The Fraser Valley Venom are a Canadian rugby union team based in the

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. The team plays in the

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and draws most of its players from the

Fraser Valley Rugby Union The Fraser Valley Rugby Union (FVRU) is the administrative body for rugby union in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia. The FVRU currently consists of 10 rugby clubs. The Fraser Valley senior men's representative team was known as the Venom. Lis ...

, one of 13 Rugby Unions that have representative teams in the RCNJC. The Venom previously played in the

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until the national governing body,

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, decided to disband the league after the 2008 season in favour of the

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. Rugby Canada established the RCNJC as a new under-20 national competition, with virtually all the RCSL unions choosing to field teams in that league. The Venom play their "home" games at

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in Abbotsford. The Venom won the 2000 RCSL championship defeating the

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(15-9) and the 2001 Championship defeating the Toronto Renegades (20-14).

History

In 1998,

and the provincial unions agreed to form the

. Fourteen unions and sub-unions were invited to compete in the new semi-professional league.

External links

Official site
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