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Howlers Hubert Buydens Named as Captain of Rugby Canada Seniors Men's Team for November Tour

10/31/2014

Canadian Head Coach Kieran Crowley announced to the squad that Hubert Buydens will lead the tour as on-field Captain throughout the four fixtures.

Buydens joined the team after winning the ITM Cup Championship Final with Manawatu Turbos last Friday against Hawke’s Bay in New Zealand.

Hubert a former grid iron football player with the University of Saskatchewan turned rugger previously played with the Saskatoon Wild Oats , Prairie Fire (RCSL), Castaway Wanderers and the Prairie Wolfpack before signing a professional contact Manawatu in New Zealand's top ITM Cup competition.

OH CANADA AND HOWUUUUUUUUUUU !

CANADA’S NOVEMBER TOUR FIXTURES:

Canada XV vs. RFU Championship XV
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November 2, 2014

Sixways Stadium, Worcester, England

Kick off: 3:15pm local time (10:15am ET/7:15am PT)

Canada vs. Namibia
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November 7, 2014

Parc Eirias, Colwyn Bay, Wales

Kick Off: 7pm local time (2pm ET/11am PT)

Canada vs. Samoa
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November 14, 2014

Stade de la Rabine, Vannes, France

Kick off: 7pm local time (1pm ET/10am PT)

Canada vs. Romania
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November 22, 2014

Stadionul National Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest

Kick off: 6:30pm local time (11:30am ET/8:30am PT)

Howlers Produce Rugby Balls in Honour of Chantal Maclean.

10/30/2014

WITH SOME OF THE MONEY BEING RAISED BY THE U-18 HOWLERS PLAYERS 10O HOWLERS BALLS CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF 17 YEAR OLD HOWLER CHANTAL MACLEAN (TRAGICALLY PASSED AWAY ON OCTOBER 13) HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO BE GIVEN AWAY IN MEDELLIN COLOMBIA IN OUR DECEMBER TOUR. HOWUUUUUUUUUU !!!!

Three Howlers Part of Canada Womens Sevens Team that Won Australia Central Coast Sevens

10/27/2014

Howlers Elissa Alaaire, Arielle Dubissette-Borrice and Kayla Mack helped lead Canada to victory in Australia's Central Coast 7's .

Canada’s Roster for Central Coast Sevens – Name, (Club) Hometown
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HOWLER - Elissa Alarie - (Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Rugby Club) Trois-Rivieres, QC
HOWLER - Arielle Dubissette-Borrice - (Toronto Scottish RFC) Toronto, ON
Bianca Farella - (Town of Mount Royal RFC) Montreal, QC
Julia Greenshields - (Sarnia Saints) Sarnia, ON
Magali Harvey - (Club de Rugby Quebec) Quebec City, QC
Jennifer Kish - (Edmonton Rockers RFC) Edmonton, AB
Ghislaine Landry - (Toronto Scottish RFC) Toronto, ON
HOWLER - Kayla Mack - (Wild Oats RFC) Saskatoon, SK
Mandy Marchak - (Capilano RFC) Winnipeg, MB
Kayla Moleschi - (Williams Lake Rustlers) Williams Lake, BC
Karen Paquin - (Club de Rugby Quebec) Quebec City, QC
Kelly Russell - (Toronto Nomads) Bolton, ON

Travelling Reserves – Name, (Club) Hometown
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HOWLERS- Emily Belchos - (Markham Irish RFC) Barrie, ON
Hannah Darling – (Peterborough Pagans) Warsaw, ON
Paige Farries - (Druid RFC) Red Deer, AB
Sara Kaljuvee - (Toronto Scottish RFC) Pickering, ON
Nadia Popov (Aurora Barbarians) Newmarket, ON

Central Coast Sevens Schedule

Day One – Saturday, October 25, 2014
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Canada 36-0 Sunnybank

Canada 40-0 Te Whanau

Canada 39-0 Rockdale

Day Two - Sunday, October 26, 2014
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Canada 29-7 Rugirl 7s (Cup Quarterfinal)

