Rugby Ontario and The Arrows Academy are pleased to announce that the two organizations are collaborating to design and deliver Ontario’s senior men’s provincial program in 2024.
The strategic partnership will see the provincial sports governing body and the re-launched high-performance rugby academy come together to provide a professional experience for senior men’s rugby players across Ontario this upcoming season.
The Academy, building from the legacy of the Toronto Arrows, is a new Ontario-based development academy that provides elite rugby programs and training for athletes. Staffed by former Toronto Arrows coaches and players, including Jamie Cudmore, Shane Cahill and Noel Reid, the Academy’s Coaching Staff bring decades of playing and coaching experience at the professional and international level.
Saturday May 11th v Atlantic Privateers (Crescent School, Toronto)
Saturday May 18th v Greystones RFC (Fletchers Fields)
Sunday May 19th v Que Sr Men (Twin Elm Park, Ottawa)
May 25th v New England Freejacks Academy (Syracuse, NY)
June 2nd v TBD, East Coast Rugby Championship (Montreal, QC)
June 8th Ontario East v West Showcase and Selection Game (Fletcher’s Fields, ON)
June 19th to 22nd Coast to Coast Cup (Halifax, NS)
Phase 1 of the 2024 senior men’s provincial program season, which will commence in early spring, will see eligible* players gather in regional hubs for open training sessions led by both Academy coaches and other Rugby Ontario coaches. These regional squads will participate in spring matches against top-level, out-of-province sides (see schedule below).
Phase 2, which will run mid-spring, will see ~60 players selected^ players to participate in a centralized showcase Ontario East vs. Ontario West match with a final squad of players being selected from this showcase match.
Phase 3, projected for late spring, will see the final travelling squad selected for the 2024 Coast to Coast Cup in Halifax, NS the week of June 17th.
Team roster will be posted once determined.
TBD
The U19 Men’s Ontario Blues Team compete during the summer months (May to August) and is comprised of selected athletes born in 2005. Selection competitions will take place in a round robin format, resulting in 26 athletes to represent Ontario at Acadia University in the Canadian Rugby Championship in August.
Selection matches schedule:
Round 1 – June 16th, 2024
Round 2 – June 23rd, 2024
Round 3 – July 7th, 2024
Round-robin, each region will play each other once. This competition aims to create a high-octane, competitive platform for rugby while fostering provincial interest and showcasing the best talent from different regions.
TBD
Team roster will be posted once determined.
In partnership with the four provincial branches (EORU, TRU, NRU, and SWRU) for the 2024 Ontario Summer Games, Rugby Ontario will produce two U18 boys’ teams. Each region must select its coaching staff and teams of athletes born in 2006 and 2007.
Pre- Competition Schedule
June 29th and 30th Great North Rugby 7’s
Markham, ON
Ontario Summer Games Competition Schedule
August 2nd and 3rd
Western University, ON
Round-robin, two pools of 4 teams will play three games on Day 1 and be ranked for Day 2 playoffs. This competition aims to create a high-octane, competitive platform for rugby while fostering provincial interest and showcasing the best talent from different regions.
TBD
Team roster will be posted once determined.
The Ontario Blues U17 Team will be selected based on performance during an interbranch competition. The team will participate in the Ontario Blue Builder Camp happening on October 8th and 9th in partnership with Rugby Canada, comprised of athletes born in 2007.
Matches will be held between August 18th -September 1st, 2024.
Round 1 – August 21st,2024
Round 2 -August 24th,2024
Round 3 – August 31st, 2024
Round-robin, each region will play each other once. This competition aims to create a high-octane, competitive platform for rugby while fostering provincial interest and showcasing the best talent from different regions.
TBD
Team roster will be posted once determined.
More information to come.
Rugby Ontario
A: 1 Jim Flaherty Street, Whitby, ON, L1N 0J2
P: (647) 560-4790
E: info@rugbyontario.com
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We acknowledge that our game is played across the Province of Ontario on the ancestral and unceded territories of Inuit, Metis and First Nations peoples. We honour, recognize, and respect all Indigenous Peoples as the traditional stewards of the lands on which we participate in the sport of rugby. As visitors to these lands we also acknowledge the Indigenous Peoples long standing presence in this territory, and acknowledge this recognition is key in moving towards reconciliation.
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