Sport: | Rugby union |
Teams: | 10 |
Country: | |
Champion: | UBC Old Boys Ravens |
The British Columbia Men's Premier League is a provincial rugby union competition currently contested by twelve clubs in British Columbia, Canada and one in the U.S. state of Washington. The BC Premier League is organized by the British Columbia Rugby Union.
The league currently consists of teams from the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. Clubs play each other twice throughout the regular season. The top six teams are then seeded and qualify for two rounds of playoffs. The top two teams from the semi-finals then face each other at the BC Rugby Club Finals in May.[1]
The teams compete for the prestigious Rounsefell Cup. The trophy was donated by F.W. Rounsefell, a Vancouver insurance broker and financier and former British Columbia rugby star. The Rounsefell Cup was first awarded to the Central Athletic Club in March 1922. The cup has been competed for annually ever since.[2]
width=300 | Club | width=60 | Est. | width=180 | City/Area |
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Burnaby Lake Rugby Club | 1994 | Burnaby | |||
Capilano RFC | 1969 | West Vancouver | |||
Castaway Wanderers RFC | 1906 | Oak Bay | |||
James Bay Athletic Association | 1886 | Victoria | |||
Meraloma Athletic Club | 1923 | Vancouver | |||
Pacific Pride | 2019 | Langford | |||
UBC Thunderbirds | 1906 | Vancouver | |||
UBC Old Boys Ravens | 1974 | Vancouver | |||
University of Victoria Vikes | Unknown | Victoria | |||
Westshore RFC | 1969 | Colwood | |||
width=300 | Club | width=60 | Est. | width=180 | City/Area |
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Nanaimo Hornets RFC | 1888 | Nanaimo | |||
Seattle Rugby Club | 1966 | Seattle | |||
Vancouver Rowing Club | 1908 | Vancouver | |||