We appreciate everyone who did register for the 2022 Winter Season. Unfortunately we have to cancel the season due to low registration.
We are issuing full refunds and you’ll receive them via an e-transfer.
We are deeply sorry about not being able to have a Winter Season.
Thank you for understanding the matter.
Sincerely,
SJTRL
Our inaugural Winter season was back in the Winter 2019 and we unfortunately had to cancel the the Playoffs and Championships because of you know what in March 2020.
So, we are so looking forward to getting out on the pitch (aka Field) again at the Irving Oil Field House.
Irving Oil Field House on Friday nights at 8-9pm for three weeks, 7-8pm for one week and 9-10pm for the last two weeks. Starting on Feb 3rd and concluding on Mar 31st. There are three weeks with no games in that timeframe (Feb 24th, Mar 10th and Mar 17th).
You have to be at least 18 years of age and the $90 Registration Fee is for 6 weeks (one night/hour per week) which also includes Player Insurance via Touch Rugby Canada. That’s 10 Regular Season games and then the Finals.
Due to field availability and interest in the Winter Season, we are having a Two Team League.
TWO Team League – Teams will play 10 regular season games against each other. The team with the best record will have a 1 game lead going into the Best of Three Championship games on Fri Mar 31st.
***ALL Players must acknowledge and sign a Waiver prior to the season beginning***
Upcoming Events:
– Friday January 6th 8am – Registration Opens (***20 spots available***)
– Thursday January 26th 8pm – Registration Closes (***Unless the 20 Spots are registered before that day/time***)
– Friday January 27th – Decision if the Winter Season is a go or not (based on the # of spots registered)
***NOTE*** If the season doesn’t work out due to low registration, we will refund your full registration fee ($90) back to you via an e-transfer.
– Monday January 30th – Teams will be Created
– Wednesday Feb 1st 8pm – Teams colors & names submitted or selected by the Executive
– Friday February 3rd 8pm – Regular Season Week 1
– Friday February 10th 8pm – Regular Season Week 2
– Friday February 17th 8pm – Regular Season Week 3
– Friday March 3rd 7pm – Regular Season Week 4
– Friday March 24th 9pm – Regular Season Week 5
– Friday March 31st 9pm – Championship
Exciting News – We are looking at a ‘potential’ six week Winter season (Feb-Mar) at the Irving Oil Field House on Friday Nights.
Due to limited field availability, Friday Nights 8-9pm for four weeks while the last two weeks will be at 9-10pm.
It will be 5 v 5 format and will consist of four Co-Ed teams of 10 players per team. Which means the League can have only 40 players max.
If this is something you are interested in, please take the time to fill in the survey. So that we can gauge the interest before booking the field and opening up registration.
Thanks for your time!
2022 Saint John Touch Rugby League Champions – GREEN GIANTS
The fifth anniversary season of the Saint John Touch Rugby League concluded with a last second try by the Green Giants to take a 5-4 victory over the Pink Banters. The Pink Banters just scored to tie the game at 4 apiece and then off the tap restart with support the Green Giants scored. Congrats to the 2022 Spring Season Champions – GREEN GIANTS. David Darrah scored three tries while setting up the last second try to Luke Johnson after the tap restart. Chris Barry also had a single try for the Green Giants. For the Pink Banters, single tries were scored by Claire Hague, Dave MacGowan, Chad Sooley and Jules Ouimet.
Thu June 16th Playoffs & Championship
8:30pm Playoffs
Pitch 1 – (4th) Vipers RFC (B) at (1st) Green Giants (A)
Pitch 2 – (3rd) Pink Banters (C) at (2nd) Turf Burn (D)
9:00pm Championship
Winner from Pitch 2 at Winner from Pitch 1
The T-Shirts are now IN! These are going to look very nice at the Thursday June 9th matches and for the Playoffs/Championship (Thursday June 16th).
To align with Team Names, here are the colors for each team:
Green Giants (A) – GREEN
Vipers RFC (B) – PURPLE
Pink Banters (C) – ORANGE
Turf Burn (D) – LIGHT BLUE
***NOTE*** We plan on being there for 8pm so if you do arrive early, please make sure to pick up your T-Shirt.
Here are the 2022 Spring Season Team Rosters.
