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Monday's Musings

Monday's Musings

Posted in B.C. Rugby / Canada Rugby / CW Rugby / Juniors / News / NSMT / RWC / Victoria BC

U14 Boys:  CW welcomed JBAA to the VIRU Junior league yesterday in their first (ever?) age grade U14 match.  This is the Bays first attempt at this age level as far back as can be remembered and no doubt, in traditional James Bay fashion, will grow into a force to be reckoned with.  It is great...


Saturday's Scores

Saturday's Scores

Posted in B.C. Rugby / CW Rugby / Fifteens / Game Reports / Prems / Victoria BC

The table was set nicely by the Tricolour Women when they defeated Cowichan 38 – 17 in the VIRU semi-final but it was UVic that enjoyed the banquet after their Norsemen thumped The Ones 57 – 0 and the Vikes won the Premier game 36 – 22. The Cowichan/CW battle was arguably, closer than the...


Triple Header at Windsor

Triple Header at Windsor

Posted in CW Rugby / News / Prems / Rugby Club / Victoria BC

CW Women kick off the Island semi-final at 11:30 a.m.tomorrow at Windsor against Cowichan, a side they have beaten earlier in the season but the word is that the Cowichan side has bolstered its lineup and a close contest can be expected.  The faithful have only been exposed to one home game...


Wednesday's Ruck & Maul

Wednesday's Ruck & Maul

CW Boy’s Youth teams were in action this past weekend.  The U16’s defeated an old nemesis from Vancouver, Bayside and the U18’s had a good 40 - 22 win, over Abbotsford.  A good start to your season, lads.   Irish International, Shannon Houston (with Anna Wray and Meagan Gibbs), recently...


Monday's Musings

Monday's Musings

Posted in Canada Rugby / News / RWC

Gutted! RUGBY WORLD CUP REFLECTIONS Much of the sheen was rubbed off The Show this past weekend when Scotland was denied a heroic victory of epic proportions over the Wallabies.  The issue of officiating, once again reared its ugly head but more of that later. Japan was the real highlight...


Half Centuries the Order of the Day!

Half Centuries the Order of the Day!

Posted in CW Rugby / Men's Reserve Div / Prems

Action at the main game at Windsor opened in spades for the Visitors.  Three hit ups and a blind side thrust from McKnight for the opening score after a mere three minutes shocked CW!  Good for Velox as they had backed themselves on a penalty and won the subsequent lineout.  About ten minutes...


Bits & Pieces

Bits & Pieces

Posted in Community / CW Rugby / Juniors / NSMT / Sevens

Community Volunteers Recognition and a tip of The Ruggernut’s cap to CW U16 boys who lent some elbow grease to last weekend’s Victoria Marathon.  The lads received kudos from the organizing committee and the club adds its “two bits”.  ‘onyas, guys, that’s the Ceedub style!  NSMT News –...


Pyker Hangs 'Em Up

Pyker Hangs 'Em Up

Posted in CW Rugby / News / NSMT

SYDNEY Swans premiership ruckman Mike Pyke has announced his retirement, ending one of the most extraordinary stories in the game.  On Friday, the always-understated big man tweeted a photo of his boots hanging up inside his locker at the SCG, signaling his career was over. The former...


CW Hosts Westshore, Port; Ladies Visit Comox

CW Hosts Westshore, Port; Ladies Visit Comox

Posted in CW Rugby / Line-ups / News / Prems

The CW men return to action tomorrow when they host Port Alberni Black Sheep (1st. Division) and Westshore in the Premier contest.  Both opposition represent a stern test, with the Port on top of the First Div table and Westshore on the improve with each outing.  CW women are on the road to face...


You Be The Judge

You Be The Judge

Has rugby become “over-officiated”?  In days of yore it could be said that if a player “made as few errors as the ref”, he was doing okay.  Then came the AR, miked to the ref; then the TMO and now, the Citing Commissioners, to reduce officiating errors to virtually nil, so much so, that even the...


You Be The Judge

You Be The Judge

Posted in Canada Rugby / CW Rugby / Juniors / News / NSMT / NSWT / Refereeing / RWC

Has rugby become “over-officiated”?  In days of yore it could be said that if a player “made as few errors as the ref”, he was doing okay.  Then came the AR, miked to the ref; then the TMO and now, the Citing Commissioners, to reduce officiating errors to virtually nil, so much so, that even the...


Caroline Crossley  - Youth Commonwealth Games; now Off to Oz

Caroline Crossley - Youth Commonwealth Games; now Off to Oz

Caroline has been part of the CW family since U10 mini rugby. Joining CW as a mini after she excelled in mini school jamborees, and since then has had had a rapid rise in the game. She played for many BC representative teams (U16 Nationals, and BC U18 Vegas 7s). It was at the National...


