Canada national rugby union team

Canada
Nickname(s) Canucks, Les Rouges
Emblem Maple leaf
Union Rugby Canada
Head coach Kingsley Jones
Captain Phil Mack
Most caps Aaron Carpenter (80)
Top scorer James Pritchard (607)
Top try scorer DTH van der Merwe (28)
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current 21 (as of 21 May 2018)
Highest 11 (2011)
Lowest 24 (2017)
First international
Japan 9–8 Canada
(Osaka, Japan; 31 January 1932)
Biggest win
Barbados 3–71 Canada
(Bridgetown, Barbados; 24 June 2006)
Biggest defeat
England 70–0 Canada
(London, England; 13 November 2004)
World Cup
Appearances 8 (First in 1987)
Best result Quarter-finals, 1991
Website www.rugbycanada.ca

The Canada national rugby union team (French: Équipe du Canada de rugby à XV) is governed by Rugby Canada, and play in red and white. Canada is classified by World Rugby as a tier two rugby nation. There are ten tier one nations, and thirteen tier two nations. Canada competes in competitions such as the Americas Rugby Championship and the Rugby World Cup.

Canada has been playing international rugby since their 1932 debut against Japan. Canada have competed at every World Cup since the tournament was first staged in 1987, the only North American team to do so. Canada achieved their best result at the World Cup in 1991, where they reached the quarterfinals. Canada was once the dominant power of North American rugby and currently ranks fourth in the Americas after Argentina, the USA and Uruguay. The team has achieved victories over traditionally stronger Six Nations teams such as France, Wales, Italy, and Scotland on at least one occasion in past years. Canada is currently ranked 21st in the IRB World Rankings.

History

Early years

In 1874 the first North American international game took place in Cambridge, Massachusetts between McGill and Harvard universities. Later that same year a second game was played, but this time Harvard were the hosts, and the game was played with early "American Football" rules. Today, in carrying on the oldest annual sporting competition in North America, McGill University and Harvard University continue the tradition of competing for the Covo Cup, at alternating venues each November, using the original rules of rugby football. McGill University can therefore lay claim to being the oldest rugby club in Canada, but due to rugby's popularity among students and the McGill University Rugby Football Club's affiliation with the university, the claim as the oldest independent rugby club goes to the still active Westmount Rugby Football Club.

A Canadian Rugby Football Union was established in 1884, although this organisation went on to become the Canadian Football League, as rugby football in Canada evolved into Canadian football. In 1902–1903 the first Canadian team toured Britain. In 1909, Earl Grey, then Governor General of Canada, donated a trophy to the CRU to be awarded for the Rugby Football Championship of Canada. This trophy became known as the Grey Cup. However the rules used in Canada were vastly different from the rules used in countries that were part of the IRB. In the years that followed, the CRU would legalise forward passing and make other changes that would make Canadian football a totally different sport, similar to American football.

Post-World War I

During World War I and II rugby union was suspended but in the inter-war period there was something of a renaissance. In 1919 a Canadian Services team played overseas against representatives from England, New Zealand, South Africa and Australia. The formation of the Rugby Union of Canada took place in 1929 and this was followed by a tour of Japan by a Canadian representative side in 1932 to help foster trade between the two countries. About half the team were Canadian born (mostly British Columbia players) and the rest were originally from Britain. They lost 9–8 and 38–5 in the two test matches.

The original Canadian Rugby Union disbanded just before World War I. Canada's team to the United Kingdom in 1962 was dominated by British Columbia players. The Rugby Union of Canada was re-formed in 1965 as the Canadian Rugby Union. The 1966 British Lions played a non-cap match in Toronto on their way back from Australia and New Zealand, a match they won 19–8. Canada established themselves as the strongest team in North America, though they struggled to compete with the major test-playing nations in Europe and the Southern Hemisphere.

Modern era

Canadian rugby team

Canada were one of the 16 nations that were invited by the International Rugby Board (IRB) to compete at the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987, hosted by both Australia and New Zealand. Canada were grouped with Wales, Ireland and Tonga in Pool 2. In their first ever World Cup match they defeated Tonga 37–4. However they lost their subsequent matches 46–19 to Ireland and 40–9 to Wales, and finished third in the pool (not advancing to the finals).

