Newfoundland Rock
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| Full name | Newfoundland Rock Rugby Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Rock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Union | Rugby Canada Newfoundland Rugby Union |
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| Location | St. John's, Newfoundland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Swilers Rugby Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 6,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Patrick Parfrey |
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| Coach | Patrick Parfrey |
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The Newfoundland Rock are a Canadian rugby union team based in St. John's, Newfoundland. The team plays in the Rugby Canada Super League and draws most of its players from the Newfoundland Rugby Union, one of fourteen Rugby Unions that have rep teams in the RCSL.
The Rock play their "home" games at Swilers Rugby Park in St. John's.
During the eighth season of the Super League the Rock became the first team from the East to win the league Championship defeating the Prairie Fire (26-13) and again the following season (28-14).
[edit] History
In 1998, Rugby Canada and the provincial unions agreed to form the Rugby Canada Super League. Fourteen unions and sub-unions were invited to compete in the new semi-professional league.
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| Federation: | Rugby Canada |
| National team: | Canada national team • Canada 7's team • Canada women's national team |
| International Competitions: | Rugby World Cup • Churchill Cup • Super Cup • North America 4 • Rugby World Cup Sevens • IRB Sevens World Series |
| Domestic Competitions: | Rugby Canada Super League |
| NA4 Teams: | Canada West • Canada East |
| Super League West teams: | Calgary Mavericks • Edmonton Gold • Fraser Valley Venom • Manitoba Buffalo • Saskatchewan Prairie Fire • Vancouver Wave • Vancouver Island Crimson Tide |
| Super League East teams: | Newfoundland Rock • New Brunswick Black Spruce • Niagara Thunder • Nova Scotia Keltics • Ottawa Harlequins • Quebec Caribou • Toronto Xtreme |