Canada 34-7 NZ Wasps (Cup Semifinal)

Canada 43-7 Aussie Pearls (Cup Final)

Dog River Howlers Receive North American and Caribbean Association Fair Play Award

10/19/2014

DOG RIVER HOWLERS RUGBY CLUB ( https://www.facebook.com/dogriverhowlers) RECEIVE NACRA (IRB's North American And Caribbean Rugby Association) FAIR PLAY AWARD - which recognizes the organization that best demonstrates the Rugby's culture of sportsmanship and fair play through action on and off the field.
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Pictured from left to right - NACRA board member Rick Bourne who presented the award to Howlers Shane Thompson, Leo Lane, Shannon Kane, Kevin Blanchette and Karl Fix on October 19 , 2014 at the half time of the ARC (IRB's America's Rugby Championship) in Langford Bc

— with Paul Horne.

Tragic Car Accident Claims Life of Young Howler Player

10/14/2014

It is with great sadness that the Howlers learned that Chantal Maclean has passed away.

Chantal represented BC at the U18 level. She was a member of the BC U18 team that won the Las Vegas Invitational Sevens earlier this year. She also represented BC at the Nationals this year in July. Chantal played with the Howlers U-17 Howlers 7's team that toured Germany in June and was scheduled to travel with the Dog River Howlers 7's side to Colombia in December as part of their U-18 tour.

Chantal is part of the Howlers family and she will be missed.

Additional information will be posted on the Howlers Facebook page.

The Oval View - Time to Share the Land

10/9/2014

by Ian Mclaren
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Rugby, gentlemen playing a hooligan sport. As opposed to soccer where they are hooligans playing a gentleman’s sport. The code of the warrior.

As numbers of players dwindle in most places or at best stay stagnant we are perhaps missing a demographic of untapped potential. Should we in rugby make more of an effort to access the First Nations community in Canada?

It seems a natural fit to me. On the one hand rugby needs to grow, especially outside of the traditional power bases and bring people to our game who would not normally think of rugby.

On the other hand one does not have to look too far in many of our communities to see that many young First Nations people might gain from some of the positive benefits of rugby. Just a few of these benefits would include teamwork, competition, fitness, passion, discipline, and sportsmanship.

For me there are a couple of factors that make targeting higher participation rates for First Nations athletes a no brainer. The first is the relative lack of expense. Rugby does not have the same financial barrier to access that hockey or football present. Soccer is the most popular sport around the world and one of its big selling points is that it is so cheap to participate in.

But the single factor that could be rugby’s biggest draw with Canada’s First Nations populations is the “warrior culture”. One of the biggest challenges that young First Nations people face is the lure of street gangs. What do these gangs give to First Nations youth? They provide a sense of family, so important to young people who may not come from the most stable of homes. More importantly they provide a chance to act, in a perverted way, as warriors. Traditional First Nations culture gave young men numerous chances to become the warriors that they aspired to be. With hunting and going to war no longer a possibility for most young First Nations youth, they turn to gangs which in some ways act as a replacement for the warrior societies of their ancestors.

What sport has a better warrior culture than rugby? What sport better rewards courage and bravery? I believe we in the rugby community need to be reaching out to Canada’s First Nations to show them that there is still a place where a person can test themself and where “he who has shed blood with me is my brother.”

Three Howlers Selected to Canada's National Mens Sevens Squad to Compete in iRB's Gold Coast Sevens in Australia

10/9/2014

3 HOWLERS PART OF CANADA'S NATIONAL MEN'S 7'S TEAM AT THE IRB'S GOLD COAST 7'S TOURNAMENT IN AUSTRALIA
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Howlers Mike Fuailefau , Lucas Hammond and Jordan Wilson Ross are members of Canada's National 7's side that will compete in the Gold Coast Sevens which is the season opener of the IRB's 7's World Series circuit. OH CANADA AND HOWUUUUUUUUU !!

