Colonial Cup (rugby league)

The Colonial Cup is an international rugby league football challenge match played between the United States Tomahawks and the Canada Wolverines. The inaugural match was played in September, 2010 at the Richardson Memorial Stadium at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.[1] The match was won by the USA Tomahawks 22-16.[2]

Colonial Cup
SportRugby league
Instituted2010
Number of teams2
RegionInternational (RLIF)
Related competitionAtlantic Cup

In 2011, the Colonial Cup was expanded to a 'home and away' series. Each team won their home fixture; the USA won the first of the two games 18-2 with Canada securing their first win in the second match with an 18-16 win. USA won the series with an overall aggregate score of 34-20.[3] In 2012, the Cup was again contested over 2 games, with the USA Tomahawks winning both games. In 2013, the series has been expanded to a best 2 of 3 series.[4] In 2014, Canada won their first ever Colonial Cup trophy.[5]

Results

Note that in a year where each team wins an even number of games, the winner of the cup is decided by aggregate scores.

YearWinner of CupWinsLossesDrawn
2010United States100
2011United States110
2012United States200
2013United States310
2014Canada100
2015Canada210
2016United States200
2017United States200

2013 Colonial Cup

Game 1
Saturday, 6 July
19:00 (local time)
Canada 36 – 20 United States
Tries:
Tony Felix (2)
Joe Bangay
Christian Miller
Geoff Bylund
Robin Legault
Adam Timler
Goals:
Steve Piatek (4/7)		 Report, Video Tries:
Ben Sadgrove
Craig Priestly
Mike Schacter
Taylor Welch


Goals:
Craig Priestly (2/4)
Lamport Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 7,168
Referee: Paul Byrne
Man of the Match: Tony Felix

Game 2
Saturday, 24 August
18:00 (local time)
United States 44 – 16 Canada
Tries:
Val Notoa 2' c
M. Schachter 14' c
Kristian Freed 26' c
Mark Offerdahl 33' m
Luke Collins 48' c
Craig Priestly 53' c
Matt Walsh 73' c
Gareth Gibbs 78' m
Goals:
Craig Priestly (6/8) 3', 15', 28', 49', 54', 74'		 Report Tries:
Don Mackinlay 10' c
Graham Dobbs 44' m
Chris Diamond 58' c





Goals:
Robin Legault (2/3) 11', 59'
Garthwaite Stadium, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 175
Referee: Robin Peers
Man of the Match: Kristian Freed

Game 3
Saturday, 7 September
19:00 (local time)
Canada 20 – 28 United States
Tries:
Louis Robinson
Ben Fleming
Christian Miller
Robin Legault
Goals:
Robin Legault (2/4)		 Report Video Tries:
Louis Tuilo (2)
Brent Shorten (2)
Casey Clarke
Mike Schacter
Goals:
Craig Priestly (4/6)
Lamport Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 3,128
Referee: ?
Man of the Match: Taylor Welch

Game 4
Saturday, 28 September
19:00 (local time)
Canada 22 – 30 United States
Tries:
Jaime Beeton
Christian Miller
Eric Moyer
Brent King
Goals:
Jaime Beeton (3/5)		 Report Video Tries:
Gabriel Farley
Brent Shorten (3)
Gareth Gibbs
Mike Schacter
Goals:
Craig Priestly (3/6)
Lamport Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 5,176
Referee: Paul Byrne
Man of the Match: Taylor Welch

2014 Colonial Cup

Lone Fixture
Sunday, 10 August
19:00 (local time)
Canada 52 – 14 United States
Tries:
Billy Skidgmore
Jonathan Cregg (2)
Enoch Wamalwa (2)
Tom Clancy
Denny McCarthy
Matt Wyles
Brett King
Goals:
Steve Piatek (8/9)		 Report Tries:
Arber Corbaj
Matt Walsh
CJ Catalano




Goals:
Matt Walsh (1/3)
Lamport Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 7,356
Referee: Paul Byrne
Man of the Match: Steve Piatek

2015 Colonial Cup

Game 1
Sunday, 20 September
13:00 (local time)
United States  28 – 36  Canada
Tries: Taylor Alley (2)
Casey Clark
Ryan Burroughs
Kenny Britt
Goals: Matt Walsh (4/5)		 Report Tries: Alan Lafferty
Christian Miller
Jonathan Cregg
Trent Bourke
Enoch Wamalwa
Antoine Blanc
Goals: Steve Piatek (6/6)

(*Was initially set to be held at Canada's Lamport Stadium in Toronto on 19 September)

