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Canadian Rugby Forums » Forum: Club Rugby/RCSL/Leagues - Recent Topics http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Canadian Rugby Forums » Forum: Club Rugby/RCSL/Leagues - Recent Topics en Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:56:24 +0000 bs_detector on "Rock Players in BCRN MVP club" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/rock-players-in-bcrn-mvp-club#post-8729 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:34:45 +0000 bs_detector 8729@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Interesting that the first two 2012 BC Rugby News (CDI) MVP Club members are current or past members of The Rock - Zac Coughlan and now Brian McKenzie. This takes it to 5 out of 14 (36%) including 2011 - Chauncey O'Toole, Ciaran Hearn and Frank Walsh. I believe at least one other winner is from Ontario as well. Shows the significant contribution being made by easterners (or former easterners) in the CDI. Faust on "University of Guelph suspends rugby team" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/university-of-guelph-suspends-rugby-team#post-8192 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:44:04 +0000 Faust 8192@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ University of Guelph suspends rugby team Guelph, Ont.— The Canadian Press Published Monday, Oct. 03, 2011 8:34PM EDT Last updated Monday, Oct. 03, 2011 8:35PM EDT 7 comments Email Tweet Print Decrease text size Increase text size The University of Guelph has suspended its men's rugby team for two games over an off-campus party that breached the student athletic code of conduct. Guelph athletics director Tom Kendall said the Sept. 17 party violated the code over both misuse of alcohol and staging an initiation. “It's more the alcohol,” Kendall said in an interview. “Nobody was hurt and the police weren't involved. It wasn't severe in that sense, it wasn't a hazing incident. “It was just one of those situations where because there was alcohol involved, it was not within the standards we expect of our athletes.” “Initiation-type parties” are not allowed at the university. “We just don't think it reflects well on our department and we basically put that in the code of conduct,” Kendall said. Kendall declined to say what kind of initiation was involved, saying it was not “100 per cent clear.” The suspension means the Gryphons will forfeit games against Toronto (Oct. 14) and McMaster (Oct. 21). The games will go down as 1-0 defeats. Guelph will play its final regular season game Oct. 29 against Queen's in Kingston, Ont. Guelph (3-1-1) currently stands second in the Ontario University Athletics standing. “Losing these games will hurt them and that's unfortunate because they're having one of their best years ever,” Kendall said. “But this is unfortunately one of those life lessons.” Kendall said the case is now considered closed. ECAP on "PED's in BC Rugby" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/peds-in-bc-rugby#post-8487 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:52:37 +0000 ECAP 8487@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ I saw this today on the TSN website. I hadn't seen any mention of it on here (strange) BC Rugby's site (expected) or on BCRN(stranger), but it was news last week. <a href="http://tsn.ca/rugby/story/?id=379508" rel="nofollow">http://tsn.ca/rugby/story/?id=379508</a> One of the BC Bears was suspended from rugby for 2 years for steroids. I hadn't heard about this until now. Does anyone know the answers to the following questions? 1. Which game he tested positive in? 2. Do the BC Bears forfeit ALL of the games he played in, or just the one he tested positive in? 3. Which game(s) did he play in? 4. Does his suspension cover only rep games or is he unable to suit up for his club as well? John on "What ever happened to his stadium proposal by the Vancouver Rugby Club" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/what-ever-happened-to-his-stadium-proposal-by-the-vancouver-rugby-club#post-8458 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:40:47 +0000 John 8458@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Stadium pitched for Stanley Park The Vancouver Rugby club is pitching a plan to build a 10,000-seat rugby stadium at Brockton Oval in Stanley Park. By The Vancouver ProvinceSeptember 18, 2008 <a href="http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=e7215457-dd17-4030-a639-333423556b8a&sponsor=" rel="nofollow">http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=e7215457-dd17-4030-a639-333423556b8a&sponsor=</a> calgarytouchrugby on "Calgary Touch Rugby League 2011" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/calgary-touch-rugby-league-2011-2012#post-8073 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:31:16 +0000 calgarytouchrugby 8073@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Season gets underway October 18th. Get your teams in ASAP as early bird rate expires October 1st!!! <a href="http://www.calgarytouchrugby.com/">http://www.calgarytouchrugby.com/</a> Bandito on "Why we play / coach ... a MUST see video." http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/why-we-play-coach-a-must-see-video#post-8021 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:30:46 +0000 Bandito 8021@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Short documentary about a kids soccer team. Posted by Jason de Vos on the CBC site today in light of parents getting worse and worse at kids' games, but I think it speaks so much more. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMhnDhLKsFc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMhnDhLKsFc</a> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iMhnDhLKsFc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Bulldogs2 on "U-16 Boy's Ontario Title for Bulldogs RFC" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/u-16-boys-ontario-title-for-bulldogs-rfc#post-7872 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:41:26 +0000 Bulldogs2 7872@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Below is the newspaper article that was printed on Tuesday Sept. 13th. Nice to see a club the size of Belleville RFC winning an Ontario title. Also great, was one old(Belleville RFC) playing a current (Bytown Blues)EORU club for the title. Coaches Larry Cook and Warren McCann should be congratulated for the season they had. Bulldogs win U16 Ontario title Beat Bytown on final play ADY VOS The Intelligencer The Belleville Tim Horton's Bulldogs won the U16 Ontario rugby championship on the final play of the game Saturday in Markham. Trailing 13-7 in the dying seconds, the Bulldogs rallied for a 14-13 victory over the Ottawa Bytown Blues. "With time running out in the game we had a drive off of a lineout near the Bytown try line," said coach Warren McCann. "We did several quick taps on penalties to move the ball to the centre of the field then with another penalty against Bytown, the referee called last play. The forwards mauled the ball over the line with Nathan Shakura scoring. With the score 12-13, and no time on the clock, Devon Fobert kicked the two-point convert for the win." The victory capped an impressive season for the U16 Bulldogs who posted a 10-1-1 overall record. Prior to the season, McCann said he expected the Bulldogs to compete for the championship. "Right from the start you could see this was a good team," said McCann. "Last year we made it to the Final Four but this team had better balance and more skill so I was expecting them to do better." McCann said the Bulldogs were a force right from the start of the season. Their only loss came early in the season, on the final play of the game, against Lindsay. "The whole team contributed to the success of the team," said McCann. He said "powerful, skillful forwards and fast skillful backs" allowed the Bulldogs to score 344 points this season while allowing just 118. He had special praise for the the Bulldogs co-captains. "In the playoffs we had to fight back in the second half twice to pull games out. Josh Furmidge led the forwards at scrum half and Joey Thompson led the forwards as number 8," said McCann. Coming into the championship game, the Blues were undefeated. Bytown took an early 3-0 lead on a penalty kick but the Bulldogs responded when Fobert scampered more than 50 yards on the wing scoring the go-ahead try. Brandon Maracle converted and the Bulldogs were in the lead 7-3. But before the half was over, Bytown scored a pair of unconverted tries for a 13-7 lead. And that's the way the game stayed until the final seconds when the Bulldogs won it with a converted try as time ran out. To get to the championship game, the Bulldogs defeated Mississauga 17-12 in the semi-final. Scoring tries for the Bulldogs were centre Jeff Radford, forward Jordan Barry-Aldrich and winger Tristan Muir. Brandon Maracle converted the first try. The Bytown Blues had blanked the Toronto Nomads 12-0 to earn their spot in the championship game. The Bulldogs reached the Final Four by winning their playoff pool in Markham defeating Aurora Barbarians 34-5 and the Oshawa Vikings 14-12. irishlock on "CIS Finals" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/cis-finals#post-3614 Sat, 06 Nov 2010 03:25:11 +0000 irishlock 3614@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ 2 huge games tomorrow in CIS National Championships tomorrow. Concordia vs Lethbridge and Guelph vs St FX. Only saw parts of todays games on the SSN feed and didn't see either Lethbridge or St FX. How do people see what is effectively the semi finals shaping up? tb99 on "Rock v Blues - Bad Manners" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/rovk-v-blues-bad-manners#post-7680 Sun, 04 Sep 2011 03:39:41 +0000 tb99 7680@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Attended the Rock v Blues game today. Good, even match. The thing that stood out for me, however, was the astonishingly bad behaviour by the Rock coaches. During the first game, U-20 Rock v Niagara, I was surprised as how much yelling the Rock coaches did. Nothing wrong with that, just unusual. It was non-stop and at top volume for the entire 80 minutes. It was kind of entertaining, really. In the next game, Rock v Ontario, the tone changed. The yelling was still non-stop but it