http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Canadian Rugby Forums » Forum: Men's National Teams - Recent Topics en Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:50:51 +0000 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-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/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-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-8645 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:29:12 +0000 OnRugby 8645@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Came across this article that says the US is considering a bid for the rugby world cup in 2023 with Canada as a possible co-host</p> <p><a href="http://www.espnscrum.com/other/rugby/story/155351.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.espnscrum.com/other/rugby/story/155351.html</a> </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/adam-kleeberger-signs-with-london-scottish#post-8642 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:51:21 +0000 Harry Craig 8642@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Just read on Rugby News website that Adam Kleeberger has signed with London Scottish of the English Championship (second division) and may play as soon as December 26. Congratulations and good luck young man. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/jebb-sinclair#post-7310 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:14:26 +0000 RugbyFan99 7310@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Jebb Sinclair has signed with London Irish. Good to see a Canadian in the Premiership.</p> <p><a href="http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3823_7063669,00.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,3823_7063669,00.html</a> </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> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/we-suck#post-8585 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:00:25 +0000 rugbyfan07 8585@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Just sitting and watching Canada play Aussies in the Dubei 7s. We suck..... We were beaten by teenagers. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/2006-churchill-cup-cdn-roster#post-8638 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:54:01 +0000 oshawabob 8638@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Is anyone able to provide this information? I can&#39;t seem to find this roster anywhere..............</p> <p>Cheers </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/danny-baugh#post-8608 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:28:27 +0000 rugbyfan07 8608@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Just watched this clip on Rugbydump. And was wondering if anybody noticed at the end of the clip if it was Danny Baugh who was hugging Shane Williams. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/canada-u20-men%e2%80%99s-program#post-8649 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:01:44 +0000 sm00thrider 8649@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>What has happened to the much talked about residential U20 program in Victoria? From where I sit it appears that no progress has been made. Canada fired John Tait to bring in the expert from Alberta and to this this date nothing has been achieved. Rick Bourne and Graham Brown inform us of the No Excuses pharse. Does this fall in place with no players, no program so you have no excuses? Really what has been done?. This should be the major pathway to the men’s national 15’s and 7’s teams. Tim Murdy did a better job and he did it for free. Merry Christmas. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/awaking-the-sleeping-giant#post-8581 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:34:22 +0000 rugbyfan07 8581@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>USA is to offer full time contracts to their men&#39;s and women&#39;s sevens teams.. RUGBY CANADA WHERE ARE YOU!!!!!!</p> <p><a href="http://usarugby.org/#cc%3D%5BApplication%5D%5C%5CStructure%5C%5CContent%5C%5CBrand%20Resource%20Center%5C%5CContent%5C%5CHome%5C%5CNewsArchive%5C%5C20907F3F-129D-1B27-217B-03A9172CFCDA%5C%5C23181D59-12D6-2F62-88C5-C72DA32221E1%5C%5C23181D59-133F-57DA-2BD8-4E7D4737687D%7B%7BTab%3AView%7D%7D" rel="nofollow">http://usarugby.org/#cc%3D%5BApplication%5D%5C%5CStructure%5C%5CContent%5C%5CBrand%20Resource%20Center%5C%5CContent%5C%5CHome%5C%5CNewsArchive%5C%5C20907F3F-129D-1B27-217B-03A9172CFCDA%5C%5C23181D59-12D6-2F62-88C5-C72DA32221E1%5C%5C23181D59-133F-57DA-2BD8-4E7D4737687D%7B%7BTab%3AView%7D%7D</a> </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/gold-coast-sevens#post-8575 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:23:48 +0000 shack 8575@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Does anyone know why Canada isn&#39;t participating in the Gold Coast Sevens that start tomorrow? I see USA, Kenya, Niue (whoever that is) Japan as well as the major Rugby nations are all playing. Did we pass on this leg of the HSBC series or were we not invited? </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/how-far-up#post-8566 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:52:27 +0000 Juniorcoach 8566@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Of course we&#39;ve all heard of the troubles at Penn state. I entered into a discussion the other day on the whole issue of culpability. Since I&#39;m presuming that most of you on this forum are involved in club rugby either as a player, coach, on the executive or all of the above, I thought that you&#39;d all be the best to look for clarity on the underlying issue(s).<br /> The discussion I was having the other day revolved around &quot;how high up&quot; and &quot;who was responsible for what&quot; (insofar as alerting authorities were concerned.)<br /> For the record, I stated that going to the A.D. wasn&#39;t good enough for Paterno and that if nothing was done by his &quot;employers&quot;, then it was inevitably his responsibility to contact the proper authorities, whether it be child services, or the police.