2015 Canadian Rugby Championship

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2015 Canadian Rugby Championship
Countries Canada
Champions Prairie Wolf Pack
Runners-up Ontario Blues
Matches played4
Official website
www.canadianrugbychampionship.com
  2014
2016  

The 2015 Canadian Rugby Championship was the 7th season of the Canadian Rugby Championship. The competition took place between June 28 and July 1, 2015. Again, the format for the 2015 season changed with the tournament seeing a simple two stage knock-out series between the four teams taking place in Calgary, for a total of four games. [1]

Contents

The Prairie Wolf Pack beat the Ontario Blues in the final; claiming their first Canadian Rugby Championship, meaning all participating teams have now won the Championship.

Teams

Team
Atlantic Rock
Ontario Blues
BC Bears
Prairie Wolf Pack

Fixtures

[1] All times local to where the game is being played

Semi-finals

3rd Place Play-Off

Final

See also

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