The Vancouver Wave are a

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rugby union team based in

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. The team plays in the Rugby Canada National Junior Championship and draws most of its players from the Vancouver Rugby Union and the

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, one of fourteen Rugby Unions that have rep teams in the RCSL. The Wave play their "home" games at the Brockton Oval at

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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. 2eDMco0M

History

In 1998,

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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 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.

Management and coaches

Coastal Cup 2021 Squad

Season-by-season records

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Won Championship Final (

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) , - !rowspan="3", Totals , , 24 , , 26 , , 1 , colspan="2", (regular season, 1998–2009) , - ! 2 , , 0 , , 0 , colspan="2", (playoffs, 1998–2009) , -

2021 Standings

2021 Coastal Cup Champions

References

External links

Coastal Cup Rugby
{{British Columbia Sports Sports clubs and teams in Vancouver Rugby union teams in British Columbia