changed from being the barking of instructions to the team and took on a mean-spirited theme. I am not used to coaches swearing so much. I was also surprised by the Rock coach using the F word when addressing a ref. Once to a line ref's face. As the tide of the game turned, the Rock coach amped up the commentary. Again, at the top of his lungs. By the end his earlier clown-like editorials turned pretty bitter. But that was not the worst part. During the late stages of the game, with Ontario attempting a penalty kick, the crowd was silent as the kicker lined up. As soon as he started his move towards the ball, one of the Rock players on the sideline and down near the kick, yelled "SHANK" really loud. The kick was good but it was a pretty embarrassing display of poor sportsmanship. This brought back a conversation I had with someone who was at a Rock U-18 game a couple of months ago versus a touring team from England. On the last play of the game, with a penalty kick to decide it, the English kicker started his move towards the ball, and, surprise, someone (the person telling the story says it was a coach, but who knows for sure) screams to distract him. He made the kick. Same story, tons of swearing and bad sportsmanship. Pretty sure that team won't be stopping in Newfoundland anytime soon. It wouldn't surprise me if word gets around. Losing out on playing touring teams certainly won't help develop game in Newfoundland. Summing up, it's a shame because the Rock is a really good team. Supremely talented. Maybe this coach is a rugby genius. Maybe off the field he's the nicest guy in the world. But, seriously, this guy needs to grow up and realize that his attitude isn't helping his team's reputation. Also, if you want to grow the game in Canada this isn't the proper blueprint. Who's going to take their kids to the game, to get them exposed to it early in life only have some lunatic set this example: crying and whining when penalties go against his team cheering when penalties go against the opposition loudly accusing the ref of favouring one team and all of this peppered with F words. Pretty sad and pretty pathetic. Faust on "National Championships" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/national-championships#post-7575 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 07:13:04 +0000 Faust 7575@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Seen some nice talent, but biggest issue is that scrums are still poorly done. Back work is great. Still do not understand why they do not do clinics when everyone is there. When do they actually train the technical training? irishlock on "Rock vs Blues" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/rock-vs-blues#post-7487 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:27:00 +0000 irishlock 7487@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Seems from rockrugby.ca that the Rock have a host of injuries for this game. But a win for them here puts them right back in contention. Anyone have an idea of what the Blues lineup is? Predictions? I'll go with the Rock by 5 with the home crowd pushing them over the edge. Scrum2 on "CRC U19" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/crc-u19#post-7442 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:24:17 +0000 Scrum2 7442@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ I'm still trying to figure out why BC would not have sent a team to the u19 CRC? Is it a budget decision? No designated u19 program? I would think that introducing a u19 program to BC would add the obvious 'gap year' development for their young up and coming talent. winger14 on "NWL Results" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/nwl-results#post-7115 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 02:49:54 +0000 winger14 7115@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Alberta were full value for their win over the weekend. Their effort while less than spectacular over BC, was just enough to get them to the game vs Ontario, and while I had eyes on the BC vs Quebec game, I understand that AB earned it. I had a laugh when the BCRU described the AB win over BC as an upset. Any of the BC, Ontario, Quebec or Alberta can win in a given year, so in my book there are no upsets, just good games. Quebec has a relatively young, very fast team, and if they stick together...look out. Ontario and BC were inconsistent over the weekend, although BC was much better vs Quebec than they were vs AB. In the Tier 2's BC was simply head and shoulders above everyone else. Their forwards were big and athletic, and they had speed in the backs. No one could answer their offload game. In the U20 final BC started strongly, and took the lead. Ontario changed their defensive game plan and pressured the 9 / 10 axis of BC, effectively choking them off. BC couldn't recover and Ontario took the game in the end, despite a furious effort by BC to get the lead back. The leadership shown by the Ontario #15 was incredible. A cool steady head who kept the team focused and lead by example. Winger14 Flanker 6 on "Canadian Test Cap List" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/canadian-test-cap-list#post-7296 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 19:29:51 +0000 Flanker 6 7296@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Is there a updated list put out by Rugby Canada detailing Test Cap leaders. Can anyone post the top 20? rugbyplay78 on "Scouting?" