Nova Scotia Keltics
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The Nova Scotia Keltics are a rugby team in Halifax, Nova Scotia that compete in the Rugby Canada Super League.
They play their home games alternatively at the Wanderers Grounds
and Graves Oakley.
Although the team hasn't won the MacTier Cup (trophy for league champions), they were runners up in the 1998 (as the Nova Scotia Keiths) and 2000 season.
Defence Minister Peter MacKay
made his return at inside centre for the Keltics on May 19, 2008 in a 49-5 away loss to the Niagara Thunder
.
Their new Coach is Brian Krawetz from Manitoba who is attempting to revitalize the winning attitude that the team once had. Krawetz is a former player in the RCSL with the Manitoba Buffalo.
In 2009, Rugby Canada
decided to disband the RCSL and replace it with a new U-20 league called the Rugby Canada National Junior Championship
. The Keltics were chosen as one of the remaining RCSL clubs to enter the newly formed league.
They play their home games alternatively at the Wanderers Grounds
Wanderers Grounds
The Wanderers Grounds were originally part of the Halifax Commons. The land was used in the 1880s by the Halifax Wanderers Amateur Athletic Club and was their home grounds for the sports of rugby, lawn bowling and others...
and Graves Oakley.
Although the team hasn't won the MacTier Cup (trophy for league champions), they were runners up in the 1998 (as the Nova Scotia Keiths) and 2000 season.
Defence Minister Peter MacKay
Peter MacKay
Peter Gordon MacKay, PC, QC, MP is a lawyer and politician from Nova Scotia, Canada. He is the Member of Parliament for Central Nova and currently serves as Minister of National Defence in the Cabinet of Canada....
made his return at inside centre for the Keltics on May 19, 2008 in a 49-5 away loss to the Niagara Thunder
Niagara Thunder
The Niagara Lightning are a Canadian rugby union team based in southern Ontario. The team plays in the Rugby Canada National Junior Championship and draws most of its players from the Niagara Rugby Union....
.
Their new Coach is Brian Krawetz from Manitoba who is attempting to revitalize the winning attitude that the team once had. Krawetz is a former player in the RCSL with the Manitoba Buffalo.
In 2009, Rugby Canada
Rugby Canada
Rugby Canada, is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in Canada. Rugby Canada was incorporated in 1974, and stems from the Canadian Rugby Football Union, a body established in 1884 that now governs amateur Canadian football as Football Canada; and the now-defunct Rugby Union of...
decided to disband the RCSL and replace it with a new U-20 league called the Rugby Canada National Junior Championship
Rugby Canada National Junior Championship
The Rugby Canada National Junior Championship is a new amateur rugby union competition in Canada. The league was created when Rugby Canada decided to disband the Rugby Canada Super League and replace it with a new under-20 league. The league consists of 13 teams, and are broken up into 4...
. The Keltics were chosen as one of the remaining RCSL clubs to enter the newly formed league.
See also
- Sports teams in the Halifax Regional Municipality