By A hastily assembled VRC third division full of bit players and bye week mercenaries went on the road to beat Ridge Meadows 37 – 5 this weekend, getting the absolute most out of a wet, rainy Saturday at Maple Ridge’s Garibaldi Secondary School. The pack was lead by VRC Head
Rowers Reserves drop one at home, 19-23.
The VRC Premier Reserves side lost a heatbreaker at home today, as the visiting Castaway Wanderers scored the winning try in the final minute to earn 23-19 win on the road. The Reserves pack came out strong in the wet conditions, dominating the breakdowns with physical play on both sides
“Gutted.” Prems lose 25-28 in the final minute at home against CW.
The VRC Rugby Premier side lost a close one at home Saturday, falling to the Castaway Wanderers 25-28 following a controversial last minute try by the visitors. Castaway opened the scoring in the first minute on a wet day at Brockton, springing a winger in space outside, and nailing the
Rowers Women drop one in Richmond
The VRC women’s side lost to Richmond in the sole VRC fixture this weekend, conceding four tries while being unable to find the end goal, 26-0 at the final whistle. Richmond scored their first try in the third minute of the 60 minute, 12-a-side game, and it appeared to wake
Prems lose to the Pacific Pride 51-14
The Rowers prems disappointed the home crowd this Saturday at Brockton, as very fit and well drilled Pacific Pride club – the Western Canada working entity of Canada’s U23 program – scored early and often to beat them 51-14. The nation’s youth gave the Rowers a run, using advantages in
“You F*cki’n Rock!” The Rowers Japan Tour Takes Osaka
High winds whipped the tree tops around and a warm, driving rain pounded across the bright halogen lights that lit the wide turf pitch that Osaka’s Kamesenryu rugby club called home on the evening that the Rowers Japan World Tour visited to play a friendly. The urban rugby club that
Rowers Tour Gallery: Kamesenryu Osaka
All match day photos by Kelly Eglisson.
Lessons in culture: The Rowers Japan Tour gets taken to school.
The community service portion of the Five Nations Dream Tournament saw the touring clubs split into groups and sent to various Japanese public schools to do some simple rugby demos and be generally well received by attentive, engaged children. This author was dispatched with half a dozen tour mates to
Tokyo Tour Journal: Rowers take 2nd place in 5 nations dream tournament, party hard in rugby mad Japan
Tokyo’s own Superman RFC, longtime friends of Rowers Rugby, were our hosts for the “Five Nations Dream Match Tournament,” this past Saturday, an amateur event running in parallel to the World Cup. Joining the Rowers on the very level turf of the sports complex in suburban Tokyo were; New Zealand’s
