- Niagara Thunder
""'Rugby team
teamname = Niagara Thunder
| fullname = Niagara Thunder Rugby Football Club | union = Rugby Canada Niagara Rugby Union
nickname = "Thunder"
founded =
location =Ontario
country
url= niagarathunderrugby.com
ground =
capacity =
coach =
chairman = David Burnett
competitions =Rugby Canada Super League pattern_la1=_thun1 |pattern_b1=_thun1 |pattern_ra1=_thun1 |pattern_so1=_thun1
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leftarm2= |body2=008800 |rightarm2= |shorts2=008800|socks2=The Niagara Thunder are a Canadian rugby union team based in southern
Ontario . The team plays in theRugby Canada Super League and draws most of its players from theNiagara Rugby Union , one of fourteen Rugby Unions that have rep teams in the RCSL.The Thunder play their "home" games in Hamilton (
Mohawk Sports Park ) and nearby Burlington, Oakville (Crusader Park ), and Brantford.History
In 1998,
Rugby Canada and the provincial unions agreed to form theRugby Canada Super League . Fourteen unions and sub-unions were invited to compete in the new semi-professional league. However, theNRU (along with the Toronto Rugby Union and the Eastern Ontario Rugby Union) decided not to participate. Both Toronto and Eastern Ontario joined the league the following year, leaving Niagara as the only invited union not to join.The
Niagara Rugby Union finally decided to field a team in time for the 2004 RCSL season. The new club was named the Niagara Thunder.
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