http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Canadian Rugby Forums » Recent Posts en Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:55:16 +0000 http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/wellington-7s#post-8727 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:01:03 +0000 Juniorcoach 8727@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>An excellent showing! Hopefully these sorts of results will keep on repeating and inspire more of our young guns to push for the top spots!<br /> Maybe we should play all of our matches in NZ. It seems like the country is agreeable to us! </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/wellington-7s#post-8726 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:33:12 +0000 RugbyFan99 8726@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Definitely a tournament to be proud of. Keep it up boys! </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/sam-blanchet#post-8725 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:08:31 +0000 WeAreBrave 8725@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Former Canadian U-17 member (2009) Sam Blanchet will be on the bench for the Exeter Chiefs when they take on Bath this weekend in Anglo-Welsh Cup action. I&#39;m fairly certain that he as well as his brother Justin (who was also apart of the Canadian U17 team in &#39;09) have been seeing some playing time fairly consistently in the Aviva A League for &quot;Exeter United&quot;.</p> <p>So it&#39;s good to see some Canadian content in the higher leagues even if it is an Anglo-Welsh Cup match. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/nsmt-june-internationals#post-8724 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:14:49 +0000 Harry Craig 8724@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>I&#39;d be very surprised if it weren&#39;t a night game. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/wellington-7s#post-8723 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:12:16 +0000 Harry Craig 8723@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Great tournament boys. lost to Samoa in extra time on a penalty and then to South Africa by 2 points. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/wellington-7s#post-8722 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:55:29 +0000 winger14 8722@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Three solid workman like efforts in the pool games.</p> <p>Well Done boys!</p> <p>Winger14 </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/wellington-7s#post-8721 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:03:16 +0000 RugbyFan99 8721@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Pool winners!!! Can&#39;t wait for the 1/4 final game against Samoa. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/wellington-7s#post-8720 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:05:52 +0000 rusty_lock 8720@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Canada just beat France in their first games of the tourney. Great start for the boys, especially with PM still recovering from injury and unavailable. This French side is basically the same side that has wracked up 51 series pts. in the previous events so it is definately not an experimental or developmental side.</p> <p>Kenya rolled the Aussies so in the same group so it is definately a day of upsets for pool D </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/nsmt-june-internationals#post-8719 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:50:47 +0000 bsmith 8719@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Friday night game would be awesome but please RC not Friday afternoon! Contrary to popular belief folks in Ontario do work and kids actually attend school! In fact most Ontario high school rugby players would likely be in the middle of exams! </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/nsmt-june-internationals#post-8718 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:30:04 +0000 abbyhalfback 8718@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Whoa, whoa, whoa......hold the phones.........Toronto has a baseball team? </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/nsmt-june-internationals#post-8717 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:29:02 +0000 rusty_lock 8717@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Why is it a problem? Do people in Ontario care so little about the National team that nobody will come because it&#39;s on a slighty different time than normal? </p> <p>Maybe the Leafs will still be playing</p> <p>LOL</p> <p>or not</p> <p>I just hope we get National TV Coverage from TSN so I can see the two games in Ont. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/nsmt-june-internationals#post-8716 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:13:51 +0000 Mad Damon 8716@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Toronto FC are playing Kansas City on June 16th, in Kansas City. </p> <p>You couldn&#39;t play the two sports on the same field within 24 hours. The field needs to be re-lined, posts taken down etc. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/nsmt-june-internationals#post-8715 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:15 +0000 bsmith 8715@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>I&#39;m pretty sure TFC is playing in Kansas City on the Saturday after the Canada vs Italy game. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/nsmt-june-internationals#post-8714 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:20:04 +0000 Harry Craig 8714@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Toronto is known by most Canadians to be the centre of the universe, why not just have all three here. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/nsmt-june-internationals#post-8713 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:02:39 +0000 Shameless Homer 8713@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Toronto FC are playing on Saturday and you need BMO Field to fit in the 15,000 Italian fans.</p> <p>How does two games in Southern Ontario and one in Vancouver equal &quot;across the country&quot;?</p> <p>A game in Edmonton in June seems reasonable. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/nsmt-june-internationals#post-8712 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:35:18 +0000 Harry Craig 8712@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>People who would rather watch baseball aren&#39;t the kind we want anyways. Friday night dos seem a little unusual though. Maybe they didn&#39;t want to keep all the local players from playing on the Saturday, or maybe TFC have a home game on Saturday. Maybe Halliday will pitch Saturday and it will be a good thing that the game was on Friday evening. I&#39;m sure I will be there, whenever it is played. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/nsmt-june-internationals#post-8711 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:19:23 +0000 bsmith 8711@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Why is Canada playing in Toronto on a Friday? Jays play the Phillies that night at the Rogers Center. If Halliday is pitching there will be a huge walk up crowd which will hurt the Rugby! </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/six-nations#post-8710 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:12:53 +0000 Harry Craig 8710@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Games being shown at the Wanderers in Ajax again this year, see our website at ajaxwanderers.com for details. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/cudmore-re-signs#post-8709 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:53:13 +0000 Harry Craig 8709@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>It is good news and it seems they like Canadians, they have two in there academy. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/cudmore-re-signs#post-8708 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:22:07 +0000 rusty_lock 8708@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p><a href="http://tsn.ca/rugby/story/?id=386033" rel="nofollow">http://tsn.ca/rugby/story/?id=386033</a></p> <p>Looks like JC will be spending another 2 years in France. Good on him, he is often vilified for his brushes with the law but clearly AC sees value in having him in the lineup, even if it is only 2/3 of year. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/world-cup-article-with-dthvdm#post-8707 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:01:55 +0000 Harry Craig 8707@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Good article, thanks for posting. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/world-cup-article-with-dthvdm#post-8706 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:52:46 +0000 trueviking 8706@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p><a href="http://ruggamatrix.com/world-cup-tales-canada-with-dth-van-der-merwe/" rel="nofollow">http://ruggamatrix.com/world-cup-tales-canada-with-dth-van-der-merwe/</a> </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/na-bid-for-world-cup#post-8705 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:39:21 +0000 Harry Craig 8705@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>The IRB has set the dates for the present window, I doubt that will change. Most college stadiums are hard pressed to fit in a full rugby pitch. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/na-bid-for-world-cup#post-8704 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:42:59 +0000 Hollywood 8704@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>I would like to see a world cup in the USA and Canada. The best grass fields are college stadiums, so that would mean a July-August world cup, which would be sensible. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/adam-kleeberger-signs-with-london-scottish#post-8703 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:08:38 +0000 rusty_lock 8703@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>I actually thought it was Esher that had the player development affiliation with Wasps </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/na-bid-for-world-cup#post-8702 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:05:17 +0000 Bandito 8702@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>On field turf? Not sure, but aren&#39;t a few UK teams toying with the idea of switching to it themselves (I may have heard Saracens in such a discussion)? </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/adam-kleeberger-signs-with-london-scottish#post-8701 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:01:31 +0000 Bandito 8701@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Harry, if that&#39;s the case, he should get shovelled into the lineup asap! They&#39;re down to the bare bones because of injuries. Even had to cancel an A-League game recently. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/jebb-sinclair#post-8700 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 07:29:09 +0000 trueviking 8700@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>sinclair broke his thumb....could be out for the rest of the season....very disappointing....he was doing well. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/rugby-canadas-pro-report#post-8699 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:05:05 +0000 Harry Craig 8699@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>We won because we were better and I don&#39;t cheer for the fat cats I cheer for the players. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/rugby-canadas-pro-report#post-8698 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:03:34 +0000 rugbyfan07 8698@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Hey son I&#39;ve done all that stuff except sponsor anybody. But I&#39;m tired of my time going into a program or direction so some foreigner can fck it up. Screw them. Rugby here is a mess, and until the fat cats sort them selfs out I will put my time into junior lacrosse. I saw the Canada tonga game live, we won because they played a b team. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/na-bid-for-world-cup#post-8697 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:14:09 +0000 Harry Craig 8697@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Thanks for another positve note rugby fan. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/rugby-canadas-pro-report#post-8696 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:12:23 +0000 Harry Craig 8696@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Well said SOH. I think Jeff Hull does a great job amd just loves rugby, like most of us on tis forum. These are not beer leagues, The BC leagues and all the other Canadian leagues are. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/rugby-canadas-pro-report#post-8695 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:17:47 +0000 Son of Heavy 8695@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Rugbyfan: Get it together and figure it out. Jeff Hull is a grade A beaut who puts a lot of time into that stuff. Don&#39;t like it? Go write some more fawlty towers erotic fan fiction.</p> <p>OR:</p> <p>This could be your new years resolution for 2012: Go volunteer at your local high school. If you already do that, then go take a coaching or reffing course. If you&#39;ve already done that, then make sure you get involved with your local club, in something as small as taking down the post pads after a game or selling hot chocolate at the field. If you already do that, then find some friends of the family or co-workers, and get them and their young children out to as many rugby events as you can. If you already do that, then spend some time coming up with a suitable solution for the &#39;problems&#39; you&#39;ve seen here abouts. Propose a schedule to the BCRU, or help find a sponsor (or sponsor a player yourself) to offset the costs of living for our high level athletes so they don&#39;t have to go over seas to make a living playing rugby.</p> <p>If you finish all that, come on back to me and I&#39;ve got more good stuff you can do.</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Son Of Heavy </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/rugby-canadas-pro-report#post-8694 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:11:16 +0000 BCLock 8694@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Some of them play in top flight leagues, and the others in division two, which is still great for development. I&#39;d much rather have our players play in European second division than in the BCPL. And Jeff Hull is in no way connected to Rugby Canada, so I don&#39;t see how it&#39;s a waste of time, he just does it for fun. Him being annoying is a whole different story...</p> <p>Many countries, including in Tier 1, have foreign coaches. If Keiran Crowley is the best coach available to us, why not have him? </p> <p>We beat Tonga, were in the running to beat France, and tied Japan, a country with a lot more money invested in rugby and half of their team isn&#39;t even Japanese.</p> <p>The lack of games is annoying, and it&#39;s due in part to the IRB and more-so because Rugby Canada is run extremely unprofessionally. The management doesn&#39;t seem to know how to run an organization like that.</p> <p>Anyway, that&#39;s my two cents... </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/rugby-canadas-pro-report#post-8693 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 07:43:25 +0000 rugbyfan07 8693@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Is anybody else tired of the pro rugby report at the rugby Canada page? I could care less on what beer league our national team players are in or how theyre doing in it. Christmas cards from the pros really? What a bloody waste of time. </p> <p>I would love to write positive stuff on here but there is so little positive stuff going on these days!!! Foreign coaches, terrible schedules(bc league), bad national results. lack of international games. Lack of growth everywhere. </p>