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Canadian Rugby Forums » Forum: Women's National Teams - Recent Topics http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Canadian Rugby Forums » Forum: Women's National Teams - Recent Topics en Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:57:48 +0000 Willytell on "Under the Bus" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/under-the-bus#post-2763 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:00:55 +0000 Willytell 2763@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ "We missed a few key scrums and key lineouts and that really made a difference. We couldn't really build anything and then France snuck in a couple of late tries. . ." REALLY? Was it all down to the pack of forwards? I did not see that! I saw a pack that worked & worked and a set of backs who were playing the wrong game, fastest players did not touch the ball, who's decision is that? I watched the game live, JL talk about throw your forwards under the bus, you have a great squad, your decisions need to be looked at! Bash up with the centre's demand the forwards run at other forwards you kill the game, Russell Mervin Flo Jaques Kish Gibbs are all runners let them loose, Moyse Waters Phillips Patser let them run All this talk about the BC scrum half & alberta scrum half makes me sick, they are both good, both play different games for this one (France) the Alberta player would have been a better choice, she lit up the CanAm's and she lit up the 5 mins she was on against France Moosehead on "Final game" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/final-game-1#post-2899 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:05:26 +0000 Moosehead 2899@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Someone needs to be held accountable for canceling the NZ tour. I think Canada could have benefited from more games against opposition other than the USA. Will they be held accountable, probably not. We need a system in place where not only is it the Board who holds Rugby Canada accountable but also the other funding providers such as the IRB, Sport Canada and Own the Podium. Sport Canada needs to more active in monitoring the performances of the national sports associations and powers to increase and reduce funding based on expected performance. We may also want a system in place that more funding for athletes goes directly to the athletes themselves rather than directly to the Sport Association. Moosehead on "Well done.." http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/well-done#post-2635 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:00:32 +0000 Moosehead 2635@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Well done Canadian women, Excellent result against Scotland! allstar on "NSWT - Will They Finish This Time?" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/nswt-will-they-finish-this-time#post-2405 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 08:36:47 +0000 allstar 2405@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ The NSWT will be leaving in just 2 days for World Cup I want to know peoples thoughts on how they think the women will do. I personal think that the team that is going to this world cup is the strongest & fittest team to ever attend the world cup for Canada. If these women cannot finish this time around, then the NSWT program have a looooong way to go before they ever come this close to having such a team again. I honestly believe that Canada will in fact bring the cup home & they will finish! Any thoughts from anyone else? Also, Any thoughts on who should be the starting 15? tlml1234 on "NSWT:are the ladies aware" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/nswtare-the-ladies-aware#post-1687 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:02:58 +0000 tlml1234 1687@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Seems from the attached article that apparently there is one less spot available for the 2010 WRC in London.My opinion only but if I'm one of the girls (in the back three) currently committing myself to the program I'd be pissed.We all know that these kind of things go on (I do not subscribe to these kind of deals), but you would think that someone would have the common sense to keep this to themselves.The article is courtesy The Globe and Mail: WINTERBERG, GERMANY - The women's national rugby team is holding a spot for Heather Moyse heading into the 2010 World Cup, and considering her remarkable strength and physical conditioning, well, is there any way at 37 she could hang on long enough to represent Canada in rugby sevens when it makes it debut in the Summer Olympics in 2016? "The only time I think about it is when I think, why is not in 2012 instead of 2016?" said the brakeman on Canada's women's bobsleigh team, who doubles as a fullback and wingback in the national rugby program. "London. How perfect would that be? "But, you know, I barely know what I'm doing next year. The thought is super-exciting, but I will not be staying in elite level athletics until then. I'd like to have time to, you know, develop a relationship and maybe have a family. If I feel like I need to test myself ..... maybe I would come out of retirement. It just depends where I am in life." Wherever she finds herself in life, the Summerside native, who has been an academic and sports all-rounder for most of her life, will be a success. In the meantime, she'll likely be helping Canada break start records in World Cup bobsleigh on the way to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. This past weekend in Winterberg, Moyse and pilot Kaillie Humphries - herself a former brakeman who is in her fourth year as a driver - settled for fifth place in the women's World Cup event despite breaking the track record in one of the runs. It was the second time in four races that the pair have laid waste to a record. Moyse is coming off a shoulder injury suffered playing rugby, and she admits breaking the track record in the first race in Park City, Utah, pretty much set up her year. "Everything