Ould News
2005
23/04/06
- Irish win 1st "Addison Cup" in Peterborough!
Click here for
details!
| 22/04/06
- Canada "A" loses 36-0 to New Zealand U21's in Thompson
and Ward's debut! Click here for announcement from Rugby Canada! |
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| 21/04/06
- Ward and Thompson named to starting line-up for Canada
"A" vs. New Zealand U21 Trialists! Click here for report from Rugby Canada! |
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10/04/06 - Irish lose to Niagara Thunder
(RCSL) as permit expires at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton!
Match Report
04/04/06 - ICRC places 4 into the Eastern
team from the NA4 Competition! Congrats to Mark Thompson, Kipp
Wotherspoon, Barry Ward and Simon Dunne!!
Click
here for announcement from Rugby Canada!
| 21/01/06
- Flanker Mark Thompson and Lock Barry Ward attending a
"Domestic High Performance Camp" from January 15th -
20th! Click here for story from Rugby Canada!! |
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| 29/12/05
- Women's Squad member Jessica Belchos named to Canada U19
team! She will attending a training camp and playing against
England in February! Congrats Jessica! |
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17/03/06 - Mark Thompson
gets write-up in the Peterborough Examiner! "I may run for
mayor!" he exclaims.
Click here for story!
01/03/06 - ICRC Coaching
News - Tim Matthews named Assistant Coach of the Rugby Ontario U17 side!
Mark Winokur travelling to England to work with London Irish of the Guinness
Premiership and Newbury RFC of Division One!!
Click here for details!
01/03/06 - ICRC proud to announce their 2006
Playing Schedule!
ICRC Men - Click here!
ICRC Women - Click here!
| 27/02/06
- ICRC Women's lock Megan Gibbs and hooker Jen Kryszak will be
attending the 1st camp of the World Cup year! Click here for Rugby Canada article! |
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| 21/02/06
- Rugby Canada names Mark Thompson and Barry Ward into the Canada
"A" squad to tour New Zealand!! - Congrats to both! Click here for the announcement! |
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08/02/06 - Rugby Canada announces the 1st
annual National Club Championship - May 18th-21st in Edmonton,
Alberta! ICRC get an invite along with Balmy Beach, Oakville Crusaders
and Aurora Barbarians!
Click
here for the official website!!
26/01/06 - ICRC Men announce their
preseason schedule!
Click here!
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23/12/05 - The ICRC Women are proud to announce their Executive for the 2006 season!! |
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02/12/05 - The ICRC Men are proud to announce their Executive for the 2006 season!! |
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| 27/11/05
- It must be the coaching!! Rugby Ontario names Mark Winokur
& Rodin Lozada Coach of the Year in the ORU and OWL!!
Congrats to both! Winners list from the Rugby Ontario Awards Dinner including the 1st Annual All-Star Team - here |
12/11/05 - Breaking news!! ICRC Men have defeated the Life University Running Eagles by the score of 23-16 (three tries to one)!! Match report
| 11/11/05
- Canadian Women lose close match to France in Nantes! Click here for the game report from Rugby Canada! |
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| 10/11/05
- ICRC Women's team members Megan Gibbs and Jen Kryszak named to the
NSWT squad to face France on Friday, November 11th!! Click here for the announcement from Rugby Canada! |
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| 04/11/05
- ICRC lock Spencer Cameron named as OUA All Star for the 2005
season (Queen's University)! Click here for the announcement! Congrats Spence! |
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30/10/05 - Irish
Men's Development XV Cup Champs!!! Cruise over Toronto Nomads
30-12 to clinch the hardware
Irish 1st XV demolish Aurora Barbarians in 3rd place match (Bram Cotton
Bowl) by the score of 89-12!
Report and pictures! UPDATED - more pictures
Click
here for pictures from the Irish Development XV's Cup win from Jose Lagman
Congrats to the Balmy Beach - 2005 McCormick Cup Champs
1st XV McCormick Cup Draw Dev. & 3rd XV Cup Draw
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28/10/05 -
Congrats to the following members of the ICRC Women's team for being
named as OUA All-Stars in 2005!! |
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Squad: Jen Kryzak - Player of the Year; Kristen Sample -
Rookie of the Year; Rodin "Koko" Lozada - Coach of the
Year Men: Ed Gardner - Player of the Year; Steve Orchard, Rookie of the Year; Mark Winokur - Coach of the Year Congrats to all!! |
23/10/05 - McCormick Cup
Semi Finals - Irish dreams
crushed by the Balmy Beach - Loss in the Cup semi final sends ICRC to the 3rd
place match vs. Aurora Barbarians on Cup Day
ICRC Development XV beat the 1st place Beach to gain a spot in the Marshall
Div. II finals vs. Toronto Nomads! Third XV lose to strong Beach team in final game of
the year
Report
16/10/05 - McCormick Cup
Qtr Finals - All Irish
battle doesn't materialize as ICRC crush Ottawa Irish in the McCormick Cup
quarter-final by the score of 63-0!!
