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.

2012 Colonial Cup

2013 Colonial Cup

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

2014 Colonial Cup

2015 Colonial Cup

Game 1

(*Was initially set to be held at Canada's Lamport Stadium in Toronto on 19 September)

Game 2

Game 3

(*Also played as part of 2017 Rugby League World Cup qualifying)

2016 Colonial Cup

Game 1

(*Also played as part of 2016 America's Cup)

Game 2

2017 Colonial Cup

2024 Colonial Cup