MacTier Cup explained

The MacTier Cup is the name of the championship for the top senior men's rugby league in Canada.

Originally awarded to the champion of the Rugby Canada Super League (RCSL), the MacTier Cup was established in 1998 along with the RCSL. The first MacTier Cup Championship match was played between the Vancouver Island Crimson Tide and the Nova Scotia Keiths. Vancouver Island defeated Halifax in that game. The champions of the final RCSL championship were the Newfoundland Rock, who won the cup in 2008 after defeating the Calgary Mavericks 30–6.

Since 2009, the Cup has been awarded to the winners of the Canadian Rugby Championship (CRC). Since the inception of the CRC, the Ontario Blues have won the MacTier Cup six times, The BC Bears have won the Cup two times, while the Prairie Wolf Pack and the Atlantic Rock both have won the cup one time.

Champions

YearChampionScoreRunner-up
Rugby Canada Super League
1998Vancouver Island Crimson Tide Nova Scotia Keiths
1999Vancouver Island Crimson Tide (2)23–11
2000Fraser Valley Venom 15–9
2001Fraser Valley Venom (2)20–14 Toronto Renegades
2002Vancouver Island Crimson Tide (3)6–3 Newfoundland Rock
2003Calgary Mavericks 40–24 Toronto Xtreme
2004Vancouver Island Crimson Tide (4)14–8 Newfoundland Rock
2005Newfoundland Rock 26–13Saskatchewan Prairie Fire
2006Newfoundland Rock (2)28–14 Saskatchewan Prairie Fire
2007Saskatchewan Prairie Fire 28–12 Niagara Thunder
2008Newfoundland Rock (3)30–6Calgary Mavericks
Canadian Rugby Championship
2009British Columbia Bears (1)Ontario Blues
2010The Rock (1)Prairie Wolf Pack
2011Ontario Blues (1)21–19The Rock
2012Ontario Blues (2)Prairie Wolf Pack
2013Ontario Blues (3)Prairie Wolf Pack
2014Ontario Blues (4)Prairie Wolf Pack
2015[1] Prairie Wolf Pack(1)33–25Ontario Blues
2016Ontario Blues(5)Prairie Wolf Pack
2017British Columbia Bears(2)30–29Ontario Blues
2018Ontario Blues (6)22–17Atlantic Rock

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wolf Pack best Blues to win MacTier Cup. 2 July 2015.