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The British Columbia Bears (formerly Pacific Tyee) are the senior men's representative rugby team for

Argentina Jaguars
in the ARC Final.

Beginning in 2010 the team, along with the

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

Westhills Stadium
(then known as 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 played exclusively at Westhills 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
2015 3rd 2 1 0 1 0 4
2016 4th 4 0 0 4 1 1
2017 1st 4 4 0 0 2 18
2018 3rd 4 2 0 2 2 10

Best in the West

Season Position Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
2019 1st 2 1 0 1 60 50

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.

  • Russia Andrey Proshin

Games played against international opposition

Year Date Opponent Result Score Tour
2009 17 October
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
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
2016 10 August New Zealand North Otago Tie 22–22 North Otago 2016 Canadian Tour
2018 23 June United Kingdom Royal Air Force Win 23-19 RAF 2018 Western Canada Tour

Head coaching history

Name Years Record Percentage
Mike James
 2009-2010 6-5 54.5%
Kris de Scossa 2011 2-3 40.0%
John MacMillan 2012 1-4 20.0%
Jim Dixon 2013–2014 4-7 36.4%
Dean Murten 2015 2-3 40.0%
Gabriel Fulcher 2016 0-5 0.0%
Tony Healy 2017 4-0 100%
Dean Murten 2018 1-1 50%
Scott Manning 2018 1-1 50%
James Thompson 2019 1-1 50%

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.

External links

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