2010 Churchill Cup
Date	June 5–19
Teams	6
Countries
Matches played	9
Attendance
Final
Venue	Red Bull Arena Harrison, New Jersey Harrison, New Jersey Harrison is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town's population was 13,620. The town is a suburb of the nearby city of Newark, New Jersey.-Geography:Harrison is located at ....
Attendance
Champions
Runner-up

The 2010 Churchill Cup

Churchill Cup

The Churchill Cup was an annual rugby union tournament, held in June, contested by representative men's teams from Canada, England, the United States, and other invited teams from a wide array of countries....

, the eighth edition of an annual international rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 tournament, was taking place in the Denver and New York City

New York City

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 metropolitan areas. This was the second consecutive year in which Denver was a host city, and the third in a row for the competition to be held in the United States

United States

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.

Competitors

The three regular participants in the event — the senior national sides of the USA

United States national rugby union team

USA Rugby's men's national rugby union team, nicknamed the Eagles, represents the United States in the sport of rugby union. The Eagles are currently ranked 17th by the IRB World Rankings. Their highest ranking was from November 2, 2006 – September 10, 2007 at the 14th position...

 and Canada

Canada national rugby union team

The Canada national rugby union team represents Canada in international rugby union. They are governed by Rugby Canada, and play in red and black. Canada is classified by the International Rugby Board as a tier two rugby nation. There are ten tier one nations, and seven tier two nations, the...

, and England's "A" (second-level) national side, the England Saxons

England Saxons

England Saxons is the current name of England's men's second national rugby union team. The team has previously been known by a number of names, such as England B, Emerging England and, most recently, England A...

 — were joined by three first-time competitors: (senior side) (senior side)

Format

The teams played in a round-robin format between two pools to decide the elimination matches. All six teams participated on the finals day: the two pool winners competed in the Cup Final, the two runners-up played in a Plate Final, and the two bottom-placed teams met in the Bowl Final.

Venues

After the 2008 tournament, which was played both in Canada and the United States, in 2009 all rounds of the tournament as well as the Finals Day were played around the Denver, Colorado

Colorado

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 area which was the future home for the tournament until the 2012 edition. The first three days of round-robin play were at the modern, purpose-built rugby stadium Infinity Park in Glendale, Colorado

Glendale, Colorado

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 on the south side of Denver. For the first time in the tournament's history the finals were held at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey

Harrison, New Jersey

Harrison is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town's population was 13,620. The town is a suburb of the nearby city of Newark, New Jersey.-Geography:Harrison is located at ....

, which is home to New York's MLS

Major League Soccer

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 team, the New York Red Bulls.

Pool A

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		2	2	0	0	81	33	+48	1	9
2		2	1	0	1	70	43	+27	2	6
3		2	0	0	2	16	91	−75	0	0

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Pool B

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1		2	2	0	0	81	26	+55	2	10
2		2	1	0	1	48	54	−6	1	5
3		2	0	0	2	39	88	−49	0	0

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Bowl final

Plate final

Cup final