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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...
B.C. Bears Announce Squad Vs Ontario Blues
Adam "The Beardo" Kleeberger is the major newcomer to the Bears side announced to play Ontario at Westhills Arena, Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. Kleeberger last played for BC in 2011 prior to his departure for the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. One of three iconic Canadian...
CW's Fall Cause
Castaway Wanderer's Community Events Coordinator, Lucy Barwin is very pleased to announce the Club's volunteer initiative for the Fall. Each year CW supports a unique cause. This season, it is blood donorship. There have been members of the rugby community requiring blood transfusions and...
Vancouver Island - A Big Game
B.C. Bears' Sean Ferguson on the fly. B.C. Bears go into action against Ontario Blues this coming Friday evening at Westshore Stadium, 7:30 k.o. It is unknown at this time if any NSMT players will be on show, so this site will bring selection details as soon as we know. The Bears...
Junior Boy's/Men's Rugby Is Underway!
Junior Boys/Men for the coming Fall season; U14: Born 2000, 2001 U16: Born 1998, 1999 U18: Born 1996, 1997 Training information and Team Managers are noted below. Please contact your Team Manager for more details, training field locations and game information. Registration must...
Mission Accomplished
Apart from those countries which qualified from NZ in 2011, Canada has become the FIRST country to qualify for the next RWC to be held in England in 2015. The "return" match against The Eagles was certainly not pretty but as the header tells, the boys got the job done, winning 13 - 11...
REGISTRATION - Back To School - Early Bird Special
CW is pleased to finally announce that the BCRU electronic registration system for all players is up and running. To celebrate the occasion, the Club is announcing an Early Bird discount for ALL players, Minis to Senior who are electronically registered before September 8th. There will be...
Home Cooking Should Do The Trick
Coach Crowley has gone with the same starting selection for Saturday's "return" match against The Eagles at Toronto's BMO Field, with the exception of injured players, Hamilton and Cudmore. Ray Barkwill gets his chance to start and won't dissapoint but will need to harness his "chirpiness" to...
Midweek Musings
Burkie Joins Board R.C. Rugby Canada is all A-Twitter with the announcement yesterday of B.B.'s addition to the Board. Brian Burke was "appointed" (Vs. volunteered/elected/nominated). The patter is that Burke will bring a positive profile, although the opinions are polarised in the...
Meet Our Sponsors
It is with pleasure that CW introduces this new feature to our website. Luke Kratz kicks off this feature. Luke works with CIBC - Wood Gundy as a Portfolio Manager and Financial Advisor. Luke has been in the business “for many years”, the past seven of which have been with Wood Gundy. ...
In Pursuit Of Bill
Joy at home with tweets of support from Simon Pacey in the east to Kenny Goodland in the west, former NSMT players supporting and congratulating the current crop on yesterday's win! It was a tough start to the day for this writer as his beloved Wallabies received yet another "clinic" from the...
Canada Announces Strong XV
Coach Crowley has announced a very strong starting XV to play the U.S. in South Carolina this Saturday. Andrew Tiedeman gets the nod to replace Hubie at loose head and Ryan Hamilton starts ahead of Barkwill. The locks, Jab Sinclair and Cudmore bring a welcome edge, a mongrel that maybe has...
Giving Back
CW Special Events Coordinator, Lucy Barwin wishes to thank the many CW players, parents, Board members and friends (!!) who volunteered at yesterday's Classic Car Show on The Avenue. After a rainy start the day went very well with some guys even getting back from Vancouver from the CRC game...
National Boys and Mens Age Grade Winners.
CW's Simon Gray, with a John Thiel look-alike beside him, chomps the gold after B.C. Gold (#1's) defeated Ontario by a score of 50 - 0 in the Final. A tip of the Ruggernut's cap to Dante Morandin and Simon (Ed. - add Gavin Kratz), who were members of the undefeated B.C. squad. We would be...
Let's Start At The Top
After watching Canada open the scoring within two minutes of the k.o. after a sixty meter scoot by Jessica Dovanne, evading some three or four English tacklers and convert.....the downstreaming left lots to be desired! Did manage to get "the lightning break" when players were forced to leave...
R.C. Goes Super Bigtime @ Red Nation!
Harry Jones and Tyler Hotson rang the bell today at the T.S.X. as Rugby Canada has now "gone...
Day #2 @ The Nats
Following Day #1's excellent results for BCRU age grade teams, Day #2, recorded some highlights and one major glitch, that being the Blue Ribbon game of the day at the U18 Men's level with BC #1 taking on Ontario. The Ontario team is a sizeable and experienced unit and led all the way with a...