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Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Photo credit - Photosport A Long Way From Home. Last Saturday a crowd of some 34,000 gathered to watch the All-Black Vs Fiji game at San Diego’s Snapdragon Stadium (beers - $26NZ!!). The All Blacks proved superior by a score of 47 - 5. Just a brief mention, adding great kudos from NZ...
Monday's Musings
UPCOMING EVENT - FUNDRAISER FOR AGE GRADE TEAMS For all you hackers and hewers out there..... the club is holding a fundraiser on August 18th at Cordova Bay Ridge Course. Money raised will support travel costs for competition against mainland teams next season. A great Taco Buffet, post-game...
Monday's Musings
JOY IN MUDVILLE – NSMT’s MOMENTOUS WIN (Photo - Rugby Canada) It’s been a long time between drinks but total credit to the NSMT on their very solid victory over higher ranked, Romania on Friday evening. This group has been under tremendous pressure to breach a drought of losses, so there...
Paris Bound!
Today CW honors and congratulates Caroline Crossley who has been selected for the NSWT's VII's for the upcoming Paris Olympics. Caroline has been a member of CW rugby since her very young years. She has faced recent injury adversity, overcoming surgery and rehabilitation over an approximate...
Monday's Musings
Photo - Rugby Canada A fifty-point second half performance by a visiting second/third string Scottish team provokes today’s point of conjecture, that being, just how are Canada’s fixtures scheduled? Nothing is learned from a sixty-point shellacking. We can be as supportive all we...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
CW RUGBY ON, AND OFF THE FIELD Hats off to CW men who represented in a number of matches last weekend. The newborn, Vancouver Highlanders, opened their cause with a brace of wins. Their "A" team, featuring Jacob Bossi as a starter and Oliie Nott as an impact player, defeated Canada...
Monday's Musings
Minis Hit The Tour Trail Akin to summer tours planned by Scotland to the Americas, starting off Vs Canada; Wales, next weekend Vs South Africa, before going to Australia; and England next weekend Vs Japan, before going on to NZ; CW U12 Minis recently travelled to Vancouver to play Mulgrave School...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
This writer did receive some comments regarding a seeming lack of fairness of opinion in Monday’s Musings. With credit to Island Sports News the above photo shows much of what I observed in the game. With the line wide open and about the fifth recycle, a Canadian player was “held up”. It...
Monday's Musings
CW/UVIC SPEEDSTER, Spencer Cotie. Photo - Rugby Canada Men Mired in Mediocrity – Some Observations Following the NSMT’s Sevens abject results we now see our Men’s U20 program falling far behind the U.S. In chasing a 15-point deficit to get to the WC Tier II competition, things did...
Monday's Musings
BRICKBATS to RUGBY CANADA! Canada Men's U20 team took on their USA counterparts on Saturday at Shawnigan Lake School and came away on the losing end, 33 - 18. This writer's beef is the fact that Rugby Canada posted absolutely nothing about the match until late Friday. In fact, details of...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
(Credit Victoria News) VALE - JOE (IOSEFA) FUAILEFAU CW sends its deepest condolences today to Cindy, Matt, and Mike on the recent passing of the family patriarch, Joe. Joe was a quietly passionate Samoan man, who was also beloved amongst Victoria’s core of Pacific Islanders. He...
Monday's Musings
New Link With Oz Established CW's, Jace Peters has found himself on the pitch with the NSW Country, Cowra Eagles. The Tricolours have a great link with Casey Dunning's home club, Nelson Bay Gropers in NSW and we now extend our link to the Central West of NSW. Strangely enough, Cowra plays...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
CW on Tour to UK, circa 2015 DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR Next year CW Juniors will be undertaking their third overseas tour in fifteen years. The initial tour was in 2008 when the U17 BC Champs and U14's went on separate tours to the UK. This team included Beau Parker, Mike Fuailefau and...
Monday's Musings
MAGNIFIQUE!! CW Rugby is so proud of the achievement of our NSWT, defeating the NZ Black Ferns on the weekend. The victory places the women as #2 ranked team in the world and also wins the Pacific Four Competition. Trailing, 3 -14 after thirty minutes, the ladies slowly ground their way...
Monday's Musings
A GRAND CELEBRATION Friday last saw an amazing celebration of rugby in Victoria. It was the Golden Anniversary of Elementary School rugby. A small beginning back in 1972 has seen the event grow to 34 teams playing 52 games on nine fields last Friday. During this fifty years...
Monday's Musings
WESTSHORE CAPITALIZE Last Saturday, Westshore Valkyries defeated CW in Premier League, semi-final action. CW women opened the scoring when Rookie-of-the-Year, Bronwyn Zodichi drove hard for the line after a good build-up. Westshore was quick to respond to a CW error and later scored a...
ITEMS OF INTEREST
In the Women's Premier League, one of the semi-finals will see #3 Castaway Wanderers take on #2 Westshore RFC at Juan De Fuca recreation center this Saturday, April 27th at 12:45pm. CW won against Seattle last weekend and will be looking to carry that momentum against Westshore. Westshore and...
Monday's Musings
Jacob Bossi, running rampant! (Photo credit - John Richardson) Monday’s Musings are not exactly amusing for the writer however, in grasping for objectivity, it was a fair result to an intense and intriguing battle and if one has to end one’s campaign, it was honest effort and desire. A...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Chips Down!UBC and CW men will replay this Saturday in a game which is for all the marbles. The outcome will see a “go on, or golf! Last week, UBC, led by Takoda McMullin, blasted out of the blocks and certainly appeared to...
Men Face a One-Man Wrecking Crew!
How could it be any different when you kick your restarts directly, 5/7 times, giving time to spare for a player to be just that? However, the writer will get to that. I commence today’s match reports with, it being the Sabbath, “hallelujah” to the club’s Premier Women, defeating Caps, 20 –...
SATURDAY'S ARMIES ANNOUNCED
JOHNNY SHEPHERD AWARD WINNERS - Frankie & Mike ROAD WARRIORS CW Premier Women have not announced their starters but the squad incudes some solid ammunition! The likes of Zodichi (Rookie of the Year), Chanelle Challenger, Hill-Huse, Belchos, Samek, King, Fry, Beck, Beauchemin, Reed and...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
PREMS PUSH FOR PLAYOFF POSITIONS Both teams are on the road this Saturday, the women facing Capilanos who have a five-point lead in the league over the visitors; however, CW has a game in hand. Caps are an old nemesis for Ceedub. CW has a superior defensive record going into this...
UNUSUAL FUNDRAISER
Today we appeal for support for CW Girls & Boys Tour Fund. The players have already commenced their efforts with a spring plant sale. This Thursday an evening of Music Bingo will be hosted by the Fernwood Inn. 6:00 p.m. for a 7:00 beginning. This event promises to be...
Monday's Musings
Final League Home Game It was a pity for Burnaby Lake RFC that they had to play rugby against Castaway Wanderers RFC when they visited Oak Bay on Saturday. On what was a frigid afternoon the sparse gallery was treated to a very good match from the premier men. The start was scary! From an...