Canada had to qualify for the 1991 Rugby World Cup. Canada took part in the Americas tournaments, and finished first in the Americas qualifying standings. At the 1991 Rugby World Cup, Canada was placed into Pool D, alongside France, Romania and Fiji. Canada beat Fiji and Romania but lost their fixture against France 19–13 to finish second in the pool, advancing to the quarter-finals. They were then knocked out in the quarter-final by the All Blacks, 29–13. The 1991 tournament stands as Canada's best ever finish in a Rugby World Cup.

Canada beat Wales 26–24 on November 10, 1993 at Cardiff Arms Park; and beat France 18–16 on June 4, 1994 at Twin Elms Rugby Park in Nepean, Ontario; and battled to a 27–27 draw against Ireland on 27 June 2000 at Markham, Ontario; and chalked up a 26–23 win against Scotland in Vancouver, British Columbia on June 15, 2002. The win over Scotland was the start of a streak of seven victories before losing to Wales in Cardiff.

Canada has never beaten England in six games, but has played their national XV, B team, and Under 23 teams eleven times (for which Canada awarded its players international caps.) The most notable result was a 15–12 victory over a strong England XV on 29 May 1993 at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby. Unfortunately for the Canadians, on the eve of the match England's management chose not to award international caps (due to fact that some players were touring with the British and Irish Lions in New Zealand at the time.) Additionally, before defeating Scotland proper in 2002, Canada beat Scotland XV 24–19 on May 25, 1991 at Saint John, New Brunswick.

As they were quarter finalists in 1991, they automatically qualified for the 1995 Rugby World Cup. They were in Pool A with the hosts South Africa, defending champions Australia, and Romania. Canada finished third in the pool, winning their match against Romania but losing 27–11 to Australia and 20–0 to the Springboks.

Canada won the now defunct Pacific Rim tournament three years in succession in 1996, 1997 and 1998.

Canada finished second in Round 4 of the Americas 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying, losing only to Argentina, and qualify for the World Cup. Canada finished third in their pool (with France, Fiji and Namibia), winning their match against Namibia but losing their other two fixtures. The victory against Namibia was uncharacteristic for Canada, as they ran the score up to 72–11, one of their most lopsided victories, as there was a very slight statistical chance that they could have advanced on points scored. This trashing was the one bright light in an otherwise gloomy and disappointing 1999 World Cup performance.

Like all second- and third-tier nations, the Canadians have had problems having these players available for important games. As a consequence Canada has slipped out of the top 10 rugby union nations, but has nevertheless provided top class players such as Dan Baugh, Rod Snow, Mike James, Colin Yukes, Dave Lougheed and Jamie Cudmore to teams in England, Wales and France. The Canadians qualified for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia.

Canada qualified as Americas 1, finishing at the top of Round 4 Americas tournaments, winning five of their six fixtures to enter the 2003 World Cup in Australia, their fifth world cup in a row. Canada's sole win was a 24–7 result against Tonga as they lost their games against Italy, Wales and the All Blacks.

Since 2003 Canada has played host to the Churchill Cup, making the final in 2010 but losing to the England Saxons 38–18. In 2004 and 2005 they replaced China in the Super Powers Cup. For the 2004 Superpowers Cup, Canada was substituted for China. In 2005 the competition was renamed the Super Cup. Canada beat Japan 15–10 in the final.

In 2006 Canada completed the qualification process for the 2007 Rugby World Cup. They were in a three-team group also containing Barbados and the United States. Each played the other once. On 24 June 2006, Canada defeated Barbados 71–3, in Bridgetown, their largest ever win.[1] Canada achieved a record win over the USA in the match in Newfoundland on August 12, 2006, defeating the USA 56–7 in front of a capacity crowd, when player James Pritchard scored a national record 36 points with three tries, six conversions and three penalties in the match, beating the record of 29 he had set against Barbados in their previous match.[2] The win assured Canada of a place in the 2007 World Cup as Americas 2 in Pool B.[3] Also that year, a Canadian team won the NA4 and the national team beat the US earlier in the Churchill Cup.

