Spence McTavish

{{short description|Canadian rugby union player}}

{{use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Spence McTavish

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|8|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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| ru_position = Centre

| ru_proclubs = UBC Old Boys Ravens

| repyears1 = 1970–1987

| repteam1 = Canada

| repcaps1 = 22

| reppoints1 = 23

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Spence McTavish (born 25 August 1948) is a Canadian rugby union player.{{cite web|url=https://bcsportshall.com/honoured_member/spence-mctavish/ |title=Spence McTavish |work=The British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum |access-date=26 June 2021}} He played in 22 matches for the Canada national rugby union team from 1970 to 1987, including two matches at the 1987 Rugby World Cup.{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/player/7694.html |title=Spence McTavish |work=ESPN |access-date=26 June 2021}} He was nicknamed "Spike".{{Cite web |title=Spence McTavish |url=https://bcsportshall.com/honoured_member/spence-mctavish/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=BC Sports Hall of Fame |language=en-CA}}

In 1992, he became the assistant coach of the UBC Old Boys Ravens, for which he previously played, replacing Barry Leigh.In 1997, he became the director of rugby of his former club, a position he held until 2014.{{Cite web |date=2014-06-25 |title=Spence McTavish retires after nearly three decades of service to UBC |url=https://gothunderbirds.ca/news/2014/6/25/RUGM_0625141355.aspx |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=University of British Columbia Athletics |language=en}}

He also played for Canada sevens between 1980 (in which he was player-coach) and 1986. He later coached Canada sevens between 1995 and 1997.{{Cite web |last=since 2005 |first=Serving the BC Rugby community |title=Canada 7s History |url=http://www.bcrugbynews.com/show_news.cfm?ID=4118 |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=www.bcrugbynews.com}}