Overview
Founded in 1998, the Super League is considered to be Canada's premier rugby competition. In fact, players on Canada's senior men's team are often chosen from Super League clubs.
The Super League draws its teams from provincial unions. Larger unions (BC, Alberta, and Ontario) have more than one representative team; these teams are drawn largely from provincial sub-unions. For example, the Calgary Rugby Union and Edmonton Rugby Union are sub-unions of the larger Alberta Rugby Union and have both been given representation in the Super League.
Teams are divided into Eastern and Western Divisions. Teams play each of the other teams in their division once. The top team in each division play each other for the national championship.
The league has seldom had identical membership from season to season, with teams who have membership occasionally electing not to play due to financial, logistical or level-of-play concerns. For 2006 season, the Fraser Valley Rugby Union of B.C. ("The Venom") and the Manitoba Rugby Union ("The Buffalo") elected not to participate, which created an unbalanced situation where the Western Division had five teams (therefore only four games in their season), while the Eastern Division had seven (six games).
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