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Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
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 !
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
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
(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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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...
Triple Header Homecoming - CW men vs JBAA, CW women vs Cowichan
Fireworks expected on the pitch Saturday at Windsor Park with CW Premiership home opener vs chief rival James Bay, women’s home debut Oak Bay – With the 2015 Rugby World Cup bringing added buzz to rugby here at home, Windsor Park will be electric this weekend as one...
UVIC Women's Season kicks off this Weekend
CW has strong links to the UVIC Rugby program over the past few decades. UVIC coaches throughout the seventies and into the nineties all have ties to CW (Ian Mclean, David Docherty and Bruce Howe) and current VIKES men's coach, Doug Tate, have coached his sons in the CW youth programs....
Successful Weekend at Westshore, Sets the Scene for Home Opener This Saturday, Sept. 26th
It was a wonderful day of rugby at the new Westshore Rugby Club, this past Saturday, Sept. 19th. CW congratulates Westshore on the move, which represents a very positive step for rugby in the South Island. The pitch and fieldhouse are superb. With the growth of the western communities, the...
Canadian Men get ready for the 2015 KO
The World Cup Squad 2015 for Canada’s first match this Saturday vs Ireland has been announced. Every player on the 31 man group will be tingling with excitement…..for the 23 listed for game day CW sends a well done from CW RFC, we of course will all be watching you live either in person or...
CW @ Westshore for Triple Header - Senior Womens, Senior Mens 1sts and Premiership
NEW COMPETITION STRUCTURE MEANS EVERY GAME MATTERS FOR THE SENIOR MEN, STARTING THIS SATURDAY AT WESTSHORE For the Senior Men, A total of 4 teams from Vancouver Island will compete in a nine game (12 week) qualification round, beginning September 19th. Following this round, the top three...
CW vs Nanaimo - Senior Women's game report
CW Senior Women's Inaugural match It was a historic weekend for the CW club as a senior women's took to the field for the first time in over 20 years. The last time CW fielded a womens team was back in 1993/1994 and the new look team would make those past players proud. To mark the...
CW vs Nanaimo - 1st Division mens - game report
A grand day was had Saturday September 12/15 as both CW Women’s and Men’s Div 1 team traveled together by bus to Nanaimo for two games. The Women did well with a win on their first outing supported by a squad of 16 under the guidance of team Coaches. See their game day summary on this...
CW 1sts and Women's teams to Nanaimo this weekend
The season is upon us with Castaway Wanderers vs Nanaimo Saturday September 12th.The 2015/2016 CW Women’s team will play their first game with Kicko Off 11:30 followed by CW Div 1 Men’sn team with a 1pm kick off. It is great to see a Women’s team again in CW colours. Their training sessions...
Monday's Musings
We start this week's article on the positive note especially on the verge of the start of the RWC (which will see high viewership from youth) and the kickoff for many club youth programs around the province. As professional sport is always front and centre in our news in North America, we...
Tiedemann Performance Lauded "Outstanding"
Pictured here is Andrew Tiedemann scoring another try against his old club, UVic. Tieds scored his first try for the Nats yesterday, after 33 caps. His try was the lone Canadian tally in a 16 – 15 “upset” victory over higher ranked, Georgia. Canada, ranked #18 got the better of Georgia,...
Monday's Musings
TRAINING COMMENCES SEPTEMBER, 1ST. REMINDERS – Women practise 5:45 p.m., Men practise 6:15 p.m. at Windsor. SEASON OPENERS – Women @ Nanaimo, Saturday, Sept., 12th; Men Div 1 @ Nanaimo, Saturday, Sept., 12th. RUGBY 101 An introduction to the game of...
Thus Endeth the Drought
Glasgow’s, Fraser Lyle, circa 2012/13 Well, it will be a happy group of bandits wending their way across the Atlantic today, nursing bumps and bruises but travelling first class, compliments RWC! Although this writer did not get a download, with the original plan by RC going awry when the...
Cudmore Duly Honored
This pundit likes the looks of the squad selected to do battle against Glasgow Warriors tomorrow. It is the first time the coach has had an opportunity to look at some possible combinations for upcoming RWC matches. Highlights are DTH playing against his "old" club; Cudmore deservedly as...