BC Bears


The British Columbia Bears 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 Westhills 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

Canadian Rugby Championship

Best in the West

Honours

Squad for the 2018 Canadian Rugby Championship season

Props
Hookers
Locks
  • Mike Finnemore
  • Craig McLaughlin
  • Shea Wakefield
  • Cam Polson
 Loose forwards
Half backs
  • James Pitblado
  • Jorden Sandover-Best
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.

Head coaching history