RWC and 'The Minnows'

RWC and 'The Minnows'

Posted in Canada Rugby / News / NSMT / RWC

Well, after looking at point differentials in the RWC, one notes that over 13 games there was an average of 40.6 in differential spread.  Announcers were regularly heard to applaud the IRB with the "narrowing of the gap" but really?  Rumour of quality salaries for coaches in Tier 2 countries...


Wednesday's Ruck & Maul

Wednesday's Ruck & Maul

Posted in CW Rugby / Juniors

    Game #2 for our U18's was slated Vs Leicester Grammar.  The match followed a very motivating meeting for Q & A with Team Canada members, a group which obviously impressed our lads as they came out and reversed the lows of the game they had seen the men play against Romania, to...


CW Girls on the Rise !

CW Girls on the Rise !

Posted in CW Rugby / Girls Rugby / Girls U14 / Girls U16-U18 / Rugby Club

The CW girls program is entering its 5th year and it is an appropriate time to pause and celebrate this accomplishment. It is more notable to celebrate some of it's original members that are now beginning to make their presence felt at he representative levels. The athletes listed below were...


A Painful Canadian Implosion

A Painful Canadian Implosion

Posted in Canada Rugby / NSMT / RWC

No doubt, all readers of this blog would have watched the Canada/Romania match and have their own opinion regarding the outcome, maybe even being able to propose reasons for it. The writer will leave it at that as the clichés and comments will be many. It is only fair to mention noted efforts....


Vikes Best Ceedub

Vikes Best Ceedub

Posted in CW Rugby / Fifteens / Game Reports / Girls Rugby / Juniors / Minis / Prems

(This week’s game blog is brought to readers, courtesy of Sage on the sideline.) For this scribe the day had a measure of the unknown to it.  Not much was known about the opposition and the Tricolors have only had a couple of hit outs so there was concern about “Ground Hog Day’’ where we might...


Canada Vs Romania

Canada Vs Romania

Posted in Canada Rugby / CW Rugby / NSMT / RWC

Well, the campaign comes to a close tomorrow for Canada and despite some excellent play against Italy, with a rather unlucky result and long stretches of what might arguably be deemed, best ever Canadian rugby, against France, the campaign will be judged solely on the outcome of this match. We...


Ceedub Vs Vikes

Ceedub Vs Vikes

Posted in CW Rugby

Top of the table is up for grabs tomorrow at U.Vic’s Wallace Field.  The Div One sides battle at 1:00 with the Norseman leading the comp and CW boys showing some good early season form, the curtain-raiser promises to perhaps be a little closer than in previous years when the students have put...


Dream Team Week Two

Dream Team Week Two

Posted in Canada Rugby / NSMT / RWC

Congratulations to DTH (aka 'TAG') Van de Merwe announced today on the Week #2 RWC Dream Team. DTH's tally, initiated by a sparkling, lengthy run and a combo with Hearn, thence getting the pass returned Vs Italy was debatably, the try of the tourney to date....


Les Rouges Allez-ed Pretty Good

Les Rouges Allez-ed Pretty Good

Posted in Canada Rugby / CW Rugby / News / NSMT / RWC

Although it probably was a foregone conclusion, the French victory was a mere touch of icing for this pundit after two weeks of meandering in Belgium and Normandy where I experienced the genuine honesty and respect of the French people for Canadians who fought in the two wars.  The French...


  CW U18s off to UK and RWC !

CW U18s off to UK and RWC !

CW U18s off on UK Tour and RWC After over a year of fund-raising, planning, and training, our U18 boys are setting off on their tour of the UK and to take in the RWC atmosphere and games.   For many rugby players, touring is what the game is all about and these lads will come back with tons...


Game Reports - CW men vs JBAA

Game Reports - CW men vs JBAA

Division 1 CW 50 (8t, 5c) JBAA 17 (3t, 1c) Score at the half CW 15 JBAA 17 As you can see from the score line CW put together a very solid second half while holding JBAA off the score sheet. To some extent the game reflected typical early season play from both sides…..those bumps in the...


Big day at the office indeed !   Canada vs France - DSC open at 11:30am

Big day at the office indeed ! Canada vs France - DSC open at 11:30am

DSC is open at 11:30am   CW player, Andrew Tiedemann, said it all in his Tweet: "Big day in the office tomorrow vs France. Looking forward to it!" Come down to cheer the lads on !...


Game Report - CW women vs Cowichan

Game Report - CW women vs Cowichan

Posted in CW Rugby / Girls Rugby / NSWT / Prems / Victoria BC

    Senior Womens - vs Cowichan - 48 - 5It was another solid performance by our new Women's team and we are starting to see some great synergies in the team. Cowichan is a strong team with solid runners in the forwards and back line that offered both direct and strong attacking lines and...