# 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. The USA Tomahawks won 22-16.
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. 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. In 2014 Canada won their first ever Colonial Cup trophy.

## 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

* 8 September 19:00 (local time)
| Canada | 24 – 28 | United States |
| | Report | |
* Lamport Stadium, Toronto Attendance: 4,675

## 2013 Colonial Cup
### Game 1

* Saturday, 6 July 19:00 (local time)
| 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) |
* Lamport Stadium, Toronto Attendance: 7,168 Referee: Paul Byrne Player of the Match: Tony Felix

### Game 2

* Saturday, 24 August 18:00 (local time)
| 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' |
* Garthwaite Stadium, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania Attendance: 175 Referee: Robin Peers Player of the Match: Kristian Freed

### Game 3

* Saturday, 7 September 19:00 (local time)
| 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) |
* Lamport Stadium, Toronto Attendance: 3,128 Referee: ? Player of the Match: Taylor Welch

### Game 4

* Saturday, 28 September 19:00 (local time)
| Canada | 22 – 30 | United States |
| Tries: Jaime Beeton Christian Miller Eric Moyer Brent King Goals: Jaime Beeton (3/5) | Report Video | Tries: Gabriel Farley Brent Shorten (3) Gareth Gibbs Mike Schacter Goals: Craig Priestly (3/6) |
* Lamport Stadium, Toronto Attendance: 5,176 Referee: Paul Byrne Player of the Match: Taylor Welch

## 2014 Colonial Cup

* Sunday, 10 August 19:00 (local time)
| 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) |
* Lamport Stadium, Toronto Attendance: 7,356 Referee: Paul Byrne Player of the Match: Steve Piatek

## 2015 Colonial Cup
### Game 1

* Sunday, 20 September 13:00 (local time)
| 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) |
* *Garthwaite Stadium, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania Referee: Vince Lawson
(*Was initially set to be held at Canada's Lamport Stadium in Toronto on 19 September)
| FB1Kenny Britt RW2Rodrigus Ceasar RC3Ryan Burroughs LC4Taylor Alley LW5David Aguilar SO6Rich Henson SH7Matt Walsh PR8Andrew Kneisly HK9Gareth Walker PR10Marcos Flegmann SR11Jonathon Purnell SR12Casey Clark LF13Kevin Wiggins Substitutions: IC14Nick Newlin IC15Terrance Williams IC16Curtis Goddard IC17Abe Cohen Coach: Peter Illfield | FB1Robin Legault RW2Trent Bourke RC3Jonathan Cregg LC4Christian Miller LW5Billy Gemmell SO6Matt Wyles SH7Steve Piatek PR8Jason Locke HK9Alan Lafferty PR10Antoine Blanc SR11Denny McCarthy SR12Erick Alvarado LF13Max Smillie Substitutions: IC14Eddie Billborough IC15Joey Murphy IC16JT Rowbotham IC17Enoch Wamalwa Coach: Jamie Lester |

### Game 2

* Sunday, 18 October 15:00 (local time)
| 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) |
* Garthwaite Stadium, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
| FB1Ryan Burrows RW2Jared Frymoyer RC3Taylor Alley LC4Luke Barron LW5Mike Timpano SO6Rich Henson SH7Shain Singleton PR8Andrew Kneisley HK9Gareth Walker PR10Kevin Wiggins SR11Abe Cohen SR12Casey Clark LF13Jon Purnell Substitutions: IC14Terrance Williams IC15Roman Lowery IC16Bart Longchamp IC17Zack Reichenbach Coach: Peter Illfield | FB1Robin Legault RW2Tony Felix RC3Jonathan Cregg LC4Eddie Billborough LW5Billy Gemmell SO6Matt Wyles SH7Steve Piatek PR8Enoch Wamalwa HK9Alan Lafferty PR10Antoine Blanc SR11Alex Boyd SR12Christian Miller LF13Jamie Kelly Substitutions: IC14Denny McCarthy IC15Eric Moyer IC16JT Rowbotham IC17Lawrence Ross Coach: Jamie Lester |

### Game 3

* 12 December 2015
| 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) |
* Hodges Stadium, Jacksonville Referee: Robert Hicks Player of the Match: Mark Offerdahl
| FB1Corey Makelim 32' RW23Taylor Howden RC4Taylor Alley LC3Ryan Burroughs LW5Roman Lowery SO6Rich Henson SH7Matt Walsh PR8Nick Newlin HK2Kristian Freed PR9Mark Offerdahl (c) SR11Daniel Howard SR12Casey Clark LF21Steve Howard Substitutes: IC17Jon Purnell IC16Sam Carson IC15Andrew Kneisly IC14Luke Barron Coach: Brian McDermott | FB1Robin Legault RW2Billy Gemmell RC3Jonathan Cregg LC4Rick Schouten LW5Adam Timler SO6Ryley Jacks SH7Steve Piatek PR8Tom Dempsey HK9Rhys Jacks PR10Louis Robinson SR11Christian Miller SR12Steve Bouchard LF13Jamie Kelly Substitutes: IC14Matt Wyles IC15Enoch Wamalwa IC16Daniel Blasco-Morris IC17Alex Boyd Coach: Aaron Zimmerle |
(*Also played as part of 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying)

## 2016 Colonial Cup
### Game 1

* Saturday, 24 September
| Canada | 8 – 14 | United States |
| Tries: Goals: | | Tries: Goals: |
* Lamport Stadium, Toronto
(*Also played as part of 2016 America's Cup)

### Game 2

* Saturday, 1 October
| United States | 20 – 14 | Canada |
| Tries: Goals: | | Tries: Goals: |
* Eden Park, Wilmington

## 2017 Colonial Cup

* 16 September 2017 19:00 EDT (UTC−04)
| 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) |
* Lamport Stadium, Toronto Attendance: 8,456

## 2024 Colonial Cup

* 1 March 2024
| United States | 16 – 16 | Canada |
| Tries: R. Burroughs, K. Granby, J. Martin Goals: K. Granby, M. McCrory | Report | Tries: C. Curran, B. Mahovic, L. Toroca Goals: J. Bourne (2) |
* Valley High School, Las Vegas