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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...
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 –...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
To Be Envious Of It has always been an interesting issue to discuss, that being Seattle RFC’s inclusion in the BC Premier league! Coming up is the Annual Can Am 7’s Tournament on July 8th. This year’s host is Chuckanut Bay RFC on their amazing facility – the 17.5 acre, deWilde Fields, the...
JUNIOR BOYS READY FOR RUGBY
Registration is now open for the 2021/22 Contact CW Junior Boys Rugby Season. We are looking forward to welcoming you all back to the pitch for what should be a regular contact rugby season! Registration takes place electronically and you can register HERE. Should you have a question...
Monday's Musings
GOOD THINGS come in small packages! Today, it's a 'hats off' to BC's Elite U18 7's team that competetd very successfully at the recent World School Sevens Tournament in Auckland. This was a 'first ever' for a Canadian side and the girls acquitted themselves very proudly, winning five of...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
"Takin' Care of Business" Tal Bachman is currently absent from the pitch as he travels with his dad, Randy, on his current; ‘Every Song Tells a Story’ Tour. In talking about the tour, Randy, (Guess Who, Bachman Turner Overdrive) describes it as….”Basically my story and the intertwining...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Mentioned on this site yesterday the BIG DAY this Saturday with the fun beginning as early as 10:00 a.m. for the tykes. It is always a great day when we welcome the Vikes to our House and a wonderful bond of comradery and competition has evolved in recent years as CW youth, seeking...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
OAK BAY HIGH SCHOOL BARBS - B.C. CHAMPS (Photo - Brian Kelly, R.C.) A POTPOURRI OF RUGBY NEWS AND VIEWS Oak Bay H.S. Barbs, emblazoned with the initials of "D.J.", the legendary alum, Dylan Jones, to honour his life, continued to ride the wave of a storybook season last weekend. The...
Here We Go Again!
Oak Bay Barbs, Jack Carson fires one out.... Tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. Shawnigan Lake will play Oak Bay HS in the BC Schools AAAA Boys Final. This will be a repeat of the Vancouver Island Final last week. We posted a descriptive blog on this one but many missed it due to issues we had...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
With a number of recent blogs on this site referring to “pathways” of players, today we bring an article to our readers from Dave Crossley. Dave has been very active in developing girl’s rugby and also with the commencement of the Women’s program at CW Rugby. WHERE ARE THEY NOW? “Having...
Barbs Burst Stags Bubble!
Abercrombie, fearless from an early age when he learned the art of the tackle! Loose forward and Captain, Tom Abercrombie led his Oak Bay Barbs, including a host of CW Mini “grads” to a huge upset over SLS Stags on Wednesday. Tom tried his hand at tennis and golf after Mini days,...
Monday's Musings
MVP CW congratulates Oak Bay H.S. and CW U18 player, Nick Carson on being selected as the first recipient of the Don Burgess Memorial Award for the Most Valuable High School Player in Victoria for this past season. The Award was presented following yet, another memorable match between SMUS...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
CW congratulates Sandro Fiorino on the recent announcement of his selection as Head Coach of our NSWT’s XV’s program. There will be an upcoming trial game between East and West as he starts to compile a “long list” of talent. Our CW female program would like to congratulate the CW...
Playoff Prognostications
CW Men go into three weekend playoff matches. The Islanders (VIRU – Div2) travel to the mainland to play Meralomas. This is a tough result to predict as The Tricolours have not named their selection and the strength of the Lomas is unknown. I suppose, given the inconsistency of...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
IN MEMORIUM: Connor Braid proudly wore and displayed the name of his good mate, Dylan ‘Diesel’ Jones whenever he scored a try at last weekend’s Sevens. Dylan’s passing last year, came as a shock to all of us at CW and his many friends outside of rugby circles. Connor’s display of his...
Sevens Back on the Continent
Vegas Sevens last weekend was certainly exciting with an all-American Final. U.S. Sevens were the Talk of the Town after they walloped Argentina 28 – 0 in the Championship Final. U.S. Rugby has convinced any of the Doubting Thomas’s that they have more than arrived on the Sevens scene. There...
Player Profile - Burger
Is this a Canadian Schalk or not? Today we feature Clayton ‘Burger’ Thornber. Clayton had his introduction to rugby with CW Minis. He attended Shawnigan Lake H.S. and played on the wing. Clay and his best mate, Mac Poole, were two solid flyers who racked up many a tally. However, Burger at...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
A Recent History of Women’s Rugby at CW – Installment #2 CW: You are often heard to espouse the term “pathway”. What do you mean by this term and how has it come to fruition with the club? DC: Based on my experience in coaching and training with other sports (soccer, hockey), I felt...
Monday's Musings
Shaye Leads the Way CW congratulates Shaye Tudor who has led her country’s U18 Women to a brace of wins over their U.S. counterparts this past week. The team completed game #2 with a five-try, 25 – 5 victory on Saturday. Shaye is an example of a cross-sport athlete who has followed a...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Youthful flyer, Josiah Morra. Seen at Divvies game last Saturday, Lucas Hammond and Mike Fuli, Captain Ilnicki – wow. Great to see Riles up and about after his major heart surgery. It would seem that former Tricolor, Lucas, has put his studies on hold once again for his rugby career and it...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
What a difference a year makes! This time last year in Red Deer, our women lost to England, 15 – 14 and to the U.S., 36 – 28. Yesterday, the women convincingly handed the U.S. a spanking, 33 – 5, bookended by tries from CW’s Britt Waters who opened affairs at seven minutes and Julianne...
Monday's Musings
Seven’s Heaven: The Sevens Show for both genders again proved it’s ‘never over ‘til it’s over'! What an epic finish for our Canadian Women. Where does one come up with enough superlatives for this magical 29 – 19 win over the Aussies? Canada, after dropping a pool game, 17 – 19 to N.Z....
Monday's Musings
Unsung Hero – On the Field – Lauren Sargent Lauren, CW Women’s Rugby is a new page for many CW supporters and male players. Fans are not aware of the background of most of the players, although in time, we hope that players will become as familiar as those on our men’s teams. We have seen you...
Monday's Musings
Canada Men’s Sevens Team has gone five and out for the second straight tourney. To boot, Nate Hirayama has succumbed to injury. Canada can only think as far ahead as the upcoming London Sevens and must not get entwined with the Road to Rio process. We wish the men well, as gargantuan...
Rugby Ramblings
Team mates at club; arch rivals at school; friends for life! Howard Russell Cup. Congratulations to SMUS on their comprehensive 25 – 0 victory over the Oak Bay Barbs on Thursday. In the early going, the teams tested each other with physicality and unfortunately, for Oak Bay, by game’s end they...