Senior Women
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
SEVENS HEAVEN Also from last weekend…. Last weekend BCRU hosted two PRC 7’s Tournaments in conjunction with the RAN 7’s – Girl’s U15 & Boy’s U17. We have some news form the boy’s manager. VIRU TIDE lost one match in the Round Robin to Vancouver South and faced them again, later in the...
Monday's Musings
In His Dreams! Johno With Bill. Plenty of rugby news today, following the weekend’s Paris Olympics Qualifiers at Starlight Stadium. Let’s start with some old news. Canada’s Men were unsuccessful in their second match against Tonga, losing 36 – 12. Not sure that Rugby Canada can put any...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
CW, ONE CLUB, ALL AGES; ALL ABILITIES WORDS OF WELCOME – FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK This is my first formal communication since assuming the role of President of Castaway-Wanderers RFC back in April. You can find information about me (yawn) on the web site. I’d rather use this space to...
Monday's Musings
Senior Coaching Changes for 2023-24 Season. With the proclamation of the activation of registration, the time is ripe for today’s release from the Director of Rugby, Ken Goodland. “Castaway Wanderers rugby would like to thank and congratulate Ollie Winser as he takes the next step in...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
CW is pleased to announce registration for the coming season will be activated this Friday. Age Grade Divisions have changed once again by BCRU, so parents can view the following table to ensure they will be registering their child at the correct age level. One will only need to click on...
Canada Women Crush Wallaroos
(Credit WORLD RUGBY twitter feed.) The screenshot depicts Canadian scrum dominance on their way to a try late in the first half by winger, Sarah Lachance. There has been plenty of rugby news pertaining to Canadian teams during this past week, although, there is none that compares with...
Monday's Musings
(Photo - Credit, New England Freejacks)As predicted, Saturday’s brace of games was well worth the watch. The first of the two, the MRL Final between San Diego and New England, saw a large collection of overseas players battle to an enthralling...
BIG NAMES
MLR FINAL, credit - The Rugby Network Wednesday’s Ruck & Maul mentioned big named players contracted to the San Diego Legion (MLR). A local site follower reminded this writer of Michael Smith being high on the list of BIG-NAME players for the San Diego Legion in Saturday’s Final of the...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Last night’s Clogher, Castaways game started with much promise. In fact, the locals had a 14 – 12 lead when an early interval was called by referee Pedrick, after CW’s Steve Pyke went down with a neck injury and concussion. Irish himself, Pyke had been quite a factor for the locals in the...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
To Be Envious Of It has always been an interesting issue to discuss, that being Seattle RFC’s inclusion in the BC Premier league! Coming up is the Annual Can Am 7’s Tournament on July 8th. This year’s host is Chuckanut Bay RFC on their amazing facility – the 17.5 acre, deWilde Fields, the...
Saturday's Bits & Pieces
It is with interest this writer has noted that the club’s, Caroline Crossley, is in the mix with the NSWT’s XV’s group of athletes, gathered for training and games. Coach Rouet will select a final squad from these forty athletes to play in upcoming matches against New Zealand (#1), USA (#4),...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
A Web Hiatus The Ruggernut, party of two, has just returned from completing a three-week trip across our marvellous country by train – a true bucket-list epic. During that time rugby, from a Canadian and local perspective has been far from dull! Firstly, our Men’s VII’s have qualified for...
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Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
Jossiah 'Mercury' Morra in Tricolours. Jossiah lit it up in Toulouse last weekend when Canada's NSMT 7's had one of their better performances in some time. After defeating current Champions of the circuit, Australia, hopes were high, only for the air to be let out of the balloon on day...
Monday's Musings
A recent Sixty Minute story about 7’ American Aussie Rules star, Texan, Mason Cox brought to mind Canada and CW’s, Mike Pyke. Cox is not the first North American athlete to star in the AFL. Today we reflect on Mike’s rise to stardom in the strange game, often referred to by Aussies as...
Monday's Musings
ANNUAL CLUB AWARDS At the recent Dinner, several men and women were recognised for their efforts this season. The club’s most prestigious award – the Johnny Shepherd Award, representative of that player who “best serves the club in sportsmanship, duty and honour”, and voted on by solely...
Monday's Musings
Klahanie Park. 2011. BC Final. Identical weather! CW 20 MERALOMAS 3 2023 BC Quarter Final. MERALOMAS 43 CW 13. (Aplogies for lack of a match photo.) Not Quite The Hoped For Results! It was a tough finish to the season for the Tricolours on Saturday. CW...
Hail The President!
CWRFC is pleased to announce the appointment of Karl Klashinsky to the Presidency as a result of our recent AGM. As described in; https://cwrugby.com/blogs/post/wednesdays-ruck-maul1675226275, Klash has been a man for all seasons and brings a wealth of Club and Provincial experience and...
PLAYOFF PICTURES
TRY! CWRFC will be involved in FOUR Provincial Playoffs this Saturday. Our Senior Women’s Div.1 team will travel to Kamloops in a game where #6 (Ceedub) will play #3. The challenge, given the travel schedule will be monumental however, the experience will be invaluable. We wish the ladies,...
Mission/s Accomplished - No April Foolin'
CW Premier Women were up bright and early to catch the 7:00 a.m. ferry for their playoff match against Capilanos on Saturday. The early rise was to avoid any potential ferry cancellation! A rather good reason to ensure the values of home-field advantage. Some players remained at home to suit...
Playoffs Begin As Season Winds Down
This Saturday, CW Women’s Prems find themselves back at Klahanie where they will need to reverse a decision of two week’s back when they lost 38 – 42 in a blistering finish, with the Hosts hanging on. Despite a plethora of injuries, the women bolstered their confidence with a multi-try...
Monday's Musings
(Photo credit - John Richardson) Tackle techniques or not, with sternum-high experimentation by RFU? VITAL BONUS POINTS IN THE BANK Tricolour Men’s & Women’s teams achieved their goals last Saturday with a pair of bonus point victories. The Men opened their account in the fourth minute...
CRITICAL OUTCOMES
Tomorrow, The Tricolours take on Seattle in two matches where the outcome will be critical in terms of playoff positioning. The Women’s Premier team sits in fifth spot after last week’s two bonus points and Seattle are in sixth. Injuries and the absence of Schell with the Nats will sorely test...
Wednesday's Ruck & Maul
PACK IT TO THE RAFTERS - FINAL HOME GAME VS SEATTLE RFC Saturday will be a very special day and we appeal for all of our Faithful to get to the House for this one. Alumni Touch will take place at 11:45 a.m., followed by Women Prems at 12:45 p.m. and Men at 2:30 p.m. There will be...