Men's Reserve Div
FULL DAY OF ACTION AT WINDSOR
( Photo credit - John Richardson Images ) CW Women are preparing to end their fall regular season with an intersquad face-off this Saturday. Most of the Women’s fall season has consisted of games of 10’s and 12-aside, due to other clubs lacking available players. CW has only played two...
Monday's Musings
AT THE HALF, 12 - 8 Canada Secures Spot in Semis This site’s pre-game credit to Karen Paquin, foreshadowed yet another fantastic game from this lady. Sophie de Goede led, once again by example, and was an inspiration to her teammates who all played very well. Paquin was Player-of-the-Match...
NSMT in the Win Column
Robbie 'The Ice Man' Povie led the Nats with eleven points in their victory over Brazil, 31 - 14, mid-week. Former CW Junior and Saskatchewan lad, Matt Klimchuk had good minutes starting at #6 and Jo Jo 'Mercury' Morrah notched a tally. Good contribution from former Tricolours. Where the heck...
Monday's Musings
The Beginning of the End!(Photo credit BCRN Twitter feed.)Westshore’s Otieno beats the last defender as he makes his way to the line for the winning try. “Oh – for” a win! CW Men’s Prems went “oh-for” four at Juan de Fuca on Saturday. The Prem Reserves also went down heavily for a second...
Monday's Musings
CANADA WOMEN COME UP TRUMPS Led by Captain, Sophie de Goede in every aspect of play, Canada defeated Italy with a bonus point 22 – 12 victory on the weekend in RWC action. Tuttosi led the way again with her brace to top the Try Scorers list with five. Sophie’s hands displayed her...
WEEKEND SCOREBOARD
(PHOTO CREDIT - Net World Sports) COMOX WOMEN 26 d. CW 22 CW WOMEN 49 d. JBAA 22 JBAA MEN’S RESERVES 62 d. CW 12 JBAA MEN’s PREMIER 78 d. CW 7 The only observation of note for this fan was that the Prems looked like a M*A*S*H Unit! There were far too many moving parts to hope for...
Three On The Docket At MacDonald
Late-breaking….. CW Women will field a team on the road to Comox tomorrow. The Men’s Islanders, slated for the same venue has resulted in an embarrassing CW forfeiture. For the first two home games, CW has managed three teams on the same day however, it appears that this weekend the...
Monday's Musings
CLOSER … BUT, Still A Bagel! CW Men played three games on Saturday, resulting in two losses and a tie. The Third Div., Islanders were at UVic to take on Shane Muldrew’s, very fit Saxons squad. Although it was a competitive first half, the final score was a lot to a few. Despite this...
Will They Break The Bagel?
Tomorrow CW Men will field sixty-seven players in three games. Action starts with the Islanders at UVic Vs Saxons at 11:00 a.m. Divvies open action Vs Westshore in the curtain-raiser at 1:00 at the House of Windsor, with the main game kicking off at 2:30. Wow, 67 strong, including two sets...
Monday's Musings
Kickers In The House Last Saturday, Comox Women brought almost a full team and CW had some 25 ladies dressed for four quarters of teams twelve-aside. The Hosts managed go ahead margins in all four sessions. The Visitors put in a solid effort although appearing somewhat weary in the...
Weekend Doings
CW's Premier Reserve Men travel to Port Alberni tomorrow for their first Roadie of the season. Port are always a vigorous opponent, especially so, at home. Their club "gets" the true comraderie of rugby, for their hosting is renowned. Good luck to the lads - do us proud, safe trip, good game...
A Tough Day At The Office
M-o-M, Steve Pyke, breaks out. There was plenty of scoring, but Saturday was a tough day for the hosts. The curtain-raiser to the curtain-raiser saw the Comox Kickers take the laurels. It was great to see Comox with a full roster, a sign of health of the code in the Upper Island. They...
OPENING DAY
CW Men's Rugby is managing to dress 53 players for three games today at Windsor Park. The Premier Men will feature some returnees and a few new faces. The pack, although reshuffled a little, has a good crew of experienced players with big lock, Nat Dring added to the mix. This was a...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
OPENING DAY TRIPLE HEADER CW Men’s rugby will open their season with three games @ the House of Windsor this Saturday. Resources will be pushed to the max early in the season and could well forebode what matters might look like for the rest of the show. Matches start at 11:30 a.m. when...
Monday's Musings
87 POINTS AS PREMS PROGRESS Our first game report for Monday comes from Vancouver. On Saturday, King Kyle and his Merry Men set out on a Monumental Mission to take on #1 seed, Bayside RFC. Despite a late season slump, the boys had scraped in at #8. Might I suggest they...
Go BIG or Go Home - Playoffs Begin
(Photo - John Richardson) Tomorrow, three CW teams will take to the field in playoff action. The Men’s Div.1 have mustered the best configuration possible to go on the road to face a tough Bayside squad. The Divvies will be in the hands...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Recognizing Their Roots Post, Postscript To Sevens ** The pictured threesome all started their club rugby with CW, Prevost and Kratz as Minis, and Ngongo at Age Grade. ** Recently had this fascinating hypothetical. Just who would scoop the purse and win the crown of "7's Fastest Man"? ...
Monday's Musings
PREMIER PLAYOFF PUZZLE SOLVED Last outing, the Ravens experienced the agony of defeat on the last play of the game, losing, 32 – 33 to UBC. On Saturday, they inflicted the same emotion on CW, when on the last play of the game, they accepted a ‘gift’ intercept pass for a 30m scamper under...
A Lot on the Line
The House of Windsor will witness three hard matches tomorrow. First up, we welcome after a long lapse, Kats RFC. Who can remember the last time, no doubt, Vs the Wanderers, yonks ago. CW’s Islanders, with a win, could assure home field advantage for the Playoffs in Div.3. K.O....
SATURDAY TRIPLE HEADER AT THE HOUSE
CW is expecting an overflow crowd at their triple header this Saturday. The action commences at 11:30 a.m. when the Third Div., Islanders play Vancouver Kats with the outcome affecting their playoff position. Curtain-raiser, number 2 is also a playoff determiner between League-leading,...
Monday's Musings
Olly and Louise, Johnny Shepherd Award Awards and Other Things On Saturday last, CW Rugby celebrated the season to date by recognizing those players who either by their coaches or their peers, were adjudged recipients of various Club Perpetual Awards. The “season” such as it has...
Trifecta of Losses
For the second week in a row, Saturday was not kind to CW! Our Women dropped a Divvies’ decision, 10 – 56 to UBC and the Prems were paddled, 21 – 67. Based on these results, 12th of February seems like a long while ago. This was the date of a 53 – 17 CW victory over the same Thunderbird...
On The Road Again
No Home games this weekend. Premier and Divvies Women do battle at UBC, with the Premier result being crucial as the regular season winds down. UBC trail The Tricolour by a mere point. As evidenced last week at Caps, the outcome likely depends on the strength of the travelling team. On...
Bubbles Burst With A Bang!
It was a day when the realities of rugby reared their head! Italy d. Wales, Caps won a pair at Klahanie and the Divvies got a clinic at Windsor Castle. We will briefly cover the last of these debacles and a note or two about the remainder. Our Premier Women escaped with not much pride intact...
Precursor to Saturday
CWRFC will be pushed to its very limits this weekend. Premier Men & Women travel to Vancouver Capilanos, Men & Women Div.1’s will be at Home against Bayside and Men’s Div.3 are on the road to Abbotsford – a full bill! With three of these five teams atop their Leagues, this Saturday could be...