2010 Canadian Rugby Championship
| 2010 Canadian Rugby Championship | |
|---|---|
| Countries |  Canada |
| Champions | The Atlantic 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 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 ARC, 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.
The 2010 Canadian Rugby Championship champions were the Atlantic 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 Atlantic 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 |
Post-Season
This was the first year with a post-season, with the second place regular season team visiting the first place team at home, for a final. The final had The Atlantic 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.