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| Sport | Rugby union |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1974; 51 years ago (1974) |
| World Rugby affiliation | 1987 |
| RAN affiliation | 2001 |
| Chairman | Kathleen McGinn |
| Men's coach | Steve Meehan |
| Women's coach | Kévin Rouet |
| Website | www |
Rugby Canada is the nationalgoverning body for the sport ofrugby union inCanada. Rugby Canada was incorporated in 1974, and stems from the Canadian Rugby Football Union, a body established in 1884 that now governs amateurCanadian football asFootball Canada; and the now-defunct Rugby Union of Canada, established in 1929. Rugby Canada administers theCanada national rugby union team and sanctions theRugby Canada National Junior Championship, a national competition for under-20 men's teams. It previously sanctioned theSuper League as the premier level of men's competition in the country, but scrapped that league after theAmericas Rugby Championship was created in 2009 as a two-stage competition in which the first involved only Canadian teams.
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The Canadian Rugby Football Union was established in 1884 with the specific purpose of organizing play-off games between various union champions. Representatives from the Montreal Football club (now known as theWestmount Rugby Club), the Toronto Rugby Football Club and the Hamilton Rugby Football Club, had meetings in Toronto and Montreal. The union continued to use the English rugby rules, and at the end of the season the winning club of the Quebec Championship played the Ontario Champion for the Club Championship of the Dominion.
This organization (also known as the Canadian Rugby Union) was the forerunner of theCanadian Football League, asrugby football inCanada evolved intoCanadian football with rugby union being known asEnglish rugby. To make matters more confusing the wordrugby continued to be applied toCanadian football. It was not until 1967 that the original CRU finally cleared up this confusion by renaming itself the Canadian Amateur Football Association; it adopted its current name ofFootball Canada in 1986.
The Rugby Union of Canada, re-formed in 1965 and incorporated in 1974, is affiliated toWorld Rugby. It has competed in nine out of tenRugby World Cups (the first in1987 inAustralia andNew Zealand) and in theWorld Rugby Sevens Series.
National teams
National 7s teams
Canada has four Rugby Teams that are also part ofInternational Gay Rugby;Montreal Armada,Toronto Muddy York,Ottawa Wolves, and theVancouver Rogues. In 2022 the internationalBingham Cup was held inOttawa,Ontario.[1]
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