Rugby Club
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...
Not Necessarily A Very Good Day!
Saturday last saw The Tricolors visit the Shark Tank. Bayside, a club battling relegation and their plight looking even more dismal following the Ravens win over hosts, JBA, provided more than sufficient creditable opposition for the visitors. The Ones needed a win and a win of some measure...
Kudos to Rugby Canada
It is great to report Rugby Canada "thinking outside the box". Last week, RC's Steve Lancaster, newly appointed, Kiwi Manager of High Performance and Mike Shelley, SMNT U20 Coach, visited the CFL trials for players selling their wares to the various Canadian scouts. This UTube Total...
U11's/U13's Go 8 & 0 @ Cowichan Jamboree
Hats off to CW Minis who made a splash at Shawnigan Lake Jamboree today (Sunday). The U11's and U13's went undefeated in winning four games each and playing some very good rugby in the process. Check out the photos for action pix. Thanks to our coaches today, Lance and Mark and all...
CW Bolsters The Ranks
Coach, Hyde-Lay has announced a strong XV for Saturday's Bayside encounter. Mike Scholtz has finally completed a long injury recouperation period and will join Mike Fuailefau in the centers. Although Fuli was called up for VII's duty, he saw little playing time, so this pair should be itching...
CW Annual Fun(d)raiser Dinner
CW wishes to give a HUGE THANK YOU to all patrons who attended or contributed to our recent Annual Dinner, held at Uplands Golf Course. The evening was another outstanding success, enabling the Board to breath a collective sigh of relief, as the club remains solvent for another season! ...
The Weekend That Was!
The curtain draws on a very interesting weekend. Firstly, congratulations to the NSMT Sevens, marginally being nutted by Samoa 7 -12 in the Plate Final at Hong Kong. The boys earned 12 MAJOR points, moving up the ladder to ninth place, vaulting the more illustrious 'Poms'. An excellent...
CW Womens Rugby Hits The News
This news is a little stale but CW wishes to congratulate Sophie De Goede - a Minis to Magic success story on her recent selection to play with the BC Womens U18 team at the Las Vegas Sevens. Sophie epitomizes the term "work ethic", plus being endowed with De Goede and White genes, being the...
CW Salutes Volunteer
With the launching this new web site, it is most fitting to recognize Charlie ("Duck") MacLachlan. 'Duck' is a former Wanderer and national team player and for the past five years, has hosted this site, as his way of "giving back". He has been a long time friend and supporter of CW since...
Video - Castaway Wanderers RFC over the years
This is the video that was shown at the Castaway-Wanderers' 2009 Fundraiser at the Uplands Golf Club. It features "vintage" pictures, cameo/candid video footage of various club folks, and highlight clips from our senior, junior, and mini (youth)...