Fifteens
Bowd Returns!
The Faithful will be pleased to see the name of Gradyn Bowd slotted in the #10 spot for tomorrow's home opener at 1:00 p.m. Vs Meralomas. Bowd and #9, Pilgrim have featured in some memorable moments for the Tricolors. Grady has been plying his trade with the MLR professional league....
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Shaye Ogurek, Unsung Hero – On & Off the Field Shaye (and "CW") – in her element. Today we bring our readers a great article to kick off the season. We recently sat down to learn about a CW pathway athlete that has maximized her rugby experience while completing her degree in...
Monday's Musings
AGE GRADE TO KAMLOOPS ALOHA! CW was easily indentified off the field at Kamloops last weekend! Kudos to Ed Knaggs, conceptualizer of Krazy road trip outfits. On the pitch, some 120 teams in 10 Divisions, from U14 to U18, boys and girls, took part in the competition. Teams came from...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul on Thursday!
DISCOVERY SPORTS CLUBOver the past year or more, we have discussed the DSC Clubhouse's financial and operational challenges. To address these issues, the DSC Executive, composed of CW Rugby and Castaways Soccer members, has been working diligently to...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Last weekend saw the return of rugby to CW. Coach Ken Goodland took his senior men to MacDonald Park on Saturday where the two clubs, (JBAA) had a good run out. The afternoon started with two thirty-minute periods of full contact. This was followed by specific opposed work with separated...
YES, YOU CAN!
CW’s Silver medalist, Caroline Crossley shared her medal recently with up-and-coming girl ruggers. Caroline put the kids through some drills and explained her roots with the game and talked about setting goals. ‘onya, Cross! PAC NATIONS - ROUND #2 - TODAY The Ruggernut showed...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
LEARN MORE IN THE NEWS CW lads selected to attend tryouts for BC U18 team, from l. to r., Robert Reid, Declan Stove, Michael Oughtred, Sam Johnston, Elijah Pavol & Jackson Powell. Pippa - CW U14 player delivering the community news! CW Shoutout to NSMT...
Monday's Musings
Medal Bound - Photo, Rugby Canada PATHWAY TO THE TOP ECHELON TRANSATLANTIC U20 QUAD SERIES Today we applaud the success of the NSWT U20’s who recently completed a sweep against the USA (23 – 10), England (36 – 33), and Wales (53 – 17). This is in stark contrast to the recent efforts of...
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
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...