Canada Rugby
Day #1 in Brazil
Canada put aside lesser ranked, Ireland and Fiji early but hit a road block against #1 ranked, Australia. Two early errors got the Aussies on the board but Captain Kish responded and Russell added one at the half for a 14-10 lead. Both players carted Australian defenders over the line with...
CANADA NSMT VS BRAZIL - SATURDAY
Interim Senior Men’s Head Coach Francois Ratier has made five changes for Saturday’s Americas Rugby Championship clash with Brazil at Westhills Stadium. CW's, Ray Barkwill has been given the captaincy, deservedly so in our book. Loose head prop, CW’s Djustice Sears-Duru will get his first start...
Game Report - A Glum Day at Windsor
Glum in the skies, on the pitch and on the scoreboard. On Saturday, James Bay schooled their hosts in two games laying down over half a century of points to a bagel by the hosts, far too courteous a visit! The Ones played with an improved effort but on the day had trouble both winning and...
Saturday's Preview
Women’s Premier. CW Women travel to Burnaby Mt. to take on SFU. Although the teams are “miles apart” on the table – CW one point out of first place and Simon Fraser winless in the cellar, this is not one for the ladies to take lightly. CW has not shown any resilience in travel, losing both...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
CW’s Mike Fuli and Luke McClosky, all smiles after a stellar Sunday in Sydney! Fun Facts! On the same day there was much ado about eight on the pitch in the N.Z./Australia Final. As the screen shot shows, eight on the pitch as the Kiwis managed to tie it up in “dead time” and go on to win 27...
Saturday's Doings - Where to Start?
Get your pipe and coffee for this diatribe! The weekend started with a ‘downer’. Sydney Sevens on day #1 and Canada drew a bagel. This outcome was particularly disappointing after an early brace of pretty good performances vs N.Z. and Australia, when the boys tanked in their day-end loss...
February 6th - A Fiesta of Footie.
Where to start? Downunder, due to time differential! Proximately 24 hours’ time, the Sydney Sevens will kick off. Sevens’ games can be viewed HERE. CW’s Yak (Nanyak Dala) and Fuli (Mike Fuailefau) have been added to the NSMT’s side for the Sydney event. This venue will play to a full...
Monday's Musings
Giving Back. A huge thanks to Doug Woolridge, Ray Barkwill and Hubert Buydens for donating jerseys earned after games in the 2015 RWC. Wooly's jersey was from Eddy Ben Arous from France, Bark's was from Ireland's Rory Best and Hubie's from Italy's, Lorenzo Cittadini. They have been mounted...
One Man's Opinion
Day #2 at Wellington. Canada (13th rank) vs Russia (14th). When the dust settled on this one, the difference between these teams was huge, with Canada winning, 35 – 12. Harry Jones was clearly M-o-M and bagged a hat-trick to boot. Others to show were; Cejvanovic, Hammond and Hirayama. ...
Sage Returns - Game Report
(This week’s game report sees a return of The Sage on the side.) Friday night at Westhills Stadium Turf Field….CW lads quickly found out that ‘’class was in session” vs U20 Canada…the exam day to test lessons learned will be coming next Saturday, same location Vs Capilano in the CDI Opener...
Talent Test - CW Vs NSMT U20
Thanks to DragonsEyeAnalysis for this utube video. (Video from U20 Camp @ SLS - Day #1) Game on. CW Vs Canada NSMT U20’s Friday Nite Lights, Westhills Stadium 7:00 p.m. k.o. Tomorrow’s game will be a good hit out for both groups. The U20’s under the whip of Jeff Williams and Ken...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Official Club Photographer It takes numerous volunteers to keep a rugby club on the go. Ron Willems, our club photographer, was raised to the role of “official” when a local ref demanded his presence “outside the ropes”. We thought we would give Ron “official” status with his...
Seven's Selections
Friday last, Rugby Canada finally announced the NSMT’s 7’s selections for the upcoming Wellington and Sydney stops of the parade, virtually as the boys stepped on the plane. Good news for readers of this site was the inclusion of Luke McCloskey. Luke is a product of CW minis, age grade,...
Monday's Musings
"Rule changes will rob the game of its heroic qualities!" Website Video Feature. One of a number of new improvements on our new site is the video feature. This can be found by going under the “More” link on the menu bar or personal device “slug”. When you click on that, a drop down will...
Saturday is a Rugby Day
The “second half” opens this weekend when CW Women travel to Cowichan on Saturday. The last time these two teams met, a real contrast of styles, based on team strengths was on display. CW used their speed advantage to record the W. Since that match, Cowichan has chalked up a win...
Monday's Musings
M.M’s kicks off with a “hats off” to Doug Woolridge. This erstwhile member of the FRF has inked an interim agreement with Clermont Auvergne in the Top XIV League and the Euro Champions Cup. Dougie was one of Canada’s forwards who had a sterling RWC performance in this writer’s eyes,...
Coaching Conundrum from Club to Country
Since our last blog, NSMT’s coach, Kieran Crowley has handed in his ticket. Following a recent review, Crowley’s contract was extended for another two years with the NSMT. There has been much reported by rugby scribes across the country as well as rugby fans, in relation to the review and...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
The year in review to date has been quite successful for CW, with some outstanding Junior Boys results. Our U14’s won the B.C. title; U16’s placed third and U18’s also won the crown. Our U18 girls played in a 2nd successive BC final vs a strong Abby team only losing 22-5. Our newly...
2016 Kicks Off
And a Happy New Year to all ruggers and rugby fans, especially to the CW Family. CW is pleased to hear of deserved Season Honors for our own, Spencer Robinson who has been announced by Rugby Canada as the NSMT Maple Leafs Sevens coach for their upcoming tour of Argentina and Chile. ...
Monday's Musings
COMMUNITY SERVICE: Hats off to a group of CW volunteers that assisted with the Victoria Christmas Truck Parade and its tour through the Oak Bay village. That’s the CW way folk and a Merry Christmas to you. CW’s Dylan ‘Diesel’ Jones is once again having some major health issues and...
All's Not According to Hoyle
The NSMT finished day #2 at Dubai with a pair of wins to pull out the Shield title and earn three points, finishing in 13th place. The wins came over Portugal, 31 – 14 and a re-match victory over Japan, 19 – 17. Coach Middleton has stated that he did not think the boys played to their...
BARNARD CUP PREVIEW
A familiar scene from past games - surrounded by Vikes! CW heads to UVic for the second time this season and the third encounter with the undefeated Vikes, on Saturday. The Cup takes place at Wallace Field at 1:00 p.m. The Tricolours have announced their probable best available selection for...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
MAPLE LEAF WOMEN’S XV The women lost a tight game to England yesterday, 29 – 37. Canada led 17 – 15 at the half and pulled away to a 29 – 20 gap with not a lot of ticks on the clock. One could not tell from the Twitter feed what might have happened but the team allowed seventeen points in...
CW's FIRST FEMALE CAP
Head coach John Tait has named his squad for the opening round of the 2015-16 HSBC Women’s Sevens Series to be held in Dubai Dec. 3-4. Jen Kish will captain the team while Megan Lukan and Caroline Crossley will both make their Sevens Series debuts for Canada. “The team has been...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul on Thursday!
Late with the blog...late with the reports! Very much after the fact, we bring you a report that CW U14 boys took a rather clinical "workshop" from a visiting Welsh team, Cyfarthfa High School, last Friday. From reports it seems rather challenging to fathom the age group parity but regardless,...