Senior Men
Monday's Musings
87 POINTS AS PREMS PROGRESS Our first game report for Monday comes from Vancouver. On Saturday, King Kyle and his Merry Men set out on a Monumental Mission to take on #1 seed, Bayside RFC. Despite a late season slump, the boys had scraped in at #8. Might I suggest they...
Go BIG or Go Home - Playoffs Begin
(Photo - John Richardson) Tomorrow, three CW teams will take to the field in playoff action. The Men’s Div.1 have mustered the best configuration possible to go on the road to face a tough Bayside squad. The Divvies will be in the hands...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Recognizing Their Roots Post, Postscript To Sevens ** The pictured threesome all started their club rugby with CW, Prevost and Kratz as Minis, and Ngongo at Age Grade. ** Recently had this fascinating hypothetical. Just who would scoop the purse and win the crown of "7's Fastest Man"? ...
Monday's Musings
SEEN AT THE SEVENS CWRFC's VP, Erin and daughter, Emily. The weekend saw another Vancouver 7’s Event. For an event that Rugby Canada relies heavily upon as a revenue source, the attendance must have been very disappointing. Whatever the reason, crowds would have been 50 %, as...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
HOT POTATO - THE HIGH TACKLE Today’s opinion piece is related to the high tackle. The Laws of the game define a tackle as: “the method of holding a ball carrier and bringing that player to the ground”. The business of getting to the ground is the real issue. There has been much...
Monday's Musings
PREMIER PLAYOFF PUZZLE SOLVED Last outing, the Ravens experienced the agony of defeat on the last play of the game, losing, 32 – 33 to UBC. On Saturday, they inflicted the same emotion on CW, when on the last play of the game, they accepted a ‘gift’ intercept pass for a 30m scamper under...
RUGBY DAY
ONE CLUB...
A Lot on the Line
The House of Windsor will witness three hard matches tomorrow. First up, we welcome after a long lapse, Kats RFC. Who can remember the last time, no doubt, Vs the Wanderers, yonks ago. CW’s Islanders, with a win, could assure home field advantage for the Playoffs in Div.3. K.O....
SATURDAY TRIPLE HEADER AT THE HOUSE
CW is expecting an overflow crowd at their triple header this Saturday. The action commences at 11:30 a.m. when the Third Div., Islanders play Vancouver Kats with the outcome affecting their playoff position. Curtain-raiser, number 2 is also a playoff determiner between League-leading,...
Monday's Musings
Olly and Louise, Johnny Shepherd Award Awards and Other Things On Saturday last, CW Rugby celebrated the season to date by recognizing those players who either by their coaches or their peers, were adjudged recipients of various Club Perpetual Awards. The “season” such as it has...
Trifecta of Losses
For the second week in a row, Saturday was not kind to CW! Our Women dropped a Divvies’ decision, 10 – 56 to UBC and the Prems were paddled, 21 – 67. Based on these results, 12th of February seems like a long while ago. This was the date of a 53 – 17 CW victory over the same Thunderbird...
Bubbles Burst With A Bang!
It was a day when the realities of rugby reared their head! Italy d. Wales, Caps won a pair at Klahanie and the Divvies got a clinic at Windsor Castle. We will briefly cover the last of these debacles and a note or two about the remainder. Our Premier Women escaped with not much pride intact...
Precursor to Saturday
CWRFC will be pushed to its very limits this weekend. Premier Men & Women travel to Vancouver Capilanos, Men & Women Div.1’s will be at Home against Bayside and Men’s Div.3 are on the road to Abbotsford – a full bill! With three of these five teams atop their Leagues, this Saturday could be...
Monday's Musings
A Chronicle From The Mac CW’s Divvies set the table with their result in Saturday’s curtain-raiser against rival James Bay. Led by Harry Elliott’s brace of tries, the boys amassed a mammoth nine try total in their victory, 61 – 7. This result keeps the Divvies undefeated. The boys...
ALUMNI SATURDAY
This weekend marks the CWRFC Women’s program's first ever Alumni Day. With plenty of action scheduled for both teams and members of the BC Champs in 2016 slated to be present, as well as athletes from the 90's team, the occasion promises to be epic! What a legacy to behold. Currently our...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Jesse Neilson in support Vs Capilanos. WOMEN’S ALUMNI DAY Have heard there will be Alumni a-plenty on hand at the House for this event on Saturday. Coming from near and far, ladies who have been part of this rapid growth over the past six years, armed with tales from days of yore. Just a...
Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad
The Future Awaits The Train A great day for rugby saw The Park gradually fill with fans, much to the delight of ‘Bogie’ whose task it was to pass the hat amongst the students!! The proceedings commenced with a packed deck of 23 ‘Islanders Rolling Subs’, minus The Don, conspicuous by his...
Story Lines A-Plenty
Tomorrow will be a classic matchup with what appears to be the two best Premier teams on the Island, with the Hosts, so far, putting down some serious challenges to what is the best on the Mainland. The Gerwing Shield is also at stake. It was first played for in September, 2019. On that date,...
RECORD REMAINS INTACT - BARELY
(Crediit, Mark Bryant - BCRN) By 2:30, the heavens had opened. As with the pre-game prediction, “inclement weather and home field” were factors. In my opinion, it was more how the boys wearing White played, fighting for every inch before capitulating, narrowly, 23 – 15. It was...
And Your Starters Are.....
The solemnity of the forwards and the jocularity of the backs! Your piano movers and your piano...
Triple-Header at Westshore
Finnie on the rampage. Overheard at training last night, from Captain Chiz; “Don’t take this game lightly, Westshore always shows up to play us!” Truer words could not be said, no matter what the respective records of the Premier teams are to date. Today we will just touch briefly on the...
Side Bar To Saturday
Saturday’s game at Westshore will be for the bragging rights to the Howard Gerwing Shield, along with the more important League points. Today, we bring you a brief glimpse of the late Howard Gerwing. Howard started his rugby connection with the storied Vancouver KATS RFC, playing in the...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
$$$ Make A Club Go Round Today we announce the cancellation of our Annual Fun(d)raiser Dinner. The Executive have deliberated long and hard before arriving at this decision. Costs are not going down, and money does not grow...
The Boys are Happy or What???
Oh, and there was rugby too!!! Yesterday, the CW Islanders Third Div. sought to keep their perfect record intact when they took on the Comox Kickers. That is one heck of a trip, so good show Comox for mustering sixteen players to make the game. CW had 27 guys dressed for this one, so...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
CW VIRU REPS & COACHES Today’s rugby blog includes bits and pieces from across Canada’s rugby world. We will start on the Island with our VIRU U19 Girls Selects. Last weekend the VIRU U19 Girls Selects played Fraser Valley. The roster of 24 Island Selects players included nine CW...