Super Powers Cup
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The Super Cup is an annual international rugby union competition contested by national teams from Canada, Japan, Romania and United States. It was previously known as the Super Powers Cup.
The Super Powers Cup was first contested in 2003. It was planned that China, Japan, Russia and United States would play each other once. However because of the SARS outbreak the Chinese team withdrew from the competition.
For the 2004 competition Canada was subsituted for China. In May 2004 Japan won the second Super Powers Cup played between four nations in Tokyo, beating Russia 29-12 (May 27) and Canada 34-21 (May 30) in the process. The USA beat Russia in the third-place play-off.
In 2005 the competition was renamed the Super Cup and Russia was replaced by Romania who had been given 'second tier' status by the IRB. The finalists were Canada and Japan, but this time the Canadians won it 15-10. The USA beat a Romanian team stripped of their France-based players 23-16 in the third place play-off.
[edit] See also
- Canada national rugby union team
- Japan national rugby union team
- Romania national rugby union team
- Russia national rugby union team
- United States national rugby union team
| Federation: | Japan Rugby Football Union |
| National team: | Japanese national team • Japan Sevens |
| International Competitions: | World Cup • Pacific Nations Cup • Super Cup • World Cup Sevens |
| Domestic Competitions: | Top League • Microsoft Cup • University championship rugby |
| Top League clubs 2006-07: | Coca Cola West Red Sparks • Fukuoka Sanix Blues • IBM Big Blue • Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers • Kubota Spears • NEC Green Rockets • Ricoh Black Rams • Sanyo Wild Knights • Secom Rugguts • Suntory Sungoliath • Toshiba Brave Lupus • Toyota Verblitz • World Fighting Bull • Yamaha Jubilo |
| Federation: | USA Rugby |
| National team: | United States national team • United States women's national team |
| International Competitions: | Rugby World Cup • Churchill Cup • Super Cup • North America 4 • Rugby World Cup Sevens • IRB Sevens World Series • USA Sevens |
| Domestic Competitions: | Super League • College rugby • USA Rugby Premier Division |
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