The 2010 CRC Season was the second season of the

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. This was the first year when instead of the CRC Champion advancing to the

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, a Canada Selects team was chosen from players participating in the tournament to go on and represent Canada at the international tournament. This was also the first season that included a post-season to decide the winner of the

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. The 2010 Canadian Rugby Championship champions were The Rock, who defeated the

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19–8, in the nationally televised final.

Pre-season

There was no formal pre-season that the league put in place, so several teams played exhibition games against touring sides in order to prepare themselves for the season.

Scores

Regular season

Structure

The round-robin structure with four teams participating in a round-robin format, each team playing against each other team once stayed the same from the previous season, again with no divisions or conferences. There were six games in total.

Standings

Fixtures

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Postseason

This was the first year with a postseason, with the second place regular season team visiting the first place team at home, for a final. The final had the

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beat the

19–8 at home, winning their first ever

. The game was broadcast live on CBC, the first CRC game to ever be shown on live nationwide TV.

External links

www.canadianrugbychampionship.com
Canadian Rugby Championship seasons CRC

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