The Vancouver Island Crimson Tide are a Canadian rugby union team based in

Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. Th ...

. The team plays in the

Coastal Cup The Coastal Cup is a trophy and soccer competition among the USL Championship (USL) teams based in Florida. Established in 2010, the trophy was originally awarded to the best team in regular season play among Florida-based franchises. Head-to- ...

. The Tide play their home games at the Windsor Park in Victoria. The team hold the record for winning the most

MacTier Cup The MacTier Cup is the name of the championship for the top senior men's rugby league in Canada. Originally awarded to the champion of the Rugby Canada Super League (RCSL), the MacTier Cup was established in 1998 along with the RCSL. The first MacT ...

History

In 1998,

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 a ...

and the provincial unions agreed to form the

Rugby Canada Super League The Rugby Canada Super League (RCSL or Super League) was a national, semi-professional rugby union competition in Canada. The league represented the second level of domestic rugby union in Canada, and the highest level wholly indigenous to Canada ...

. Fourteen unions and sub-unions were invited to compete in the new semi-professional league. In 2009,

decided to disband the RCSL after 11 seasons of Super League play in Canada. The RCSL was replaced by the

Rugby Canada National Junior Championship The Rugby Canada National Junior Championship was an amateur rugby union competition in Canada. It only lasted two seasons, 2009 and 2010. The 2009 champion was the Vancouver Wave, and the 2010 championship went to the Newfoundland Rock. The leag ...

. The league contains many of the junior RCSL clubs.

Season-by-season records

, - , 1998 , , 5 , , 0 , , 1 , , 1st West Division , , Won MacTier Cup ( Halifax Keiths) , - , 1999 , , 6 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1st West Division , , Won MacTier Cup ( Toronto Renegades) , - , 2000 , , 3 , , 2 , , 0 , , 3rd West Division , , -- , - , 2001 , , 4 , , 1 , , 0 , , 2nd West Division , , -- , - , 2002 , , 4 , , 1 , , 0 , , 1st West Division , , Won MacTier Cup (

Newfoundland Rock The Newfoundland Rock are a Canadian rugby union team based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The team plays in the Rugby Canada National Junior Championship (RCNJC) and draws most of its players from the Newfoundland Rugby Union, one of ...

) , - , 2003 , , 4 , , 2 , , 0 , , 2nd West Division , , -- , - , 2004 , , 6 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1st West Division , , Won MacTier Cup (

) , - , 2005 , , 5 , , 1 , , 0 , , 2nd West Division , , -- , - , 2006 , , 1 , , 3 , , 0 , , 5th West Division , , -- , - , 2007 , , 1 , , 3 , , 0 , , 4th West Division , , -- , - , 2008 , , 1 , , 3 , , 0 , , 4th West Division , , -- , - !rowspan="3", Totals , , 40 , , 16 , , 1 , colspan="2", (regular season, 1998–2008) , - ! 4 , , 0 , , 0 , colspan="2", (playoffs, 1998–2008) , -

Personnel

Current squad

The 2021 Crimson Tide squad for the 2021 Coastal Cup.

Coaching Staff

*Head Coach:

Nanyak Dala Nanyak Dala (born 18 June 1984) is a Canadian rugby union player. His position is flanker, and he has played 14 tests for the Canadian national team. Dala currently plays for Castaway Wanderers RFC in the British Columbia Premiership and with ...

*Assistant Coach: Sean White

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