Canada squad for the Gold Coast Sevens - (Club, CRC Team) Hometown, Province
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Justin Douglas - (Abbotsford RFC/BC Bears) Abbotsford, BC
Sean Duke - (UVIC Vikes/BC Bears) Vancouver, BC
HOWLERS - Mike Fuailefau - (Castaway Wanderers/BC Bears) Victoria, BC
HOWLERS - Lucas Hammond - (Toronto Nomads/Ontario Blues) Toronto, ON
Ciaran Hearn - (Castaway Wanderers /Atlantic Rock) Conception Bay South, NL
Harry Jones - (Capilano RFC/BC Bears) North Vancouver, BC
John Moonlight - (James Bay AA/Ontario Blues) Pickering, ON
Jack Smith - (James Bay AA/Ontario Blues) Lakefield, ON
Conor Trainor - (UBCOB Ravens/BC Bears) Vancouver, BC
Jake Webster - (James Bay AA/Ontario Blues) Lindsay, ON
HOWLERS - Jordan Wilson-Ross - (James Bay AA/Ontario Blues) Alliston, ON
Adam Zaruba - (Capilano RFC/BC Bears) Vancouver, BC

Unavailable due to Injury:
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Admir Cejvanovic
Nanyak Dala
Nathan Hirayama
Phil Mack
Mike Scholz
Sean White

Senior Men's Team Staff:
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Ben Herring - Coach
Lorna Barry - Strength & Conditioning
Brian Hunter - Manager
Calum Ramsay - Performance Analyst
Danielle Mah - Physiotherapist

Gold Coast Sevens Schedule October 11-12
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All games streamed LIVE at www.irbsevens.com

Day One Schedule:
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Canada vs. USA at 10:12am local time (8:12pm ET/5:12pm PT on October 10)
Canada vs. Argentina at 1:13pm local time (11:13pm ET/8:13pm PT on October 10)
Canada vs. England at 4:29pm local time (2:29am ET/11:29pm PT on October 11/October 10)

Nine Howlers on Canadian National Team to Compete In the Americas Rugby Championship

10/8/2014

Howlers (Nick Blevins, Nanyak Dala, Derek Daypuck, Sean Ferguson, Pat Kay, Gordon McRorie, Clay Panga, Patrick Parfrey, Seb Pearson) have been selected to the the 26 man Canadian squad that will compete in the 2014 ARC Championship being played in Langford BC including Argentina, USA and Uruguay. OH CANADA AND HOWUUUUUUUUUU !!!!

Canada’s IRB Americas Rugby Championship Team:
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Kyle Baillie, (Edmonton Druids/Atlantic Rock) Charlottetown, PEI
Ray Barkwill, (Niagara Wasps RFC/Ontario Blues) Niagara Falls, ON
HOWLERS - Nick Blevins, (James Bay AA/Prairie Wolf Pack) Calgary, AB
Admir Cejvanovic (Burnaby Lake RFC/BC Bears) Vancouver, BC
Andrew Coe, (Markham Irish/Ontario Blues) Markham, ON
HOWLERS - Nanyak Dala (Castaway Wanderers/Prairie Wolf Pack) Regina, SK
HOWLERS - Derek Daypuck, (London St. George’s/Ontario Blues) London, ON
Tom Dolezel, (London St. George’s/Ontario Blues) London, ON
Guiseppe Du Toit, (Uvic Vikes) Maple Ridge, BC
HOWLERS - Sean Ferguson, (UBC Thunderbirds/BC Bears) Vancouver, BC
Aaron Flagg, (Abbotsford RFC/BC Bears) Abbotsford, BC
Kyle Gilmour, Captain (St. Albert RFC/Prairie Wolf Pack) St. Albert, AB
Ryan Hamilton, (Capilano RFC/BC Bears) Vancouver, BC
Pete Houlihan, (Edmonton Druids/Prairie Wolf Pack) Edmonton, AB
HOWLERS - Pat Kay, (UVIC Vikes/BC Bears) Duncan, BC
Jamie Mackenzie, (UVIC Vikes/Ontario Blues) Oakville, ON
HOWLERS - - Gordon McRorie, (Calgary Hornets/Prairie Wolf Pack) Calgary, AB
Dan Moor, (Balmy Beach RFC/Ontario Blues) Toronto, ON
Callum Morrison, (UBCOC Ravens/BC Bears) Victoria, BC
Evan Olmstead, (Parramatta Two Blues/Prairie Wolf Pack) Calgary, AB
HOWLERS - Clay Panga, (Calgary Hornets/Prairie Wolf Pack) Calgary, AB
HOWLERS - Patrick Parfrey, (Swilers RFC/Atlantic Rock) St. Johns, NL
HOWLERS - Seb Pearson, (London St. George’s/Ontario Blues) London, ON
James Smith, (Shoalhaven RFC/Prairie Wolf Pack) Calgary, AB
Doug Wooldridge, (Lindsay RFC/Ontario Blues) Lindsay, ON