Irish Dev. XV dominate Brampton Beavers in their 2nd pool match and Irish
3rd's lose tight one to Crusaders!
- Report
11/10/05 - West defeats
East as Thompson and Wotherspoon show well in Senior Men's trial match in
BC
- Click
here for the story from Rugby Canada
01/10/05 - McCormick Cup
Round One - Irish Men put
up a cricket score vs. Waterloo County (94-5); Development XV spank the
previously undefeated Toronto Nomads (Keenan Div.) 47-14!!
Report
| 28/09/05
- Congratulations to Mark Thompson and Kipp Wotherspoon for being
selected for the Canada East side in the East vs. West match on October 10th! Athletic Therapist Chris Jackson also going as the East's A.T.! Click her for the announcement from Rugby Canada |
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25/09/05 - Irish smash Brantford Harlequins in final regular season game of the year! Match report
- 1st XV finish 2 points
out of 1st place (Crusaders), Fly-Half Ed Gardner finished second in league
scoring
- Dev. XV win and finish 3rd
- 3rd XV gain default win to finish in fourth
Click
here for the Rugby Ontario Standings & Scoreboard
18/09/05 - SWEEP!
Irish Men sweep all three games against the Oakville Crusaders as 1st XV
move to within 2 points of first place with one game to play! All
games were played at Brampton due to the Fletcher's "lockout"
Game report
11/09/05 - Irish crush
Toronto Saracens 73-0! Development XV also put a big score (78-0) as
the Irish go 2 for 3!
Big showdown next week as the 1st place Oakville Crusaders visit Fletcher's
Fields!
Match report
| 09/09/05
- Irish Women's Lock Megan Gibbs and Hooker Jen Kryszak are named to
the Senior Women's squad for their tour to France in November!
Congrats ladies! Click her for the announcement from Rugby Canada |
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| 09/09/05
- Good ICRC representation in Eastern Canada's long list for the
East vs. West on October 10th! Congrats to Simon Dunne, Ramzi Azar, Kipp Wotherspoon & Mark Thompson! Athletic Therapist Chris Jackson also going as the East's A.T.! Click her for the announcement from Rugby Canada |
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29/08/05 - ICRC
colts Braedon Cockburn and Abbas Pajooman represented the club at the recent
TRU U18 rep match in
28/08/05 - Irish Women's
Development XV win Championship! Report
Irish Men beaten by red-hot Barbs at Fletcher's - Report
| 23/08/05
- Sad
day for the ICRC as Sandy Grant, former player, President and
Treasurer passes away suddenly on August 22nd Details |
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21/08/05 - Irish Men
sweep all three vs. Brampton at home!
Report
18/08/05 - Dream season comes to unexpected halt for ICRC Junior Women as they lose to undefeated Peterborough Pagans in U19 Semi-Finals - congrats to the girls for an unbelievable debut season!! (7-1)
14/08/05 - Heartbreak for the Irish Women as they lose to the Toronto Scottish in the OWL semi-final - report to follow
14/08/05 - Irish Men drop to 2nd place after close loss to Oakville Crusaders; Dev. XV and 3rd's also lose close matches - Report
| 13/08/05 - Irish Women place three in the Canadian U23 side to play the USA - story from Rugby Canada about their U23 camp | |
08/08/05 - Irish sweep
all 5 games at Fletcher's as Irish Women win OWL playoff opener!!