2007 World Cup

Canadian team after a pool stage match during the 2007 World Cup
Canada take on Wales during the 2007 World Cup
Canadian fans at the 2007 World Cup

Going into the World Cup Canada were ranked as severe outsiders, and given odds of 5000/1 to win the tournament.[4] Pool B also contained Australia, Fiji, Japan and Wales. In their opening match in Nantes on 9 September the Canadians lost 42–17 to Wales.[5] They followed this with a 29–16 loss to Fiji, whom they had needed to beat to have realistic hopes of progressing to the Quarter Finals.[6] They drew 12–12 with Japan in Bordeaux, conceding an injury-time try by Koji Taira.[7] In their final game they lost 37–6 to an Australian side consisting mostly of second-string players.[8] It meant they finished bottom of Pool B, and returned home from a World Cup without winning a single game for the first time ever.

The Kieran Crowley Era

Following the 2007 Rugby World Cup a new epoch in Canadian rugby began with the installation of Kieran Crowley as head coach of the men's national team. By April 2008 the former New Zealand All Black took over coaching duties with aspirations to positively shape the Canadian rugby psyche and improve upon recent results.[9]

In Autumn 2008 the Canadians toured Europe, beating Portugal in their opening match, but suffering heavy defeats in their subsequent games in Ireland, Wales and Scotland. In 2009 the Canadians will host a tour by the Welsh and Irish.[10]

Canada beat the United States in a two-legged playoff game in July 2009 to qualify for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand and enter the tournament as Americas 1.[11] Canada began its Rugby World Cup preparations well, by finishing runner-up in the 2011 Churchill Cup for the second year in a row, losing 37–6 in the final to the England Saxons (England's second-string side).

This good form carried on in a two-legged home and away series of warm-up matches against the USA Eagles. In the home leg on August 6 at the BMO Stadium, Canada secured a 28–22 victory in front a record 10,621 fans. In the away leg played on August 13 at Colorado, Canada won 27–7. Their warm-up schedule continued with a match against the Australian Barbarians on August 26, featuring several of Australia's World Cup squad, including Berrick Barnes, Drew Mitchell and Rob Horne. Despite a strong performance, particularly by the Canadian pack, the Barbarians claimed a comfortable 38–14 victory. The Canadians played their final warm-up game on August 30, beating a representative Queensland Reds side 33–14.

2011 Rugby World Cup

The Canadians began their 2011 Rugby World Cup on September 14 against Tonga, winning 25–20. They followed this up with a 46–19 loss to France on September 18. The team had only a four-day turn-around after their first match, and let the game slip out of their reach within the final 20 minutes. They produced a repeat result of 2007, by playing to a 23–23 draw against Japan. Their Rugby World Cup concluded with a 79–15 loss against the All Blacks. Canada finished fourth in their pool, narrowly missing out on automatic qualification for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

2015 Rugby World Cup

Canada secured a spot in the 2015 Rugby World Cup on 23 August 2013, with a 13–11 win over the USA, 40–20 on aggregate.

They join Pool D with France, Ireland, Italy and Romania.

Canada finished the tournament with zero wins, last in Pool D.

2016-2018

At the 2016 Americas Rugby Championship, Canada claimed three wins over Uruguay, Chile and Brazil, and two losses versus Argentina XV and United States. In June 2016, the team defeated Russia and lost to Japan and Italy. In November 2016, Canada was defeated by Ireland, Romania and Samoa.

At the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship, Canada scored a single win versus Chile, and lost the other four matches. In June 2017, the team lost to Georgia and Romaia. Later they faced United States for the 2019 World Cup North America play-off, being beaten on aggregate for the first time. In November 2017, Canada lost to the Māori All Blacks, Georgia and Fiji, while defeating Spain.

In 2018, Canada lost both matches versus Uruguay for the 2019 World Cup Americas play-off, therefore the team advanced to the intercontinental repechage. The team also lost to United States for the 2018 Americas Rugby Championship.

Stadium & Attendance

The national team currently does not have a permanent home stadium and as such play their matches at various locations across Canada. BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario has been proposed as the national team's home stadium, even though it cannot provide a suitable rugby climate year-round. However, rumours have the national team playing out of the proposed Whitecaps Waterfront Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia if it is constructed. This would place the national rugby stadium in the country's main rugby stronghold of British Columbia, and in a city whose winter climate is considerably milder than that of most of the rest of Canada.

