BC Bears

BC Bears
Union Rugby Canada
Founded 2009
Location Langford, B.C.
Ground(s) Bear Mountain Stadium (Capacity: 1,600)
Coach(es) Jim Dixon
Captain(s) TBA
Top scorer Connor Braid (77)
Most tries Sean Duke (4)
League(s) Canadian Rugby Championship
2013 2nd
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.bcrugby.com

The British Columbia Bears (formerly Pacific Tyee) are the senior men's representative rugby team for British Columbia. They were 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 and only fell to the Argentina Jaguars in the ARC Final.

Beginning in 2010 the team, along with the Ontario Blues, The Rock, and the Prairie Wolf Pack, have participated in the newly formed Canadian Rugby Championship. This offshoot of the Americas Rugby Championship sees these teams once again compete in a round robin schedule.

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 Bear Mountain Stadium in Langford. The 2010 season saw the Bears play exclusively at Klahanie Park in West Vancouver. 2011 saw the team again play a majority of their home games at Klahanie with the exception of one match being played at the Apple Bowl in Kelowna. For the 2013 season, the Bears will play exclusively at Bear Mountain Stadium.

Season records

Americas Rugby Championship

Season Position Played Won Drawn Lost Bonus Points
2009 1st (Round-robin) 3 3 0 0 2 14
Canadian final BC Bears 12 – 8 Ontario Blues
ARC final Argentina Jaguars 35 – 11 BC Bears

Canadian Rugby Championship

Season Position Played Won Drawn Lost Bonus Points
2010 4th 3 0 0 3 0 0
2011 2nd 5 2 0 3 4 12
2012 4th 5 1 0 4 1 5
2013 2nd 5 2 0 3 4 12
2014 3rd 6 2 0 4 2 10

Honours

Current squad

Squad for the 2012 Canadian Rugby Championship season

Props

  • Noah Barker
  • Toby Berg
  • Anthony Luca
  • Scott Mackay
  • Cole Racine

Hookers

  • Micha Govorchin
  • Andrew Lackner
  • Evan Mallory

Locks

  • Will Campbell
  • Liam Chisholm
  • Jonathan Hill
  • Nathan Mantle
 

Loose forwards

  • Alex Boyd
  • Adam Cejvanovic
  • Luke Campbell
  • Thyssen de Goede
  • Aaron Flagg
  • Aaron Goodard
  • Callum Morrison

Half backs

Fly halves

  • Connor Braid
  • Patrick Kay
 

Centres

Wings

  • Sean Duke
  • Cameron Knowles
  • Clayton Meeres
  • Bryan Tyrer

Full backs

  • Caleb Hansen
  • Harry Jones
  • Conrad Rybkowski

Notable Players

Canada

The following players have represented Canada at full international level.

  • Connor Braid
  • Mike Burak
  • Luke Cudmore
  • Sean Duke
  • Brian Erichsen
  • Ed Fairhurst
  • Aaron Flagg
  • Mike Fuailefau
  • Mitch Gudgeon
  • Ryan Hamilton
  • Brodie Henderson
  • Nathan Hirayama
  • Harry Jones
  • Adam Kleeberger
  • Phil Mack
  • Jason Marshall
  • Cameron Pierce
  • Pat Riordan
  • David Spicer
  • Conor Trainor
  • Sean White
  • Eric Wilson

Overseas Representatives

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

Games played against international opposition

Year Date Opponent Result Score Tour
2009 17 October Argentina Argentina Jaguars Loss 11–35 2009 Americas Rugby Championship Final
2009 24 November  Russia Win 38–16 2009 Russia tour of Canada
2010 12 June England England Counties Loss 7–46 2010 Tour of Canada
2010 18 June New Zealand Royal New Zealand Navy (HMNZS Te Kaha) Win 71–5 Part of Canadian Navy's Centennial
2014 16 July Argentina Buenos Aires Loss 7–38 BC Bears 2014 South American Tour
2014 19 July  Uruguay Win 21–20 BC Bears 2014 South American Tour

Head coaching history

Name Years Record Percentage
Mike James 2009-2010 6-5 83.3%
Kris de Scossa 2011 2-3 66.7%
John MacMillan 2012 1-4 25.0%
Jim Dixon 2013–present 2-3 66.7%

References

  1. "British Columbia Rugby Union Announces BC Bears Franchise". B.C. Rugby Union. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 2014-06-21.

External links

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