Vancouver Highlanders

Canadian rugby union club, based in Vancouver From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Vancouver Highlanders are a semi-professional rugby union team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[1]

Full nameVancouver Highlanders
UnionRugby Canada
Founded2023; 3 years ago (2023)
LocationVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Vancouver Highlanders
Full nameVancouver Highlanders
UnionRugby Canada
Founded2023; 3 years ago (2023)
LocationVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
RegionBritish Columbia
GroundBurnaby Lake Rugby Club
CEOCurry Hitchborn
Director of RugbyRandall Barton
CoachTom Larisch
CaptainJosh Thiel
Top scorerTakoda McMullin (39)
Most triesMelani Nanai (4)
LeagueRugby Players Challenge Summer Series
2024n/a
Official website
vancouverhighlanders.com
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History

Founded by Curry Hitchborn and Ralph McRae in 2023, with their first game coming in June 2024 a double header against the Barbados national side and a Canada Select 'XV'. Ralph McRae is the financial backing of the club.[2] Players who sign on will be guided to play for local clubs during the regular British Columbia season, as the Highlanders will play in the traditional rugby off season not playing in a conventional rugby league instead playing on the Rugby Players’ Challenge Summer Series.[3][4]

2024 season

Regular season

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Date[5] Opponent Home/Away Location Result Ref.
28 June Barbados Barbados Home Burnaby Lake Rugby Club 44–12 [6]
28 June Canada Canada Select 'XV' Home Burnaby Lake Rugby Club 44–33 [6]
20 July Germany Germany Home Burnaby Lake Rugby Club 30–26 [7]
3 August Brazil Brazil XV Home Burnaby Lake Rugby Club 77–7 [8]
17 August Canada Canada XV Home Burnaby Lake Rugby Club 23–38
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Current squad

More information Squad for 2024 Rugby Players’ Challenge Summer Series ...
Squad for 2024 Rugby Players’ Challenge Summer Series

Props

  • Canada Cole Kelly
  • Canada Griffin Phillipson
  • France Theo Espagnol*
  • Republic of Ireland Conor O'Flaherty*
  • Canada Payton Teneycke
  • Barbados Simeon John
  • Canada Ed Wallin
  • England Finlay Kennedy*

Hookers

  • Canada Jacob Bossi
  • England Sam Mace
  • England Josh Olver

Locks

  • Canada Donald Carson
  • Canada Thomas Davidson
  • Canada Kaden Duguid
  • Canada Caden Wilson
  • Canada Asfand Saeed
  • Kenya Brian Ndirangu

Back-row

  • Canada Matt Klimchuk
  • Canada Joe Locke
  • Canada Ollie Nott
  • Georgia (country) Saba Shubitidze
  • Canada Jake Thiel
  • Canada Relmu Wilson-Valdes
  • Canada Callum Brown
  • Canada Liam Kinghorn
  • Republic of Ireland Conall Henchy

Scrum-halves

  • Canada Jacob Bourne
  • Canada Keegan Neary
  • Canada Reid Watkins

Fly-halves

Centres

Outside Backs

  • Canada Noah Bain
  • Canada Lenny Bondudau
  • Canada D'Shawn Bowen
  • South Africa Nico Leonard
  • Canada Alastair Marshall
  • England Nick Blain
  • Canada Takoda McMullin
Key
  • Senior 15s internationally capped players are listed in bold.
  • * denotes players qualified to play for Canada on dual nationality or residency grounds.
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Club staff

Rugby Department[9]

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Director of Sports OperationsCanada Randall Barton
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First Team Coaching[9]

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Head CoachCanada Tom Larisch
Assistant Coach Canada Bill Chamberlain
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Notable players

Internationals

See also

References

External links

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