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Monday's Musings
PLAYER OF THE YEAR CW congratulates Brandon Schellenberger who has been named the winner of the Phil Mack Award for the Indigenous Rugby Player of the Year. Last year U.Vic’s, Crosby Stewart won the inaugural presentation. We applaud the work that Thunder Rugby and its Patron, Phil Mack,...
Strong Selection Sits on Shelf
Liam Chisholm in full stride. The weather has put a damper on rugby at The House and across the board this weekend. CW Women were on the hunt for their first victory over visiting UBC Thunderbirds. The women had posted a strong line-up for the match with the Lizzie Adams’ led squad featuring...
Another Tough Road Challenge
Carson Vs Hall CW is off to UBC tomorrow to put their unbeaten record on the line. Last week they amassed a huge total in Seattle but came away the worse for wear with some seven injuries making players unavailable for selection this weekend. This will really see what the club is...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul on Thursday!
ARC's KICKOFF Canada's NSMT plays Uruguay in Montevideo on Saturday afternoon. (PST, 4:00p.m.). Best of luck, guys. SYDNEY SEVENS Later today (5:22 k.o., PST), Canada's women start their campaign against Fiji. This will be followed by games against Ireland...
Fiji (and CW Prem Men) On Fire!
We bring readers this short video to show where our senior men played yesterday – Starfire Stadium, under the lights! It was the scene of a plethora of points with CW Prems coming out on top 65 – 49! In the curtain-raiser The Divvies lost a close one, 30 – 33 but earned two bonus points in...
Men's Wellington Sevens
WAIKATO STADIUM Canada opened their campaign with a welcome return by Fuli and he celebrated with first blood. Spain went ahead and Kaay replied for a final score of 12 - 12. It now looks like whatever the differential between Spain and Japan and Canada and Japan will see one team go on to...
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
One of the joys of being the main writer on this site is the fact that there are heaps of stories pertaining to our own players that can populate the site. Unfortunately, oftimes there is simply not the time available to bring readers all of the unique nuances provided by our own players....
Monday's Musings
"The Boys Are Back in Town" CW will field its three senior teams against cross-town rivals, Westshore, this Saturday as B.C. Premier action resumes. The Women’s Premier competition will feature six teams this season with the addition of UBC. CW finished strongly last year and have...
Monday's Musings
CW ALL OVER! Co-coach of Canada’s U18 Men, Scott with Jacko, Zack, Elvis, Josh and Max Canada’s Maple Leaf Sevens completed the Punta Del Este Tournament yesterday in not too stellar fashion. This development group went 1 – 5 over the two days, finishing in eighth place out of...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul on Thursday!
ODDS & ENDS - Up to the Armpits in Christmas Trees! Just a reminder that Tree Chipping will continue this coming Saturday and Sunday at Windsor Park, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Spread the word. Go, CW! Dates for Your Calendar Premier Season Kicks Off. Opening Matches will be Vs Westshore...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Through One Player’s Eyes We recently met up with Ray Barkwill and hit him up with some questions about pro rugby in North America. Ray has often been featured with one story or another on our site and we are very proud that he chose to wear CW colours when he first came west from...
MLR CHAMPS in TOWN
"CW's" Ray Barkwill Jubilantly Hoists the Spoils! VIRU CRIMSON TIDE Vs SEATTLE SEAWOLVES Seattle Seawolves will take on Vancouver Island’s Crimson Tide tomorrow afternoon, 4:00 p.m. kickoff at Westhills Stadium. The Tide, an amalgam of Island Premier teams has not been assembled for...
Voting For Player-of-the-Year
Received a tweet from Rugby Canada; "It's that time of year!🏆🗳️ The voting for the 2018 Player of the Year award is open now until December 20th, 2018. A huge congratulations goes out to all of our phenomenal nominees!🏉🍁 #RugbyCA" Vote for your favorite Male VII's and XV's player...
Monday's Musings
B.C. CHAMPS! (Déjà vu all over!) One week later we find ourselves congratulating this side again. Our heartiest congratulations today to our CW U19 Girls, Provincial Champs. The girls defeated Abbotsford, 45 – 10 yesterday in Cowichan. We’ll try to pick up snippets during the week,...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
CW YOUTH - U19 ISLAND CHAMPS The U19 Final last Sunday was a rematch of the previous weekend’s road trip for the CW team when they travelled to Comox. With the wetter conditions, the going was to favour the North Island style of game. As the game progressed, it was clearly evident that the...
Monday's Musings
HUBERT HITS HALF CENTURY Today we bring readers a couple of human interest stories, going back into our archives for content for one and pilfering a great story from Rugby Canada’s website for the other. Last Saturday in Marseille, Hubert Buydens suited up in a Canadian jersey for the...
BANG!
On behalf of CW Rugby I offer the club’s heartfelt congratulations and thanks to the players and staff (including those who did not make it to Marseille but were involved in the build-up), on achieving their goal of qualifying for the 20th RWC in Japan next year. They have been a wonderful...
WEEKEND PREVIEW
Ceedub takes its act on the road this week with their first trip to the mainland where they will take on the storied Meraloma club at Connaught Park. It is a tale of opposite ends of the ladder, with CW tied for second spot and games in hand and a 6 – 0 record and Lomas as cellar-dwellers at 1 –...
Three 'Dubs' For Ceedub!
It was all CW on Saturday - Men's Premier Action. Saturday saw a hat-trick of home wins for CW rugby. Action began on this glorious sunny day with the Premier Women at 11 a.m.! The ladies fielded a very strong group against what seemed like a fledgling Comox club. Comox continued to...
WEEKEND PREVIEW
Tomorrow’s scheduled slate of four games has been reduced to three following Westshore’s forfeit in the Men’s Third Division match. The Valhallians need to fill two complete men’s teams for their trip to Nanaimo and simply put, do not have enough players for the third match. This is a plight...
UPCOMING
A trio of players featured in this photo will be in action on Saturday morning Vs Germany in the KEY Qualifying Match for the last spot in RWC. Go, Canada - Philly, Hubert and Fraser. The match can be viewed on TSN @ 7:00 a.m. (PST). SATURDAY at THE PARK 10:00 a.m. Sr Men ISLANDERS...
Monday's Musings
UNSUNG HERO(OINE) ON/OFF the FIELD It has been some time since we have run this club interest item. Today we feature Lauren Sargent. CW: Lauren, you could hardly be described as being of average size. Just what is it that attracts you to this game of rugby where you play against women of...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul on Thursday!
For kickers today, CW wants to throw a BIG SHOUT OUT to Surrey RFC, announcing they have raised and contributed $15,000 to the Cancer Society of B.C., over ther past month! Now that's giving back, 'onya, Surrey. Canada men get down to business! The thirty one players selected to...
Monday's Musings
CW traversed the Malahat and wended to The Pigpen on Herd Road, with two senior teams this past weekend. The Premier Women provided the curtain-raiser against the locals as the skies opened and the winds blew. The weather proved to not be a detriment to the rugby. Cowichan has had a...