Josh Thiel (born 2 June 1997) is a Canadian professional rugby union player for

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in Major League Rugby and for

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, Argenti ...

in the

Canadian Rugby Championship The Canadian Rugby Championship (CRC) (french: Championnat provincial du Canada de rugby à XV) was a Canadian amateur rugby union competition, partially funded by the World Rugby. It was the highest level of men's domestic rugby in Canada. Four ...

. Josh won his first cap for Canada in the

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and has played for the

Canada Sevens The Canada Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament held every March. It is one of the ten stops on the World Rugby Sevens Series, and is played the weekend after the USA Sevens in Las Vegas. Canada secured a four-year deal to host to event ...

. 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"

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1991 births Living people BC Bears players Canadian rugby sevens players Canadian rugby union players Pan American Games medalists in rugby sevens Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Rugby sevens players at the 2019 Pan American Games San Diego Legion players Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union centres Canada international rugby union players {{Canada-rugbyunion-bio-stub