looked good on paper, but you don't know until you're on the track," Moyse said. "That start was nice. It showed me I was where I needed to be." Moyse is less concerned about injuring the shoulder pushing a sled than, say, tackling. "The test will be when I return to rugby 15s," the 31-year-old graduate of the University of Waterloo said. "Right now, I mostly need to use it in a linear direction. I'm not tackling somebody or reaching out to grab a jersey." Moyse, who was the leading scorer in the 2008 Hong Kong Rugby Sevens tournament and was Canada's only all-star in the 2006 women's rugby World Cup, has been told by the rugby program to not rush back after the Vancouver Olympics. The rugby World Cup isn't until Aug. 20. To say she's appreciative is an understatement. "They've told me they're leaving the door open for me," Moyse said. "I can only do that if I dedicate myself to rugby for five to six months, 100 per cent of the time, without my shoulder getting in the way." You might say her success this winter has been a start. winger14 on "Can Am Part deux" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/can-am-part-deux#post-2239 Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:41:20 +0000 winger14 2239@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Well done! Nothing like sweeping the Yanks in any sport! Sounds like it was quite the game. Too bad ustream kept on crapping out. This would have been a good one to watch! Winger14 teamaccess on "NSWT event @ SLS - notwithstanding the game" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/nswt-event-sls-notwithstanding-the-game#post-2212 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:29:13 +0000 teamaccess 2212@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Not much of a crowd at all. I would guess 100 AT THE MOST once you discount all the students there. Poor planning by RC to have a test on a Monday @ 4:00p - especially since it's light out until at least 9. And knowing how many of the people there likely got in for free, I hope the girls don't get the email soon: "We tried to raise money for you @ your home games, but you're unmarketable so we need some more $ to go to the World Cup, yours truly, RC". And what a disgusting job by the announcer. He spoke throughout the game while play was on, even commenting about how difficult the conversion was, AS THE KICKER LINED IT UP AND PREPARED TO KICK. As the hooker readied to throw in to the lineout was another choice moment this dude like to hear his voice. Typical RC response from Jen Niewendyk, the senior staffer there when I raised the issue with her... "Yeah I'm running the event but he doesn't work for RC so I can't ask him to stop". I thought a PA announcer's job involved letting the crowd know who scored, and any substitutions. The way buddy yesterday blabbered it was as though he was on a TV broadcast. And not only blab, but pander to the crowd as though they've never seen rugby, and quite often mis-call things, or make things up. I don't know what was worse: - his continued speaking after being asked to stop (very politely) by someone in the crowd; or - the absolute lack of response from RC when the issue was raised with them. I even offered to take over! Fan on "French Tour" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/french-tour#post-1376 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:16:24 +0000 Fan 1376@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Mutrie is a credit to both the Women's rugby team, to her own love of rugby and to her skill's in sniffing out and presenting stories about her team. In her last artical she reports that our women's team possesses 3 PHD's, 9 Master's degrees and 21 undergrad degrees. Hard not to be impressed with that level of achievement!!!! I am also impressed by the amount of effort, as reported on her video and in her last artical, with the women's individual preparation. I really want for these players to see some success over the next week as a result of this effort. Fan on "NSWT funding" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/nswt-funding#post-1990 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:13:10 +0000 Fan 1990@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Many users on this board are quick to take exception to Rugby Canada's handling of our favorite sport, however in this instance I feel they and the several others who came together 2 weeks ago to muster $155,000 of support for our ladies , should be applauded. If I could have one more wish, it would be that we could still play a team, in addition to the USA ,that would help us to better prepare for the WC. REAL on "Preparation for World Cup 2010" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/preparation-for-world-cup-2010#post-1918 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:20:03 +0000 REAL 1918@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ No tour to NZ. A internal training camp? 2 games (can-am) vs USA. not good at all. pull your heads out of your ass rugby canada. these girls deserve the best preparation. they have worked hard for years and communication and commitment has just gone astray from the big wigs???????? at rugby canada. send them to england, ireland, wales or scotland. it's a quick little flight over and it's some other opposition rather than the USA and their terrible style of play. opposition with a true understanding of the game is what they need. canada stoop to the level of the USA when they play them and need to be tested properly to work on trust and combination's. bad planning for no fallback tour or other options on rugby canada's behalf. Faust on "Dinos mourn loss of Jenny Vincent" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/dinos-mourn-loss-of-jenny-vincent#post-1809 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:47:16 +0000 Faust 1809@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ CALGARY – The University of Calgary Dinos are deeply saddened to announce the passing of women’s rugby head coach Jenny Vincent after a brief battle with