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/scouting#post-7214 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 23:41:19 +0000 rugbyplay78 7214@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Over the past few weeks I have been out watching some club rugby(mens and u20). I have noticed that there is some absolutely raw talent that i believe could be playing for our country. I don't know how they recruit the players, but i think there needs to be way more scouts out to these games to look at the players, there is a lot of unreal talent. Sparly on "Kawakawa Steam 7's Tournament in NZ during RWC 2011" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/kawakawa-steam-7s-tournament-in-nz-during-rwc-2011#post-7182 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:14:59 +0000 Sparly 7182@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <blockquote><cite>Kyal <a href="//canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/kawakawa-steam-7s-tournament-in-nz-during-rwc-2011#post-7164"">said</a>:</cite> The Northland Referees in conjunction with the Bay of Islands railway and the Kawakawa Business Association are running a 7’s tournament on the 17th of September (right between the 2 RWC games in Northland). The tournament is being held at the United Kawakawa club in the beautiful Bay of Islands. The tournament is for senior men’s teams only and will run from 10.00am until 4-6.00pm. The winner of the tournament is to receive $3000.00 with the runners up taking away $1000.00. So if your in New Zealand during the RWC, and want to watch some 7's action then come along If you would like to enter a team, please email Kyal on;kyal.c@northlandrugby.co.nz This is going to be a great tournament show casing Northland and New Zealand 7’s talent!! </blockquote> I am adding this information to my blog. I looked up the tournament online and this is either a 2 day event with a more serious 7s tournament on the Saturday and a fun family 7s on Sunday or there may be some information incorrect. Kyal, if you get a chance can you verify that this is on the 17th and let me know what if anything is happening on the 18th of September as well. Thanks. Shane of <a href="http://www.nztrip2011.com">nztrip2011.com</a> Scrum2 on "Ontario Blues U19 team Announced" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/ontario-blues-u19-team-announced#post-7111 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 02:15:48 +0000 Scrum2 7111@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ After some speculation about whether this team would start up this year - the Ontario Blues have added a U19 development team to it's program. Head coach Shaun Allen from McMaster U, assisted by Darrell Devine from Guelph U and Cam Mitchell also from McMaster. This team fills a slight gap in the development year between 18 and 20 and hopefully will assist in honing the skills of some promising athlete's. The 32 man roster will be apparently reduced slightly for travelling purposes later this month. For now, the following players have been selected; Dylan James Albert Lukas Balkovic Sam Bishop Justin Chan Martin Damianoff Mike Dancey Alex Dissauer Andrew Ferguson Rob Finch Kurt Gibbons Lukas Gillham Jack Gillis Chris Gordon Bobby Grant Richard Hogarth Lucas Hoppe Jon LaPlaca Jesse Lofthouse Conor McCann Farrell McManus Luc Pearson Jacob Rumball Kieran Sadler Stephen Seccareccia Eric Selvaggi Dylan Smith Scott Sopal Cam Stones Ben Thompson Mike Turnbull Geoff Warburton Jon West Faust on "Canadian Football ShinesSpotlight on Rugby Sevens" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/canadian-football-shinesspotlight-on-rugby-sevens#post-6947 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 04:46:45 +0000 Faust 6947@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Canadian Football ShinesSpotlight on Rugby Sevens Canadianfootball will return to its roots in 2011 by showcasing rugby during halftimeat select Canadian Football League (“CFL”) games. Canadian football developedfrom rugby; the Grey Cup, first presented in 1909, was the reward to recognizethe top amateur rugby football team in Canada. SaskatchewanRoughriders CEO, Jim Hopson, and the Dog River Howlers Rugby Club were thecatalysts in featuring rugby with Canadian football. In 2010, the Howlers playedthe Saskatchewan Prairie Fire in an exhibition game before 30,000 enthusiasticfans during halftime of the Roughriders home game. Sevens rugby will takecentre stage during three CFL games in 2011. OnJune 15, 2011, the Howlers will take on the Prairies Wolf Pack in Calgaryduring halftime of the Calgary Stampeders and BC Lions game. TheNorth Saskatchewan Wolverines will play the Prairie Fire in Regina forprovincial bragging rights during halftime of game between the Roughriders andEdmonton Eskimos on June 17, 2011. TheHowlers travel west to take on the BC Tyees on June 22, 