In August 2011 it was announced that the national team would have a permanent training centre located in Langford, British Columbia.[12]

The highest attended matches in Canada involving the Canadian national team are:

RankAttendanceOpponentDateVenueMetro area
129,480Māori All Blacks2017-11-03BC PlaceVancouver, BC
222,566Māori All Blacks2013-11-03BMO FieldToronto, ON
320,396Ireland2013-06-15BMO FieldToronto, ON
418,788Scotland2014-06-14BMO FieldToronto, ON
516,132Uruguay2018-01-27BC PlaceVancouver, BC
615,000USA2005-06-26Commonwealth StadiumEdmonton, AL
713,187USA2017-06-24Tim Hortons FieldHamilton, ON
813,125Italy2016-06-26BMO FieldToronto, ON
912,824Scotland2018-06-09Commonwealth StadiumEdmonton, AL [13]
1012,220Italy2012-06-15BMO FieldToronto, ON
1111,200Samoa2015-07-25BMO FieldToronto, ON
1210,621USA2011-08-06BMO FieldToronto, ON
1310,250Japan2016-07-11BC PlaceVancouver, BC
1410,207USA2013-08-24BMO FieldToronto, ON
1510,000New Zealand XV1980-10-01Swangard StadiumBurnaby, BC

Record

World Cup

Canada has played in every Rugby World Cup since the inaugural 1987 tournament, always qualifying during the first round.[14] However, for 2019, they have failed to qualify during the first two rounds, and can only qualify through the 4-team repechage in November 2018.[14]

World Cup record World Cup Qualification record
Year Round P W D L F A P W D L F A
AustraliaNew Zealand 1987Pool Stage31026590Automatically qualified
United KingdomRepublic of IrelandFrance 1991Quarter Final4202586243016738
South Africa 1995Pool Stage31024550Automatically qualified
Wales 1999Pool Stage31021148232019783
Australia 2003Pool Stage410354135650119280
France 2007Pool Stage401351120220012510
New Zealand 2011Pool Stage41128216822004730
England 2015Pool Stage40045813122004020
Japan 2019To be determinedTo be determined
Total 8/8 25 7 2 20 527 838 19 16 0 3 568 261

Overall

Top 30 rankings as of 8 October 2018[15]
RankChange*TeamPoints
1 Steady New Zealand092.96
2 Steady Ireland090.12
3 Steady Wales085.94
4 Steady England085.68
5 Steady South Africa083.52
6 Steady Scotland083.02
7 Steady Australia082.86
8 Steady France079.10
9 Steady Argentina078.01
10 Steady Fiji076.54
11 Steady Japan075.24
12 Steady Tonga073.84
13 Steady Georgia073.13
14 Steady Italy072.56
15 Steady United States071.66
16 Steady Samoa068.28
17 Steady Romania068.25
18 Steady Uruguay065.37
19 Steady Russia064.89
20 Steady Spain063.09
21 Steady Hong Kong060.46
22 Steady Namibia059.97
23 Steady Canada059.93
24 Steady Portugal058.30
25 Steady Belgium058.09
26 Steady Brazil056.81
27 Steady Netherlands056.52
28 Steady Kenya055.71
29 Steady Germany055.59
30 Steady Chile054.36
*Change from the previous week
Canada's historical rankings
Source: World Rugby - Graph updated to 2 July 2018[15]

Below is table of the representative rugby matches played by a Canada national XV at test level up until 16 June 2018.[16]

Opponent Played Won Lost Drawn Win % For Aga Diff
 Argentina936033.3%159277–118
 Australia60600.0%60283–223
 Barbados1100100.0%693+66
 Belgium1100100.0%4312+31
 Brazil321066.7%12054+66
British and Irish Lions10100.00%819–11
 Chile5500100.0%18962+127
 England60600.0%73273–200
 England XV615016.7%40159–119
 England U2320200.0%2255–33
England England Saxons30300.0%41132–91
 Fiji1138027.3%208371–163
 France918011.1%119315–196
 France XV10100.0%924–15
 France A10100.0%1534–19
 Georgia734042.9%141145–4
 Hong Kong651083.3%18299+83
 Ireland80710.0%105328–223
 Ireland XV10100.0%2124–3
 Italy927022.2%128246–118
 Japan25815232.0%581612–31
 Namibia2200100.0%8924+65
 New Zealand50500.0%54313–259
 New Zealand XV10100.0%1043–33
 Māori All Blacks20200.0%3695–59
 Portugal4400100.0%13853+85
 Romania826025.0%142138+4
 Russia541080.0%15791+66
 Samoa60600.0%103169–66
 Scotland514020.0%59153–94
 Scotland XV1100100.0%2419+5
 Scotland A10100.0%1015–5
 South Africa20200.0%1871–53
 Spain2200100.00%9749+48
 Tonga853062.50%193155+38
 United States603820263.3%13891042+347
 Uruguay1284066.7%353212+141
 Wales1211108.3%207460–253
 Wales XV30300.0%37138–101
 Wales U2310100.0%08–8
Total263103154639.2%54566807–1351