<br /> Thoughts ladies and gentlemen? I believe this does have some relevance in our community. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/do-we-really-care-about-rugby#post-8436 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:42:12 +0000 rugbyfan07 8436@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>&quot;Over 6000 watch Enisey-STM beat Krasnoyarsk rivals Krasniy Yar 21-15 to become new Russian champions!&quot;</p> <p>We&#39;re lucky to get that for a test. 1/4 of that for a bc final maybe. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/jamie-cudmore-2#post-8557 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:17:39 +0000 RugbyFan99 8557@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Looks like Cudmore has been suspended again in France.</p> <p><a href="http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,16024_7312261,00.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,16024_7312261,00.html</a> </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/what-happened-to-singing-rugby-songs#post-8166 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:31:33 +0000 Faust 8166@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>It is a dying art. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/irb-funding-trickle-down-effect#post-8099 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:36:40 +0000 Frank 8099@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>The big unions are pissed at the funding structure imposed by the irb. What would Canada do if the irb bowed to the big unions and restructured the welfare cheques?</p> <p>Laurie Mains said:</p> <p><blockquote>Former All Black coach Laurie Mains backed Tew&#39;s stance on Radio Sport: &quot;I think the IRB has a responsibility to listen to those major unions because they are actually what make the World Cup tick. It&#39;s not your minnows, who are getting all the money, that make it tick - it is the Big Five.&quot;</blockquote></p> <p>The minnows must start to swim with the sharks on the playing field and now off the field with sponsorship </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/hsbc-sevens-world-series#post-8496 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:41:56 +0000 BCLock 8496@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>They&#39;ve released the pools for the first tournament, and Canada wasn&#39;t included. Anybody know why? </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/fanboys-gone-wild#post-8137 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:17:35 +0000 clyde 8137@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Rugby is an amateur game in Canada. It is a professional game in a little more than half a dozen countries. It is unrealistic to expect a team that represents an amateur system will compete with teams that represent various professional systems. I always get a chuckle from the forums on this website, no matter what the topic of discussion. Impassioned cries to stop saying mean interweb things about the players. Bizarre factually-challenged pronouncements on all manner of subjects related to the game. Using the term &quot;we&quot; when referring to the performance of the men&#39;s team by fanboys is a good one too. Like it&#39;s you and Pritchard, Monro and Van Der Merwe, all working together to accomplish something on behalf of all Canadians. Rubbish. Rugby is a tremendous game. It offers a great opportunity for particpation in a competitive activity, and I&#39;m happy that TSN carried broadcasts of WC games this year. Most of the kids I coach have never seen high calibre rugby, so it represents a tremendous development. But the idea that those twenty-some guys who went to NZ and their coaches have anything to do with the game as it&#39;s played where I am is ridiculous. $1300 for fifteen-year-olds to play in our National Festival while rugby Canada sends twenty-some guys who are striving to get overseas to play is ridiculous. Dan Baugh doing much for the kids in Edmonton these days? </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/classics#post-8521 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:37:10 +0000 brooke 8521@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>How bout them Canadian Classics, beating the Aussies 19-15, now taking on the Argies (who beat the Springboks)Friday night in the semifinals.<br /> Good luck boys </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/bang-ur-gone#post-8417 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:48:12 +0000 Frank 8417@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Hot off the hidden press, One down and a few more to go:</p> <p><blockquote>Richmond Hill, ON</p> <p>Effective today, Rugby Canada will be implementing changes to the structure of the Communications Department that services our rugby community and both internal and external stakeholders of the game.</p> <p>After four years of service with Rugby Canada, Communications Manager Doug Crosse will leave the organization today having been a good servant to the game in Canada.</p> <p>The restructuring of the department will open up two opportunities for coordinator roles in each of the Richmond Hill, Ontario and Langford, British Columbia offices. Further details of the roles will be released no later than Monday 31st October, with positions to be filled at the earliest opportunity prior to the start of 2012.</p> <p>On behalf of Rugby Canada’s National teams and programs, we would like to thank Doug for his contributions to the sport, and we wish him the very best in the future.</p> <p>Graham Brown,<br /> CEO<br /> Rugby Canada</blockquote> </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/victoria-has-it-been-a-success#post-8364 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:58:50 +0000 Popo 8364@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>For sometime whether it has been formal or informal policy, the SNMT has been based out of Victoria. The history of this can be traced back most likely to the days of the Pacific Pride. The thought being centralizing players would improve Canada&#39;s performance internationally.