RUGBY ONTARIO ANNOUNCES TRYOUT & COMPETITION DATES FOR 2016 JUNIOR PROVINCIAL REPRESENTATIVE FIFTEENS PROGRAM
Rugby Ontario is pleased to announce key details, including program structure, tryout dates, and competition dates, for our 2016 Junior Provincial Representative Fifteens Program.

The 2016 Junior Provincial Representative Fifteens Program will include the following age grades:

- Under-18 Women
- Under-16 Women
- Under-18 Men
- Under-17 Men
- Under-16 Men
- Under-15 Men

DECENTRALIZED HUB PROVINCIAL TEAM SELECTION MODEL:

Rugby Ontario will once again be using a regionally-focused junior high performance development model for the upcoming provincial rugby season. First implemented in 2015, the decentralized hub model will allow more athletes from across the province to train in a high performance setting without the need for all program athletes to travel to the GTA every week.

Rugby Ontario has established three regional centres across Ontario: East Ontario, Central Ontario and West Ontario. These hub centres will focus on athlete skill development and include a robust regionalized training schedule prior to full provincial team selection. The hub model will serve as the pathway for Ontario athletes to make national age-grade teams via the Ontario provincial team. The purpose of this program is to allow more players to be developed and engage in game opportunities to be identified to represent full provincial age-grade teams at national competitions.

The program will consist two tryouts per hub: an open tryout, followed by a closed invitational tryout. From these two tryouts, a squad of 24 will be selected at each age group in each hub.

Hub training squads will then have four training sessions and two inter-hub games (all hub teams play against each other). A squad of 24 players in each age group will be selected to attend a provincial training weekend and then to represent the province at national competitions held in Markham from Aug. 15-21.

The 2016 Under-18 Canadian Rugby Championship will feature Ontario’s Under-18 Men’s and Women’s teams, the 2016 Under-16 National Festival will feature Ontario’s Under-16 Men’s and Women’s teams and Under-15 Men’s Team, and the 2016 Ontario-British Columbia Test Series will feature Ontario’s Under-17 Men’s team.

REGIONAL HUB BOUNDARIES:

The Rugby Ontario Junior Provincial Representative Fifteens Program boundaries have been established to ensure that each regional hub has access to an approximate equal number of athletes within their respective catchment areas.

- Those who live in Belleville and east of Belleville fall into the East Hub catchment area;
- Those who live west of Belleville, but east of Mississauga, fall into the Central Hub catchment area;
- Those who live in Mississauga and west of Mississauga fall into the West Hub catchment area

The following chart allocates Ontario rugby clubs that run junior programs into their respective regional hubs:
Ontario Rugby Clubs - Regional Hub Boundaries
East
Central
West
Barrhaven Scottish
Ajax Wanderers
Brantford Harlequins
Belleville Bulldogs
Aurora Barbarians
Bruce County
Brockville Privateers/Sirens
Balmy Beach
Burlington Centaurs
Bytown Blues
Barrie
Crusaders
Kingston Panthers
Brampton Beavers
Fergus Highland
Ottawa Beavers/Banshees
Brock
Georgian Bay Titans
Ottawa Indians
Canada Touch Rugby
Guelph Redcoats
Ottawa Irish
Cobourg Saxons
Hamilton Hornets
Lindsay
London St. George’s
Markham Irish
Mississauga Blues
Oshawa Vikings
Niagara Wasps
Peterborough Pagans
Norfolk Harvesters
Toronto Buccaneers
North Halton
Toronto City Youth
Sarnia Saints
Toronto Dragons
Stoney Creek
Toronto Nomads
Stratford Blackswans
Toronto Saracens
Waterloo County
Toronto Scottish
Wilmot Warthogs
Vaughan Yeomen
Yeomen Lions

TRYOUT / TRAINING SCHEDULE, DETAILS:
Overall Program Schedule
Event
Dates
Divisions
Regional Tryouts – Open Tryout
12-Jun
All Junior Divisions
Regional Tryouts – Invitational Tryout
19-Jun
All Junior Divisions
Hub Training Session #1
26-Jun
All Junior Divisions
Hub Training Session #2
10-Jul
All Junior Divisions
Inter-Hub Matches #1
17-Jul
All Junior Divisions
Hub Training Session #3
24-Jul
All Junior Divisions
Hub Training Session #4
29-Jul
All Junior Divisions
Inter-Hub Matches #2
31-Jul
All Junior Divisions
Provincial Training Camp
06-Aug – 07-Aug
All Junior Divisions
Ontario-BC Test Series
Fletcher’s Fields; Markham, Ont.
15-Aug - 21-Aug
U17M
U16 National Festival
Fletcher’s Fields; Markham, Ont.
15-Aug - 21-Aug
U16M&W; U15M
U18 Canadian Rugby Championship
Fletcher’s Fields; Markham, Ont.
15-Aug - 21-Aug
U18M&W

Overall Program Locations
Event
East
Central
West
Regional Tryouts – Open Tryout
Ottawa
GTA
Brantford
Regional Tryouts – Invitational Tryout
Ottawa
GTA
Brantford
Hub Training Session #1
Kingston
GTA
Oakville
Hub Training Session #2
Ottawa
GTA
Brantford
Inter-Hub Matches #1
Kingston
Hub Training Session #3
Kingston
GTA
Oakville
Hub Training Session #4
Ottawa
GTA
Brantford
Inter-Hub Matches #2
GTA
Provincial Training Camp
Toronto
National Competitions
Markham