Wins against Tier 1 nations

The following is a list of Canada's wins against Tier 1 countries:

  • Italy was not granted Tier 1 status until 2000. Argentina was not granted Tier 1 status until 2012.

Players

Current squad

On 30 May 2018, Jones named a 30-man squad ahead of Canada's 2018 June internationals against Scotland (9 June), Russia (16 June) and USA (23 June).[17]

Ahead of Canada's test against Russia, Jorden Sandover-Best and Brock Staller were called up as injury cover.

Head Coach: Wales Kingsley Jones

  • Caps updated: 24 June 2018

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province
Ray Barkwill Hooker (1980-08-26) 26 August 1980 53 United States Seattle Seawolves
Eric Howard Hooker (1993-09-05) 5 September 1993 14 United States New Orleans Gold
Noah Barker Prop (1992-08-20) 20 August 1992 4 Canada BC Bears
Jake Ilnicki Prop (1992-02-24) 24 February 1992 30 England Yorkshire Carnegie
Cole Keith Prop (1997-05-07) 7 May 1997 9 Canada Atlantic Rock
Ryan Kotlewski Prop (1990-02-21) 21 February 1990 4 Canada Prairie Wolf Pack
Djustice Sears-Duru Prop (1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 41 England Ealing Trailfinders
Paul Ciulini Lock (1995-10-28) 28 October 1995 8 Canada Ontario Blues
Conor Keys Lock (1996-07-09) 9 July 1996 9 Canada Atlantic Rock
Josh Larsen Lock (1994-04-04) 4 April 1994 9 New Zealand Otago
Evan Olmstead Lock (1991-02-21) 21 February 1991 24 England Newcastle Falcons
Dustin Dobravsky Flanker (1991-11-21) 21 November 1991 6 Canada BC Bears
Matt Heaton Flanker (1992-02-09) 9 February 1992 18 England Darlington Mowden Park
Lucas Rumball Flanker (1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 22 Canada Ontario Blues
Tyler Ardron Number 8 (1991-06-16) 16 June 1991 28 New Zealand Chiefs
Luke Campbell Number 8 (1992-02-10) 10 February 1992 6 Canada BC Bears
Andrew Ferguson Scrum-half (1992-05-01) 1 May 1992 10 Canada Ontario Blues
Phil Mack Scrum-half (1985-09-18) 18 September 1985 51 United States Seattle Seawolves
Gordon McRorie Scrum-half (1988-05-12) 12 May 1988 33 Canada Prairie Wolf Pack
Jorden Sandover-Best Scrum-half (1994-10-04) 4 October 1994 1 Canada BC Bears
Shane O'Leary Fly-half (1993-12-03) 3 December 1993 10 England Ealing Trailfinders
Pat Parfrey Fly-half (1991-11-01) 1 November 1991 24 Canada Atlantic Rock
Nick Blevins Centre (1988-11-11) 11 November 1988 52 Canada Prairie Wolf Pack
Guiseppe du Toit Centre (1995-07-29) 29 July 1995 12 Canada BC Bears
Doug Fraser Centre (1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 3 Canada BC Bears
Ben LeSage Centre (1995-11-24) 24 November 1995 6 Canada Prairie Wolf Pack
Cole Davis Wing (1997-07-06) 6 July 1997 5 Canada Prairie Wolf Pack
Jeff Hassler Wing (1991-08-21) 21 August 1991 21 Wales Ospreys
Kainoa Lloyd Wing (1994-05-21) 21 May 1994 6 Canada Ontario Blues
D. T. H. van der Merwe (c) Wing (1986-04-28) 28 April 1986 52 Scotland Glasgow Warriors
Theo Sauder Fullback (1996-04-02) 2 April 1996 2 Canada UBC Thunderbirds
Brock Staller Fullback (1992-03-24) 24 March 1992 15 United States Seattle Seawolves

