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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 |
