Prems
Veritable Track Meets
CW’s Reserves (“Divvies” as the boys like to say), opened a commendable lead at the half in Nanaimo, Saturday. (22 – 12). This pundit picked up the action at this stage. Must admit, it was good to be one of a dozen of ‘the Faithful’ amongst a sizeable and knowledgeable (with no boorish...
Resources Stretched Thin
With four senior teams on the road this weekend, player resources have been stretched to the max and fortitude will be required if victories are to be secured. Firstly, our Premier Women are off to Bellingham to play Seattle. The women had a quality win over the Sarries a couple of weeks...
Monday's Musings
VANCOUVER SEVENS: Canada gave it a good show on day#1 only to be beaten up rather handily by Scotland and Samoa on day #2 - an unfortunate ending for the hosts in an event that currently is amongst the premier locations on the circuit. It is not lack of desire but the difference between...
A UNIQUE WEEKEND
CELEBRATE CW APRIL, 7TH/8TH SATURDAY, 7TH. Home game Vs UBC @ Windsor Park. 1:00 & 2:30 kickoffs and attend our Annual Fun(d)raiser Dinner. SUNDAY, 8TH. Honour the life of Club/Canadian Rugby stalwart, Don Burgess. Uplands G.C. 2:00 p.m. CW takes...
Banner Day for Westshore – Diem Horribilis for CW!
The weather obliged for Westshore and CW on Saturday to make the occasion a great rugby day. Great it was for the Hosts, winning all four matches in fairly convincing fashion. The Westshore supporters group has grown and they were out in good force to support their men and women. The First...
Westshore Quadfecta – Local Derby
Westshore Rugby perhaps may not have sorted their name out fully as yet, following their successful migration from Gordon Head. We have read game reports that have described the club as Westshore RFC and Westshore Valhallians, a moniker they have not completely shaken. Oh, well, we at CW...
Monday's Musings
Let’s start with some good news. It’s hats off to the Canadian Women Maple Leafs Sevens, winning the Okinawa Sevens a legitimate event for Sevens Development although some countries ( including Canada), fielded a couple of their regular although younger, players. Caroline Crossley having...
Hosts Take a Squeaker
Pullin reeled in on this occasion. CW Women flexed their muscles yesterday, defeating Seattle 86 – 7. Not to blow their horn with this mammoth total, for they too have been on the receiving end of such a hiding but indeed, it did show what a difference a couple of players can sometimes...
An Opportunity for Redemption
This Saturday, the Reserves will play the curtain-raiser at Windsor at 1:00 p.m. Burnaby lead the competition ladder, scoring a mammoth 502 points. Last time round, there was a thirty point differential between the teams. The Home venue will make a difference but the Lakers are a...
Monday's Musings
Weather last weekend made for some pretty rugged matches. CW’s Premier Women took it on the chin at Carnarvon Park against a very good Burnaby side. One observer remarked the Burnaby women reminded him of their strong teams of some five seasons ago and they played a game that would...
Venue Change - Womens Prems Vs Burnaby
Windsor water-logged, BLRFC in transit! As we post, Shep to the rescue and lining Carnarvon. Same k.o., 12:45 p.m. 'onya, Shep!...
Lomas Loom Large
Two BIG games for our Premier teams tomorrow. Women are at home to a Burnaby team that knocked off Caps at their last outing and will be gunning for the "W" to open some competition table “room” between themselves and CW. Burnaby will be travelling with a full contingent and stock full...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
The Magician finds something amusing! This pundit was doing too much grieving to be doing any musing on Monday last! Last weekend was yet another tedious experience for any Canadian rugby fan. There were many aspects of the game against the U.S. that may have been deemed as improvements...
Organisational Blunder
Quoth The Sage; “Now you see wolves, now you….” It appears that the Seattle Seawolves failed to realise in sufficient time that their players would require a passport to enter Canada – a condition that B.C. Premier Clubs’ Team Managers need to recognise and deal with some months before...
Monday's Musings
Local Derby – A Double to CW It was a dismal afternoon that bore witness to Saturday’s contests at MacDonald Park. CW’s Reserves (Divvies) got the scoring underway early and the boys stretched it to 17 – 3 at the interval. This pundit picked up the action in the second stanza with CW...
Conditions Conducive to Mudders
TRY! Moose and Mack not in this week's picture! As of now, it's "game on" tomorrow at the Mac. 1:00 p.m. and 2:30 for the men's matches. CW Reserves (aka Divvies) will field a strong side as they seek to pick up where they left off last week at Windsor. The Tricolour has a single...
Monday's Musings
It was a full slate of matches for CW on Saturday. For starters, The Islanders (VIRU Men’s 3rd Div.), lost to U.Vic’s Saxons, something like a measure of five tries to two. Matches then transferred to the House of Windsor which stood up to the conditions remarkably well after three...
Loaded For Bear
It was back in mid-November when The Tricolours travelled to Klahanie and had a banner outing. The Reserves squeaked by with a 24 – 23 win over Caps and the Prems stepped out with a champagne, near flawless game, 52 – 14. Mucho agua under the bridge since then but Saturday sees CW fielding...
Saturday – A Big Day!
Meet “Big Mike”. Today, we introduce you to Mike Finnemore. Mike joined CW back in late October from U.K. He managed one game under the belt before befalling the fate of the BCRU Discipline Committee. Mike returned to action last week against The Raven and will be on hand against Caps...
Monday's Musings
The Sage Summarises Events at Jericho. It was tough weekend for CW, losing both Battles of Jericho and the women losing to Seattle. Today, the Sage brings a brief games review. Before getting to that, it seems as if the women lost their first match for almost two years against The Sarries in...
Facing a Cock-o'-the-Hoop Raven
CW kicks off the “second-half” tomorrow with a roadie to Jericho. The Prems will be minus Captain Fraser, finally getting some well-earned recognition from Rugby Canada with the call to Europe. 100% behind you, Dougie, go for it! The Ravens will be soaring high following a quality 26 – 23...
2017 IN REVIEW
It would be most inaccurate and unfair of CW to lay any more claim than that of choice to Julia Zussman and Ray Barkwill. Both players learned the game elsewhere however, having been chosen as the most recent club for them to hang their hats, we are totally proud of their honours earned...
Unsung Hero - On the Field
‘Yama’ - Shataro Yamano No rugby tomorrow so it is with pleasure that we bring you a recent interview with newcomer, ‘Yama’. He has joined the club this year from Japan and his contribution has been mammoth. CW: Yama, where do you live in Japan and when did you commence playing rugby? What...
Monday's Musings
Morgan Tate - good form, good game. Glad tidings, great joy! In the curtain-raiser, Lomas opened with an early penalty at five minutes however CW responded with enthusiasm and sustained pressure, only errors preventing a go—ahead try. Meralomas eventually worked play into the CW half and...
Match Preview
The curtain-raiser kicks off @ 12:45 and Ollie and his boys will be hard pressed against a quality opponent in the Meraloma. Lomas are 8 – 2 and sitting in third spot on the table vs CW’s 5 – 4, of which, a couple of the four losses should really have been reversed. The Tricolors will...