Colonial Cup (rugby league)

Colonial Cup
Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	2010
Number of teams	2
Region	International (RLIF)
Holders	United States (2017)
Most titles	United States (6 titles)
Related competition	Americas Rugby League Championship

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 USA Tomahawks won 22-16.^[2]

In 2011 the Colonial Cup was expanded to a 'home and away' series. Each team won their home fixture. The U.S. won the first game 18-2 with Canada securing their first win in the second match with an 18-16 victory. The U.S. won the series by an 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 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.

Year	Winner of Cup	Wins	Losses	Drawn
2010	United States	1	0	0
2011	United States	1	1	0
2012	United States	2	0	0
2013	United States	3	1	0
2014	Canada	1	0	0
2015	Canada	2	1	0
2016	United States	2	0	0
2017	United States	1	0	0
2024	Drawn	0	0	1

2012 Colonial Cup

8 September
19:00 (local time)

Canada	24 – 28	United States
	Report^[6]

Lamport Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 4,675

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
Player 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
Player 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: ?
Player 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^[usurped] 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
Player of the Match:

Taylor Welch

2014 Colonial Cup

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
Player 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)

*Garthwaite Stadium, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania^[7]
Referee:

Vince Lawson

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


FB	1	Kenny Britt
RW	2	Rodrigus Ceasar
RC	3	Ryan Burroughs
LC	4	Taylor Alley
LW	5	David Aguilar
SO	6	Rich Henson
SH	7	Matt Walsh
PR	8	Andrew Kneisly
HK	9	Gareth Walker
PR	10	Marcos Flegmann
SR	11	Jonathon Purnell
SR	12	Casey Clark
LF	13	Kevin Wiggins
Substitutions:
IC	14	Nick Newlin
IC	15	Terrance Williams
IC	16	Curtis Goddard
IC	17	Abe Cohen
Coach:
Peter Illfield


FB	1	Robin Legault
RW	2	Trent Bourke
RC	3	Jonathan Cregg
LC	4	Christian Miller
LW	5	Billy Gemmell
SO	6	Matt Wyles
SH	7	Steve Piatek
PR	8	Jason Locke
HK	9	Alan Lafferty
PR	10	Antoine Blanc
SR	11	Denny McCarthy
SR	12	Erick Alvarado
LF	13	Max Smillie
Substitutions:
IC	14	Eddie Billborough
IC	15	Joey Murphy
IC	16	JT Rowbotham
IC	17	Enoch 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)

Garthwaite Stadium, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania^[7]


FB	1	Ryan Burrows
RW	2	Jared Frymoyer
RC	3	Taylor Alley
LC	4	Luke Barron
LW	5	Mike Timpano
SO	6	Rich Henson
SH	7	Shain Singleton
PR	8	Andrew Kneisley
HK	9	Gareth Walker
PR	10	Kevin Wiggins
SR	11	Abe Cohen
SR	12	Casey Clark
LF	13	Jon Purnell
Substitutions:
IC	14	Terrance Williams
IC	15	Roman Lowery
IC	16	Bart Longchamp
IC	17	Zack Reichenbach
Coach:
Peter Illfield


FB	1	Robin Legault
RW	2	Tony Felix
RC	3	Jonathan Cregg
LC	4	Eddie Billborough
LW	5	Billy Gemmell
SO	6	Matt Wyles
SH	7	Steve Piatek
PR	8	Enoch Wamalwa
HK	9	Alan Lafferty
PR	10	Antoine Blanc
SR	11	Alex Boyd
SR	12	Christian Miller
LF	13	Jamie Kelly
Substitutions:
IC	14	Denny McCarthy
IC	15	Eric Moyer
IC	16	JT Rowbotham
IC	17	Lawrence 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
Player of the Match:

Mark Offerdahl


FB	1	Corey Makelim 32'
RW	23	Taylor Howden
RC	4	Taylor Alley
LC	3	Ryan Burroughs
LW	5	Roman Lowery
SO	6	Rich Henson
SH	7	Matt Walsh
PR	8	Nick Newlin
HK	2	Kristian Freed
PR	9	Mark Offerdahl (c)
SR	11	Daniel Howard
SR	12	Casey Clark
LF	21	Steve Howard
Substitutes:
IC	17	Jon Purnell
IC	16	Sam Carson
IC	15	Andrew Kneisly
IC	14	Luke Barron
Coach:
Brian McDermott


FB	1	Robin Legault
RW	2	Billy Gemmell
RC	3	Jonathan Cregg
LC	4	Rick Schouten
LW	5	Adam Timler
SO	6	Ryley Jacks
SH	7	Steve Piatek
PR	8	Tom Dempsey
HK	9	Rhys Jacks
PR	10	Louis Robinson
SR	11	Christian Miller
SR	12	Steve Bouchard
LF	13	Jamie Kelly
Substitutes:
IC	14	Matt Wyles
IC	15	Enoch Wamalwa
IC	16	Daniel Blasco-Morris
IC	17	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:

Lamport Stadium, Toronto

(*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

2017 Colonial Cup

16 September 2017
19:00 EDT (UTC−04)

Canada	18 – 36	United States
Tries: Curry (2), Couzens Goals: Ngawati (3/3)	Report	Tries: Faraimo (3), Alley (2), Johnston, Vaivai Goals: Vaivai (3/6), Faraimo (1/1)

Lamport Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 8,456

2024 Colonial Cup

1 March 2024

United States	16 – 16	Canada
Tries: R. Burroughs, K. Granby, J. Martin Goals: K. Granby, M. McCrory	Report^[8]^[9]	Tries: C. Curran, B. Mahovic, L. Toroca Goals: J. Bourne (2)

Valley High School, Las Vegas

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "AmericanRugbyNews.com USA Outlasts Canada". Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
^ "Canada Upsets USA | We Are Rugby". Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 March 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Rugby League Planet - Canada 52 smack USA 14 in Rugby League international". www.rugbyleagueplanet.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015.
^ "Colonial Cup 2012". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
^ ^a ^b "USA Hawks face Canada Wolverines in Philadelphia Sept 20". USARL. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
^ "2024 Senior International Match results". League Unlimited. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
^ "Canada Wolverines erase halftime deficit, tie USA Hawks in Vegas exhibition match". Pique News Magazine. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.

External links

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "AmericanRugbyNews.com USA Outlasts Canada". Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2011.

[3] "Canada Upsets USA | We Are Rugby". Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 March 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] "Rugby League Planet - Canada 52 smack USA 14 in Rugby League international". www.rugbyleagueplanet.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015.

[6] "Colonial Cup 2012". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

[multiple-7] "USA Hawks face Canada Wolverines in Philadelphia Sept 20". USARL. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.

[8] "2024 Senior International Match results". League Unlimited. Retrieved 4 March 2024.

[9] "Canada Wolverines erase halftime deficit, tie USA Hawks in Vegas exhibition match". Pique News Magazine. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.

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2012 Colonial Cup

2013 Colonial Cup

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

2014 Colonial Cup

2015 Colonial Cup

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

2016 Colonial Cup

Game 1

Game 2

2017 Colonial Cup

2024 Colonial Cup

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