1 will compete in the Toronto Rugby Union. Our women will compete in the Toronto Rugby Union.

The season runs from May until August or September. We practice and play home games at Tubs & Gee Gage Field, in the east end of Toronto. The Senior Women practice on Mondays and Wednesdays, and the Senior Men practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Games are on Saturdays.

JUNIOR RUGBY

Registration for the 2026 season is NOW OPEN

Registration for the 2026 Summer season is open for girls and boys U6 to U12.

An incredible rugby program that starts with flag rugby at U6 and runs to U18. There are girls and boys squads from U14 to U18. All players are welcome!

You can find more information about the various age groups and coaching staff in our Junior Rugby section.

Practices run twice weekly starting in May, with festivals and matches across the GTA throughout the summer.

Email Junior Director Chris Kalbfleisch at balmybeachjuniors@gmail.com for more information, or start registering using the button below.

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Myles Martin Weekly Alumni Report for August 17

The women kicked off the homestand this past weekend by taking on the Scottish in the Women’s TRU Premiership Championship game. The women entered the game riding a 10 game winning streak and absolutely destroying everyone in their path but have not faced the Scottish this season. The Scottish came out looking very sharp with a clear game plan to pin the Beach deep in their half and apply pressure through driving mauls and pick and goes off the base. This pressure opened up to a 21-7 lead including a penalty try for too many penalties around the goaline. A well timed water break helped the Beach women reset and the last 20 minutes of the half saw the women expose some shoddy Scottish defense leaving some gaping holes. The speed on this team was on full display for the home side support to see as we went into the half level 21-21. The second half was all about defense and taking advantage of Scottish miscues. The women gave up an unconverted try early in the second half but at the 65 min mark, we took the lead and never looked back. The final 36-26 raising the trophy. Well done ladies. Winning the TRU results in a promotion to the Ontario Women’s League (OWL) for next year. The top tier for women’s rugby in Ontario. Congratulations ladies, Up the Beach!!!

The Mens 2XV took to the field right while the party was just getting started for the women on the sideline but that energy was electric. We took on a very undersized and young Waterloo County team. The game was all about the Beach from the kickoff. It was clear that our size up front was a huge advantage that Waterloo had no answer for. Every set piece was dominated but us so our backline had clean ball all day long. On defense every scrum they had went backwards resulting in scrums won against the head or penalties for us. A great game all around and everybody on the bench got a run. Final score Beach 33 Waterloo 17. We take on the Harlequins on Saturday at 2pm at Tubs and Gee

The Beach 1XV were ranked in 7th spot and Waterloo was ranked in 6th. Another winnable game for us especially coming off the win in London last week. The game was a see-saw battle with both teams exchanging trys one after the other. We scored a late try at the end of the first half to keep the game tight but down with a score of 26-20. The second half was a lot like the first half but we did not give up. A charge down at the 65 min mark that led to a try, turned the momentum in our favour and after exchanging trys we were but by the slimmest of margins. […]