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Super League returns to Eastern Canada

Almost a decade after the demise of the Rugby Canada Super League, a new initiative in Eastern Canada will see a similar competition begin this spring including six teams from Ontario to Newfoundland.

The Eastern Canadian Super League will feature two divisions – Central and Atlantic – with three teams each that will play in a round-robin home-and-away format before traveling to Montreal for the Finals on the weekend of July 13.

Comprising the Atlantic Division are the senior men’s provincial sides of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. In the Central Division it will be the Quebec provincial side along with an Eastern Ontario select side and the Arrows Academy, a development side run by the Ontario Arrows.

The aim of the program is to provide both a stepping stone from club to regional level, and also to act as a primary selection vehicle for the Canadian Rugby Championship‘s Atlantic Rock team. It will also provide increased opportunities for players to impress the senior Arrows selectors ahead of the CRC.

Matches will begin in Saturday, May 12, in the Central Division with the Atlantic Division kicking off a week later. The CRC kicks off two weeks following the ECSL Finals weekend.

 

DATE HOME AWAY

ATLANTIC DIVISION

Sat, May 19 Nova Scotia Keltics New Brunswick Black Spruce
Sat, June 2 Newfoundland Rock New Brunswick Black Spruce
Sat, June 9 Newfoundland Rock Nova Scotia Keltics
Fri, June 22 Nova Scotia Keltics Newfoundland Rock
Sun, June 24 New Brunswick Black Spruce Newfoundland Rock
Sat, June 30 New Brunswick Black Spruce Nova Scotia Keltics

CENTRAL DIVISION

Sat, May 12 Eastern Ontario Quebec
Fri, May 18 Arrows Academy Quebec
Mon, May 21 Arrows Academy Eastern Ontario
Sat, June 23 Quebec Eastern Ontario
Fri, June 29 Eastern Ontario Arrows Academy
Mon, July 2 Quebec Arrows Academy

FINALS

Fri, July 13 Central 3 Atlantic 3
Fri, July 13 Central 2 Atlantic 1
Fri, July 13 Central 1 Atlantic 2
Sun, Jul 15 5th Place Final
Sun, Jul 15 Consolation Final
Sun, Jul 15 ECSL Final

 

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