Woods Relishing First Season with Riders Ahead of B.C. Return

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A key West Division matchup awaits the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Sunday when the 6-and-3 Green and White visit the 4-and-5 B.C. Lions.

Woods relishing first season with Riders ahead of B.C. return

Saskatchewan Roughriders linebacker Josh Woods will make his first trip to B.C. Place as a visitor this week. (Image Credit: Britton Gray/CJME)

Woods lauds Mace … now it’s on to BC Place

One call said it all. A telephone conversation with Head Coach Corey Mace quickly sold Josh Woods on the benefits of joining the Saskatchewan Roughriders. It has been a mutually beneficial alliance. At the midpoint of the 2026 CFL regular season, Woods leads the league in interception return yards (126) and is tied for 11th in defensive tackles (42). “Off that first phone call with Mace, I knew this is somewhere I wanted to be,” Woods, a 28-year…