</p> <p>In 2003 Canada was ranked 13 in the world. Two World Cups later and 8 years and Canada is still ranked 13 in the world and appears to be no better in relation to the rest of world.</p> <p>It would appear this practice has not been a success as it is currently implemented.</p> <p>Why does this practice persist?</p> <p>One casualty of this practice has been the quality of rugby in BC. While 2 or 3 teams have great quality of play due in most part to them being comprised of the SNMT players and hopefuls the quality and standard of play has not generally increased or is any better than it has been in the past. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/15s-is-not-7s-when-will-canada-learn#post-8180 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:34:19 +0000 fastball 8180@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Does Canada even look at what the WINNING nations are doing? How does choosing eight players from the recent RWC squad help our future in 7s? They are not the same game. I&#39;ll admit players in the 15s squad should be 7s players... but they should never have gone to the 15s WC.</p> <p>If Canada wants a chance in 7s (Which I believe we have a better shot in 7s than we do in 15s long term) then they need to start NOW. Using the same players for 7s and 15s if an excellent way to reduce your playing pool, burn out your players and play an outdated game.<br /> What was the point of the sevens camps held throughout the WC then?</p> <p><blockquote>Nanyak Dala (Saskatoon, SK) (Prairie Wolf Pack)<br /> Sean Duke (Vancouver, BC) (British Columbia)<br /> Matt Evans (Duncan, BC) (Unattached)<br /> Kyle Gilmour (St Albert, AB) (Prairie Wolf Pack)<br /> Ciaran Hearn (Conception Bay, NFLD) (The Rock)<br /> Nathan Hirayama (Richmond, BC) (British Columbia)<br /> Adam Kleeberger (White Rock, BC) (British Columbia)<br /> Phil Mack (Victoria, BC) (The Rock)<br /> John Moonlight (Pickering, Ontario) (Ontario Blues)<br /> Taylor Paris (Barrie, ON) (Ontario Blues)<br /> Mike Scholz (Oakville, ON) (Ontario Blues)<br /> Conor Trainor (Vancouver, BC) (British Columbia)</blockquote> </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/pan-am-7s#post-8430 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:40:33 +0000 O Canada 8430@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Brazil 0 x <strong>45 Canada</strong></p> <p><em>Chile 7 x 14 United States</em></p> <p>Chile 7 x <strong>35 Canada </strong> </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/is-canada-in-the-pacific-rim-tournament#post-8056 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:35:19 +0000 Hollywood 8056@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>I saw it posted in Planet Rugby but there was no link cited.</p> <p>It would be the current four teams (Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, Japan) plus Canada and USA. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/tsn-coverage-of-rwc#post-8395 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:46:26 +0000 shack 8395@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Let&#39;s face it, networks have a pretty hard time justifying coverage of 15&#39;s rugby in Canada. The nature of the game with non-stop action means very little room to insert advertising and hterefore very difficult sell it to potential sponsors. I think TSN did a great job covering the World Cup and I think they were rewarded with a better than anticipated audience. It might be a good thing to remind them of that so their powers that be are eager to continue and see the value in offering more. So if you were one of the hundreds of thousands of viewers, take the time to write them a letter or send them an email and let them know, TSN Audience Relations <a href="mailto:audiencerelations@tsn.ca">audiencerelations@tsn.ca</a> or call them at 416-384-7660<br /> The more encouragement the better. </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/carding-for-2011-2012#post-8327 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:32:05 +0000 fastball 8327@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>Here is what is posted on the Sport Canada website. God forbid Rugby Canada actually announces the carding.<br /> Rugby - Men<br /> Adam Kleeberger British Columbia White Rock SR $18,000.00<br /> Andrew Tiedemann British Columbia Victoria SR $18,000.00<br /> Ryan Hamilton British Columbia West Vancouver SR $18,000.00<br /> Sean Duke British Columbia Vancouver SR $18,000.00<br /> Sean White British Columbia Victoria SR $18,000.00<br /> Jason Marshall British Columbia North Vancouver SR $18,000.00<br /> Connor Braid British Columbia Victoria SR $18,000.00<br /> Ciaran Hearn British Columbia Victoria SR $18,000.00<br /> Brett Beukeboom British Columbia Victoria SR $18,000.00<br /> John Moonlight British Columbia Victoria SR $18,000.00<br /> Doug Wooldridge Ontario Lindsay SR $18,000.00<br /> Kyle Armstrong Ontario Whitby C1 $10,800.00<br /> Taylor Paris Ontario Barrie SR $18,000.00<br /> Luke Tait British Columbia Mill Bay SR $18,000.00<br /> Nanyak Dala British Columbia Victoria SR $18,000.00<br /> Hubert Buydens Saskatchewan Saskatoon SR $18,000.00</p> <p>Anyone know where these people are actually from? BC, BC, BC?? Rugby Canada can&#39;t honestly think taking 90% BC players actually gives them the best athletes...??? </p> http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/a-canadian-pro-rugby-league-is-required-now#post-8213 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:47:07 +0000 Moosehead 8213@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <p>I don&#39;t want to wait until we are ranked just in the top 30 rugby nations in the world and the only top 30 country without a pro rugby league (like Basketball prior to the forming of the National Basketball League). </p> <p>We are a rich country! We can get this done. The response to rugby from this year&#39;s world cup shows that there is demand for the game in Canada. Solution expand the Canadian Rugby Championship to include 10 home games to sell season&#39;s tickets and test market for expansion. </p>