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. 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

• Canadian Rugby Championship
  • Champions: 0
• Americas Rugby Championship
  • Champions: 0
  • Runners-up: 1 (2009)

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 Phil Mack Cody Rockson Sean White Matt Yanagiya Fly halves Connor Braid Patrick Kay

Centres Michael Fuailefau Brodie Henderson Andrew Timler Conor Trainor 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.

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Overseas Representatives

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

• 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 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	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%

External links

• British Columbia Rugby Union website
• CRC Official Website