Training Every Tuesday & Thursday at 6:30pm at the Brockton Oval (Men's & Women's team)
The squad
The senior women's side competes in BC Rugby Womens Division 2 Tier 1. The squad runs from women who've represented BC and played university rugby through to women who'd never picked up a ball before joining at a Tuesday training.
Training is shared with the men's squad on Tuesday and Thursday at Brockton Oval. Coaches lead joint warm-ups and skills work, then split out for grade-specific game scenarios. Match-day fitness and structure are built into the same sessions, not added on as a separate ask.
Players who joined the women's side as beginners have gone on to start in BC Rugby fixtures, tour with VRC, and lead other parts of the program. The pathway is real, the standard is real, and there's nothing token about being on this squad. Rugby for new and returning players in Vancouver.
The coaching
Chris is Head Coach of the senior women's side and the VRC youth program. He's a former VRC player, World Rugby Level 2 certified, and has more than twenty years of coaching experience across age-grade, senior, and provincial rugby.
Sessions are structured. The squad knows what they're working on each week. Players move between grades on form and availability, not on seniority. Match weeks include video review and targeted work on the pieces of the game that decide results.
Youth pathway under the same coach
The setting
The Rowers have played rugby at Brockton Oval since 1908. The clubhouse on Coal Harbour is open after training and matches, looking out across the water to the downtown skyline. Almost no women's rugby program in BC trains and plays in a setting like this.
Common questions
The senior women's team competes in BC Rugby Womens Division 2 Tier 1, the top tier of Division 2. Fixtures run weekly through the season against clubs across the lower mainland and Vancouver Island.
Tuesday and Thursday, 6:30pm to 8:00pm, at Brockton Oval in Stanley Park. The women train alongside the men, with grade-specific work split out as needed.
Chris Seyler heads the senior women's program. World Rugby Level 2 certified, more than twenty years coaching across every age group, and a former VRC player. The same coaching philosophy that runs through the youth pipeline.
Yes. The squad runs from women who've represented BC and played university rugby, alongside players who picked up a ball for the first time at a Tuesday training. Coaches walk new players through the basics during sessions, and the rest of the squad fills in the gaps.
Yes. Plenty of the squad came from clubs and universities elsewhere and kept playing the day they landed in Vancouver. Come to training, and we'll handle the BC Rugby clearance from your home union after your first session.
No. Come to a Tuesday or Thursday training at 6:30pm and we'll get you on the pitch the same evening. BC Rugby and VRC Rugby registration come after your first session, with help from the club.
Full season fees cover BC Rugby registration and VRC Rugby fees. We send the current-season numbers and exact steps after your first training session, so you can decide whether you're committing before paying anything.
Yes. VRC runs Mini and Youth programs at Brockton Oval, including U16 Girls. Players coming through that program move into the senior women's side as they age up.