B.C. Rugby
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
The Hill at Bayside RFC AFTERMATH This header photo evokes ancient memories of Sydney Cricket Ground and what fun was had there! Today we have an oleo of excellent game day photos with credit to BCRU photographer, Rick MacDonald ( ZRoll Photos ). Others can be viewed HERE....
Monday's Musings
Grady opens CW account. UNBLEMISHED ENDING UBC Men completed an undefeated season on Saturday when they bested CW, 49 – 34. CW’s four tries were a good effort, however UBC maintained their season’s scoring average of 48 points per game with their seven try performance. CW had a...
And Your Starting Lineups Are....
NB. - Times for KO's - 2:30 Men, 4:15 Women...
BCRU PREMIERSHIP FINALS
CW’s Senior Women’s team will play in their second BC Provincial final in their short six-year history, on Saturday. In their inaugural season CW Premier women were successful in winning the championship in an exciting game vs cross-town rival, Westshore. Flash forward to 2022 and much has...
Cometh the Hour
……………….Cometh the Man During the past decade, since the club’s last BC Championship in 2011, CW has had a great trot with #10’s. There has been ‘Maestro’ Monro, ‘Ice Man’ Povey, Graf, Buckley, Hall F. and Hall J., and Crossland. In 2014, Graf slotted a field goal to salvage retention rather...
And Then There Were Two!
Saturday last saw the Premier Men leave a damp, miserable Victoria for a grey, chilly, and eventual brilliant, sunny, in more ways than won, Jericho Park. The affair did not commence favourably for the Visitors with Ravens having twelve points on the board within ten minutes from tries by...
A Week Ago Today!
An event that took place at Klahanie Park last Sunday with our CW U13 team is why parents have our children play the game of rugby. Vancouver Rowing Club hosted the first annual U13 Graduation Tournament. Due to a last minute change of venue we found ourselves bright and early, fresh off...
GAME DAY
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GAME DAY
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Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
PUT YOURSELF IN THIS PICTURE..... ..... YOUR CATCH WILL COVER YOUR COST SUPER, ON-LINE AUCTION TWO NIGHT DATE NIGHTS. CHESTERMAN BEACH, TOFINO. In less than 48 hours CW's Online Auction Fundraiser will be open...
Monday's Musings
87 POINTS AS PREMS PROGRESS Our first game report for Monday comes from Vancouver. On Saturday, King Kyle and his Merry Men set out on a Monumental Mission to take on #1 seed, Bayside RFC. Despite a late season slump, the boys had scraped in at #8. Might I suggest they...
Go BIG or Go Home - Playoffs Begin
(Photo - John Richardson) Tomorrow, three CW teams will take to the field in playoff action. The Men’s Div.1 have mustered the best configuration possible to go on the road to face a tough Bayside squad. The Divvies will be in the hands...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Recognizing Their Roots Post, Postscript To Sevens ** The pictured threesome all started their club rugby with CW, Prevost and Kratz as Minis, and Ngongo at Age Grade. ** Recently had this fascinating hypothetical. Just who would scoop the purse and win the crown of "7's Fastest Man"? ...
Monday's Musings
SEEN AT THE SEVENS CWRFC's VP, Erin and daughter, Emily. The weekend saw another Vancouver 7’s Event. For an event that Rugby Canada relies heavily upon as a revenue source, the attendance must have been very disappointing. Whatever the reason, crowds would have been 50 %, as...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
HOT POTATO - THE HIGH TACKLE Today’s opinion piece is related to the high tackle. The Laws of the game define a tackle as: “the method of holding a ball carrier and bringing that player to the ground”. The business of getting to the ground is the real issue. There has been much...
Monday's Musings
PREMIER PLAYOFF PUZZLE SOLVED Last outing, the Ravens experienced the agony of defeat on the last play of the game, losing, 32 – 33 to UBC. On Saturday, they inflicted the same emotion on CW, when on the last play of the game, they accepted a ‘gift’ intercept pass for a 30m scamper under...
RUGBY DAY
ONE CLUB...
A Lot on the Line
The House of Windsor will witness three hard matches tomorrow. First up, we welcome after a long lapse, Kats RFC. Who can remember the last time, no doubt, Vs the Wanderers, yonks ago. CW’s Islanders, with a win, could assure home field advantage for the Playoffs in Div.3. K.O....
SATURDAY TRIPLE HEADER AT THE HOUSE
CW is expecting an overflow crowd at their triple header this Saturday. The action commences at 11:30 a.m. when the Third Div., Islanders play Vancouver Kats with the outcome affecting their playoff position. Curtain-raiser, number 2 is also a playoff determiner between League-leading,...
Monday's Musings
Olly and Louise, Johnny Shepherd Award Awards and Other Things On Saturday last, CW Rugby celebrated the season to date by recognizing those players who either by their coaches or their peers, were adjudged recipients of various Club Perpetual Awards. The “season” such as it has...
Trifecta of Losses
For the second week in a row, Saturday was not kind to CW! Our Women dropped a Divvies’ decision, 10 – 56 to UBC and the Prems were paddled, 21 – 67. Based on these results, 12th of February seems like a long while ago. This was the date of a 53 – 17 CW victory over the same Thunderbird...
On The Road Again
No Home games this weekend. Premier and Divvies Women do battle at UBC, with the Premier result being crucial as the regular season winds down. UBC trail The Tricolour by a mere point. As evidenced last week at Caps, the outcome likely depends on the strength of the travelling team. On...
Bubbles Burst With A Bang!
It was a day when the realities of rugby reared their head! Italy d. Wales, Caps won a pair at Klahanie and the Divvies got a clinic at Windsor Castle. We will briefly cover the last of these debacles and a note or two about the remainder. Our Premier Women escaped with not much pride intact...
Precursor to Saturday
CWRFC will be pushed to its very limits this weekend. Premier Men & Women travel to Vancouver Capilanos, Men & Women Div.1’s will be at Home against Bayside and Men’s Div.3 are on the road to Abbotsford – a full bill! With three of these five teams atop their Leagues, this Saturday could be...
PREMIER TEAMS ATOP THE TABLES
Saturday last saw CW Women’s Prems keep pace with their male counterparts, cross-town action, when they defeated Capilanos 56 – 10. CW Women’s rugby embraced their Alumni Day on Saturday, kicking off against UBC in Div.1 action. The UBC program is a strong one with Div. 1 players...