Canada U20 Team Heading to Chile: 30 Man Roster Named – First Match Friday vs Namibia
Canada’s first match in the U20 Challenger Cup will be Friday against Namibia. The tournament is being held in Santiago, Chile. Currently the team are assembled in Toronto, and will fly out Tuesday, not giving them much prep time once they arrive in Chile. The tournament schedule is posted below. We’ll provide updates on live streaming when it’s made available. You can follow their Instagram account for updates as well.
Travelling Squad
| Position | Name | Club |
| Prop | Ben Koolen | Gloucester Rugby Academy |
| Prop | Colin Mitchell | Capilano |
| Prop | Jacob Blackwood | UBC |
| Prop | Ethan Samuels | UBC |
| Prop | Eric Rutledge | Pride / JBAA |
| Hooker | Alistair Yeomans | University of Guelph/Mississauga Blues |
| Hooker | Josh du Toit | UBC |
| Hooker | Porter Gook | Pride / Westshore |
| Lock | Seb Poyser | Nottingham |
| Lock | Noah Poyser | Bishop Stortford |
| Lock | Ronin Smith | UVIC |
| Lock | Cole Thompson | Babson College |
| Lock | Carter Nickless | Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue |
| Back Row | Coen Quinn | Queen’s University/Bytown Blues RFC |
| Back Row | Eliot Marschall | Nottingham |
| Back Row | Liam Kinghorn | UBC |
| Back Row | JJ Kinnear | Wimbledon RFC |
| Scrumhalf | Chris Rose | Pride / Westshore |
| Scrumhalf | Rogan Moir | Pride |
| Scrumhalf | Brek Ball | University of Western Ontario |
| Flyhalf | Joe Kaufmann | Racing 92 |
| Flyhalf | Jonty Nicholas | UBC |
| Center | Koen Schroeder | Burlington Centaurs |
| Center | Adam Stander | Queens University/Oakville Crusaders. |
| Center | Liam Turnbull | UBC |
| Wing | Malin Hazl | Guelph Goats RFC |
| Wing | Briar Barron | Queens University |
| Wing | Noah Hudson | Pride |
| Full Back | Cooper Allen | Georgian Bay Titans |
| Full Back | Luke Prest | Pride |
Schedule
Pool A:
Chile, Hong Kong China, Brazil, Romania
Pool B:
Canada, Namibia, Belgium, Portugal
2nd October: CHILE TIME
▪️Romania vs Brazil 10:00am
▪️Namibia vs Canada 1:00pm / 9am PT
▪️Belgium vs Portugal 4:00pm
▪️Hong Kong China U20 vs Chile 7:00pm
7th October:
▪️Namibia vs Portugal 10:00am
▪️Hong Kong China U20 vs Brazil 1:00pm
▪️Belgium vs Canada 4:00pm / 12pm PT
▪️Chile vs Romania 7:00pm
12th October:
▪️Hong Kong China U20 vs Romania 10:00am
▪️Canada vs Portugal 1:00pm / 9am PT
▪️Belgium vs Namibia 4:00pm
▪️Chile vs Brazil 7:00pm
17th October:
▪️Final Placement Matches