Fifteens
SATURDAY - FINALLY, A Rugby Day!
12:45, UVIC Wallace Field. CW Vs Norsemen. It has been two years since these two teams met, with The Tricolours edging out the W on that day. CW will field a couple of Premier players, subbing in and out however the core will be Division 1 and the exhibition contact hit-out will be great for...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
CW DoR, Ken Goodland demonstrates safety technique in the event of an inintended 'tip-tackle'! Despite the vicissitudes of the Delta Covid variance, rugby continues to be permitted. The Ruggernut recently caught up with CW Director of Rugby, Ken Goodland and Premier Women’s Coach, Catie...
SATURDAYS WERE MADE FOR RUGBY
COACHING CREW COMPLETE Director of Rugby, Ken Goodland is pleased to announce the addition of Ciaran Hearn to the Men's Coaching Team for the coming season. Hearn will serve as Assistant Program Coach for backs and skills. The men will field three teams in competition this year and...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Lockie Kratz gives a youthful, "don't argue"! CANADA NSMT TO UK in JULY NSMT Coach, Kingsley Jones, recently announced his 32 with two spots to be filled, for the two matches in the UK, July 3 Vs Wales at Cardiff and July, 10 Vs England at Twickers. It is a fairly “young” side which...
NEW MEN'S HEAD COACH FOR TRICOLOURS
CW Board has selected a new Head Coach to replace Scott Manning. Most readers will know by now that Scott has moved “back” to UVic to head up the University program. Today the club would like to congratulate Ken Goodland who has been appointed to take on the coaching position. Ken has been...
A DECADE OF DROUGHT
Rt. to lt. Starters - Goodland, O’Toole, Weingart (C.), Walsh, Williams, MacSween, Daume, Gilmour, Gay, Franklin, Buckley P., Thompson C., Scholz, Buckley M., Hearn Bench – Racine L., Monro, Morris, Ilnicki R., Mallory, Hodge, Cordle, Crawford, Pope. It has been ten years to the day since...
Kratz Inks Contract
Further to last Wednesday’s post about CW players in the MLR, comes the news that Lockie Kratz has signed with Nola Gold. Lachlan’s body of work includes many honours packed into his rugby achievements to date in his young rugby career. CW has a unique tie of sorts with Nola. Our “own”,...
Monday's Musings
Coach Manning reflects on the “first half” of the season. Castaway Wanderers Coach Scott Manning, Saturday November 28, 2020 at Windsor Park looking over a group of 30 CW Men having a final training session with touch. (And now some reflections from The Sage on the Sidelines). “Since...
Weekend Rugby
(Photo credit - Sky Sports) “El Pibe de Oro” - The Golden Kid! Will this be the inspiration for Los Pumas to overcome an eighteen point spread in this weekend’s Four Nations match Vs NZ All Blacks? Methinks, not. Argentina,with ten changes will need more than passion and The Hand of God...
Monday's Musings
Last year’s “discovered” hooker, Dave Mallard, has returned home to The Rock and appeared in the first “Covid Rugby” game in Canada last weekend. Dave Mallard and his brother Stephen are seen above, ‘post-match’, Swilers vs Dogs this past weekend. The match was intense with a loss for the...
Grist for the Rugby Diet
(Credit NZ Herald and Fox Sports News) Gardner's Blunder We wet the whistle for tonight’s second rugby clash between NZ and Australia with the following “teaser” from the Sydney Morning Herald’s, Opinion piece writer, Malcolm Knox. “What allowed that final passage to happen? The...
SUCCESSFUL OLD BOYS
It being a Saturday, it's time for a rugby story ! SUCCESSFUL OLD BOYS A feature of www.cwrugby.com has been a series of blogs we have run on the club’s Unsung Heroes. We would like to expand this idea by seeking to learn about some of the club’s successful old boys and the relationship...
Monday's Musings
Crusader Elation – Photo Credit – Hannah Peters (Getty Images), Rugby Pass News. Well, the big game in NZ was by far the best of the four on display in the Antipodes, this past weekend. The rugby played in the two countries was of a stark comparison – ponderous, poor skills in wet...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
What did it look like? We include this screen to show evidence of the Zoom Room on Saturday last. Fun to see all those looking in and to try to keep pace with the text Chat to-ing and fro-ing. Today we recognise the rest of the winning crew. PREMIER AWARD WINNERS WOMEN: Forward of the...
Monday's Musings
VIRTUAL AWARDS NIGHT Some 75 players, coaches and club aficionados took part in what is the new reality, last Saturday evening. In current times, Zoom has become a vital component of business survival and so it was with CW Rugby. The Chaplain was able to acquire license for the evening and...
A Matter of Conjecture
Well, had all been according to Hoyle, perhaps today we would be rejoicing in men’s first round playoff victories over Capilanos and Meralomas! Yesterday would have been the first of the playoff matches and admittedly, for that to have occurred in Premier play, end of league victories...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
TEN YEARS OF TALENTED TENS For a rugby club in B.C.’s Premier League to be a solid contender there needs to be a number of key components. Although CW has only claimed the prize on one occasion in this decade, with the exception of the 2015/16 season, the club has often been a contender as far...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Last Monday we commented that it was not possible to laud the efforts of any one man over another at last weekend's Sevens however we congratulate whoever the selectors were for the above team! Nailed it with Nate and Harry's inclusion! As for Isaac earning Impact Player of the Tournament,...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Today we recognise four very special athletes who have graced the House of Windsor with their special skills and personalities in days past. We join RC in honouring these four of the recently announced seventeen inductees to the Canadian Rugby Hall of Fame. Mandy Marchuk, Britt Waters and...
Dame Fortune Smiles on Reserves
Cometh the Hour, Cometh 'The Queen'! Scoring commenced early in this one with CW crossing on their first foray into Westshore territory. The hosts responded with some hard running and testing of tacklers and easily tied the affair. About mid-half, Kanty scored after a deft little dummy and...
A GOOD TEAM BEAT A TEAM OF GOOD 'UNS
Horton on the rampage. Top billing this week belongs to Men’s Prems. Both men’s teams came away with W’s; as it should be in the case of a Local Derby, two close score lines in hard-fought matches. The day was brilliant and the crowd was the season’s biggest. Match PHOTOS - credit...
Myriad of Matches
Tomorrow sees CW fielding five senior teams. The Men’s Islanders are slated for an early 10:00 a.m. kickoff at McDonald Park. At 11:00 a.m. the Women’s Reserves take on the visiting Comox Kickers at Windsor Park. Comox sit 1 – 1 whilst our CW ladies are 0 – 2. The Reserves get their second...
GOOD DAY FOR CW MEN, NOT SO GOOD FOR WOMEN
Chiz owned the air! CW Reserves began their match against Capilanos, allowing a rather “soft” try in the early moments. CW threatened but were repelled however it was Kanty who notched the opener, 7 – 5, CW. A mere five minutes later, Gerhardt was rewarded for what has become his...
Monday's Musings
A Triple Header at the House This coming Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Windsor Park will see the meeting of two clubs seemingly going in opposite directions. An excellent women’s program in recent years at the Burnaby Rugby Club, sees them move from the Premier Division to the First Division for...
Good Day For CW Men
CW upped camp and moved to Cowichan’s Herd Rd Field last Saturday. Proceedings opened with the Women’s First Div match with Nanaimo taking the match by a 36 – 14 score. CW tries came compliments of Maelle Reid and Brooke Bazian. It was a first ever appearance in a women’s game in this league for...