Colonial Cup (rugby league)

The Colonial Cup is an international rugby league football challenge match played between the United States Tomahawks and the Canada Wolverines. The inaugural match was played in September 2010 at the Richardson Memorial Stadium at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.^[1] The USA Tomahawks won 22-16.^[2]

Colonial Cup

Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	2010
Number of teams	2
Region	International (RLIF)
Holders	United States (2017)
Most titles	United States (6 titles)
Related competition	Americas Rugby League Championship

In 2011 the Colonial Cup was expanded to a 'home and away' series. Each team won their home fixture. The U.S. won the first game 18-2 with Canada securing their first win in the second match with an 18-16 victory. The U.S. won the series by an aggregate score of 34-20.^[3] In 2012, the Cup was again contested over 2 games, with the USA Tomahawks winning both games. In 2013 the series expanded to a best 2 of 3 series.^[4] In 2014 Canada won their first ever Colonial Cup trophy.^[5]

Results

Note that in a year where each team wins an even number of games, the winner of the cup is decided by aggregate scores.

Year	Winner of Cup	Wins	Losses	Drawn
2010	United States	1	0	0
2011	United States	1	1	0
2012	United States	2	0	0
2013	United States	3	1	0
2014	Canada	1	0	0
2015	Canada	2	1	0
2016	United States	2	0	0
2017	United States	1	0	0
2024	Drawn	0	0	1

2012 Colonial Cup

Canada	24 – 28	United States
	Report[6]

8 September 19:00 (local time)

Lamport Stadium, Toronto Attendance: 4,675

2013 Colonial Cup

Game 1

Canada	36 – 20	United States
Tries: Tony Felix (2) Joe Bangay Christian Miller Geoff Bylund Robin Legault Adam Timler Goals: Steve Piatek (4/7)	Report, Video	Tries: Ben Sadgrove Craig Priestly Mike Schacter Taylor Welch Goals: Craig Priestly (2/4)

Saturday, 6 July 19:00 (local time)

Lamport Stadium, Toronto Attendance: 7,168 Referee: Paul Byrne Player of the Match: Tony Felix

Game 2

United States	44 – 16	Canada
Tries: Val Notoa 2' c M. Schachter 14' c Kristian Freed 26' c Mark Offerdahl 33' m Luke Collins 48' c Craig Priestly 53' c Matt Walsh 73' c Gareth Gibbs 78' m Goals: Craig Priestly (6/8) 3', 15', 28', 49', 54', 74'	Report	Tries: Don Mackinlay 10' c Graham Dobbs 44' m Chris Diamond 58' c Goals: Robin Legault (2/3) 11', 59'

Saturday, 24 August 18:00 (local time)

Garthwaite Stadium, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania Attendance: 175 Referee: Robin Peers Player of the Match: Kristian Freed

Game 3

Canada	20 – 28	United States
Tries: Louis Robinson Ben Fleming Christian Miller Robin Legault Goals: Robin Legault (2/4)	Report Video	Tries: Louis Tuilo (2) Brent Shorten (2) Casey Clarke Mike Schacter Goals: Craig Priestly (4/6)

Saturday, 7 September 19:00 (local time)

Lamport Stadium, Toronto Attendance: 3,128 Referee: ? Player of the Match: Taylor Welch

Game 4

Canada	22 – 30	United States
Tries: Jaime Beeton Christian Miller Eric Moyer Brent King Goals: Jaime Beeton (3/5)	Report[usurped] Video	Tries: Gabriel Farley Brent Shorten (3) Gareth Gibbs Mike Schacter Goals: Craig Priestly (3/6)

Saturday, 28 September 19:00 (local time)

Lamport Stadium, Toronto Attendance: 5,176 Referee: Paul Byrne Player of the Match: Taylor Welch

2014 Colonial Cup

Canada	52 – 14	United States
Tries: Billy Skidgmore Jonathan Cregg (2) Enoch Wamalwa (2) Tom Clancy Denny McCarthy Matt Wyles Brett King Goals: Steve Piatek (8/9)	Report	Tries: Arber Corbaj Matt Walsh CJ Catalano Goals: Matt Walsh (1/3)

Sunday, 10 August 19:00 (local time)

Lamport Stadium, Toronto Attendance: 7,356 Referee: Paul Byrne Player of the Match: Steve Piatek

2015 Colonial Cup

Game 1

United States	28 – 36	Canada
Tries: Taylor Alley (2) Casey Clark Ryan Burroughs Kenny Britt Goals: Matt Walsh (4/5)	Report	Tries: Alan Lafferty Christian Miller Jonathan Cregg Trent Bourke Enoch Wamalwa Antoine Blanc Goals: Steve Piatek (6/6)

Sunday, 20 September 13:00 (local time)

*Garthwaite Stadium, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania[7] Referee: Vince Lawson

(*Was initially set to be held at Canada's Lamport Stadium in Toronto on 19 September)

FB 1 Kenny Britt RW 2 Rodrigus Ceasar RC 3 Ryan Burroughs LC 4 Taylor Alley LW 5 David Aguilar SO 6 Rich Henson SH 7 Matt Walsh PR 8 Andrew Kneisly HK 9 Gareth Walker PR 10 Marcos Flegmann SR 11 Jonathon Purnell SR 12 Casey Clark LF 13 Kevin Wiggins Substitutions: IC 14 Nick Newlin IC 15 Terrance Williams IC 16 Curtis Goddard IC 17 Abe Cohen Coach: Peter Illfield