FB1Kenny Britt
RW2Rodrigus Ceasar
RC3Ryan Burroughs
LC4Taylor Alley
LW5David Aguilar
SO6Rich Henson
SH7Matt Walsh
PR8Andrew Kneisly
HK9Gareth Walker
PR10Marcos Flegmann
SR11Jonathon Purnell
SR12Casey Clark
LF13Kevin Wiggins
Substitutions:
IC14Nick Newlin
IC15Terrance Williams
IC16Curtis Goddard
IC17Abe Cohen
Coach:
Peter Illfield
FB1Robin Legault
RW2Trent Bourke
RC3Jonathan Cregg
LC4Christian Miller
LW5Billy Gemmell
SO6Matt Wyles
SH7Steve Piatek
PR8Jason Locke
HK9Alan Lafferty
PR10Antoine Blanc
SR11Denny McCarthy
SR12Erick Alvarado
LF13Max Smillie
Substitutions:
IC14Eddie Billborough
IC15Joey Murphy
IC16JT Rowbotham
IC17Enoch Wamalwa
Coach:
Jamie Lester

Game 2
Sunday, 18 October
15:00 (local time)
United States  28 – 34  Canada
Tries: Roman Lowery (3)
Ryan Burroughs (2)
Goals: Mike Timpano (4/6)		 Report Tries: Eddie Billborough (3)
Steve Piatek
Matt Wyles
Enoch Wamalwa
Goals: Steve Piatek (6/6)
FB1Ryan Burrows
RW2Jared Frymoyer
RC3Taylor Alley
LC4Luke Barron
LW5Mike Timpano
SO6Rich Henson
SH7Shain Singleton
PR8Andrew Kneisley
HK9Gareth Walker
PR10Kevin Wiggins
SR11Abe Cohen
SR12Casey Clark
LF13Jon Purnell
Substitutions:
IC14Terrance Williams
IC15Roman Lowery
IC16Bart Longchamp
IC17Zack Reichenbach
Coach:
Peter Illfield
FB1Robin Legault
RW2Tony Felix
RC3Jonathan Cregg
LC4Eddie Billborough
LW5Billy Gemmell
SO6Matt Wyles
SH7Steve Piatek
PR8Enoch Wamalwa
HK9Alan Lafferty
PR10Antoine Blanc
SR11Alex Boyd
SR12Christian Miller
LF13Jamie Kelly
Substitutions:
IC14Denny McCarthy
IC15Eric Moyer
IC16JT Rowbotham
IC17Lawrence Ross
Coach:
Jamie Lester

Game 3
12 December 2015
United States  34 – 24  Canada
Try: Alley (2) 2', 53'
Howden (2) '9, '44
D. Howard (3) 36', 58', 79'
Burroughs 63'
Goal: Howden (1/4)		 Report Try: Kelly 18'
Ryley Jacks (3) 32', 40', 66'
Goal: Piatek (4/4)
Hodges Stadium, Jacksonville
Referee: Robert Hicks
Man of the Match: Mark Offerdahl
FB1 Corey Makelim  32'
RW23 Taylor Howden
RC4 Taylor Alley
LC3 Ryan Burroughs
LW5 Roman Lowery
SO6 Rich Henson
SH7 Matt Walsh
PR8 Nick Newlin
HK2 Kristian Freed
PR9 Mark Offerdahl (c)
SR11 Daniel Howard
SR12 Casey Clark
LF21 Steve Howard
Substitutes:
IC17 Jon Purnell
IC16 Sam Carson
IC15 Andrew Kneisly
IC14 Luke Barron
Coach:
Brian McDermott
FB1 Robin Legault
RW2 Billy Gemmell
RC3 Jonathan Cregg
LC4 Rick Schouten
LW5 Adam Timler
SO6 Ryley Jacks
SH7 Steve Piatek
PR8 Tom Dempsey
HK9 Rhys Jacks
PR10 Louis Robinson
SR11 Christian Miller
SR12 Steve Bouchard
LF13 Jamie Kelly
Substitutes:
IC14 Matt Wyles
IC15 Enoch Wamalwa
IC16 Daniel Blasco-Morris
IC17 Alex Boyd
Coach:
Aaron Zimmerle

(*Also played as part of 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying)

2016 Colonial Cup

Game 1
Saturday, 24 September
Canada  8 – 14  United States
Tries:
Goals:		 Tries:
Goals:

(*Also played as part of 2016 America's Cup)

Game 2
Saturday, 1 October
United States  20 – 14  Canada
Tries:
Goals:		 Tries:
Goals:
Eden Park, Wilmington

See also

References
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