The Calgary Mavericks are a Canadian rugby union team based in

Calgary, Alberta Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...

. The team plays in the

Rugby Canada National Junior Championship The Rugby Canada National Junior Championship was an amateur rugby union competition in Canada. It only lasted two seasons, 2009 and 2010. The 2009 champion was the Vancouver Wave, and the 2010 championship went to the Newfoundland Rock. The l ...

and draws most of its players from the Calgary Rugby Union, one of fourteen Rugby Unions that have rep teams in the RCSL. The Mavericks play their "home" games at

Calgary Rugby Park Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, making ...

in Calgary. During the sixth season of the Super League the Mavericks became the first team outside of B.C. to win the league Championship defeating the Toronto Xtreme (40-24).

History

In 1998,

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and the provincial unions agreed to form the

Rugby Canada Super League The Rugby Canada Super League (RCSL or Super League) was a national, semi-professional rugby union competition in Canada. The league represented the second level of domestic rugby union in Canada, and the highest level wholly indigenous to Canada ...

. Fourteen unions and sub-unions were invited to compete in the new semi-professional league. In 2009,

decided to disband the RCSL and replace it with a new U-20 league called the

. The Mavericks were chosen as one of the remaining RCSL clubs to enter the newly formed league.

Season-by-season records

, - , 1998 , , 3 , , 3 , , 0 , , 3rd West Division , , -- , - , 1999 , , 2 , , 4 , , 0 , , 5th West Division , , -- , - , 2000 , , 2 , , 3 , , 0 , , 4th West Division , , -- , - , 2001 , , 0 , , 5 , , 0 , , 6th West Division , , -- , - , 2002 , , 3 , , 2 , , 0 , , 4th West Division , , -- , - , 2003 , , 5 , , 1 , , 0 , , 1st West Division , , Won MacTier Cup ( Toronto Xtreme) , - , 2004 , , 4 , , 2 , , 0 , , 3rd West Division , , -- , - , 2005 , , 3 , , 3 , , 0 , , 4th West Division , , -- , - , 2006 , , 2 , , 2 , , 0 , , 3rd West Division , , -- , - , 2007 , , 2 , , 2 , , 0 , , 3rd West Division , , -- , - , 2008 , , 4 , , 0 , , 0 , , 1st West Division , , Lost MacTier Cup ( Newfoundland Rock) , - !rowspan="3", Totals , , 30 , , 27 , , 0 , colspan="2", (regular season, 1998–2008) , - ! 1 , , 1 , , 0 , colspan="2", (playoffs, 1998–2008) , -

External links

Official Site
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