Senior Women
Monday's Musings
Canada's U20 Women lost their weekend match to England, 22 - 36. England opened with a flurry and went ahead, 19 - 0. From then on it was all Canada. There will be a replay on Saturday and this effort will boost belief that a win is attainable. Meanwhile, Canada's Senior Men lost to...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Somewhere in this mass, Sophie De Goede has crossed for her third try! Canada came through with an opening win in the Women’s Tri Nation competition against the U.S. on Monday. The Canadians led 17 – 5 at the half and closed it out at 36 – 12, after opening up a 36 – 5 lead. Snippets of the...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Registration Goes Live – the Pres Pondering a Point! CW RFC is pleased to announce that registration can now be completed via this link. The following is an open letter from the Club’s President, describing fee alterations for the coming season. Open letter from the President. ...
Monday's Musings
Canada women dot down another one! Plenty of action there was over the weekend. We’ll start with the Sevens RWC in San Francisco. A spectacle at A.T & T Stadium with great crowds and very solid TV coverage to gain further inroads for rugby in the U.S.A. World Rugby would have been licking...
Monday's Musings
Sevens Spectacle Congratulations, Bianca! Today we offer a shout out to both our Men’s and Women’s Sevens teams who finished 3rd and 4th respectively in Paris. Unfortunately, for the Women the win over France was still not sufficient to nab third place overall in the HSBC Series. For...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
With a number of recent blogs on this site referring to “pathways” of players, today we bring an article to our readers from Dave Crossley. Dave has been very active in developing girl’s rugby and also with the commencement of the Women’s program at CW Rugby. WHERE ARE THEY NOW? “Having...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
CW congratulates Sandro Fiorino on the recent announcement of his selection as Head Coach of our NSWT’s XV’s program. There will be an upcoming trial game between East and West as he starts to compile a “long list” of talent. Our CW female program would like to congratulate the CW...
Monday's Musings
CW’s Captain, Nathan Stewart snags lineout ball. Regional Rugby. Lower Island Crimson Tide men nipped Combined Tsunami (Port Alberni, Nanaimo, Cowichan and Campbell River), this past weekend, 40 – 38. Nate (above), was joined in POrt Alberni by club mates, John Braddock, Liam Chisholm,...
Monday's Musings
Headed To New Zealand The latest has Anton ‘The Magician’ Ngongo off to N.Z. Anton will ply his trade with Oamaru Old Boys Club in North Otago. Ceedub wishes him all the best and we throw in this body of work that could not fail to impress most coaches. The Magician has worked hard on...
Our Man in New Zealand
Had word recently from CW’s, Jordan Ford, giving it a go in Canterbury. Jordan had the first half of the season at the House of Windsor but as many young men are wont to do, packed his bags and headed to the Mecca of Rugby Football – N.Z. Jordan has picked up with Timaru and from his report,...
Monday's Musings
PUTTING THE SEASON TO BED This writer has to thank all those who dressed for the Men’s Prems this season for a job well done. One firstly thinks of the multiple-season stalwarts, Braddock, Thornber, Heppy and Ollie and a few others with not as much seniority. Then one reflects on the likes...
Hatrick of Playoff Performances
All three CW teams find themselves in semis action on Saturday. Unfortunately, a supporter’s bus to Vancouver concept, fell through. We would hope that our women are the beneficiaries with strong sideline support at Juan de Fuca when they kick off against Westshore at 2:30 p.m. The men...
Monday's Musings
BARNARD CUP WINNERS. 2017-18. It is with our deepest sympathy that we offer the most sincere condolences to the family of Elliot Eurchuk, for their recent loss. Circumstances of this sad loss can be read HERE. We offer the President’s message which summarizes matters for our CW Family, I...
....And Then There Were Four!
OMG....Shut the front door! Heartiest congratulations to CW Men and Women Premier teams, both qualifying for the final four. The Men turned the tables on UVic with a 45 – 37 win and the women had a fantastic victory over Burnaby, 53 – 29 on Saturday. Indeed, CW is one of two club sides...
Playoff Prognostications
CW Men go into three weekend playoff matches. The Islanders (VIRU – Div2) travel to the mainland to play Meralomas. This is a tough result to predict as The Tricolours have not named their selection and the strength of the Lomas is unknown. I suppose, given the inconsistency of...
Authors of Our Own Demise?
Those darn Vikings! A word of THANKS, from the Captain. “Last Saturday it was bums in seats, this Saturday it was boots on ground.” Captain, Nathan Stewart has responded graciously on behalf of the club’s players for the generosity of CW’s patrons. Yesterday, our two men’s...
Barnard Cup Decider
The 2017 - 18 BCRU League play season comes to and end tomorrow at Windsor Park when U.Vic visits, to take on the hosts, CW. The outcme of the Premier match will also determine the winner of VIRU play for the Barnard Cup, top Premier club on the Island, currently held by JBAA who toppled...
Canada (and CW) Commonwealth Games History
The show was very young when Canada opened the scoring against South Africa, Caroline Crossley crossing for the first ever try in the inaugural Women’s Sevens. They went on to “bagel” RSA, 29 – 0. Their second match, saw a somewhat unheralded, Kenya give them stiffer opposition with the...
Monday's Musings
Mikey slots a trey! We would be tragically remiss if we were not to honour the Humboldt Broncos players, family and friends with our deepest and sincerest condolences at this heart-breaking time. Our sadness must know no bounds and may you be strengthened by your support for each other and...
Playoffs Loom Large
The Magician returns! CW ‘s Men’s and Women’s Prems face their penultimate matches this weekend as the BCRU Premiership playoffs loom large. Coach Dovanne has mustered a strong women’s side to put out against the Sarries, a club that has had little success on the field of late. That being...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
The recent announcement by R.C. of its approach to RWC qualification has become a hullabaloo of controversy amongst B.C. rugby fans. Samantha Shorter, President of BCRU, recently replied with an open letter to RC, a letter which articulately expressed a B.C. viewpoint, a position which...
Monday's Musings
Tate on the counter..... We must kickoff today with a reminder to all readers of this site that it is a blog with a CW bent but not authorized opinions from the Club’s Executive. With this lead-in, The Ruggernut must offer an apology for any aspersions cast in yesterday’s game reports...
Prems Key Win in Seattle
The boys now sit firmly ensconsed in third place with two tough finishes against UBC and UVic., after a weekend that produced some topsy-turvy outcomes in the league, all to form, but mammoth scores. Seattle went out to a quick 18 - 0 lead and CW fought back to finally get ahead by a...
Four on the Road
Ceedub faces the burden of travel this weekend as all four senior teams face crucial matchups as the road to the playoffs escalates. The women travel to Capilanos to face the second placed team. An upset victory could put them in the driver’s seat, playoff-bound. Last time the teams met...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Sarries Await - Seattle Roadie for the boys this weekend. CWRFC - AGM Tomorrow at 8:00 p.m., DSC. All and sundry welcome. Reports, new Executive; ratification of legal functioning!!...