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British Columbia 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 Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Canada
Rugby Canada is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in Canada. Rugby Canada was incorporated in 1974, and stems from the Canadian Rugby Football Union, a body established in 1884 that now governs amateur Canadian football as Football Canada; and the now-defunct Rugby Union of Canada, established in 1929. Rugby Canada administers the Canada national rugby union team and sanctions the Rugby Canada National Junior Championship, a national competition for under-20 men's teams. It previously sanctioned the Super League as the premier level of men's competition in the country, but scrapped that league after the Americas Rugby Championship was created in 2009 as a two-stage competition in which the first involved only Canadian teams. History Canadian Rugby Football Union The Canadian Rugby Football Union was established in 1884 with the specific purpose of organizing play-off games between various union champions. Representatives from the Montreal Football club ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nik Hildebrand
Nik is a unisex given name and a short form of most names starting with ''Nik'', derived from Ancient Greek νικη (nike) meaning "victory". It may refer to: People: *Nik Bärtsch (born 1971), Swiss pianist, composer and producer *Nik Bonitto (born 1999), American football player *Nik Caner-Medley (born 1983), American basketball player *Nik Cohn (born 1946), British rock journalist *Nik Kershaw (born 1958), English singer-songwriter, composer, musician and record producer *Nik Lewis (born June 3, 1982), American gridiron football player and coach *Nik Needham (born 1996), American football player * Nik Omladič (born 1989), Slovenian footballer * Nik Richie (born Hooman Karamian in 1979), American blogger, author and Internet personality *Nik Stauskas (born 1993), Canadian National Basketball Association player * Nik Turner (born 1940), English musician *Nik Wallenda (born 1979), American acrobat, aerialist, daredevil, high wire artist and author * Nik Welter (1871 – 1951), Lux ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Rugby Union
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) is the governing body of rugby union in New Zealand. It was founded in 1892 as the New Zealand Rugby Football Union (NZRFU), 12 years after the first provincial unions in New Zealand. In 1949 it became an affiliate to the International Rugby Football Board, now known as World Rugby, the governing body of rugby union for the world. It dropped the word "Football" from its name in 2006. The brand name ''New Zealand Rugby'' was adopted in 2013. Officially, it is an incorporated society with the name New Zealand Rugby Union Incorporated. The organisation's main objectives, as displayed in the NZR Constitution, are to promote and develop rugby throughout New Zealand; arrange and participate in matches and tours in New Zealand and overseas; represent New Zealand in World Rugby; form and manage New Zealand representative teams; and encourage participation in the sport. NZR Headquarters are located in Wellington, New Zealand, with an office in Auckland. Struct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England Counties XV
England Counties XV is a representative rugby union team, formed in 2002, open to English players who play in the County Championship and the third tier (and below) of the English rugby union system. Players from the Premiership and RFU Championship are ineligible.Nigel Walrond. ''Penberthy crowns wonderful season''. Independent. 2019 matches 2018 matches 2017 matches 2016 matches 2015 matches The England Counties squad for the tour of Romania was: Forwards: Matthew Beesley (Wharefdale & Cheshire), David Laverick (Hull Ionians & Yorkshire), Stephen Johnson (Hull Ionians & Yorkshire), Craig Williams (Redruth & Cornwall), Andrew Berry (Old Albanians & Hertfordshire), Brett McNamee (Old Albanians & Hertfordshire), Samuel Wilkes (Cinderford & Gloucestershire), Ben Hilton (Launceston & Cornwall), Christopher Wearmouth (Blaydon& Durham), George Oram (Blackheath & Kent), Keith Laughlin (Blaydon & Northumberland), Gavin Jones (Blaydon & Yorkshire), Evan Stewart (Fylde & Lanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia National Rugby Union Team
The Russia national rugby union team (Russian: Сборная России по регби), nicknamed Medvedi (''The Bears''), represented Russia in men's international rugby union international competitions. The team is administered by the Rugby Union of Russia (RUR). The RUR is considered the official successor union of the Soviet Union by World Rugby and the combined CIS team which played in the early 1990s. Since 1992, the team has played as Russia. Its first test match as Russia was against the Barbarians in Moscow in June 1992 and the country's first test against an official Test nation was against Belgium later that same year. Russia is seen as a Tier 2 union by World Rugby. The team's regular international competition was in the Rugby Europe Championship – often referred to as the Six Nations B. In addition, the team participated in World Rugby-run summer tournaments including the Nations Cup, the dormant Churchill Cup, and other international fixtures. Russia comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada National Rugby Union Team
The Canada national rugby union team (french: Équipe du Canada de rugby à XV) represents Canada in men's international rugby union competitions and is governed by Rugby Canada. Canada is classified by World Rugby as a tier two rugby nation and has competed in competitions such as the Americas Rugby Championship and the Rugby World Cup. Canada traditionally plays in red and white. Canada has been playing international rugby since their 1932 debut against Japan. Canada competed at every World Cup from the inagurual tournament in 1987 until its elimination at the hands of Chile during the 2023 qualifying process, breaking the 3 decades long record of uninterrupted attendance. Canada achieved their best result at the World Cup in 1991, where they reached the quarterfinals. Canada was once the dominant power of North American rugby and was the second-best team in the Americas. Before the professionalization of rugby, Canada were known to upset stronger teams, having defeated Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Thiel