Men's Game Report
Women's Game Report
02/08/05 - Sad news for Ontario Rugby as Aurora Barbarian Ryan Addison succumbs to cancer - details
24/07/05 - Short handed Irish Men get by Markham to finish the 1st half of the season undefeated! Report
| 18/07/05 - ICRC # 8 Dave Knowles and the Niagara Thunder defeat the Toronto Xtreme (with Kipp Wotherspoon, Fabian Rayne (at Hooker), Ramzi Azar, Spencer Cameron, Stephen Conlon, Mark Thompson, Scott Humphrey, Rory Connelly, Andrew Thompson! The Thunder will now take on the Rock to decide the Eastern Champion! |  Fabian Rayne |
11/07/05 - Toronto
Xtreme have successful trip to Eastern Canada with wins over New Brunswick
Black Spruce (Andrew Thompson - Man of the Match), and the Nova Scotia
Keltic (Ramzi Azar - Man of the Match)! Will face Niagara Thunder in
their final match of the 2005 season on Monday, July 18th
| 10/07/05
- Canada's Maccabiah Games team has lost to the Israeli National
team in their 1st game of the 17th Maccabiah Games in Israel - more
details to follow Scheduled to play the USA on July 12th, and South Africa (with former ICRC player Darren Fresco) on the 14th |
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06/07/05 - ICRC Junior
Girls go to 2-0 with big win over Markham!! Click
here for the Junior Girls section!
ICRC Junior Boys lose to Markham II in their first game after previous
week's default win vs. the Balmy Beach
05/07/05 - The
ICRC would like to wish Mark Winokur,
03/07/05 - Irish Women go down to defeat vs. the defending champion Toronto Scottish - Report
| 02/07/05
- Canada's Womens team defeats Scotland in Canada Cup rugby actions
as ICRC lock Megan Gibbs wins her 2nd cap!! Click here for story from Rugby Canada! |
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22/06/05 - Tired Irish
Men get past Markham RFC in replay of last week's abandoned match!
Report
Rugby Ontario's Standings and Statistics site
19/06/05 - Irish go 5
for 5 on Alumni Day!! Thanks to all who helped to organize and to the Alumni
who came out!!
Men's Report
Women's Report
15/06/05 - Irish vs. Markham match abandoned at half time due to extreme weather conditions, replay planned for next Tuesday, June 21st - Story
12/06/05 - ICRC Flanker
Tim Matthews scores try for Crimson Tide in their 55-17 win over RCSL
newcomers Warriors!!
Click
here for highlights from BC Rugby News!
11/06/05 - The ICRC to announce the 2005 Coaching & Management Staff
for the Men's Junior program - Dennis Sasman (ICRC Alumnus & former
coach at Woburn Collegiate) to be named Head Coach; assisted by recent Young
Canada players, Barry Ward (forwards), and Simon Dunne (backs)!!
Click here for the official announcement!!
11/06/05 - Jason Verstraten named "Man of the Match" in Toronto Xtreme win over the Quebec Caribou - 34-14!!
| 10/06/05 - Former ICRC Fullback Derek Daypuck picked to start vs. Wales on June 11th @ York University! |  |
| 10/06/05
- ICRC Scrum Half Phil Mack scores the only try for Canada in their
65-7 loss to Argentina at IRB U21 World Championships!!
Congrats Phil! Rugby Canada Press Release |
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| 09/06/05 - Irish have 9 players named to Xtreme's opening day roster vs. Quebec Caribou!! Wotherspoon, Lacassie, R. Azar, M. Thompson, Connelly, Verstraten, A. Thompson to start with Cameron and Conlon coming off the bench!! | Game at Ajax Wanderers Park - Kick-off 7 pm |
| 09/06/05
- ICRC Scrum Half Phil Mack named to start on the wing for Canada
for opener vs. Argentina at IRB U21 World Championships!!
Congrats Phil! Rugby Canada Press Release |
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07/06/05 - Irish to tour to Atlanta, GA?? Rumours of a end of season match vs. Life University Running Eagles in November - Watch this space for details!
05/06/05 - Men's team finds a cure to "Beaver Fever" in Brampton with 75-8 win!! Match Report
05/06/05 - Irish Women
crush Waterloo to move into tie for second with Toronto Scottish!!
Development team impresses with huge win as well!
Match Report
| 05/06/05 - Canadian
7's team (including ICRC'ers Simon Dunne and Fabian Rayne) wins Shield
in London leg of the IRB Seven's!! South Africa wins event and New
Zealand wins the IRB Seven's Crown for the 6th time! Off to France
next weekend for the final event! - Click here for details from Rugby Canada Day One, Day Two |
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| 01/06/05
- Lock Megan Gibbs named to Women's National Team for the Canada
Cup!! Congrats Megan!! - Rugby Canada Release Kendra Kryszak has been named to Canada's U23 Elite training camp from August - joining Jen Kryszak, Megan Gibbs, Kristin Konieczny, & Sarah DeLeeuw July 25 through August 28 in Edmonton, Alberta |
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| 30/05/05
- Irish Canadian games on TV!! ORU and Rogers Cable have
announced their schedule for the 2005 season!! Details |
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29/05/05 - Irish Men
defeat Beach in McCormick Cup rematch during 50th Anniversary celebrations
for the Beach!!
