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The BCRU Premiership League gets underway this afternoon. Let's start with CW. The Tricolors travel to Klahanie to take on the Caps, always tough at home. Caps had a tough game last week last week with a narrow two point loss to Burnaby. CW is slowly mustering the troops. There is a hint...
Fruitless Trek Crosstown
In horrendous weather conditions, CW dropped a pair of results to James Bay yesterday. The Ones found themselves down 10 - 18 at the interval and failed to make any inroads in the second stanza, losing 17 - 33. The Prems had a plot that could have and some might say, should have, succeeded...
Inclement Weather Cancels A Great Day
The day that might have been......GREAT! Most unfortunately, Windsor Park has significant standing water late this afternoon and all rugby fixtures that had been planned for tomorrow - minis, girls and age grade boys and youth are cancelled. The forecast for tomorrow is .....much of the...
Old School Values Come To The Fore
At practise last night an oleo of talent worked hard, ranging The Park. Players will need to exhibit the value of selflessness before the starting XV is jig-sawed to take the pitch on Saturday. Loyalty to the Tricolor and pride of performance will be much needed values as players will...
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...
CW U14's At Comox Kickers Jamboree
CW U14s set their alarm clocks Saturday night for an early Sunday morning drive up to Cumberland as the Comox Valley Kicker’s Rugby club hosted a Jamboree to commemorate the club’s 125th year. Upon arrival in Cumberland, we were greeted with bucketting rains. After huddling under a roof near...
Students School Hosts
A case of "all tied up and nowhere to go" UVic visited Windsor Park yesterday and gave a clinic to the Hosts, winning the curtain-raiser 53 - 0 and taking the main game 45 - 10. "Scores perhaps did not accurately reflect the extended periods of possession by CW. Unfortunately, The...
Blue Collar Bunch Take Over
This Saturday, Doug Tate brings a solid group of Vikes to Windsor Park. The Vikes appear to be a stronger combination on paper than that XV that took JBA apart last week. It is a group that could include as many five or six "grads" from CW's Junior and Mini ranks however, it is just a duet,...
U14's Open The Season
CW hosted Shawnigan Lake School U14's yesterday at The Park. The session was "developmental" in substance. All the boys worked in skills stations before partaking in a "friendly" scrimmage. This was a good opportunity for some of the "new" U14's (12 yr olds) to try their skills on the...
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...
Season Opens With Cup Action
This Saturday The Tricolors take to the pitch at Gordon Head against the Velox Club in the VIRU Barnard Cup opening game. 1ST DIV. kicks off at 1:00 p.m. and the Main Game is at @ 2:45 p.m. It will be an interesting contest, possibly the last between these two teams played at Gordon Head...
Donors Top Double Digits
Former Junior, Ben Lawless, back in town, all the way from Fort McMurray, gives his pint of claret! Lucy reports that donors reached and extended well beyond double digits over the weekend. There is a large contingent of NSMT players giving tomorrow and we remind folk that the drive concludes...
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...
Sevens Weekend Winds Up
Terrific weather after a dismal start to the day was the order on Saturday afternoon and it was the backdrop for the Annual Victoria Sevens Tourney at UVic. Big draws were those national team players available....a limited number, given injuries and seeing the boys are off on the "new...
Don't Waste That Claret!!
CW's Blood Donor Drive has commenced this week. We have seven and counting. Canadian Blood Services, 1-800-2DONATE; 3449 Saanich Road. Saturday is a BIG DAY.......give blood, watch Victoria Sevens. One sot open mid-morning, Saturday, contact Lucy...
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...
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...
CW Pre-Season Goings On...
CW reminds all past, present and prospective players that training commences this coming Tuesday at Windsor Park in Oak Bay at 6:15 p.m. New players are especially welcome and any potential players should browse this site to get a sense of our club. Go to; Calendar for all training dates...
..........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,...
...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...
Pucker Leads The Blues
Daypuck On The Fly Yonks Ago! Ontario Blues will include a couple of faces familiar to Victorians on Friday night. Derek Daypuck is rumoured to lead the squad, so there's life in the old dog yet! Pucker, a very accomplished player, owner of 17 Canadian caps, adopted CW for many seasons...
Summer Sevens Series Winds Up
Learn From The Masters. King Of Sevens, Waisale Serevi will be present in Victoria on Friday, September 6th to offer a Specialist Training Camp for interested sevens playing youth, ages 7 - 12 and 13 yrs and older. Serevi's magic is known to many, leading Fiji to two RWC Championships in...