2010 Canadian Rugby Championship
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.
| 2010 Canadian Rugby Championship | |
|---|---|
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| Champions | The Rock |
| Runners-up | Prairie Wolf Pack |
| Matches played | 7 |
| Tries scored | 37 (average 5.3 per match) |
| Top point scorer | Dean Blanks (32) |
| Top try scorer | Geoff Warden (3) |
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
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2010 | Ontario Blues | 36-24 | UK Police |
| June 4, 2010 | The Rock | 6-20 | England Counties |
| June 8, 2010 | Ontario Blues | 26-32 | England Counties |
| July 10, 2010 | Ontario Blues | 69-11 | Midwest 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
| Place | Team | Games | Points | Bonus points | Table points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | Difference | 4 Tries | 7 Point Loss | |||
| 1 | The Rock | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 35 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Prairie Wolf Pack | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 46 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | Ontario Blues | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | BC Bears | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 130 | -92 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fixtures
August 7 |
| The Rock | 33–0 | Ontario Blues |
|---|---|---|
| Try: Geoff Warden 2, Tyler Wish, Ciaran Hearn, Morgan Lovell Con: Dean Blanks 4 |
Report |
August 14 |
| Prairie Wolf Pack | 41–6 | BC Bears |
|---|---|---|
| Try: Nanyak Dala 2, Scott Franklin, Dustin MacPherson, Mozac Samson, James Buchanan Con: Evan Thomas 2, Stephen Woodward 2 Pen: Stephen Woodward |
Report | Pen: Connor Braid 2 |
Calgary Rugby Park |
August 21 |
| Prairie Wolf Pack | 15–13 | Ontario Blues |
|---|---|---|
| Try: Kyle Gilmore, Mozac Samson, Ian Shoults |
Report | Try: Ryan Tomlinson Con: Ander Monro Pen: Ander Monro 2 |
Calgary Rugby Park |
August 21 |
| BC Bears | 12–34 | The Rock |
|---|---|---|
| Pen: Connor Braid 4 |
Report | Try: Ken Goodland, Ciaran Hearn, Ben Trevorrow Con: Dean Blanks 2 Pen: Dean Blanks 5 |
Klahanie Park, British Columbia |
September 4 |
| Ontario Blues | 55–20 | BC Bears |
|---|---|---|
| Try: Mark MacSween 2, Taylor Paris 2, Ryan Tomlinson, Stu Ault, Brett Beukeboom, Derek Daypuck Con: Ander Monro 6 Pen: Ander Monro |
Report | Try: Glen McKinnon, Eric Wilson Con: Connor Braid 2 Pen: Connor Braid 2 |
Burlington Rugby Football Club, Ontario Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Andrew Hosie |
September 4 |
| The Rock | 27–23 | Prairie Wolf Pack |
|---|---|---|
| Try: Dean Blanks, Ken Goodland, Geoff Warden, Rob Wilson, Tyler Wish |
Report | Try: Luke Cudmore, Dustin MacPherson, Ian Shoults Pen: Stephen Woodward 2 |
Swilers Rugby Park Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Bryan Arciero |
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.