Report
29/05/05 - Irish Women get back on track in win over the Aurora Barbarians!! Report
| 29/05/05
- ICRC Flanker Tim Matthews plays for VIRU Crimson Tide vs. Canada's
U21 squad and Irish Scrum Half Phil Mack!! Game Report from BC Rugby News! |
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20/05/05 - ICRC (& James Bay AA) Scrum Half Phil Mack has named to Canada's squad that will compete in the Under 21 World Championships in Mendoza, Argentina from June 9-25, 2005!! Congrats Phil! Rugby Canada Press release
16/05/05 - Irish Women lose to their arch rival Yeomen Women in OWL opener - Report
16/05/05 - Irish Men open 2005 season with win over Toronto Saracens! Development XV dominates but 3rd XV comes up short!! - Report
12/05/05 - Club Athletic Therapist Chris Jackson named to Canada's Super Powers squad - Congrats Chris!
12/05/05 - Irish Coach
Mark Winokur named as Senior Men's National Selector (East) for Rugby
Canada!
Click
here for press Release!
10/05/05 - ICRC Fullback
Simon Dunne has won a sports training grant from The Canada Games Council (CGC)
and Foundation for Athlete Sport Training (FAST)
Click here for story from Doug Crosse at CDN
Rugby News
08/05/05 - Irish Men outclass Burlington Centaurs with many players away (10 at Eastern Canada NSMT evaluation camp)! - Report
08/05/05 - Irish Women crush Kingston Panthers during their pre-season kick-off weekend!! - Report
05/05/05 - ICRC place 10
players in the National Men's Senior Team's Eastern Canada Evaluation Camp
at the UofT! Congrats to all and good luck!!
- Click
here for the story from Rugby Canada!
01/05/05 - Irish hang on
for victory over The Rock (St. John's Swilers), while the Ontario XV get
thrashed by Young Canada in Rugby Ontario Kick-off Classic!!
Game report
01/05/05 - Irish Women get back on track vs. Peterborough Pagans!! Game Report
29/04/05 - Young Canada
smokes the Newfoundland Rock to go to 3-1 on their Eastern Canada tour!
- Click
here for story from Rugby Canada website!
28/04/05 - Young Canada
falls to Niagara Thunder as weather again plays havoc on the match
- Click
here for story from Rugby Canada website!
| 26/04/05
- Breaking News!! ICRC's Simon Dunne and Fabian Rayne named to
the Canadian National 7's squad for London & Paris Seven's!! Click here for the announcement!! |
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25/04/05
- Young Canada defeats Irish Men in a complete mud bowl Irish Women battle conditions as well in win over Toronto Nomads - Report |
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21/04/05
- Young Canada opens with big win over Quebec University All-Star
team!! ICRC's Barry Ward started and Tim Matthews and Simon
Dunne were subs coming off the bench!! |
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19/04/05 - ICRC Junior
Women's camp a tremendous success!! Congrats to Koko, Ferg and all the
rest who put in a great effort!!
Click here for story!
Pictures to follow
| 17/04/05 - Former ICRC
Prop Jon Ashley's Sheffield Tigers have won the Powengen Junior Vase over
Solihull at Twickenham on Saturday!! Click here for the story from the RFU website!! Click here for story and picture from the Tigers website!! |
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17/04/05 - Women's Squad opens pre-season off with big win over Hamilton Hornets! - Match Report
17/04/05 - Irish Men get a run with Eastern Counties Select team in Cobourg - Report
06/04/05 - The ICRC is
proud to announce their second annual Spring Rugby Clinic for Junior aged
Girls!!!
Click here for details!!
06/04/05 - Jen Kryszak
of the ICRC Women named the University of Western Ontario Female Athlete of
the Year!!
Click
here for the announcement from the UWO website!
