The ground
Brockton Oval in Stanley Park. The same pitch the senior men's and women's sides play on, with trees on one side and Coal Harbour behind.
Training Every Tuesday & Thursday at 6:30pm at the Brockton Oval (Men's & Women's team)
Brockton Oval in Stanley Park. The same pitch the senior men's and women's sides play on, with trees on one side and Coal Harbour behind.
Led by Chris Seyler, Head Coach of the VRC Women's Premier side. World Rugby Level 2, twenty years of coaching, a former VRC player himself.
From Minis to U16, and into senior rugby with the Rowers if they want it. Kids who start here often stay in the club for life.
Meet the coach
Chris leads the VRC youth program. He is a former VRC player, current Head Coach of the Women's Premier side, and a World Rugby Level 2 coach with more than twenty years of experience working with players at every age.
He runs youth the way the club runs everything else: serious rugby, no pressure to be serious.
How the program works
Saturday-morning sessions through the BC Rugby season at Brockton. Kids learn passing, running, and the shape of the game through small-sided play. Contact is introduced progressively per World Rugby age-grade law, so the youngest age groups play tag rugby and the older Minis ease into contact only when they're ready.
Weeknight training at Brockton with weekend fixtures across the Lower Mainland. Set pieces, positional work, and match-day preparation, run by the same coaches who run the senior program. Most U16 players who stay roll straight into VRC men's rugby or VRC women's rugby at 17 or 18.
All coaches are Rugby Canada registered and follow World Rugby's age-grade laws. Sessions are structured so that no child is ever rushed into contact, and every age group spends the bulk of practice time on skills, fitness, and game understanding.
Both age groups play league fixtures and festivals against other clubs from the BC Rugby Junior competition. Home games are at Brockton Oval. Away games are short drives across the Lower Mainland.
A club to grow into
Plenty of current Rowers came through the VRC youth program. They learned rugby at Brockton, played through high school, and rolled straight into the men's or women's side when they aged out of U16.
The pathway is the whole point. The same coaches, same ground, and the same men's rugby program and women's rugby program the older kids end up training alongside before they age in.
