Canucks rugby
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Canucks are one of the longest running and most respected teams in the Calgary Rugby Union. They have won several provincial titles, and in 2004 were unofficially ranked 76th in the world after completing an undefeated tour of Europe
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since 1968. The Canucks were originally formed to provide a uniquely Canadian aspect to the game. The Canucks mandate was to provide a strong, competitively tough team on the field and a definite camaraderie and distinct social atmosphere that fosters friendship, local contacts and enjoyment.
The club successfully continues to pursue those objectives and are wellknown throughout the province as a serious, well prepared team that are perennially in the top tier of every division. It welcomes all members into its varied and unique social circle.
The Canucks have senior sides in all three divisions in the Calgary
and Alberta
(Provincial) leagues and are historically some of the strongest in the province, placing all three divisions in the city finals in each since 1999.
In addition, they have an Under 19 team, Under 16, Under 14, Under 12 and Under 10. The Canuck Junior sides comprise well over 100 players every year, with a season that runs from the first of April until the beginning of October.
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Europe
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History
The Canucks Rugby Club, is an established club that has been playing in CalgaryCalgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
since 1968. The Canucks were originally formed to provide a uniquely Canadian aspect to the game. The Canucks mandate was to provide a strong, competitively tough team on the field and a definite camaraderie and distinct social atmosphere that fosters friendship, local contacts and enjoyment.
The club successfully continues to pursue those objectives and are wellknown throughout the province as a serious, well prepared team that are perennially in the top tier of every division. It welcomes all members into its varied and unique social circle.
The Canucks have senior sides in all three divisions in the Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
and Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
(Provincial) leagues and are historically some of the strongest in the province, placing all three divisions in the city finals in each since 1999.
In addition, they have an Under 19 team, Under 16, Under 14, Under 12 and Under 10. The Canuck Junior sides comprise well over 100 players every year, with a season that runs from the first of April until the beginning of October.
Titles
2010- Canucks Tour to Central America
2009
- Division III Provincial Champions
- Division III City Champions
2008
- Division II City Champions
- Division III City Champions
- Division III Provincial Champions
2004
- Division II Provincial Champions
- Division II City Champions
- Under 19 Provincial Champions
- Under 19 City Champions
- Unofficially ranked #76 in the world after undefeated tour of Eastern EuropeEastern EuropeEastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
, including win over the HungarianHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
National Side
2003
- Division I Alberta Cup Champions
2002
- Division II Spring Cup Champions
2001
- Division II Spring Cup Champions
- Division III Provincial Champions
- Division III City Champions
2000
- Division I Alberta Cup Champions
- Division III Provincial Champions
- Division III City Champions
- Tour to South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
1999
- Old Boys Provincial Champions
1998
- Division III Provincial Champions
- Division III City Champions
1996
- Division II City Champions
1995
- Tour to the UK & IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
1986
- Division I Alberta Cup Champions
1985
- Tour to ScotlandScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
1983
- Tour to HawaiiHawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
1981
- Tour to Northern CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
1979
- Junior Men's Provincial Champions
- Junior Men's City Champions
- Tour to IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
1977
- Junior Men's City Champions
Current squad
The 2008 Canucks Men's squad is as follows- Coach - Matt King
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Alumni
- Canada national rugby union team
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