The Ottawa Wolves are a rugby union football club for men and women in Ottawa , Ontario , Canada . The men's side of the club is predominantly made up of gay men , but both sides of the team are inclusive of anyone who wishes to join regardless of sexual orientation.
15-526: The Ottawa Wolves RFC was founded in 2008 by Carl Pilon and Jay Smidt, both Hero award recipients, with the mission to promote and encourage participation in rugby among those who have traditionally been under-represented in the game, with an emphasis on gay men. The club played its first game in October 2008 at the inaugural Dirty Rugger Tournament, where they tied the Muddy York 5-5. The following year,
30-579: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Rugby Canada Rugby Canada is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in Canada . Rugby Canada was incorporated in 1974, and stems from the Canadian Rugby Football Union, a body established in 1884 that now governs amateur Canadian football as Football Canada ; and the now-defunct Rugby Union of Canada, established in 1929. Rugby Canada administers
45-682: Is the provincial governing body for the sport of rugby union in the Canadian province of Ontario and a Provincial Union of Rugby Canada . Rugby Ontario governs various levels of rugby (Under-7, Under-9, Under-11, Under-13, Under-15, Under-17, Under-19, Senior, Masters, Non-contact). You can find a list of clubs in Ontario here . Rugby Ontario is represented on the National stage by the Ontario Blues . This program includes 15's teams at
60-688: The Canada national rugby union team and sanctions the Rugby Canada National Junior Championship , a national competition for under-20 men's teams. It previously sanctioned the Super League as the premier level of men's competition in the country, but scrapped that league after the Americas Rugby Championship was created in 2009 as a two-stage competition in which the first involved only Canadian teams. The Canadian Rugby Football Union
75-663: The Rugby Canada National Men's Team (XVs); 12 High Performance players currently on the Rugby Canada National Women's Team (XVs); five High Performance players currently on the Rugby Canada National Men's Sevens Team ; and eight High Performance players currently on the Rugby Canada National Women's Sevens Team . There are ten men's competitions which are sanctioned by the ORU. The Marshall Premiership and Championship are contested by
90-609: The Barrhaven Scottish III. The team's first victory came on August 1, 2009, against the Muddy York in Montreal. Shortly afterward, the club followed that victory with their second against the Ottawa Senators RFC. In 2010, the team participated in a rugby match with the Muddy York during Pride Week . The historic match was played on the main lawn of Parliament on August 28, 2010. Expanding on
105-774: The Ottawa Wolves joined both the Ontario Rugby Union and the International Gay Rugby Association and Board (IGR), and played their first season as the only team in the EORU Men's Division II developmental league. In a 7-game season against teams in Men's Division I, the Ottawa Wolves finished with 513 points against, and 0 points for. The Ottawa Wolves' first league try, scored by Danny Donnini, came in their 2009 playoff game against
120-832: The Quebec Championship played the Ontario Champion for the Club Championship of the Dominion. This organization (also known as the Canadian Rugby Union) was the forerunner of the Canadian Football League , as rugby football in Canada evolved into Canadian football with rugby union being known as English rugby . To make matters more confusing the word rugby continued to be applied to Canadian football . It
135-1058: The best teams from the Toronto Rugby Union and the Niagara Rugby Union, and feature promotion and relegation. The lower leagues are run by the branch unions. The winners of the TRU and NRU compete in the Intermediate Cup against the lowest placed team in the Marshall Championship to determine who will play in the Championship the following year. Level League(s)/Division(s) In addition to the men's competitions, there are 6 women's competitions. Level League(s)/Division(s) Ontario Cup Carling Cup McCormick Cup ORU Women’s Cup OWL Cup This article related to sport in Canada
150-747: The biennial Mark Kendall Bingham Memorial Tournament , known casually by the name of its principal trophy, The Bingham Cup. In 2010, The Ottawa Wolves participated in the 5th Bingham Cup in Minneapolis, USA, losing the 3rd division final to the Seattle Quake RFC. At the 6th Bingham Cup in Manchester, UK, The Ottawa Wolves claimed the Hoagland Tribute Cup in a hard-fought match against the Bristol Bisons, winning with
165-772: The following ages: U15, U16, U17, U18, U19, U20 and Senior; which compete at the Canadian Rugby Championship in championship and festival divisions. The Senior Men's side competes for the MacTier Cup . Also included in Rugby Ontario's provincial program are 7s teams at the U18 level, who compete for the Canadian Rugby U18 7s National Championships. The Rugby Ontario program and its clubs have produced ten High Performance players currently on
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#1732794180754180-1020: The prize with a final score of 5–0. In August 2014, The Wolves brought a full men's side and a partial women's side to the 7th Bingham Cup in Sydney, Australia. The Wolves lost in the Division 3 final to the Philadelphia Gryphons, having arrived at the final undefeated. The tournament was witnessed by more than 6000 spectators including Australia's Governor General, Sir Peter Cosgrove, and ARU CEO, Bill Pulver. 2008 - Carl Pilon 2009 - Carl Pilon 2010 - Carl Pilon 2011 - John Festarini 2012 - John Festarini 2013 - Dave Rose 2014 - Jerome Hamoline 2015 - Sylvain Roussell 2016 - Miguel Olivier 2017 - Nadine Elle 2022 - Emilie Létourneau Ontario Rugby Union The Ontario Rugby Union (ORU) also known as Rugby Ontario
195-700: The success of the men's side as a community fixture, the Wolves' women's side commenced its inaugural season in the spring of 2013. As a gay-identified team, The Ottawa Wolves have participated in Capital Pride since 2008. On July 23, 2009, The Ottawa Wolves RFC became a member club of International Gay Rugby (IGR); they joined the Vancouver Rogues and the Toronto Muddy York RFC as Canada's third IGR club. The IGR sanctions
210-824: Was established in 1884 with the specific purpose of organizing play-off games between various union champions. Representatives from the Montreal Football club (now known as the Westmount Rugby Club ), the Toronto Rugby Football Club and the Hamilton Rugby Football Club, had meetings in Toronto and Montreal. The union continued to use the English rugby rules, and at the end of the season the winning club of
225-566: Was not until 1967 that the original CRU finally cleared up this confusion by renaming itself the Canadian Amateur Football Association; it adopted its current name of Football Canada in 1986. The Rugby Union of Canada, re-formed in 1965 and incorporated in 1974, is affiliated to World Rugby . It has competed in nine out of ten Rugby World Cups (the first in 1987 in Australia and New Zealand ) and in
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