Edmonton Gold
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The Edmonton Gold are a Canadian rugby union team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The team plays in the Rugby Canada Super League and draws most of its players from the Edmonton Rugby Union, one of fourteen Rugby Unions that have rep teams in the RCSL.

The Gold play their home games at Ellerslie Rugby Park
Ellerslie Rugby Park
Ellerslie Rugby Park is a park located in South Edmonton in the neighborhood of Ellerslie. It hosts as the Edmonton Gold's home field and it also puts on many private events. There are two buildings on the site, the Banquet Room, and the Clubroom...

 in Edmonton.

History

In 1998, Rugby Canada
Rugby Canada
Rugby Canada, is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in Canada. Rugby Canada was incorporated in 1974, and stems from the Canadian Rugby Football Union, a body established in 1884 that now governs amateur Canadian football as Football Canada; and the now-defunct Rugby Union of...

 and the provincial unions agreed to form the Rugby Canada Super League. Fourteen unions and sub-unions were invited to compete in the new semi-professional league.

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