Vancouver Wave

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.

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

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

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

Vancouver Wave Coastal Cup squad

Props

  • Canada Ryan Chapman
  • Canada Neil Courtney (c)
  • Canada Vasilis Miroslaw
  • Canada Mark Paddock
  • Canada Jake Schwartz
  • Canada Pat Zuk

Hookers

  • England Pete Ingoldsby
  • Argentina Matias Suez

Locks

  • Canada Liam Doll
  • Canada Dave Matthews
  • Ireland Brian Moylett

Back row

  • Scotland Giles Calder
  • Canada Alex Carmel
  • New Zealand Jalan Farris
  • Ireland Darragh Foley
  • Canada Jake Ikeda
  • Canada Wes Lee

Scrum-halves

  • Canada Jack Scher
  • South Africa Thomas Viljoen

Fly-halves

  • Canada Adam McQueen
  • Philippines Robbie Jones

Centres

  • Australia Colby Mason
  • New Zealand Isaac Winter

Wings

  • New Zealand Jesse Hocking
  • Canada Sean Ferguson
  • Canada Johnny Franklin
  • New Zealand Phil Lelievre
  • South Africa Josh Powdrell

Fullbacks

  • Australia Mike Moloney
  • Canada David Thompson
(c) denotes the team captain

    Season-by-season records

    Season records
    SeasonWLTFinishPlayoff results
    Vancouver Wave
    19983306th West Division--
    19994203rd West Division--
    20023203rd West Division--
    20033304th West Division--
    20044202nd West Division--
    20052405th West Division--
    BC Wave
    20061304th West Division--
    20070405th West Division--
    Vancouver Wave
    20081305th West Division--
    20093011st Pacific DivisionWon West Final (Mavericks)
    Won Championship Final (Rebellion)
    Totals24261 (regular season, 1998–2009)
    200 (playoffs, 1998–2009)

    2021 Standings

    2021 Coastal Cup Champions [2]

    Coastal Cup Standings
    Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD BP Pts
    1Vancouver Wave6600194110+88327
    2Pacific Pride6411188113+75422
    3University of British Columbia641115491+63422
    4Van East6303134125+9216
    5Crimson Tide6204116156-40110
    6University of Victoria6105133168-3518
    7Trinity Western University600677235-2600

    References

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