Rugby Club
U20 Women Go Undefeated
The Womens Nations Cup for U20 play goes to .... CANADA! The girls went undefeated in matches against the U.S.A. (2X - 27-3 in the Final!!), Great Britain and South Africa. Go, you good things! Back in Canadaland, the B.C. Mens U19 team won the Age Grade Championships with a hard...
Tide Topples Tourists
Pictured, firing one from the base of the ruck is CW U15 player, Braydon Tate. In splendid sunshine yesterday Victoria's Spring Tide teams at the U15 and U17 levels gave visiting West Monmouth School from Pontypool, Wales a rugby clinic, winning both games by a wide margin. The matches...
Canadian Women All The Rage !!
Canadian Womens Rugby has hit the headlines again in the rugby world! WoooWeee! The Women finished in third place at the recently completed World Student Games in Kazan. They overcame Great Britain, 36 - 0 for the bronze medal. Meanwhile, the Womens U20 team has posted an undefeated 3 -...
CW Wants You!!
VICTORIA CLASSIC CAR SHOW CW will once again, be performing a civic volunteer effort at the Annual Classic Car Show. The club volunteers from 7:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and we will be operating in four shifts of about 2.5 hours duration. This will require approximately thirty volunteers...
PRC's RESULTS
A weekend of rugby wound up at UBC yesterday. Champs were determined in Boys and Girls U18 and Boys U16 catgories as teams from around B.C. battled for the titles. In the Girls U18 Div, Fraser Valley nipped the Vancouver Island Tsunami, 12 - 7. These teams have had some classic contests...
CW Appeal For Welsh Billets
Two touring teams from Monmouth School, Wales (visitors are U15, U16 and U17 boys) are visiting Victoria soon and we are still looking for billet homes. CW teams have been hosted by this school previously. The dates are July 17th (6:30 pm pickup downtown), July 18th (games at Windsor starting...
SEVENS WORLD CUPS KICK OFF
Canada's Men's & Women's teams take to the pitch today in Moscow in RWC action. For the men, UVic's Nate Hirayama has been handed the captaincy for the campaign, always a chance as often Yak comes off the bench as an impact sub, 'onya, Nate - all the best to you and the boys from Ceedub. ...
CW's Everywhere, Man!
There is a good CW presence in Canada's Sevens Team recently announced to do battle at the RWC 7's Competition in Moscow, starting on June 28th. Captain Nanyak Dala is joined by Ciaran Hearn, Mike Fuailefau and Lucas Hammond. Other members are James Bay's John Moonlight who has been a rock...
Ireland Came To Play!
Ireland laid a 40 – 14 licking on Canada at Toronto’s BMO field, not to mention CW’s Temple, in front of a record Canadian rugby crowd of 20,400 yesterday. The six try to one final tally was probably representative of events, although as my wife said; “Our Canadian boys always seem to play...
GAME DAY
Barkwill & Woolridge pack down in another uni. Both men will be on the pitch today at some stage against Ireland and we wish them well. News of note overnight saw the U.S. put in a pretty lethargic display in losing to the Kingdom of Tonga ("all glory to God") by a scoreline of 18 - 9. ...
CANADA Vs IRELAND
Canada has announced the team to play Ireland this Saturday, a game showed live on TSN at 5:00 p.m. (PST). #1 - Hubert Buydens, (Saskatoon Wild Oats/Prairie Wolf Pack) Saskatoon, SK #2 - Ray Barkwill, (Niagara Wasps RFC/Ontario Blues) Niagara Falls, ON #3 - Jason Marshall, (Atlantique...
CW Junior Rugby
CWRFC, under the leadership of newly appointed Director of Junior Rugby, Don Swainson, recently hosted a luncheon Think Tank on the topic of Junior Rugby, attended by twenty coaches and managers of boys and girls U14 - U18 rugby. The occasion was also the "launching" of the club's Handbook...
CW's Jack Nyren Makes The Grade
Pictured in last year's BC winning U16 team at the CRC's, CW's Jack Nyren has continued with his representative career, recently being announced as selected to the B.C. U17 team for the upcoming PRC's. Some players could very well be selected for the B.C. U18 Championships from this...
