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Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
U20's SEEK SUCCESS Men’s U20s @ World Trophy Canada’s U20 Men have a very good chance to redeem themselves tomorrow when they take on Hong Kong. Their last outing was a poor result, -28 point differential to Portugal. Despite RC’s spin of; “despite the score line Canada played some...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Vikes and CW Grad, Nick Carson on the rampage Vs Tonga Canada’s U20 Men’s team succumbed by a score of 26 – 25 in their opener yesterday against Tonga at the Tier II World Trophy Competition. Canada are on a mission to earn promotion to the Tier One level of World Competition. CW has a...
Average Joes Win William's Lake
CW has been active this summer with eleven current & former players featuring on the “Average Joes” Competitive 15's team. This team ventured to Williams Lake located in the interior of B.C. over Canada Day long weekend to attend the 40th annual Williams Lake Rustlers Stampede...
Pinnacle Achieved
The Club takes great joy in offering our congratulations today to Sophie De Goede. Soph will earn her first National Senior Women's XV Cap against RWC Champs, N.Z. Silver Ferns when Canada plays N.Z. this afternoon at 4:00 p.m. in California. Sophie will join CW's Gabby Senft in the forward...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
ARDRON HEADS UP LONGLIST Tyler Ardron, playing in this weekend’s Super Rugby Qualifying Final, heads up NSMT’s long-list of forty names, as Captain for the upcoming RWC. This long list is not exclusive for those currently injured who may become available. It is with interest that there are...
Unsung Hero - Off the Field
KEEPERS OF THE GATE Every little bit counts when it comes to keeping the head above water, regarding the operating costs required to run a rugby club. Each home game, Gord Hawkins and Peter Kilshaw “patrol” the pathway egress at Windsor Park, courteously requesting a “donation’ from attendees...
Sadness & Gladness
It is an exception that we post today’s sad story and subsequent appeal. The news comes from a former player, Trevor Pollock who is appealing on behalf of his daughter. “Charleigh's journey started eight months ago, when she had her first unexplained seizure. Our family had no idea the...
Monday's Musings
Breakout by Morra in Paris …..and why does this headline not surprise CW fans? Windsor Park has seen Josiah’s mercurial magic and enthusiastic exuberance over the past three seasons, patrons scratching their heads; “How did he do that?” He has been included with a number of Canadian...
Monday's Musings
TO A MAN! (Photo; BCRN) Very interesting to note the NSMT’s 7’S were present to a man to offer their thanks and best wishes to their past coach, Damian McGrath, last Friday at JBAA. The coach gave each player a mounted collage of memory, recorded in photo after the team had won their only...
Monday's Musings
ANOTHER WOMENS' SPECTACLE AT WESTHILLS Elation, but…..Britt Benn’s face shows the exhaustion and possibly, the frustration of yet, another ‘Home’ underachievement. A great weekend of Sevens, buoyed by excellent turnouts on both days. The new stands worked well and yes if the same can...
The World in Union
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Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
To the Victors go the Spoils CWRFC would like to congratulate ALL of last Saturday’s Provincial Finalists in the many grades of men and women. The winners achieved their success through hard work and we offer our best wishes to them. It was notable to see teams from all over the...
Puttin' on a Show
TENTH ANNUAL FAMILY SPORT & RECREATION SHOW This Saturday at PISE, Interurban Road Campus. 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. CW Mini Rugby will be represented along with other sports to give the general public an opportunity to be exposed to our program........ This is a unique one of...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Burnaby's Watkins Under Wraps (photo, Compliments of BL's Darren McCrory) SATURDAY’S STORIES A Post Mortem of the Match - CW’s FRF, until Braddock’s departure appeared to have the edge, on occasion to the point of earning a penalty but the M-i-M seemed content for the ball to be...
Stories Within A Story
There were many stories on this day, a day when the elements decided to have their say in CW chasing the prize. Despite a horrendous delay and slow crossing, the boys were in good spirits with great craic, putting matters in perspective. As the adage goes; “The devil is in the details”. Suffice...
Pre-Game Posturing
Speaking with a few knowledgeable (CW) friends this week (some might opine, "oxymoronic") about the outcome of the Premier semi on Saturday and all reckoned it would be a CW win, given the “Points For” discrepancy between the teams. CW, having scored 652 to Burnaby’s 505, is indeed,...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
A Further Reflection on Saturday – Battles Within the Battle [Pictured, Carter grasps at Clayton, while Gavin sets up and Riley oversees!] In the FRF it was Carter White against Clayton Thornber. Both chaps have come up through the CW Minis and Age Grade ranks. Clay via SLS and Carter...
Monday's Musings
(Photo, credit to CW's Wendy Norman; see MORE for other match photos) .......AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR Pre-game, UVic's Martin-Freek took a blow and Findlay started. The game was only three minutes old when CW put their stamp on it and it proved to be indelible. Morra broke out and fed...
And Your Roster Is.....
For those in the know, you will query as to where Schelly and Dobravsky are? This game has been rescheduled by BCRU due to inclement weather that hit during the season and both players had arranged alternate commitments - pity, but that's the way she rolls! 2:30 p.m. k.o. Alum touch...
Pre Game Prognostications
This site has provided a good picture of the visiting Vikes this week with few accolades for our boys. Today we will muse a little about The Tricolours. The teams match up so equally in so many ways and in so many positions that it is difficult to predict a winner. Will CW react and nullify...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
FOUR to WATCH All Eyes on Nick! Early in the week we looked at U.Vic’s seniors, so today we mention two freshman who could put a serious stamp on Saturday’s match. We open the batting with Nick Carson, a man of many talents, not the least being his size! We watched Nick handle ball...
Call Out the Army
Between all 48 of us we should be able to throw a net over the students – at least for some of the match! The CW/UVic “mutual interdependence” has been no fluke. Years ago, Doug Tate was part of a triumvirate, another of whom had coached the Vikes, of instigators of CW Mini Rugby – a place for...
Monday's Musings
President's Award Recipient - Gradyn Bowd Seniors Lead Vikes into Playoff Swansong The BCRU quarter-final will take place at Windsor this Saturday. The visiting Vikes will be led by a core of graduating players, featuring the recent President’s Award winner, Gradyn Bowd....
Tricolours Best Visitors
It was a good day at the House of Windsor despite the weather conditions varying from deplorable to acceptable. The table was set with a close-fought, well played, Men’s 3RD Div. match between Westshore and CW. The win went to the Visitors, something like 41 – 33, with ALL of CW’s points...
Saturday's a Rugby Day
A strong men's combination has been selected to face Rowers in the final league game of the season. Rowers went down to JBA last weekend with a score line of 12 – 48 and have to return to the Island again to face a team preparing their game for playoff action. The Rowers have been doing it...