Canada Staff:
Head Coach: Kieran Crowley
Assistant Coach: Chris Silverthorn
Assistant Coach: Mike Shelley
Assistant Coach: Graeme Moffatt
Manager: Mark Winokur
Analyst: Josh Date
Strength and Conditioning Coach: Andy Evans
Therapist: Chris May
Athletic Therapist: Jessica Smith
Media Coordinator: Bryan Kelly

Four Howlers on Canadian National Women's Sevens Squad Traveling to Australia

10/7/2014

HOWLERS Elissa Alarie, Emily Belchos, Arielle Dubissette-Borrice and Kayla Mack are part of the Canadian women's 7's team that leave today for the Gold Coast (Australia) where they will play three matches against WSWS runners-up Australia in next weekend’s Gold Coast Sevens, which is the first event in the Men’s HSBC Sevens World Series. After the Gold Coast Sevens, the team will travel to Sydney where they will compete in the Central Coast Sevens. OH CANADA AND HOWUUUUUUUUUU !!!!

Canada’s Women’s Team Travelling to Australia – Name, (Club) Hometown
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HOWLER - Elissa Alarie - (Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Rugby Club) Trois-Rivieres, QC
HOWLER - Emily Belchos - (Markham Irish RFC) Barrie, ON
Hannah Darling – (Peterborough Pagans) Warsaw, ON
HOWLER - Arielle Dubissette-Borrice - (Toronto Scottish RFC) Toronto, ON
Bianca Farella - (Town of Mount Royal RFC) Montreal, QC
Paige Farries - (Druid RFC) Red Deer, AB
Julia Greenshields - (Sarnia Saints) Sarnia, ON
Magali Harvey - (Club de Rugby Quebec) Quebec City, QC
Sara Kaljuvee - (Toronto Scottish RFC) Pickering, ON
Jennifer Kish - (Edmonton Rockers RFC) Edmonton, AB
Ghislaine Landry - (Toronto Scottish RFC) Toronto, ON
HOWLER - Kayla Mack - (Wild Oats RFC) Saskatoon, SK
Mandy Marchak - (Capilano RFC) Winnipeg, MB
Kayla Moleschi - (Williams Lake Rustlers) Williams Lake, BC
Karen Paquin - (Club de Rugby Quebec) Quebec City, QC
Nadia Popov (Aurora Barbarians) Newmarket, ON
Kelly Russell - (Toronto Nomads) Bolton, ON
Ashley Steacy – (Lethbridge Rugby Club) Lethbridge, AB

Gold Coast Sevens Schedule
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Day One – Saturday, October 11, 2014
All games to be streamed LIVE (link to be released on game day).
Canada vs. Australia at 9:30 am local time (7:30 pm ET on Friday/4:30 pm PT on Friday)
Canada vs. Australia at 4:51 pm local time (2:51 am ET/ 11:51 pm PT on Friday)

Day Two – Sunday, October 12, 2014
Canada vs. Australia at 1:49 pm local time (11:49 pm ET on Saturday/8:49 pm PT on Saturday)

Nine Howlers Selected to Canadian Squad Playing in 2014 Americas Rugby Championship

10/6/2014

Nick Blevins, Nanyak Dala, Derek Daypuck, Sean Ferguson, Pat Kay, Gordon McRorie, Clay Panga, Patrick Parfrey, Seb Pearson have previously represented the Howlers and were named the 26 man Canadian squad that will compete in the 2014 Americas Rugby Championship being played in Langford BC from October 11 - 19 ' 14. Teams include Canada, Argentina, USA and Uruguay. OH CANADA AND HOWUUUUUUUUUU !!!!