Individual all-time records

Most caps

# Player Pos Span Mat Start Sub Won Lost Draw %
1Aaron CarpenterNumber 82005–20178061192848338.12
2Al CharronFlanker1990–2003767604036052.63
3Winston StanleyWing1994–2003666422738141.66
4Scott StewartFullback1989–2001646222934146.09
5Rod SnowProp1995–2007625932733245.16
James PritchardFullback2003–2015625842634243.54
7Ciaran HearnCentre2008–605192037135.83
8Bobby RossFly-half1989–20035840183028051.72
9Ed FairhurstScrum-half2001–20125735222234139.47
102 players on 56 caps

Last updated: Canada vs USA, 23 June 2018. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[18]

Most tries

# Player Pos Span Mat Start Sub Pts Tries
1DTH van der MerweWing2006–5248416032
2Winston StanleyWing1994–20036664212324
3James PritchardFullback2003–20156258460718
Taylor ParisWing2010–262519018
5Aaron CarpenterNumber 82005–20177960198517
6Morgan WilliamsScrum-half1999–2008565246813
7Nick BlevinsCentre2009-5342115511
8Kyle NicholsCentre1996–2002252236110
Matt EvansFullback2008–2016383265010
104 players on 9 tries

Last updated: Canada vs USA, 23 June 2018. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[19]

Most points

# Player Pos Span Mat Pts Tries Conv Pens Drop
1James PritchardFullback2003–201562607181041030
2Gareth ReesFly-half1986–1999554917511109
3Bobby RossFly-half1989–2003584197518410
4Mark WyattFullback1982–199129255223625
5Jared BarkerFly-half2000–200418226224551
6Gordon McRorieScrum-half2014–33218430451
7DTH van der MerweWing2006–5216032000
8Winston StanleyWing1994–20036612324001
9Taylor ParisWing2010–269018000
10John GrafScrum-half1989–199954899791

Last updated: Canada vs USA, 23 June 2018. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[20]
  • Note, Gareth Rees points total is in dispute, some sources claim 487 while others including World Rugby claim 491.

Most matches as captain

# Player Pos Span Mat Won Lost Draw % Pts Tries
1Gareth ReesFly-half1994–1999251015040.002854
Al CharronFlanker1996–2003251312052.00102
3Pat RiordanHooker2008–2011231210154.34153
4John GrafScrum-half1995–19991596060.00586
Morgan WilliamsScrum-half2005–20071559136.66255
6Aaron CarpenterNumber 82012–20161477050.00153
7Tyler ArdronNumber 82013–201511011000.0051
8Mark WyattFullback1990–1991963066.66972
Phil MackScrum-half2017–2018936033.3351
10Mike LukeHooker1974–1981835037.5000
Hans de GoedeLock1984–1987844050.0000

Last updated: Canada vs USA, 23 June 2018. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[21]

Most points in a match

Australian born James Pritchard is Canada's second highest try scorer and points scorer of all time, he also holds the record for most points in a match with 36 against the USA in 2006.
# Player Pos Pts Tries Conv Pens Drop Opposition Venue Date
1James PritchardWing363630 United StatesCanada St John's12/08/2006
2James PritchardWing293700 BarbadosBarbados Bridgetown24/06/2006
3Gareth ReesFly-half270930 NamibiaFrance Toulouse14/10/1999
James PritchardFullback272430 PortugalPortugal Lisbon23/11/2013
5Bobby RossFly-half261350 JapanCanada Vancouver13/07/1996
Gordon McRorieScrum-half262520 RussiaCanada Calgary18/06/2016
7Mark WyattFullback240080 Scotland XVCanada Saint John25/05/1991
8Gareth ReesFly-half230170 ArgentinaArgentina Buenos Aires22/08/1998
James PritchardFullback231340 TongaCanada Kingston08/06/2013
105 players on 22 points

Last updated: Canada vs USA, 23 June 2018. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[22]

Most tries in a match

# Player Pos Pts Tries Conv Pens Drop Opposition Venue Date
1Kyle NicholsCentre204000 JapanCanada Markham15/07/2000
2Steve GrayCentre153000 United StatesCanada Vancouver10/05/1987
James PritchardWing273700 BarbadosBarbados Bridgetown24/06/2006
James PritchardWing363630 United StatesCanada St John's12/08/2006
Taylor ParisWing153000 ChileCanada Langford11/02/2017

