The Prairie Fire was a Canadian rugby union team based in Regina, Saskatchewan . The team played in the Rugby Canada Super League and the Rugby Canada National Junior Championship , which followed once the former was disbanded. The Fire drew most of their players from the Saskatchewan Rugby Union , one of fourteen Rugby Unions that had representative teams in the RCSL.
7-773: The Prairie Fire played their home games at Regina Rugby Park in Regina. The Prairie Fire were Western Champions for the 2005 and 2006 seasons, but both times came up short in the Super League Final versus the Newfoundland Rock , once in Regina and once in St. John's, Newfoundland, at Swilers Rugby Park . They won the MacTier Cup at Regina Rugby Park in 2007 defeating the Niagara Thunder , 28–12. These were three of five times that
14-707: A team outside of British Columbia has been the Western Champion of the RCSL; the other two times were by the Calgary Mavericks in 2003 and 2008. In 1998, Rugby Canada and the provincial unions agreed to form the Rugby Canada Super League . Fourteen unions and sub-unions were invited to compete in the new semi-professional league. The league is deemed semi-professional because some of the smaller clubs are paying foreign players to play for their side. However,
21-664: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Newfoundland Rock 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
28-671: The Eastern Final to the Niagara Thunder the following year, but returned in 2008 to beat the Calgary Mavericks for a third title, and the final one of the RCSL's history. In 2009, Rugby Canada and the IRB decided to expand the NA4 competition to become the Americas Rugby Championship . In this new competition, there would be four Canadian teams, with one to represent Canada's five easternmost provinces, based from St. John's. Additionally,
35-760: 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 Saskatchewan Prairie Fire (26-13) and again the following season (28-14). The Rock lost
42-454: The vast majority of the domestic players actually pay to play for their team. The Prairie Fire is by far the most liberal user of foreign professional players. 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 Prairie Fire were chosen as one of the remaining RCSL clubs to enter the newly formed league. This Canadian rugby union team article
49-545: 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 Swilers Rugby Park in St. John's. 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
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