Newfoundland Rock
Full name | Newfoundland Rock Rugby Football Club | ||
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Union | Swilers Rugby Park (Capacity: 6,500) | ||
Chairman | / Noel Browne | ||
Coach(es) | / Patrick Parfrey | ||
League(s) | RCSL (1998-2008) RCNJC (2009-present) | ||
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The Newfoundland Rock are a Canadian rugby union team based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The team plays in the Rugby Canada National Junior Championship (RCNJC) and draws most of its players from the Newfoundland Rugby Union, one of fourteen Rugby Unions that have representative teams in the RCNJC.
The organization was originally a competitor at the senior men's level. However, with a 2009 restructuring of Canada's rugby competitions, their place has been taken by a successor organization, the Atlantic Rock, a regional team in the Americas Rugby Championship.
The Rock play their home games at
History
In 1998, Rugby Canada and the provincial unions agreed to form the Rugby Canada Super League (RCSL). Fourteen unions and sub-unions were invited to compete in the new semi-professional league.
The Rock were significantly successful in the RCSL, winning the Eastern Division to advance to the National Final match five of the league's eleven seasons.
During the eighth season of the Super League (2005), the Rock became the first team from the East to win the league Championship defeating the
In 2009, Rugby Canada and the IRB decided to expand the
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