The Vancouver Wave are a Canadian rugby union team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The team plays in the Rugby Canada National Junior Championship and draws most of its players from the Vancouver Rugby Union and the British Columbia Rugby Union, one of fourteen Rugby Unions that have rep teams in the RCSL.[1]

Vancouver Wave
Full nameVancouver Wave Rugby Football Club
UnionRugby Canada
Vancouver Rugby Union
British Columbia Rugby Union
Nickname(s)The Wave
FoundedVancouver Rugby Union - Undetermined (Over 100 Years)
LocationVancouver, British Columbia
Ground(s)Brockton Oval at Stanley Park (Capacity: 5,000)
Coach(es)Christiaan Esterhuizen (2021-Present)
League(s)RCSL (1998-2008)
RCNJC (2009-present)
Coastal Cup (2021)
Official website
www.vancouverrugbyunion.ca

The Wave play their "home" games at the Brockton Oval at Stanley Park in Vancouver.

The team played under the name BC Wave for the 2006 and 2007 RCSL seasons, but later switched back to using Vancouver Wave.

On August 1, 2009, the team won their first national championship. When they defeated the Toronto Rebellion 41–21.

On November 13, 2021, the Wave became the first Coastal Cup champions.

Vancouver Wave win the 2021 Coastal Cup

History

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In 1998, Rugby Canada and the provincial unions agreed to form the Rugby Canada Super League. Fourteen unions and sub-unions were invited to compete in the new semi-professional league.

In 2009, Rugby Canada decided to disband the RCSL and replace it with a new U-20 league called the Rugby Canada National Junior Championship. The Wave was chosen as one of the remaining RCSL clubs to enter the newly formed league.

In 2021, forming to represent the Vancouver Rugby Union but without players playing representing UBC Men's Rugby and Van East Rugby, who were from the Burnaby Lake Rugby Club, the Vancouver Wave won the Inaugural Coastal Cup. The team went undefeated, winning six matches and losing none, defeating the Pacific Pride (rugby union) in the final match to seal the Grand Slam.[1]

Management and coaches

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Position Name Nationality
Team Manager Paddy Watson   Canada/  Ireland
Head Coach Christiaan Esterhuizen   South Africa
Defence Coach Aaron Takel   Wales
Attack Coach John Ball   England
Forwards Coach Guido Suez   Argentina
Strength & Conditioning Mike Hall   Canada
Medical Director Ashley MacInnes   Canada

Coastal Cup 2021 Squad

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Vancouver Wave Coastal Cup squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

Back row

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

Wings

Fullbacks

(c) denotes the team captain

Season-by-season records

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Season records
Season W L T Finish Playoff results
Vancouver Wave
1998 3 3 0 6th West Division --
1999 4 2 0 3rd West Division --
2002 3 2 0 3rd West Division --
2003 3 3 0 4th West Division --
2004 4 2 0 2nd West Division --
2005 2 4 0 5th West Division --
BC Wave
2006 1 3 0 4th West Division --
2007 0 4 0 5th West Division --
Vancouver Wave
2008 1 3 0 5th West Division --
2009 3 0 1 1st Pacific Division Won West Final (Mavericks)
Won Championship Final (Rebellion)
Totals 24 26 1 (regular season, 1998–2009)
2 0 0 (playoffs, 1998–2009)

2021 Standings

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2021 Coastal Cup Champions [2]

Coastal Cup Standings
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD BP Pts
1 Vancouver Wave 6 6 0 0 194 110 +88 3 27
2 Pacific Pride 6 4 1 1 188 113 +75 4 22
3 University of British Columbia 6 4 1 1 154 91 +63 4 22
4 Van East 6 3 0 3 134 125 +9 2 16
5 Crimson Tide 6 2 0 4 116 156 -40 1 10
6 University of Victoria 6 1 0 5 133 168 -35 1 8
7 Trinity Western University 6 0 0 6 77 235 -26 0 0

References

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  1. ^ a b "Standings".
  2. ^ "Standings".
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