The MacTier Cup is the name of the championship for the top senior men's rugby league in Canada.
Originally awarded to the champion of the Rugby Canada Super League (RCSL), the MacTier Cup was established in 1998 along with the RCSL. The first MacTier Cup Championship match was played between the Vancouver Island Crimson Tide and the Nova Scotia Keiths. Vancouver Island defeated Halifax in that game. The champions of the final RCSL championship were the Newfoundland Rock, who won the cup in 2008 after defeating the Calgary Mavericks 30–6.
Since 2009, the Cup has been awarded to the winners of the Canadian Rugby Championship (CRC). Since the inception of the CRC, the Ontario Blues have won the MacTier Cup six times, The BC Bears have won the Cup two times, while the Prairie Wolf Pack and the Atlantic Rock both have won the cup one time.
Champions YearChampionScoreRunner-up Rugby Canada Super League1998 Vancouver Island Crimson Tide — Nova Scotia Keiths1999 Vancouver Island Crimson Tide (2)23–11 Toronto Renegades 2000 Fraser Valley Venom 15–9 Nova Scotia Keltics 2001 Fraser Valley Venom (2)20–14 Toronto Renegades 2002 Vancouver Island Crimson Tide (3)6–3 Newfoundland Rock2003 Calgary Mavericks 40–24 Toronto Xtreme2004 Vancouver Island Crimson Tide (4)14–8 Newfoundland Rock2005 Newfoundland Rock 26–13 Saskatchewan Prairie Fire2006 Newfoundland Rock (2)28–14 Saskatchewan Prairie Fire2007 Saskatchewan Prairie Fire 28–12 Niagara Thunder2008 Newfoundland Rock (3)30–6 Calgary MavericksCanadian Rugby Championship2009 British Columbia Bears (1)— Ontario Blues2010 The Rock (1)— Prairie Wolf Pack2011 Ontario Blues (1)21–19 The Rock2012Ontario Blues (2)—Prairie Wolf Pack2013Ontario Blues (3)—Prairie Wolf Pack2014Ontario Blues (4)—Prairie Wolf Pack2015Prairie Wolf Pack(1)33–25Ontario Blues2016Ontario Blues(5)—Prairie Wolf Pack2017British Columbia Bears(2)30–29Ontario Blues2018Ontario Blues (6)22–17Atlantic Rock
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