Around CW & Upcoming
FOR YOUR CALENDARS: Saturday, June 15th, U14 B.C. Trial @ UVic's Wallace Field at 11:00 til 2:00. Saturday, June 15th, 4:30......The Temple is open for 5:00 k.o., CANADA Vs IRELAND, join your mates in a Guinness and cheer on the Maple Leaf as they go for four on the trot. NB. Premier...
Giving Back
Last weekend a bunch of CW Minis and Womens players assembled at Windsor to partake in the 51st Oak Bay Tea Party. These young people did a great job, organizing the "float" and wooing the crowds with their candy tossing abilities. CW seeks to be imnvolved with community whenever possible and...
Some Days Are Diamonds.....
Some days are stones but yesterday was a four diamond day for Rugby Canada’s Men’s Program. The Men’s U20 team scored a solid; four try victory over Uruguay, 36 – 15. This put them at the head of Pool A and they now play Italy on Sunday to see who gets promoted back to the World Tier One...
Rugby Canada Selects Squad Vs. Fiji - Wednesday.
Coach Crowley has named his squad to take on the Fijians this Wednesday at BMO Field, Toronto, KO., @ 3:00 p.m. PST. The Fijians defeated Japan handily last week and pose a problem for the Canadians. If you watch French, English and Super XV rugby, you would be constantly amazed by the size...
"I Wanna Be Like Mike (Pyke)!"
Sydney Swans, winners of the Australian Footbal League (aka Aussie Rules), last season, currently sit in third place after ten games so far this season. This is due in no small way to the league-leading "mark" taker, Canadian NSMT, Victorian and former CW-er, Mike Pyke. Pyker was the talk...
BC BEARS ANNOUNCE COACHING STAFF
A strong triad of coach-management has been named for the upcoming summer season of CRC's. Head Coach is Burnaby's, Jim Dixon, a man of eclectic rugby background and experience, who along with Kris De Scossa has been the mastermind of Burnaby's resurgence over the past three seasons. He will...
He came, He saw, this time, he failed to Conquer!
Rugby Hall of Famer, Ireland captain and British Lions flanker, Fergus Slattery, a man very used to conquering, failed to do all of that on his recent visit to Victoria. Slattery, a rugby legend to many CW and Victoria "old timers" was present for the grand opening of a picture wall at...
CW's Spencer Robinson Announced BC Boys U15 Coach
Victoria's Spencer Robinson has been appointed Head Coach of the TrueBlue BC Rugby Under-15 boys provincial team for the upcoming summer season. A Level Three NCCP certified coach with experience at the high school, club, provincial and national levels, Robinson will be working alongside...
MIKEYS TO PLAY IN BERMUDA
Fuailefau and Scholz have been chosen to play, along with a couple of other Canucks including Pat Parfrey, for a Barbarian-style team against top English club, Saracens, this Friday Night as a Fundraiser for Bermudan Youth Rugby. The encounter will be filmed by UK's Total Rugby. In the...
BITS & PIECES
CANADA NSMT 16 - USA 9. (FRF in action - Tieds and Hubie at work.) Canada Senior Mens Team defeated USA in the opener of the Pacific Nations Cup today in Edmonton. Conditions were inclement as the boot of Connor Braid accounted for eleven points and Canada's John Moonlight scored the sole...
Fergus Slattery - British and Irish Lions @ Penny Farthing Pub
Fergus Slattery BRITISH and IRISH RUGBY LIONS 1971 and 1974 “The Present Honors the Past”. On Sunday, May 19 th at 3:00pm, “The Penny Farthing Pub” will play host to the unveiling of a special wall, that will honor the memory of two of the greatest rugby teams that have ever played...
CW Gears Up To Host League Leaders
Home team, Castaway Wanderers, has announced a strong selection to play a rampaging Burnaby Lake team tomorrow at Windsor Park. The Lakers will be extra keen to add a CW scalp to a very impressive record in recent weeks in the CDI League. Burnaby, with a monstrous and very skilled pack, will...