FB 1 Robin Legault RW 2 Trent Bourke RC 3 Jonathan Cregg LC 4 Christian Miller LW 5 Billy Gemmell SO 6 Matt Wyles SH 7 Steve Piatek PR 8 Jason Locke HK 9 Alan Lafferty PR 10 Antoine Blanc SR 11 Denny McCarthy SR 12 Erick Alvarado LF 13 Max Smillie Substitutions: IC 14 Eddie Billborough IC 15 Joey Murphy IC 16 JT Rowbotham IC 17 Enoch Wamalwa Coach: Jamie Lester

Game 2

United States	28 – 34	Canada
Tries: Roman Lowery (3) Ryan Burroughs (2) Goals: Mike Timpano (4/6)	Report	Tries: Eddie Billborough (3) Steve Piatek Matt Wyles Enoch Wamalwa Goals: Steve Piatek (6/6)

Sunday, 18 October 15:00 (local time)

Garthwaite Stadium, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania[7]

FB 1 Ryan Burrows RW 2 Jared Frymoyer RC 3 Taylor Alley LC 4 Luke Barron LW 5 Mike Timpano SO 6 Rich Henson SH 7 Shain Singleton PR 8 Andrew Kneisley HK 9 Gareth Walker PR 10 Kevin Wiggins SR 11 Abe Cohen SR 12 Casey Clark LF 13 Jon Purnell Substitutions: IC 14 Terrance Williams IC 15 Roman Lowery IC 16 Bart Longchamp IC 17 Zack Reichenbach Coach: Peter Illfield

FB 1 Robin Legault RW 2 Tony Felix RC 3 Jonathan Cregg LC 4 Eddie Billborough LW 5 Billy Gemmell SO 6 Matt Wyles SH 7 Steve Piatek PR 8 Enoch Wamalwa HK 9 Alan Lafferty PR 10 Antoine Blanc SR 11 Alex Boyd SR 12 Christian Miller LF 13 Jamie Kelly Substitutions: IC 14 Denny McCarthy IC 15 Eric Moyer IC 16 JT Rowbotham IC 17 Lawrence Ross Coach: Jamie Lester

Game 3

United States	34 – 24	Canada
Try: Alley (2) 2', 53' Howden (2) '9, '44 D. Howard (3) 36', 58', 79' Burroughs 63' Goal: Howden (1/4)	Report	Try: Kelly 18' Ryley Jacks (3) 32', 40', 66' Goal: Piatek (4/4)

12 December 2015

Hodges Stadium, Jacksonville Referee: Robert Hicks Player of the Match: Mark Offerdahl

FB 1 Corey Makelim  32' RW 23 Taylor Howden RC 4 Taylor Alley LC 3 Ryan Burroughs LW 5 Roman Lowery SO 6 Rich Henson SH 7 Matt Walsh PR 8 Nick Newlin HK 2 Kristian Freed PR 9 Mark Offerdahl (c) SR 11 Daniel Howard SR 12 Casey Clark LF 21 Steve Howard Substitutes: IC 17 Jon Purnell IC 16 Sam Carson IC 15 Andrew Kneisly IC 14 Luke Barron Coach: Brian McDermott

FB 1 Robin Legault RW 2 Billy Gemmell RC 3 Jonathan Cregg LC 4 Rick Schouten LW 5 Adam Timler SO 6 Ryley Jacks SH 7 Steve Piatek PR 8 Tom Dempsey HK 9 Rhys Jacks PR 10 Louis Robinson SR 11 Christian Miller SR 12 Steve Bouchard LF 13 Jamie Kelly Substitutes: IC 14 Matt Wyles IC 15 Enoch Wamalwa IC 16 Daniel Blasco-Morris IC 17 Alex Boyd Coach: Aaron Zimmerle

(*Also played as part of 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying)

2016 Colonial Cup

Game 1

Canada	8 – 14	United States
Tries: Goals:		Tries: Goals:

Saturday, 24 September

Lamport Stadium, Toronto

(*Also played as part of 2016 America's Cup)

Game 2

United States	20 – 14	Canada
Tries: Goals:		Tries: Goals:

Saturday, 1 October

Eden Park, Wilmington

2017 Colonial Cup

Canada	18 – 36	United States
Tries: Curry (2), Couzens Goals: Ngawati (3/3)	Report	Tries: Faraimo (3), Alley (2), Johnston, Vaivai Goals: Vaivai (3/6), Faraimo (1/1)

16 September 2017 19:00 EDT (UTC−04)

Lamport Stadium, Toronto Attendance: 8,456

2024 Colonial Cup

United States	16 – 16	Canada
Tries: R. Burroughs, K. Granby, J. Martin Goals: K. Granby, M. McCrory	Report[8][9]	Tries: C. Curran, B. Mahovic, L. Toroca Goals: J. Bourne (2)

1 March 2024

Valley High School, Las Vegas

See also

• Sports portal

• Pacific Rugby League International
• Anzac Test
• Four Nations
• European Cup
• Rugby League World Cup