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02/04/05 - ICRC Poker Night a huge success as Danny Sananes is crowned ICRC Poker Champion, winning a Toshiba 20" Flat Screen TV in the process! Thanks to Mark Winokur (The Score), Roger Best (Rose & Crown), George Azar (Sababa), Julie Shorrock (Sheraton Centre), Rene Leclerc (Pepsi), & Doug Crosse (CDN Rugby News) for their prize donations!! |
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01/04/05 - ORU announces that all Marshall division 1 games will have touch judges
26/03/05 - Black wins
over Green in Pre-season indoor intersquad game at the Docks
Click here for details!
21/03/05 - Sad news as
Christine O'Morchoe, wife of Tom (Club Captain in 1967) and sister of
Andy Gibson (1st team player late 1960's) died last week in Ireland after a
long battle with Cancer - Condolences can be sent to:
"Kiltra House"
Wellington Bridge
Co Wexford, Ireland
| 15/03/05
- Pride lose to Velox as Barry Ward is knocked out of game; Tim
Matthews named Pride's Man of the Match Click here for the video from BC Rugby News.com! Click here for the game report! |
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15/03/05 - ICRC Women's Squad ready for Championship run in 2005!! Click here for details!
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15/03/05 - Ash to play at
Twickenham!!! Jon Ashley's Sheffield Tigers will face Solihull for the RFU PowerGen Junior Vase Final on Saturday, April 16th, 2005 at 10:00 am!! Click here for details! Click on Sports Actions Photos for more pictures!! |
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| 15/03/05
- Shamrocks grounded!! The Shamrocks participation in the annual Truro Indoor Seven's in Truro, Nova Scotia was taken away by the JetsGo fiasco!! Go get 'em next year lads!! |
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04/03/05 - The Return of Eddie!! Gardner returning from London, England to play and is named President of the ICRC!! Click here for his "Message from the President"! Men's Director roles now set -
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| 28/02/05
- ICRC to host Pacific Pride at Oakville Crusaders pitch on Sunday,
April 24th!! Click here for details!! Pride's Barry Ward scores try and gets 'sin-binned" vs. Capilanos - click here for the video from BC Rugby News!! |
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| 24/02/05 - Great pictures from our match vs. Charlotte RFC are on their newly launched website!! |  |
| 16/02/05
- The ICRC is proud to congratulate Jen Kryszak, Meagan Gibbs, Kristin Konieczny, & Sarah DeLeeuw for being named to the Canadian Women's U23 Elite Training Camp from July 25 through August 28 in Edmonton, Alberta Click here for the RC release!! |
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13/02/05 - The ICRC
Women are proud to announce their Schedule for
2005!
Click here to view!
| 12/02/05 - Toronto St.
Pats knocked out of the 2005 "Little Cup" hockey tournament by the
eventual champions, the Ottawa Irish! - Click here for report! |
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| 10/02/05
- Former ICRC Prop Jonathon Ashley (along with former Canadian
Internationals Harry Toews, Ed Knaggs & Mike Schmid) mentioned
in RFU article regarding the Powergen Junior Vase
quarterfinals - Click here for the article!! |
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09/02/05 - The ICRC Women announce their pre-season schedule - click here to view!
| 07/02/05
- Updated Canadian Women's Long List released with 5 Irish
Canadian's on it!! Jen Kryszak Meagan Gibbs Kendra Kryszak Kristin Konieczny Sarah DeLeeuw Click here for the RC release!! |
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04/02/05 - The defending
Marshall Division Champion ICRC Men are proud to announce their Schedule for
2005!
Click here to view!
04/02/05 - The Swilers are coming!! The ICRC will take on the 2004 Aliant Atlantic Champions from St. John's, Newfoundland in April! Click here to see the announced pre-season schedule
31/01/05 - AGM held at the Rose &
Crown! - Neil Maxwell, Jim Eckersall, Dean MacLean & Joff Kilger
re-elected as Paul Morrissey & Mark Thompson join the Directors in '05;
Peter Ameli (President), Peter Crocker (F.F. Representative &, Jon
Jenkins (Junior Development Director) all step down
- Director roles, Alumni & Sponsorship committees to be announced after
Feb. 9th meeting!
| 30/01/05
- Capilanos defeat Phil Mack's JBAA 11-10 in BC Premier League
action!! Click here for video highlights from BC Rugby News.com! |
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| 19/01/05 - New Canadian Rugby Long List released! Simon Dunne stays on the list as loose head prop Kipp Wotherspoon & lock Ramzi Azar make it for the 1st time!! Former ICRC fullback Derek Daypuck rated #1! Click here for the announcement from Rugby Canada!! | |
