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Monday's Musings
2020/21 EXECUTIVE CW is pleased to announce its Board of Directors for the season, following the recent Virtual AGM - "attended" by some 40 virtual viewers! PRESIDENT - Dave ("Bing") Crossley. Dave is a well-known former player, having worn the colors of UVic, Oak Bay Wanderers and...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Remembrance Day - The Fragility of Freedom The Menin Gate - Ypres, Belgium. There are 6,983 Canadian names engraved on this memorial, amongst 50,000 others from the British Empire who disappeared without trace in defence of the Ypres Salient in WW1. We leave you with thoughts from...
Monday's Musings
FROM CW MINIS TO THE PROS CW offers its heartiest congratulations and best wishes to former Mini and Age Grade player, Sophie De Goode. Sophie was recently signed by Saracens RFC and on this past weekend she made her debut from the bench. Sarries had a big win over rivals, Gloucester, 45...
Monday's Musings
Last year’s “discovered” hooker, Dave Mallard, has returned home to The Rock and appeared in the first “Covid Rugby” game in Canada last weekend. Dave Mallard and his brother Stephen are seen above, ‘post-match’, Swilers vs Dogs this past weekend. The match was intense with a loss for the...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Today we introduce our readers to a second Kiwi Contact, former Tricolour Captain, Nathan Stewart. Nate has been in touch, updating his experiences and giving us a further sense about Kiwi rugby. Nate arrived on Feb 21st. in Christchurch and he has been playing Premier Division for the...
Monday's Musings
(Credit, Sydney Morning Herald.) Hot off the press from our Kiwi correspondent, what rugby addicts have suspected for some time, South African sides have moved to the Northern Hemisphere Pro D League! From Stuff Sport; “New Zealand Rugby boss Mark Robinson didn’t spit out...
Monday's Musings
Rob Howley. (Credit - Mark Baker, Canadian Press.) BIG NEWS on the National Rugby front is the recent appointment of Welshman, Rob Howley to work with Head Men’s Coach, Kingsley Jones, as his Senior Assistant Coach. At the same time Howley will supplement his salary, serving as a...
Monday's Musings
Around Ceedub Belief in rugby obviously has not been lost in recent Covid times, given attendance at opening sessions for senior men and women last week and registration for our upcoming mini program. The fact that players had to be registered prior to any appearance on the pitch indicates a...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
TWO DECADES OF AUSTRALIAN CONNECTIONS It has been suggested around CW circles that in this 21st century, the Antipodes – Australia and NZ, have provided the club with a number of fine players and it would be interesting to see where they are now. Today, we go to Australia first up. Of the...
RUGBY RESTART @ CW
CW Rugby is pleased to announce that the registration process for the 2020 Fall Program is now open! Many hours have been spent by CW administrators to ensure CW Rugby’s return to play meets all the criteria of the BC Rugby Union, Rugby Canada and the BC Health Office. We invite you to watch...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
BUST THE RUST! This site is pleased to announce that Phase 3 Return to Play comes into effect on September 1st. From BCRU, President Annabelle Kehoe, comes the following; The Ruggernut congratulates the club’s COVID Sub-commitee responsible for compiling the RTP material over...
Monday's Musings
Long time, no post! Our last blog was a bio on Dave Spicer. Today, the Doc features again. This time with tight lines. Past Pres, Chris (‘Oldspice’) Spicer bid on the Kinglsey Grant day fishing trip at the club's most recent fund-raiser. Spice, being no chopped liver, won this bid last year...
SUCCESSFUL OLD BOYS
It being a Saturday, it's time for a rugby story ! SUCCESSFUL OLD BOYS A feature of www.cwrugby.com has been a series of blogs we have run on the club’s Unsung Heroes. We would like to expand this idea by seeking to learn about some of the club’s successful old boys and the relationship...
Monday's Musings
THE NEXT STEP Recently our roving reporter caught up with a number of CW young ladies who have just graduated from High School. The girls were asked a few generic questions as to their rugby involvement and their future. Most of the young ladies have followed the club pathway from U14 to U19...
Golden Oldies
“The roots of the present lie deep in our past.” Keeping with this theme in these Covid times, today we bring you a ‘Golden Oldie’, David Clarke. Clarkie was an original Castaway, having come from the U.K. via Montreal and Cowichan and is one of a handful from his era who can be...
Monday's Musings
HIGHLANDERS Brains Trust (Credit to All Black Rugby - Getty Images) Those Kiwis! Well, it was with bated breath last week that we awaited outcomes but this week we were left positively gasping – and this all for free! Super shout out to TSN. The CANES/BLUES contest was of an even...
Monday's Musings
Crusader Elation – Photo Credit – Hannah Peters (Getty Images), Rugby Pass News. Well, the big game in NZ was by far the best of the four on display in the Antipodes, this past weekend. The rugby played in the two countries was of a stark comparison – ponderous, poor skills in wet...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
We kick off today with a feature on ‘one of our own’, Chloe Hill-Huse. Chloe has been feted on this site before but today we reproduce a recent cover page article posted by World Rugby – heady stuff. With permission from World Rugby we reprint the story. CHLOE HILL HUSE ON DEVELOPING AS BOTH...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Photo credit - Extratime Media, N.Z. Aerosol Abounds! Well, we’ve seen two weekends of Aotearoa rugby in NZ and there has certainly plenty of the above, so it’s a good thing that testing seems to be diligently in place and the virus level in the country is virtually nil. In this...
Club President Message on Fighting Racism and Hate
CW Rugby membership requirements: Must be human, that is all. I don’t often post comments on my personal page related to any of my formal roles but those that know me best know how much I love my rugby club: cwrugby.com Given the times, I feel it is important for our club to face...
Monday's Musings
A Quiet Transition In Covid times at CW there has been a major event – apart from no rugby. Three-term President, Matt Gordon has transferred the torch de facto, to nine-year Board member, Dave ‘Bing’ Crossley. Dave will be the second of the past five Presidents who played with the Oak...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Photo credit: SuperRugby.co and Getty Images - Hurricanes, 2016. NZ Super Rugby Enters Prepare to Play Phase This morning, direct from Wellington, our correspondent pinged us the news that the five NZ Super Rugby teams have now entered the Prepare to Play Phase, with Highlanders hosting...
Saturday, A No Rugby Day!
Next Best - Unsung Hero - On The Field. John Braddock, (2020 Winner – John Morley Award for that player who “plays pain or not; fair or foul; no whining, no excuses”.) CW: John, our Unsung Hero is just that and game in and game out, our club can totally rely on your effort...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
An iconic rugby picture! 1964 Rugby League Final, Sydney. “Stumpy” and “Sticks”. Came across the recent passing of “Stumpy”, Arthur Summons the other day at age 84. The wee man was a fabulous player and developed a lengthy collection of achievements. He started his football...
It's Rugby - Must Be Saturday!
Finnie Soars High To End The Season Name That Team Well, we had very little response to this challenge! So, we’ll leave it at that. A couple of the players on the side responded accurately, which is amazing after that time lapse! Here you go;Back Row, l to r: Dave Bukovic,...