BC Bears

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 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.

Honours

 * Canadian Rugby Championship
 * Champions: 2 (2009, 2017)
 * Americas Rugby Championship
 * Champions: 0
 * Runners-up: 1 (2009)

Current squad
Squad for the 2018 Canadian Rugby Championship season

Props
 * Noah Barker
 * John Braddock
 * Nik Hildebrand
 * Clint Lemkus
 * Liam Murray

Hookers
 * Paul Ahn
 * Steven Ng
 * Blake van Heyningen

Locks
 * Mike Finnemore
 * Craig McLaughlin
 * Shea Wakefield
 * Cam Polson

Loose forwards
 * Dustin Dobravsky
 * Luke Campbell
 * Jason Hignell
 * Travis Larsen
 * Connor McCann
 * Oliver Nott
 * Nathan Stewart

Half backs
 * James Pitblado
 * Jorden Sandover-Best

Fly halves
 * Theo Sauder
 * Giuseppe du Toit

Centres
 * Doug Fraser
 * Mike Nieuwenhuysen
 * Josh Thiel

Wings
 * Jared Douglas
 * Fraser Hurst
 * Isaac Kaay
 * Clayton Meeres

Full backs
 * Sean Ferguson
 * Aaron McLelland

Canada
The following players have represented Canada at full international level.


 * Ryan Ackerman
 * Noah Barker
 * George Barton
 * Connor Braid
 * Mike Burak
 * Luke Campbell
 * Admir Cejvanovic
 * Liam Chisholm
 * Luke Cudmore
 * Thyssen de Goede
 * Dustin Dobravsky
 * Joe Dolesau
 * Sean Duke
 * Giuseppe du Toit
 * Brian Erichsen
 * Ed Fairhurst
 * Aaron Flagg
 * Doug Fraser
 * Mike Fuailefau
 * Mitch Gudgeon
 * Ryan Hamilton
 * Brodie Henderson
 * Nathan Hirayama
 * Jake Ilnicki
 * Harry Jones
 * Adam Kleeberger
 * Anthony Luca
 * Phil Mack
 * Jason Marshall
 * Callum Morrison
 * Oliver Nott
 * Cameron Pierce
 * Pat Riordan
 * Jorden Sandover-Best
 * Theo Sauder
 * David Spicer
 * Brock Staller
 * Josh Thiel
 * Conor Trainor
 * Sean White
 * Eric Wilson

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


 * 🇷🇺 Andrey Proshin