Green Giants (A) – Color – Green
(http://www.sjtrl.com/team/green-giants/)
Chris Barry (***Replacement for Mike Curwin***)
David Darrah
Jodie Allen
Josh Wells
Laura Griggs
Luke Johnson
Mike Curwin (***Injured Reserve***)
Miranda Stevens
Trevor Seely
Vipers RFC (B) – Color – Purple
(http://www.sjtrl.com/team/vipers-rfc/)
Andrew Feetham
Kelsey Leaver
Rebecca Aube
Ryan Lanigan
Sam Peterson
Sam Walsh
Stephen Doucette
Stephen Johnson
Tara Lewis
Pink Banters (C) – Color – Orange
(http://www.sjtrl.com/team/pink-banters/)
Cameron Ough
Chad Sooley
Claire Hague
Dave MacGowan
John Desmond
Jules Ouimet
Madeline Harquail
Michael Desmond
Sacha Logan
Turf Burn (D) – Color – Light Blue
(http://www.sjtrl.com/team/turf-burn/)
Alex Tees
Andrew Peppard
Amit Tamrakar
Jake McDonald (***Injured Reserve***)
James Barrington
Katherine Lorette
Lisa Cormier
Lori Soucy
Sam Irvine
Sarah Weaver
Tim Laskey
The Registration for the upcoming 2022 Spring Season is now CLOSED!!!
Teams will be Organized by Thursday May 5th.
Teams colors & names submitted or selected by the Executive by Monday May 9th 8pm.
Spring Season starts on Thursday May 12th at 9pm Emera NB Turf Field located at Shamrock Park.
Happy 5th Anniversary to the SJTRL. Back on Friday April 29th, 2016…the first ever Co-Ed Touch Rugby League in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada kicked off the inaugural season. We have been waiting to celebrate our 5th year since the Spring 2019 season finished.
We are so looking forward to getting out on the pitch (aka Field) again.
Emera New Brunswick Turf Field at Shamrock Park on Thursday nights at 9pm-10pm starting on May 12th until Thursday June 16th.
***NOTE*** The last four weeks of the season the time will be changed to start earlier at 8:30pm-9:30pm.
You have to be at least 18 years of age and the $55 Registration Fee is for 6 weeks (one night/hour per week) which also includes a Team T-Shirt. That’s 10 Regular Season games and then Playoffs and Finals.
***ALL Players must acknowledge and sign a Waiver prior to the season beginning***
***Provincial COVID-19 restrictions to be lifted March 14. However ALL Players must follow the SJTRL – COVID-19 Return to Play plan only if we need to implement it.***
Upcoming Events:
– Monday March 7th 8am – Registration Opens (***48 spots available***)
– Monday May 2nd 8pm – Registration Closes (***Unless the 48 Spots are registered before that day/time***)
***NOTE*** If the season doesn’t work out due to low registration, we will refund your full registration fee back to you via an etransfer.
– Thursday May 5th – Teams will be created & players will be notified
– Monday May 9th 8pm – Teams colors & names submitted or selected by the Executive
– Thursday May 12th 9pm-10pm – Week 1
– Thursday May 19th 9pm-10pm – Week 2
– Thursday May 26th 8:30pm-9:30pm – Week 3
– Thursday June 2nd 8:30pm-9:30pm – Week 4
– Thursday June 9th 8:30pm-9:30pm – Week 5
– Thursday June 16th 8:30pm-9:30pm – Week 6 (Playoffs & Championship)
Our Rules are based off the Federation of International Touch (FIT) Rules. We have been using the 4th Edition of FIT Rules since the league started in 2016. We do have slight modifications to accommodate our League Rules but our foundation are the FIT Rules.
Below are the new rules we are implementing in the upcoming season. Thanks to the England Touch for having these templates.
We will not be using the Coin Toss. Since our fields have a specified area for Home vs. Away to allow the Away teams to easily shift from one Pitch to another. The Home Team has choice to take ball or defer to 2nd Half.
Our Rule Documents will be updated very soon.