Josh Thiel (born 2 June 1997) is a Canadian professional rugby union player for San Diego Legion in Major League Rugby and for BC Bears in the Canadian Rugby Championship. Josh won his first cap for Canada in the 2018 Americas Rugby Championship vs Chile and has played for the Canada Sevens. Josh is the son of former professional player and Canadian international Jon Thiel Jon Thiel (born May 31, 1975 in White Rock, British Columbia) is a Canadian rugby union footballer. He plays prop. He has played in 3 Rugby World Cups for Canada. He has also played professionally for Sale Sharks, RC Narbonne, Bridgend RFC, and Ll ... and Canadian international Jen Ross The Thiel-Ross family a rugby Canada legacy like no other" Club statistics References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Fraser (rugby Union)
Doug Fraser (born 8 May 1992) is a Canadian professional rugby union player who currently plays as a wing or centre for Old Glory DC in Major League Rugby (MLR). He also plays for Canada internationally. He previously played for Austin Elite The Austin Gilgronis were a professional rugby union team based in Austin, Texas, United States. The team was founded in 2017 as the Austin Elite, and competed in Major League Rugby. History On September 19, 2019, after extensive polling at t ... during the 2019 MLR season. Club statistics References 1992 births Living people Austin Gilgronis players BC Bears players Canadian expatriate rugby union players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate rugby union players in the United States People from Ladysmith, British Columbia Rugby union centres Rugby union wings Sportspeople from British Columbia University of Victoria alumni Canada international rugby union players Canadian rugby unio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Du Toit
Giuseppe du Toit (born 29 July 1995) is a Canadian rugby union player who generally plays as a centre for the Toronto Arrows in Major League Rugby (MLR). He also represents Canada internationally. On 27 September 2019, he was included in the Canadian squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup as an injury replacement to Nick Blevins and also marked his first World Cup appearance. Career He made his international debut for Canada against Chile on 11 February 2017. He received his maiden World Cup call for the 2019 World Cup while he was pursuing his studies at the University of Victoria and made his debut World Cup match appearance against South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ... on 5 October 2019. References 1995 births Living people Canadian rugby u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theo Sauder
Theo Sauder (born 2 April 1996) is a Canadian rugby union player that plays fullback and fly-half. He currently plays for the Toronto Arrows in Major League Rugby as well as the Canada national rugby sevens team. Early life Sauder was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and attended St. George's School. After graduating from St. George's he attended University of British Columbia for his university studies. Rugby career In 2015, Sauder played for Canada U20 at the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy. He played for the Canada U20s again in 2016 but lost to United States U20 19-18 in the qualifier for the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy, therefore he did not get the play in the tournament that year. Sauder made his international debut for on 9 June 2018 against . He came off the bench as a substitute in the 55th minute. Sauder scored his first points for the national team in a 65-19 win over in the first match of the 2019 Rugby World Cup Qualifying Repechage Tournament. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travis Larsen
Travis may refer to: People and fictional characters *Travis (given name), a list of people and fictional characters *Travis (surname), a list of people Places in the United States *Travis, Staten Island, a neighborhood *Travis Air Force Base, a United States Air Force base in California *Travis, Texas, an unincorporated community *Travis County, Texas *Lake Travis, Texas, a reservoir on the Colorado River Schools *William B. Travis High School (Austin, Texas) *William B. Travis High School (Fort Bend County, Texas) *Travis Elementary School (other), schools in Texas and California Other uses *Travis (band), a Scottish band *Travis (chimpanzee) (died 2009), a domesticated chimpanzee who attacked and mauled a Connecticut woman *Travis CI Travis CI is a hosted continuous integration service used to build and test software projects hosted on GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, Perforce, Apache Subversion and Assembla. Travis CI was the first CI service that provided services ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Campbell (rugby Union, Born 1992)
Luke Francis Campbell (born 2 October 1992) is a Canadian rugby union player who generally plays as a number eight represents Canada internationally and also currently plays for Old Glory DC of Major League Rugby (MLR). He previously played for Canadian club Toronto Arrows in the MLR. He was included in the Canadian squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup which is held in Japan for the first time and also marks his first World Cup appearance. Career He made his international debut for Canada against United States on 10 February 2018. He made his first World Cup match appearance against Italy on 26 September 2019 in Canada's opening match of the tournament in Pool B Pool may refer to: Water pool * Swimming pool, usually an artificial structure containing a large body of water intended for swimming * Reflecting pool, a shallow pool designed to reflect a structure and its surroundings * Tide pool, a rocky po .... The match ended up in a losing cause for Canada, where Italy th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
