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The British Columbia Bears (formerly Pacific Tyee) are the senior men's representative rugby team for British Columbia. They were originally founded in 2009 to compete in the Americas Rugby Championship against other representative teams from Canada, Argentina, and the United States. [1] In their inaugural season, the Bears went undefeated in round robin play against other Canadian teams falling only to the Argentina Jaguars in the ARC Final. From 2010 to 2018 the Bears participated in the Canadian Rugby Championship, along with the Ontario Blues, The Rock, and the Prairie Wolf Pack. This offshoot of the Americas Rugby Championship saw these teams once again compete in a round robin schedule.

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Home grounds

The Bears do not have a permanent home ground, but play at various fields around British Columbia. In their inaugural year the team hosted matches at Brockton Oval in Vancouver and MacDonald Park in Victoria as well as at Westhills Stadium (formerly Bear Mountain Stadium) in Langford. The 2010 season saw the Bears play exclusively at Klahanie Park in West Vancouver. In 2011 the team again played a majority of their home games at Klahanie with the exception of one match held at the Apple Bowl in Kelowna. For the 2013 season, the Bears played exclusively at Westhills Stadium.

Season records

Americas Rugby Championship

SeasonPositionPlayedWonDrawnLostBonusPoints
2009 1st (Round-robin)3300214
Canadian finalBC Bears 12 – 8 Ontario Blues
ARC final Argentina Jaguars 35 – 11 BC Bears

Canadian Rugby Championship

SeasonPositionPlayedWonDrawnLostBonusPoints
2010 4th300300
2011 2nd5203412
2012 4th510415
2013 2nd5203412
2014 3rd6204210
2015 3rd210104
2016 4th400411
2017 1st4400218
2018 3rd4202210

Best in the West

SeasonPositionPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainst
2019 1st21016050

Honours

Current squad

Squad for the 2018 Canadian Rugby Championship season

Props

Hookers

  • Paul Ahn
  • Steven Ng
  • Blake van Heyningen

Locks

  • Mike Finnemore
  • Craig McLaughlin
  • Shea Wakefield
  • Cam Polson

Loose forwards

Half backs

Fly halves

Centres

Wings

  • Jared Douglas
  • Fraser Hurst
  • Isaac Kaay
  • Clayton Meeres

Full backs

  • Sean Ferguson
  • Aaron McLelland

Notable players

Canada

The following players have represented Canada at full international level.

Overseas Representatives

The following players have achieved representative honours at an international level.

Games played against international opposition

YearDateOpponentResultScoreTour
200917 October Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina Jaguars Loss11–35 2009 Americas Rugby Championship Final
200924 NovemberFlag of Russia.svg  Russia Win38–16 2009 Russia tour of Canada
201012 June Flag of England.svg England Counties Loss7–46 2010 Tour of Canada
201018 June Flag of New Zealand.svg Royal New Zealand Navy (HMNZS Te Kaha) Win71–5 Part of Canadian Navy's Centennial
201416 July Flag of Argentina.svg Buenos Aires Loss7–38BC Bears 2014 South American Tour
201419 JulyFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Win21–20BC Bears 2014 South American Tour
201610 August Flag of New Zealand.svg North Otago Tie22–22North Otago 2016 Canadian Tour
201823 June Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Royal Air Force Win23-19RAF 2018 Western Canada Tour

Head coaching history

NameYearsRecordPercentage
Mike James 2009-20106-554.5%
Kris de Scossa20112-340.0%
John MacMillan20121-420.0%
Jim Dixon2013–20144-736.4%
Dean Murten20152-340.0%
Gabriel Fulcher20160-50.0%
Tony Healy 20174-0100%
Dean Murten20181-150%
Scott Manning20181-150%
James Thompson20191-150%

References

  1. ↑ "British Columbia Rugby Union Announces BC Bears Franchise". B.C. Rugby Union. 20 August 2009. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
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