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. 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.
5-713: 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
10-666: 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. Squad for the 2018 Canadian Rugby Championship season Props Hookers Locks Loose forwards Half backs Fly halves Centres Wings Full backs The following players have represented Canada at full international level. The following players have achieved representative honours at an international level. Brockton Oval Brockton Oval
15-524: Is a playing area near the Brockton Point located on the north side of Coal Harbour in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada. The ground was established 1891 with 10 sport's groups joining together. In 1927, cricket and rugby fields were carved out. Brockton Oval has been visited by cricket players such as Donald Bradman , Fred Trueman and Geoffrey Boycott . Around 2,000 to 3,000 people arrived to see
20-431: The timber industry—cleared away part of the site in order to build a sawmill . However, he was forced to abandon his plans after realising the strong currents from the harbour impeded the construction of log booms . He ended up moving the mill to Gastown , becoming Hastings Mill . The land cleared by Stamp was converted into sports fields by 1891. One of these, Brockton Oval, became a key amateur sports venue and
25-538: The match at the ground when Australians and MCC sides visited the ground. The Oval is the home of Brockton Point Cricket Club which was one of the 7 founding member clubs of the British Columbia Mainland Cricket League in 1914. Vancouver Cricket Club began their journey on this ground in 1889. Before 1865, the point was utilised as a graveyard for early settlers who came to Vancouver. That year, Edward Stamp —a British businessman in
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