2011, during halftimeof the BC Lions and Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Howlers line up will featureWaisale Serevi, originally of Fiji. Serevi has long been considered the ‘WayneGretzky’ of rugby sevens and will give fans a memorable experience. TheHowlers are committed to assisting the growth of rugby sevens in Canada. “Wewould like to see sevens games played in every CFL city, featuring naturalprovincial rivalries, such as the North/South Saskatchewan game in Regina thisyear”, stated Karl Fix, president of the Dog River Howlers Rugby Club RugbySevens, originating in Melrose, Scotland in 1883, features seven players on thefield per team; in contrast to the fifteen players per team in the traditionalgame. Played on the same size field as traditional rugby, the game demandshigh-speed athleticism. Rugby sevens is experiencing unprecedented growth. Thiscan be attributed to its recent inclusion in the Olympics, making its debut inBrazil in 2016. Dog River Howlers Rugby Club where "it's more than a game, it's a way of life" - <a href="http://www.dogriverhowlers.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.dogriverhowlers.com</a> and facebook - <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=</a> Kevin Blanchette RedCoatsForever on "New to Forum, Quick Question" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/new-to-forum-quick-question#post-6126 Thu, 12 May 2011 06:35:25 +0000 RedCoatsForever 6126@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Hi, Just wondering if anyone on here is familiar with the St.George's RFC in London, Ontario, and could possibly tell me what sort of skill level is required to be on their C team? Thanks. Smallprint on "CDI Semi finals" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/cdi-semi-finals#post-5968 Sun, 01 May 2011 01:00:36 +0000 Smallprint 5968@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ CW 38 UVIC 18 anyone with a match report, or a tale of the game? Who won the other match? bs_detector on "Change to Summer Rugby Season in England?" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/change-to-summer-rugby-season-in-england#post-5848 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:35:11 +0000 bs_detector 5848@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Article from BBC Sports whereby changing the English rugby season to the summer is discussed <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/my_club/bath/9463467.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/my_club/bath/9463467.stm</a> Faust on "If you truly want to help out the game without any cost" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/if-you-truly-want-to-help-out-the-game-without-any-cost#post-5938 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:39:50 +0000 Faust 5938@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <a href="http://www.lvsoskitaid.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.lvsoskitaid.com/</a> Donate your old kit to less fortunate places I have an email of someone in charge of this program. Admin, is there anyway we can sticky this. oldmanrugby on "Import Rule stunting the growth of Rugby in BC?" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/import-rule-stunting-the-growth-of-rugby-in-bc#post-5522 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:23:42 +0000 oldmanrugby 5522@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Recently there has been a great deal of chatter in these forums concerning import players. That is, people not born in Canada, who haven't lived in Canada for 3 years. For many years I was a staunch believer in the "BC Premier Rugby for BC Players!" point of view that has ruled rugby in BC for years. After seeing the recent results of our Men's XV's team and our BC Bears, I'm not so sure anymore. Are we in Canada, and BC in general, making a mistake by not following the lead of countries like the USA, Japan, Spain or Georgia who have opened the doors of their top leagues to foreign born players? These are countries who Canada used to manhandle, but are now creeping up to our IRB ranking or who have already passed us. If your goal was to build a hockey program in Australia that could compete at a global level, you would be a fool to limit the number of Canadians, Americans, Russians or Swedes that wanted to play in your leagues. The hockey skills that we learn as children in Canada, are skills that are not taught at all in most "non traditional" hockey markets. Exposing the hockey players of Australia to those skills daily would improve their hockey skills. Vancouver and Victoria are world class cities that attract people from all over the world. Some from countries that specialize in Rugby!!! Why do we limit our local players exposure to higher quality rugby, and expect our Nation to get better at Rugby? NZDefiance on "Looking to move" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/looking-to-move#post-5510 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:02:15 +0000 NZDefiance 5510@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Hi there I heard that Canada premier teams are looking for players and i am willing to