Canada Rugby
Gathering Of The Establishment
This week sees a FIRST for Canadian Rugby as the International Rugby Board (IRB) aka Gods of Rugby, gather in Vancouver for a week of meetings; a general meeting of the Board and its sub-committees. As pictured, it is a propitious time to announce the ground-breaking for additional facilities...
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....
Los Pumas Vover A Windsor Park
CW Minis & U14's will take advantage of watching an International team train when Argentina takes to Windsor Park this coming Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. and next Sunday at 10:30 a.m. On Wednesday, the U14's will train after Los Pumas at 4:30 and Coach Shane has asked as many as possible to take in...
Rugby Canada Announces ARC Squad
Coach Crowley has announced his 25 man roster for the upcoming ARC's to be held again at Westhills Arena in Langford, starting October 11th when Canada takes on Argentina at 6:00 p.m. It is a very interesting mix of players, predominantly coming from the recent CRC Competition, an...
That Other Code
This time last year, our site was all agog with the news that CW and NSMT's player, Mike Pyke was playing in the Australian Rules Football Grand Final. Not only was Mike playing, he featured predominantly and was feted widely in The Land Downunder when his Sydney Swans won the title. One...
Ro 'Bud' Hindson Added To Hall Of Fame
CW is very happy to announce that Ro Hindson, of the former unamalgamated Castaway RFC was inducted to the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame last week. Hindson who played his rugby with UVic, UBC, UBCOB and a lengthy stint with Castaways, still has a strong affinity with CW RFC. His blond flowing...
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...
CW's Kleeberger and Fuailefau Join Bears For Final Fling
Looks like Fuli and Zac could be on opposite sides of the ball on Saturday! Adam Kleeberger and Mike Fuailefau have been selected for the Bears as they take to the road for a hoped for, measure of respectability, this weekend. The Bears ( 1 & 3) play the Prairie Wolf Pack (2 & 2) in...
Americas Rugby Championship
Rugby Canada will host the IRB Americas Rugby Championship 2013 in October at a time when the sport is enjoying unprecedented interest and growth in North America. Hot off the back of Canada’s qualification for Rugby World Cup 2015, the four-team six-match IRB-funded international...
Recapping The Weekend
Scotty ('The Bus') Franklin, on the rampage at Gordon Head. Relishing his return to #8, Scott had a solid game, being named MoM. (Game photos posted - credits, Ron Willems.) The two matches at Gordon Head produced somewhat stereotyped results, with CW opening up big leads and the home...
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...
Recent Reflections Of The "Average Joe" Club Fan
The Prez and Joe Fuli ham it up! The paradoxes of Canadian Rugby from global to local are many. The fan has to admit joy with the successes of the Men's and Women's XV's and VII's results over the past 6 - 8 months however the questions of where and how far we go are enigmatic. This...
It's No Fluke!
............that Canada's Senior Mens Team program is showing a vast imrovement with performance and results. The video shows some of the approach that has been responsible for recent gains. It is also a very motivating collage for any young players who are thinking of focussing on rugby with...
Grizz Open Their Account - 40 - 18.
CW thanks Mark Bryant of BCRN for posting this to UTube. Plaudits to all players on the pitch tonight for a positive effort to play both constructive and entertaining rugby. This comment is not to negate the intensity of the defensive effort witnessed on Friday but tonight's Bears...
CRC's Resume Tomorrow
Clubmates from last season, Burger and Barkwill did battle on Friday. The Canadian Regional Championships come back to Westhills Stadium tomorrow when the B.C. Bears play The (Atlantic) Rock at 4:30 p.m. A casual fan wonders just how Rugby Canada (or whomever), could sanction a...
..........And Now For Something Rather Special
This promo video for Women's Rugby comes compliments of Rugby Canada. It is insightful to see just why the Women's program has been so successful over the past months. You go,...
Ontario Blues Stay Undefeated
Video of Lucas Hammond's tally after he sought work from his "off wing" when McKenzie had worked the blind side twice in the opening moments in last night's 11 - 7 Ontario win over hosts, BC Bears. This was a game that failed to meet any pre-match hype. Ontario's dominance at the...
...And Now For the Rest Of The Story!
The Ontario Blues have announced their starters for tonite's contest at Langford. It is a side with heaps of talent and a strong Tricolored flavour. In the front row, recent adoptees and Team Canada victors over the U.S., Barkwill and Woolridge will be joined by Dolezel and they will line...
CW's Fall Cause
Castaway Wanderer's Community Events Coordinator, Lucy Barwin is very pleased to announce the Club's volunteer initiative for the Fall. Each year CW supports a unique cause. This season, it is blood donorship. There have been members of the rugby community requiring blood transfusions and...
Vancouver Island - A Big Game
B.C. Bears' Sean Ferguson on the fly. B.C. Bears go into action against Ontario Blues this coming Friday evening at Westshore Stadium, 7:30 k.o. It is unknown at this time if any NSMT players will be on show, so this site will bring selection details as soon as we know. The Bears...
Mission Accomplished
Apart from those countries which qualified from NZ in 2011, Canada has become the FIRST country to qualify for the next RWC to be held in England in 2015. The "return" match against The Eagles was certainly not pretty but as the header tells, the boys got the job done, winning 13 - 11...
Home Cooking Should Do The Trick
Coach Crowley has gone with the same starting selection for Saturday's "return" match against The Eagles at Toronto's BMO Field, with the exception of injured players, Hamilton and Cudmore. Ray Barkwill gets his chance to start and won't dissapoint but will need to harness his "chirpiness" to...
Midweek Musings
Burkie Joins Board R.C. Rugby Canada is all A-Twitter with the announcement yesterday of B.B.'s addition to the Board. Brian Burke was "appointed" (Vs. volunteered/elected/nominated). The patter is that Burke will bring a positive profile, although the opinions are polarised in the...
In Pursuit Of Bill
Joy at home with tweets of support from Simon Pacey in the east to Kenny Goodland in the west, former NSMT players supporting and congratulating the current crop on yesterday's win! It was a tough start to the day for this writer as his beloved Wallabies received yet another "clinic" from the...
Canada Announces Strong XV
Coach Crowley has announced a very strong starting XV to play the U.S. in South Carolina this Saturday. Andrew Tiedeman gets the nod to replace Hubie at loose head and Ryan Hamilton starts ahead of Barkwill. The locks, Jab Sinclair and Cudmore bring a welcome edge, a mongrel that maybe has...