UBC Old Boys Ravens

In its inaugural year, 1974–75, the team played as an associate member of the Vancouver Rugby Union participating in 17 exhibition games, winning 12, losing 4 and drawing one.

The Old Boys hosted three touring teams during their inaugural year: the Calgary Irish, the Kings Scholars from Ireland and Wainuiomata from New Zealand.

In the 1975 season the Ravens became official members of the Vancouver Rugby Union, and in order to expand the number of playing bodies, the Old Boys became an “open” club inviting players, other than U.B.C.

In 1977-78 the Ravens won their first Miller Cup, symbolic of Vancouver Rugby Union supremacy and proceeded to the Provincial Championship only to be turned back by the powerful James Bay club at MacDonald Park in Victoria.

This time at Brockton Oval, a dramatic last minute try by wing Alistair Palmer earned the Ravens a 21-16 victory, thus ending James Bay's seven-year reign as BC champions.

The four-week long, Tenth Anniversary tour to New Zealand, Australia and Fiji by forty-seven Ravens in 1984 culminated a decade of growth.

With the infusion of Canadian International players like John Graf, John Robertsen, Ian Stuart, Andrew Bibby, Colin MacKenzie, Rob Greig, Eddie Evans, Pat Palmer, Dan Jackart, Scott Stewart and Norm Hadley, among others, the club became First and Second division provincial champions in 1990, repeating the feat the next year as 1991 provincial champions.

A Pat Palmer coached squad won the Ravens fifth provincial title over Cowichan in 1994 with some supporters even taking a helicopter to the game on Vancouver Island and briefly hovering overhead to catch a bird's-eye view.

Spence made 22 international appearances and captained Canada's tours to Argentina in 1981, to Japan in 1982 and to the Hong Kong Sevens on a number of occasions.

He became a fixture at the Hong Kong Sevens for many years and earned selection on the Southern Hemisphere Barbarian tour to South Africa.

Canadian International, NA 4 and Canada 7's players who have worn the Ravens colors, include Preston Wiley, Garth Henrikson, Leigh Hillier, Rob Greig, Andrew Bibby, Larry Chung, Doug Tate, Ray Banks, Chris LeFevre, Colin McKenzie, John Robertsen, Paul Monaghan, Pat Palmer, Eddie Evans, John Hutchinson, Dan Jackart, Norm Hadley, Danny Nikas, Paul White, Jason Hartley, Troy MacDonald, Colin Robertson, Kyle Nichols, Trevor Hammond, Mike Armstrong, Jeff Bovis, Kevin Wirachowki, Mark Reid, Jim Yeganegi, John Morelatto, Pat Desaulles, Joey Alexis, Jesse Fender and Morgan Jones.

Stan McKeen unfortunately fell prey to injury just before leaving for the 2007 World cup in France but continues as one of Canada's leading players.

The club continues to build for the future running a thriving Mini Rugby Program on Sunday mornings on the hallowed Jericho turf.

The Jericho Old Girls (Affiliated) were the unofficial Gordon Harris Memorial Cup Winners, the Elite Women's Provincial Club Championship in 1982.

[7] On December 9, 2018, the U16 Ravens won the BC Provincial Championship in Victoria with a 14-13 win over James Bay Rugby with a thrilling second half comeback.