2010 Canadian Rugby Championship Explained

2010 Canadian Rugby Championship
Countries: Canada
Champions:The Rock
Runnersup:Prairie Wolf Pack
Matches:7
Tries:37
Top Point Scorer:Dean Blanks (32)
Top Try Scorer:Geoff Warden (3)
Prevseason:2009
Nextseason:2011

The 2010 CRC Season was the second season of the Canadian Rugby Championship. This was the first year when instead of the CRC Champion advancing to the Americas Rugby Championship, a Canada Selects team was chosen from players participating in the tournament to go on and represent Canada at the international tournament. This was also the first season that included a post-season to decide the winner of the MacTier Cup.

The 2010 Canadian Rugby Championship champions were The Rock, who defeated the Prairie Wolf Pack 19–8, in the nationally televised final.

Pre-season

There was no formal pre-season that the league put in place, so several teams played exhibition games against touring sides in order to prepare themselves for the season.

Scores

DateHomeScoreAway
May 15, 2010Ontario Blues36-24UK Police
June 4, 2010The Rock6-20England Counties
June 8, 2010Ontario Blues26-32England Counties
July 10, 2010Ontario Blues69-11Midwest USA

Regular season

Structure

The round-robin structure with four teams participating in a round-robin format, each team playing against each other team once stayed the same from the previous season, again with no divisions or conferences. There were six games in total.

Standings

PlaceTeamGamesPointsBonus pointsTable
points
PlayedWonLostDrawnForAgainstDifference4 Tries7 Point Loss
1The Rock33009435592014
2Prairie Wolf Pack32107946331110
3Ontario Blues312068680116
4BC Bears303038130-92000

Fixtures

Postseason

This was the first year with a postseason, with the second place regular season team visiting the first place team at home, for a final. The final had the Rock beat the Prairie Wolf Pack 19–8 at home, winning their first ever MacTier Cup. The game was broadcast live on CBC, the first CRC game to ever be shown on live nationwide TV.

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