cancer. Vincent, who was diagnosed in December 2009, passed away Sunday morning. She was 41. Jenny was the driving force behind obtaining varsity status for the Dinos women’s rugby program, culminating in their first season in Canada West last fall. She joined the program when it was a competitive club in the late 1990s and worked tirelessly to meet the necessary standards to elevate the program to the varsity level. She was a pioneer in women’s rugby in Canada and was involved in many firsts in the sport. A player in the first senior women’s national championship tournament, Vincent was selected to the 1987 senior national team – the first national team Rugby Canada put on the pitch. As a coach, she led the University of Victoria Vikes in the inaugural season of Canadian Interuniversity Sport rugby play. In 2000, she coached the Alberta U19 team to a gold medal at the first national junior championships, then added a silver at the U17 national championships a few years later – again, the first tournament of its kind. Most recently she helped coach the provincial U23 team to a gold medal performance at the inaugural national tournament for that age group. Vincent obtained her BSc from Bishop’s University in 1991 and her MSc from the University of Victoria in 1994. She was pursuing a Ph.D. in sport technology at the University of Calgary and was a key member of the team that designed and implemented a major project for Own the Podium 2010 – a database which brought together results of Canadian winter athletes from past Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, World Cup events, World Championships, and other international competitions. A native of Montreal, Vincent is survived by husband Jim Nield and her two children, Tyler (age 10) and Isaac (8). A memorial service will be held Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 2:30 p.m. at Parkdale United Church (2919 - 8 Ave. NW). Flags across the University of Calgary campus will be lowered to half-staff Wednesday in her memory. To honour her memory, Jenny’s family has established the Jenny Vincent Coaching Endowment for Women’s Rugby, which will support future coaches of the Dinos women’s rugby program. Donations can be made by contacting Kristine Williamson at (403) 220-3651 or <a href="mailto:kristine.williamson@ucalgary.ca">kristine.williamson@ucalgary.ca</a>. REAL on "NSWT Coaching staff" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/nswt-coaching-staff#post-1728 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:21:28 +0000 REAL 1728@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ I could have sworn that in one of mooch's great video stories that the coach "jinxy" , down in Florida, had said that "everyone's been given a chance through 2009 but now it's time to work with the strongest side forming combinations" Well take a look at Saturdays team vs USA and tell me he is being true to the girls and all of us who support these extremely hardworking girls. There are a maximum of 6 (thats if NZ even pick some dates, or accept the offer for Canada to go down). Time to experiment is over. Work on the combinations. Iron out the kinks (of which there are still many) and get ready to play. it's just an insult to these girls with this decision making. Nations Cup 2009 was enough of a farce changing teams up so much. Reward the girls by starting their strongest team every game. Until he does this he is just showing every girl no respect. TIME TO GET REAL JINXY Fan on "U-20 Women" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/u-20-women#post-1686 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:13:30 +0000 Fan 1686@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Like it or not, the list of players and the tone set by the coaches for Florida confirms that the pathway to the NSWT goes through the CIS system. While this has some merrit and value, I am still dismayed that we have dumped the U-23 program. If the ladies do not shine by the age of 20, my fear is that we will loose many of them after that age. johnbirch on "Researching international women's rugby history" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/researching-international-womens-rugby-history#post-1689 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:58:03 +0000 johnbirch 1689@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ I am currently researching the history of women's international rugby. Currently there is no complete record of every women's international, but after several year's research I have traced the results of nearly 800 games (see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_women's_national_rugby_union_team" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_women's_national_rugby_union_team</a> for Canadian games, or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_international_rugby_union" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_international_rugby_union</a> for the complete list) and only one game remains where the score and result is unknown. That game took place in Canada as part of the first women's Canada Cup on 8th June 1983, probably in Toronto, between Canada and Wales. Although I have information about all other games played in this tournament, this one game remains a mystery. ANY help on this game would be greatly appreciated! In addition I also need to track down the venues of three early Canadian games. I have the scores, but do not now where the games were played. Could anyone help with these? The games were: 8th August 1988 v USA 3rd September 1989 v USA 13th September 1993 v USA Any help you could give would be appreciated! Moosehead on "Canadian National Team Players are great and stylish..." http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/canadian-national-team-players-are-great-and-stylish#post-1593 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:27:53 +0000 Moosehead 1593@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bE3B12dKLio&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bE3B12dKLio&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object> SnailSprinter