Canada’s IRB Americas Rugby Championship Team:

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Kyle Baillie, (Edmonton Druids/Atlantic Rock) Charlottetown, PEI

Ray Barkwill, (Niagara Wasps RFC/Ontario Blues) Niagara Falls, ON

HOWLERS - Nick Blevins, (James Bay AA/Prairie Wolf Pack) Calgary, AB

Admir Cejvanovic (Burnaby Lake RFC/BC Bears) Vancouver, BC

Andrew Coe, (Markham Irish/Ontario Blues) Markham, ON

HOWLERS - Nanyak Dala (Castaway Wanderers/Prairie Wolf Pack) Regina, SK

HOWLERS - Derek Daypuck, (London St. George’s/Ontario Blues) London, ON

Tom Dolezel, (London St. George’s/Ontario Blues) London, ON

Guiseppe Du Toit, (Uvic Vikes) Maple Ridge, BC

HOWLERS - Sean Ferguson, (UBC Thunderbirds/BC Bears) Vancouver, BC

Aaron Flagg, (Abbotsford RFC/BC Bears) Abbotsford, BC

Kyle Gilmour, Captain (St. Albert RFC/Prairie Wolf Pack) St. Albert, AB

Ryan Hamilton, (Capilano RFC/BC Bears) Vancouver, BC

Pete Houlihan, (Edmonton Druids/Prairie Wolf Pack) Edmonton, AB

HOWLERS - Pat Kay, (UVIC Vikes/BC Bears) Duncan, BC

Jamie Mackenzie, (UVIC Vikes/Ontario Blues) Oakville, ON

HOWLERS - - Gordon McRorie, (Calgary Hornets/Prairie Wolf Pack) Calgary, AB

Dan Moor, (Balmy Beach RFC/Ontario Blues) Toronto, ON

Callum Morrison, (UBCOC Ravens/BC Bears) Victoria, BC

Evan Olmstead, (Parramatta Two Blues/Prairie Wolf Pack) Calgary, AB

HOWLERS - Clay Panga, (Calgary Hornets/Prairie Wolf Pack) Calgary, AB

HOWLERS - Patrick Parfrey, (Swilers RFC/Atlantic Rock) St. Johns, NL

HOWLERS - Seb Pearson, (London St. George’s/Ontario Blues) London, ON

James Smith, (Shoalhaven RFC/Prairie Wolf Pack) Calgary, AB

Doug Wooldridge, (Lindsay RFC/Ontario Blues) Lindsay, ON

Canada Staff:

Head Coach: Kieran Crowley

Assistant Coach: Chris Silverthorn

Assistant Coach: Mike Shelley

FORMER HOWLERS COACH - Assistant Coach: Graeme Moffatt

Manager: Mark Winokur

Analyst: Josh Date

Strength and Conditioning Coach: Andy Evans

Therapist: Chris May

Athletic Therapist: Jessica Smith

Media Coordinator: Bryan Kelly

2014 IRB AMERICAS RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE:

OCTOBER 11 – GAME DAY ONE:

USA vs. Argentina at 2:30pm local time (5:30pm ET)

Canada vs. Uruguay at 4:30pm local time (7:30pm PT)

OCTOBER 15 – GAME DAY TWO:

Uruguay vs. Argentina at 6pm local time (9pm ET)

Canada vs. USA at 8pm local time (11pm ET)

OCTOBER 19 – GAME DAY THREE:

Uruguay vs. USA at 2:30pm local time (5:30pm ET)

Canada vs. Argentina at 4:30pm local time (7:30pm PT)