| Union | Rugby Canada | ||
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| Founded | 2009 | ||
| Location | Vancouver / Victoria, British Columbia | ||
| Ground(s) | Brockton Oval MacDonald Park (Capacity: 3,000 1,800) |
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| Chairman | Blake Lewis | ||
| Coach(es) | Kris de Scossa | ||
| Captain(s) | Pat Riordan | ||
| Top scorer | Nathan Hirayama (59) | ||
| Most tries | Nathan Hirayama (3) Sean Duke (3) |
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| League(s) | Canadian Rugby Championship | ||
| 2010 | 4th | ||
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| www.bcrugby.com | |||
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, will participate in the newly formed Canadian Rugby Championship. This off shoot of the Americas Rugby Championship will see these teams once again compete in a round robin schedule. At the end of the Canadian Rugby Championship players from these teams will be selected to a Canada 'A' side who will travel to Buenos Aires to compete in the Americas Rugby Championship against the likes of the USA Selects and an Argentina XV.
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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 will see 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.
| Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Location | Venue | Notes |
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| September 12 | BC Bears | 29-24 | Ontario Blues | Vancouver, BC | Brockton Oval | |
| September 19 | The Rock | 7-8 | BC Bears | St. John's, NL | Swilers Rugby Park | |
| September 26 | BC Bears | 52-14 | Prairie Wolf Pack | Vancouver, BC | Brockton Oval | |
| October 10 | BC Bears | 12-8 | Ontario Blues | Victoria, BC | MacDonald Park | ARC Canadian Final |
| October 17 | Argentina Jaguars | 35-11 | BC Bears | Markham, ON | Fletcher's Fields | ARC Final |
| November 24 | BC Bears | 38-16 | Russia | Langford, BC | Bear Mountain Stadium | International friendly |
*GREEN background indicates a win.
*RED background indicates a loss.
Squad for the 2011 Canadian Rugby Championship season
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