The Rugby Canada National Junior Championship is a new amateur

Amateur

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 rugby union

Rugby union

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 competition in Canada

Canada

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. The league was created when 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 Rugby Canada Super League (RCSL) and replace it with a new under-20 league. The league consists of 13 teams, and are broken up into 4 divisions; Pacific, Prairie, Central, and Atlantic. It is expected that 3 more teams will join the league in 2010.

The league is intended to train, test, and get young rugby players ready so that someday they will be able to compete for the Canadian national rugby union team

Canada national rugby union team

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Western Conference

Pacific Division

Team	City/Area
Fraser Valley Venom Fraser Valley Venom The Fraser Valley Venom are a Canadian rugby union team based in the Fraser Valley, British Columbia. The team plays in the Rugby Canada National Junior Championship and draws most of its players from the Fraser Valley Rugby Union, one of 13 Rugby Unions that have representative teams in the RCNJC...	Abbotsford, British Columbia Abbotsford, British Columbia Abbotsford is a Canadian city located in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, adjacent to Greater Vancouver. It is the fifth largest municipality in British Columbia, home to 123,864 people . Its Census Metropolitan Area, which includes the District of Mission, is the 23rd largest in Canada,...
Vancouver Island Rising Tide	Victoria, British Columbia Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
Vancouver Wave Vancouver Wave The Vancouver Wave are a Canadian rugby union team based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The team plays in the Rugby Canada National Junior Championship and draws most of its players from the Vancouver Rugby Union and the British Columbia Rugby Union, one of fourteen Rugby Unions that have rep...	Vancouver, British Columbia

Prairie Division

Team	City/Area
Alberta Rugby Alberta Rugby Alberta is the provincial administrative body for rugby union in Alberta.-External links:*...	Calgary, Alberta
Manitoba	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Rugby Union The Saskatchewan Rugby Union is the provincial administrative body for rugby union in Saskatchewan.-External links:*...	Regina, Saskatchewan Regina, Saskatchewan Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...

Eastern Conference

Central Division

Team	City/Area
Niagara Lightning	Burlington, Ontario Burlington, Ontario Burlington , is a city located in Halton Region at the western end of Lake Ontario. Burlington is part of the Greater Toronto Area, and is also included in the Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area. Physically, Burlington lies between the north shore of Lake Ontario and the Niagara Escarpment...
Ottawa Harlequins Ottawa Harlequins The Ottawa Harlequins are a Canadian rugby union team based in eastern Ontario. The team plays in the Rugby Canada Super League and draws most of its players from the Eastern Ontario Rugby Union, one of fourteen Rugby Unions that have rep teams in the RCSL.They play their home games at Twin Elm...	Ottawa, Ontario

Atlantic Division

Team	City/Area
New Brunswick Timber	Fredericton, New Brunswick Fredericton, New Brunswick Fredericton is the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, by virtue of the provincial parliament which sits there. An important cultural, artistic, and educational centre for the province, Fredericton is home to two universities and cultural institutions such as the Beaverbrook Art...
Newfoundland Rock Newfoundland Rock The Newfoundland Rock are a Canadian rugby union team based in St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador. The team plays in the Rugby Canada National Junior Championship and draws most of its players from the Newfoundland Rugby Union, one of fourteen Rugby Unions that have representative teams in the...	St. John's, Newfoundland
Nova Scotia Keltics Nova Scotia Keltics 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....	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Quebec Caribou Quebec Caribou The Quebec Caribou are a rugby union club based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Drawing players from rugby clubs throughout Quebec, the Caribou compete against other provincial teams in the Rugby Canada Super League....	Montreal, Quebec

Defunct Teams

Team	City/Area
Calgary Mavericks Calgary Mavericks The Calgary Mavericks are a Canadian rugby union team based in Calgary, Alberta. The team plays in the Rugby Canada National Junior Championship and draws most of its players from the Calgary Rugby Union, one of fourteen Rugby Unions that have rep teams in the RCSL.The Mavericks play their "home"...	Calgary, Alberta
North Saskatchewan Wolverines	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Prairie Fire Saskatchewan Prairie Fire The Prairie Fire are a Canadian Rugby Union team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. The team plays in the Rugby Canada National Junior Championship and draws very few of its players from the Saskatchewan Rugby Union, one of fourteen Rugby Unions that have rep teams in the RCSL.The Prairie Fire play...	Regina, Saskatchewan Regina, Saskatchewan Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...
Toronto Rebellion	Markham, Ontario Markham, Ontario Markham is a town in the Regional Municipality of York, located within the Greater Toronto Area of Southern Ontario, Canada. The population was 261,573 at the 2006 Canadian census...

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