Rugby Ontario announces Jr. Blues Competition Structure for 2018

February 26, 2018

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Rugby Ontario announces Jr. Blues Competition Structure for 2018 season

(WHITBY, ON) - Rugby Ontario’s High Performance Department has announced an expanded structure for the 2018 Jr. Blues Fifteens season. This release includes program structures, as well as Talent Identification and Training Schedules for the upcoming season and Competition Outlines.

For the 2018 season, Rugby Ontario will be expanding the number of age-grade fifteens teams across Ontario in an attempt to increase its developing player talent pool. The younger age groups will work in REGIONAL based teams, while the older age groups will be working as full provincial team programs. 

Teams will be divided into “AAA” and “AA” streams, where they will compete at appropriate levels of competition. Each team will be composed of 24 players, three coaches and one manager. Within each age group structure, there will be a position-specific skill coach assigned, focusing on the skills of Half-Back Skill Development, Line-out Throwing and Kicking.

A full structure breakdown can be seen below. For more information on the Ontario Blues High Performance program, please go to www.rugbyontario.com/ontario-blues.

2018 PROGRAM STRUCTURE

Ontario Jr. Blues – Men’s Age-grade Program Structure

Team
Region
Streams
U15 Ontario Central
Location TBA
‘AA’
U15 Ontario West
Location TBA
‘AA’
U16 Ontario Southwest
London
‘AA’
U16 Ontario Central
Location TBA
‘AAA’ & ‘AA’
U16 Ontario West
Location TBA
‘AAA’ & ‘AA’
Ontario U17
Across Ontario
‘AAA’ & ‘AA’
Ontario U18
Across Ontario
‘AAA’ & ‘AA’
Ontario U19
Across Ontario
‘AAA’

Ontario Jr. Blues – Women’s Age-grade Program Structure

Team
Region
Streams
U16 Ontario Central
Location TBA
‘AA’
U16 Ontario West
Location TBA
‘AA’
U16 Ontario Southwest
London
‘AA’
Ontario U18
Across Ontario
‘AAA’ & ‘AA’
Ontario U20
Across Ontario
‘AAA’


2018 TALENT IDENTIFICATION & TRAINING STRUCTURE

Men's and Women's U15 and U16 Program (Locations TBC)

Development & Selection Camps (Cost $50)Training Sessions
  • May 13, 2018
  • May 21, 2018
  • June 10, 2018
  • June 17, 2018
  • Teams Selected and Announced by June 20
  • June 24, 2018
  • July 2, 2018 (Long Weekend Monday)
  • July 8, 2018
  • July 15, 2018
  • July 22, 2018
  • August 6, 2018 (Long Weekend Monday)

Team Pages

Men's and Women's U17 and U18 Program (Locations TBC)

Development & Selection Camps (Cost $50)Training Sessions
  • May 6, 2018
  • May 20, 2018
  • May 21, 2018 (Long Weekend Monday)
  • Teams Selected and Announced by May 25
  • June 3, 2018
  • June 17, 2018
  • June 24, 2018
  • July 2, 2018
  • July 15, 2018
  • July 22, 2018
  • August 6, 2018

Team Pages

Men’s U19 Program – Please refer to https://www.rugbyontario.com/blues-u19-men/ for updates on program talent identification and training dates.

Women’s U20 Program – Please refer to https://www.rugbyontario.com/blues-u20-women/ for updates on program talent identification and training dates.

2018 COMPETITION STRUCTURE

Below is a list of all upcoming competitions for our age-grade teams.

**All teams (“AA” & “AAA”) will be selected by the end of June.

Incoming Tour Games 

We have reached out to numerous tour operators in the United Kingdom and expressed our interest in hosting games in our non-competition windows during the months of June, July and August.

Canadian Rugby Championships - July 17th – 22nd 

  • U19 Men AAA
  • U20 Women AAA
  • Senior Women

Cross Border Series: Presented by the University of Guelph - July 25th - 28th 

  • U15 Men (Central/West) vs Eagle Impact Rugby Academy
  • U16 Men AAA (Central/West) vs Eagle Impact Rugby Academy
  • U17 Men AAA vs Eagle Impact Rugby Academy
  • U18 Men AAA vs Eagle Impact Rugby Academy

Intra-Provincial Series: Presented by the University of Guelph - July 25th - 28th

  • U16 Men + Women AA (Central/West/South West)
  • U17 AA
  • U18 Women AA
  • U18 Women AAA

Ireland Tour-August 9th to 19th

  • U16 Men AAA Central
  • U16 Men AAA West
  • U17 Men AAA
  • U18 Men AAA
  • U18 Women AAA

Eastern Canadian Championships Halifax-August 12th to 19th

  • U15 Men (Central & West)
  • U16 Men AA (West & Central)
  • U16 Women AA (West & Central)
  • U17 Men AA
  • U18 Men AA
  • U18 Women AA

ABOUT THE ONTARIO BLUES

The Ontario Blues program is the high performance representative program for male and female rugby players in Ontario. Rugby Ontario is represented at the provincial level by the Ontario Blues. The program includes representative teams from Under-15 to Senior in both Women’s and Men’s Fifteens and Under-18 Men's and Women's Sevens. Specifically, the program is designed to develop and showcase rugby players for Canadian representative national teams.


ABOUT RUGBY ONTARIO

Rugby Ontario is the provincial sports governing body responsible for the organization of rugby in Ontario. Our mission is to establish a stronger identity for rugby in Ontario by promoting the sport’s core values and by fostering a culture of inclusiveness and excellence on and off the field of play.

To learn more, visit https://www.rugbyontario.com/


WANT MORE INFORMATION?

Please contact:

Paul Connelly

High Performance Manager

pconnelly@rugbyontario.com

or

Sean Medeiros

High Performance Coordinator

smedeiros@rugbyontario.com

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