on "Women rugby world cup 2010" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/women-rugby-world-cup-2010#post-1361 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:41:24 +0000 SnailSprinter 1361@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Bonjour les Amazones Geez! We're within a year from the WRWC and their web site is still sat in 2006. It's about time they come back to present time! thatguy on "International Games" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/international-games#post-1353 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:14:26 +0000 thatguy 1353@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Anyone know whether the England vs. Black Ferns game will be televised or broadcast over the internet? What about the Canada vs. France match? tlml1234 on "NSWT France Tour" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/nswt-france-tour#post-1215 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:21:38 +0000 tlml1234 1215@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Am hearing rumblings that the France tour will cost the ladies $4000.00,that coupled with the Nations Cup $2500.00 = $6500.00 in 4 mths. plus lost wages!I think that only 2 games are scheduled for France could be wrong ,one being Can vs Fra at the Stade Francais and the other an 'A' game.So for 4 grand some girls will get 1 game.Instead of parents writing the Sports Minister about the calanders,they should be writing about the injustice the ladies endure to foot the bill for everything to play for their country.Please correct me if I am wrong but wasn't that one of the reasons behind the lotteries to fund Sports,especially National Teams. tlml1234 on "Womens Nations Cup" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/womens-nations-cup#post-951 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:50:58 +0000 tlml1234 951@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ I`m hearing that the costs for the Women to attend the Nations Cup in Oakville are coming in at around $2400 per player.Is this not a IRB event and if so is there no IRB funding to off set these costs.I hear the women are none to happy with the amount.I know they base there costs on cost sharing to make it fair to all the girls,but can you imagine a girl from Ont. asked to pony up $2400.There should be no air fare costs for most of the Ont.girls,and you can get airfare right now from Vancouver for $455,if they are staying at Appleby daily rate is $40/night per person x 17 days = $680,and mini-van rentals would run about $350/player 17 days.With most tours the ladies have been shopping for their own groceries and now that they are on a specific nutritional program makes more sense this way.The girls should not have to pay for any of the costs incurred by the staff including their share of the vehicle rentals this should be covered by RC.So using as a model only the Women chosen for the USA test,the following is an approximation of what the up front costs should be. airfare $426, accom. $680, trans. $350 total of $1456.If they have opted for the meal package that would agg $38.75/day = $658.75.It must also be pointed out that since the Women pay-to-play they are entitled to a documented expenses report and i have yet to hear of any given out in the last 5 yrs. tlml1234 on "NSWT Nations Cup Coverage" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/nswt-nations-cup-coverage#post-994 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:14:08 +0000 tlml1234 994@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ All the games for the upcoming Womens Nations Cup in Oakville, Ont. will be live except for August 22 - these will be broadcast on a 24 hour delay on Rogers TV - and made available on line via Rogers - also on a delayed basis -so tune in to watch some of the best Women Rugby players in the World Senior Women August 13th at 6:30PM SOUTH AFRICA vs. Canada Senior Women August 16th at 4:00PM FRANCE vs. Canada Senior Women August 19th at 6:30PM USA vs. Canada Senior Women August 22nd at 4:00PM England vs. Canada tlml1234 on "NWL Report Gone Missing" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/nwl-report-gone-missing#post-831 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:18:40 +0000 tlml1234 831@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ The much maligned RC deserves credit on this one and offside a kick in the arse.Check out the RC site then go to the "obvious" NWL site and you will see the write up on the game.Like harry states give me the facts,well they were right under your nose.Maybe before we start to crap on people take a little time out to check all resources. tlml1234 on "NWL and tier 2" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/nwl-and-tier-2#post-775 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:10:24 +0000 tlml1234 775@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Nice to see RC streaming as much of the tier 2 games as possible via ustream.tv .However while watching the BC/Que game DC announced that due to a sore throat and nobody willing to step in that this was the only NWL game streamed today,very disappointing as was looking forward to the Ont/AB game.You would think he could have streamed without commentary?? Harry Craig on "Canada Wome`s A" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/canada-womes-a#post-611 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:02:46 +0000 Harry Craig 611@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Good win for the ladies over their Americans counterparts in Glendale today, congratulations to captain Brooke Hilditch and her team mates. 10-7 final score. Good luck to the full national side on Saturday, give me a 53rd birthday present with a win ladies. tanatoa on "WOMEN U20 camp" http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/topic/women-u20-camp#post-150 Mon, 18 May 2009 02:56:32 +0000 tanatoa 150@http://canadianrugby.ca/forums/ Fairly quite on any news about the U20 women, Any coaches announced? how the camp going in TO?