offer my services for the right reason i am 21 and am from New Zealand My Rugby CV consist of : Hawkes Bay u16s Hawkes Bay u18s(twice)Provincial reps Hurricanes u16s Tournament Team Hawkes Bay Maori Secondary Schools (Captain) Hawkes Bay Maori Colts (twice) Central Regions Maori Colts New Zealand under17s Hawkes Bay Club Rugby Grand Finalist I also played rugby league at the same time. so will add them if of any use. Hawkes Bay u15s (Captain) Central Districts u15s Hawkes Bay Maori u18s x3(Captain) New Zealand Maoris u18s x2 Hawkes Bay Premier Rugby League Grand Finalist I maybe young but i have alot of knowledge so wouldnt mind assisting in a player/coach role. My preferred positions are in the centres and flankers/no8 but i have the skillset to play in almost any position required. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. abbyhalfback on "Rowers" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/rowers#post-4749 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:49:33 +0000 abbyhalfback 4749@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ What's happening in Rowerland? I've read on BCRugbyNews that they've asked to drop down and were denied. They weren't that strong in the first half either. They do have a good junior contingent that should have filled in some holes. Harry Craig on "University sevens" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/university-sevens#post-5251 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:47:26 +0000 Harry Craig 5251@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Just watched a bit of Mt Royal vs U of A. Not very good but have to love the comments. They were suprised that U Vic didn't dominate Mac 19-0 sounds dominating to me. Suprised that Western beat UBC, guess the general feeling on the west coast is that we know nothing about the game of rugby in Ontario. I guess they think they should win every game by 50 points. Bulldogs2 on "Rugby Ontario New Structure" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/rugby-ontario-new-structure#post-4635 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:36:16 +0000 Bulldogs2 4635@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Restructure the Marshall in 2011 to have two divisions Premier and Provincial division, and then eliminate the Keenan/Jones and Bardon divisions. Each division would have 8 teams and the requirements to play in the two divisions would be different. Marshall League will consist of two divisions of 8 teams: Marshall Premiere League – Clubs to be invited Aurora Barbarians, Stoney Creek Camels Toronto Scottish, Brantford Harlequins Markham Irish, Oakville Crusaders Balmy Beach, London St George Marshall Provincial League - Clubs to be invited Peterborough Pagans, Brampton Beavers Oshawa Vikings, Niagara Wasps Barrie RFC, Waterloo County Kingston Panthers, Sarnia Saints Notice Ottawa clubs have no representation. Makes sense. First Division of Toronto Rugby was a joke last year. At one time it was the hardest division in Canada to get promoted. Scrum2 on "Ontario to have Men's U19 team?" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/ontario-to-have-mens-u19-team#post-5094 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:00:41 +0000 Scrum2 5094@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ I heard a rumour that Ontario may opt to have a Men's U19 team this summer. Anyone in the know as to whether there is any truth to this? If so, I wonder who they would play? WeAreBrave on "San Francisco Golden Gate vs. James Bay AA" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/san-francisco-golden-gate-vs-james-bay-aa#post-4735 Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:24:48 +0000 WeAreBrave 4735@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ I came across an article earlier about an exhibition match between James Bay and the American Rugby Super League team San Francisco Golden Gate RFC. I'm surprised that I didn't see this game promoted on bcrugbynews.com. Arguably Canada's best rugby club versus a talented American club who competed in the RSL final last year deserves some sort of coverage I think. Anyways, according to the SFGG twitter page the home team, San Francisco, came away with a 38-13 win over the Bays. I was fairly surprised to be honest but nonetheless I was glad to see these two teams organize this match as I would like to see more matches between the top Canadian and American clubs. Hopefully San Francisco GG make a trip out to the Island next year to play James Bay in what I'm sure would be an exciting and well attended rematch. irelandscall on "Irish player looking for semi pro rugby" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/irish-player-looking-for-semi-pro-rugby#post-3902 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:01:57 +0000 irelandscall 3902@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Hi im a rugby player thinking of emigrating to Canada. I play prop in the ALL Ireland League.I know a few guys playing in the league have represented USA and am wondering how to be selected with these semi pro teams and what is the standard, pay, e.t.c? any help greatly appreciated.