Niagara Thunder
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| Full name | Niagara Thunder Rugby Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Thunder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Union | Rugby Canada Niagara Rugby Union |
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| Location | Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  David Burnett |
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The Niagara Thunder are a Canadian rugby union team based in southern Ontario. The team plays in the Rugby Canada Super League and draws most of its players from the Niagara 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.
[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. However, the NRU (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.
| 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 |
