Sevens
Developmental Squads Go Undefeated in NACRA 7's
Canada's Women and Men went undefeated in Sevens action this past weekend in the North American and Carribean Championships. The Women walloped Mexico 51 - 0 in the Final and the guys, headed by a brace from CW's Mike Scholz, defeated U.S.A., 27 - 5. There are Utube clips floating around...
NACRA Sevens Squad Announced
CW ("ex") and Toronto Nomad, Lucas Hammond (Ed. - Aplogies to Lucas, as we hear he has transferred to UVic this season), has been announced as Captain of the Canadian team to play in the upcoming North American Caribbean Rugby Association Sevens, to be held in the Caymans on November 9,10. ...
Rugby On The Horizon
Canada's National Team players - men and women have an extremely heavy schedule on their plates over the next month with some players having to perform double duties at both sevens and fifteens play. The men start on November 3rd when they take on the NZ Maori All Blacks, featuring six...
Worthy Effort Falls Short
CW's, Ciaran Hearn in full stride Vs Spain Canada gave another Sevens memorable effort at the 'first-up', Gold Coast Tournament yesterday when they were nipped by France in overtime in the Bowl Final, 14 - 19. Points earned in this opener have the men placed tenth of the sixteen teams on...
Permutations Drop Canucks to Bowl
Canada suffered two dismal spells of luck during the past 24 hours, losing both its Sevens Captain and XV's Captain to injury. At the Gold Coast in Oz, Canada opened against the always tough, Fiji. Our boys respect but are no longer in awe of the opposition on the circuit and held the...
Canada At The Gold Coast
The Maple Leafs landed in Brisbane yesterday in temperatures hovering around 30 deg., to play in the opening round of the Sevens Circuit. The squad includes a number of CW "connections" and will be captained by UVic's, Nate Hirayama. Senior members are; Ciaran Hearn, John Moonlight (nb....
Off To Oz
Despite the unavailability of players such as; Mack, Trainor, Ardron, Duke, Hassler, O'Toole, De Goede, Kleeberger and Scholt, Geraint John has selected a solid squad for the trek to Oz. Nate Hirayama from the Vikes will skipper the side which will include vets, Moonlight, Dala, Hearn...
All The Latest
D DAY FOR DONORS....... tomorrow (Friday 13th...nothing suspicious about that!!) is the last day for CW's Blood Drive. Congratulations and thanks to NSMT guys, who give blood on and off the field - Adam Kleeberger, Connor Trainor, Ciaran Hearn, Pat Kay, John Moonlight, Mike Fuli and Connor...
Sevens Weekend Winds Up
Terrific weather after a dismal start to the day was the order on Saturday afternoon and it was the backdrop for the Annual Victoria Sevens Tourney at UVic. Big draws were those national team players available....a limited number, given injuries and seeing the boys are off on the "new...
Summer Sevens Series Winds Up
Learn From The Masters. King Of Sevens, Waisale Serevi will be present in Victoria on Friday, September 6th to offer a Specialist Training Camp for interested sevens playing youth, ages 7 - 12 and 13 yrs and older. Serevi's magic is known to many, leading Fiji to two RWC Championships in...
Go, You Good Things!!
Maple Leafs medal in Cali,...
Day #2 @ the World Games
The day opened with a solid win for Canada over Brazil by a scoreline of 26 to 7, with Hammond adding a singleton. The boys then went up against the Argies, always a tough go in South America - Rosario, Sao Paulo, Rio OR Cali! Los Pumas 19, Canada 7 (3 tries to one). So the boys were bound...
Youth International Sevens - Huge Success
Canada's NSMT has lit up the Sevens world with a very successful winter campaign and if the action on show at UVic yesterday is any indication, the torch has been successfully passed down to our youth. Pictured is the B.C. Mens U18 team, winners in the Final over Ontario and featuring CW's...
Day #1 International Sevens
A classic day of high quality youth sevens under the best skies Victoria could offer, augering well for some epic playoffs tomorrow. Highlight of the day was the BC Gold Vs. Utah match, where B.C. had to come from behind to nut out the visitors 26 -19, in a less than stellar match but it had...
Future Olympians On Show
Today and Saturday a number of potential Olympians will take to the pitch at UVic for the Annual International Youth Sevens Tournament, featuring teams from; Ontario, Southern California, Washington State, Utah and England! Action begins at Wallace Field @ 10:00 a.m. when Sth Cal takes...
CW Men Go 5 - 1 @ RWC
Are these boys happy or are they wot?!?? Canada's Men knew they were in tough being in a Pool with the Kiwis and unfortunately, the campaign did not start as well as the group had hoped, with Coach John, stating the opening stanza being about as poorly as the group had performed on the...
Canada Performs To The Max
This news is not straight off the pitch as we had hoped to bring it to readers but we have been off the airwaves today, so it may be stale but let's revel in the successes of Canada's Men's & Women's teams at the RWC in Moscow. What a way for the rugby fans of Canada to celebrate Canada Day. ...
SEVENS WORLD CUPS KICK OFF
Canada's Men's & Women's teams take to the pitch today in Moscow in RWC action. For the men, UVic's Nate Hirayama has been handed the captaincy for the campaign, always a chance as often Yak comes off the bench as an impact sub, 'onya, Nate - all the best to you and the boys from Ceedub. ...
Rugby Canada Womens Sevens
CW would like all of our followers to take time to give a vote to NSWT member and Canadian Women's Player of the Year, Jen Kish. Jen is one of five nominees for IRB's Women's Sevens P-O-Y. Nominate players are; Kelly Brazier, New Zealand (213) Jennifer Kish, Canada (412) Kayla McAlister,...
CW's Everywhere, Man!
There is a good CW presence in Canada's Sevens Team recently announced to do battle at the RWC 7's Competition in Moscow, starting on June 28th. Captain Nanyak Dala is joined by Ciaran Hearn, Mike Fuailefau and Lucas Hammond. Other members are James Bay's John Moonlight who has been a rock...
Important dates for Juniors
BC BOYS U14. The annual selection of a BC U14 team will occur after trials held in Surrey, Abbotsford and VICTORIA. Selected players will play against other Canadian Provinces and US teams in August. The Victoria Trial will take place at UVic's Wallace Field on Saturday, June 15th at...
Girls Sevens takes off in Victoria !
Girls rugby is getting focus in both the province and locally as the BC High School Boys and Girls Sevens competition is underway in Vancouver this weekend. Locally, girls rugby has received a big boost with its first ever Girls Sevens league boasting a total of 8 teams including the...
South Africa Takes Home Prize As Sun Sets On Edo
Despite winning the Shield at Tokyo, Canada Mens Sevens squad dropped two places on the overall table, with both Australia and England vaulting back into the top ten. Day#2 saw the boys lose to Kenya, 5 -17 and drop to the Shield Competition. After a 35 - 0 drubbing of Spain, they...