Last updated: Canada vs USA, 23 June 2018. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

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Youngest players

# Player Pos Age Opposition Venue Date
1Taylor ParisWing18 years and 31 days BelgiumBelgium Brussels06/11/2010
2Mark SchieflerCentre19 years and 46 days United StatesUnited States Saranac Lake08/06/1980
3Gareth ReesFly-half19 years and 131 days United StatesUnited States Tucson08/11/1986
4George Barton(Centre)19 years and 137 days ChileCanada Langford11/02/2017
5Dave Spicer(Fly-half)19 years and 166 days EnglandEngland Twickenham13/11/2004
6Djustice Sears-Duru(Prop)19 years and 183 days PortugalPortugal Lisbon23/11/2013
7Cole Keith(Prop)19 years and 280 days ChileCanada Langford11/02/2017
8Winston StanleyWing19 years and 308 days United StatesUnited States Long Beach21/05/1994
9Matt Beukeboom(Flanker)19 years and 314 days ChileCanada Langford11/02/2017
10Matt Tierney(Prop)19 years and 350 days RussiaCanada Calgary18/06/2016

Last updated: Canada vs USA, 23 June 2018. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[24]

Oldest players

# Player Pos Age Opposition Venue Date
1Kevin WirachowskiProp40 years and 243 daysNew Zealand New Zealand MāoriCanada Toronto02/08/2003
2Ro HindsonLock38 years and 311 days ArgentinaCanada Burnaby Lake30/03/1990
3Mark CardinalHooker38 years and 162 days NamibiaFrance Toulouse14/10/1999
4Jamie CudmoreLock38 years and 80 days SamoaFrance Grenoble25/11/2016
5Ray BarkwillHooker37 years and 301 days United StatesCanada Halifax23/06/2018
6Rod SnowProp37 years and 151 days AustraliaFrance Bordeaux29/09/2007
7Al CharronLock37 years and 94 days TongaAustralia Wollongong29/10/2003
8Gord MacKinnonFlanker36 years and 280 days South AfricaSouth Africa Port Elizabeth03/06/1995
9Julian LovedayWing36 years and 99 days TongaTonga Nuku'alofa03/07/1999
10James PritchardFullback36 years and 77 days RomaniaEngland Leicester03/10/2015

Last updated: Canada vs USA, 23 June 2018. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[25]

Upcoming fixtures and recent results

Upcoming fixtures

Date Tournament Location Venue Opponent
November 11, 2018 Rugby World Cup qualification Marseille, France Pierre-Delort Stadium  Kenya
November 17, 2018 Rugby World Cup qualification Marseille, France Pierre-Delort Stadium  Germany
November 23, 2018 Rugby World Cup qualification Marseille, France Pierre-Delort Stadium  Hong Kong

Recent results

Date Tournament Location Venue Opponent Result Score
June 23, 2018 2018 June rugby union test Halifax Wanderers Grounds  United States Loss 42-17
June 16, 2018 2018 June rugby union test Ottawa Twin Elm Rugby Park  Russia Loss 43-20
June 9, 2018 2018 June rugby union test Edmonton Commonwealth Stadium  Scotland Loss 48-10
March 3, 2018 Americas Rugby Championship La Serena, Chile Estadio La Portada  Chile Win 33-17
February 24, 2018 Americas Rugby Championship Jujuy, Argentina Gimnasia y Esgrima  Argentina XV Loss 40-15
February 17, 2018 Americas Rugby Championship Langford Westhills Stadium  Brazil Win 45-5
February 10, 2018 Americas Rugby Championship Sacramento, California Papa Murphy's Park  United States Loss 29-10
February 3, 2018 Rugby World Cup qualification Montevideo, Uruguay Estadio Charrúa  Uruguay Loss 32-31
January 27, 2018 Rugby World Cup qualification
Americas Rugby Championship		 Vancouver BC Place  Uruguay Loss 38-29
November 25, 2017 End-of-year rugby union international Narbonne, France Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié  Fiji Loss 57-17

Green background indicates a win. Red background indicates a loss. Yellow background indicates a draw.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Canada beat Barbados 71-3 in Rugby World Cup qualifier". Caribbean Net News. June 26, 2006. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
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