Canada Pummeled by Scotland 73-12: Video Highlights & Match Reports from Scottish Rugby and Rugby Canada
Canada were pummeled by what was basically a Scotland A lineup with 10 new caps. Scotland ran in 11 tries to Canada’s 2 tries.
It started brightly for Canada with a lineout and maul try 8 minutes into the match, 5-0 for Canada. Scotland quickly responded with tries at the 10, 15, 24, 30, 44 minute mark before Canada answered with a try at the 48 minute mark. Scotland added six more tries at the 50, 53, 60, 68, 73, 80 minute mark for a 73-12 final score.
The lopsided loss has renewed calls for coach Kingsley Jones to be sacked, and High Performance Director Stephen Aboud to share his plans to turn around the men’s programs.
Canada next face Romania on Friday evening. Romania narrowly defeated USA 22-20, the USA had two chances near the end of match to win on penalty kicks but failed to convert either of them. Chile defeated Hong Kong 22-17 and will rise above Canada in the world rankings.
from Rugby Canada
Canada’s Men’s Rugby Team took on Scotland at TD Place in Ottawa on Saturday night, with Scotland retaining the Douglas JL Horn Memorial Trophy with a 73-12 win. Lucas Rumball and Kyle Baillie scored for Canada, with six Canadians earning their first caps in front of a crowd of 11,447, the largest TD Place has seen for an international test match rugby.
Canada got off to a strong start, with well executed lineouts and sustained ball possession. Captain Lucas Rumball scored off a maul to give Canada an early 5-0 lead.
Scotland responded quickly however, converting their try to go up 7-5. The Scots scored three more, and while Canada rallied together to put the pressure on Scotland in the final minutes of the first half, Scotland kept their 24-5 lead going into half-time.
The second half started with another Scottish try, but Kyle Baillie got Canada on the board once more, picking the ball up on the back of a ruck and forcing his way over the line. Peter Nelson kicked a good conversion to bring the score to 31-12 for Scotland.
With three more tries, Scotland went up 52-12. With 15 minutes remaining, Canada’s backs held up the ball on a close scoring attempt, but Scotland scored another three, giving them a final win of 73-12.
“We needed possession. We need a good lineout, a good ball and a good defence for Canada. We need to improve in those areas in the next five days,” said Head Coach Kingsley Jones. “The set pieces you’ve got to be really pleased with and other aspects, the attitude of the players. There’s six new caps, it’s the start of something special for those guys. The start was good. We controlled possession and there’s positives there for us. But the players are pretty devastated, the staff as well. It’s hard, we want to win. We talk about it, but the reality is today, without the ball we weren’t good enough. It’s difficult for all of us, we really want to do better. The scoreline in the end is pretty disappointing. The next five days is about fixing what we see from that.”
Six players earned their first cap for Canada, with Nic Benn starting at number 11 and Brock Gallagher, James Stockwood, Jesse Mackail, Talon McMullin and Takoda McMullin (the 500th men’s player to earn a cap for Canada) entering the game in the second half.
Scotland’s Harry Paterson was named Player of the Match, and received art designed by Connor nidijinikaz, Nandotawa Tibikad, Pikwàkanagàn nindondjiba, makwa nidodem, an artist from the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation.
Canada’s Men’s Rugby Team returns to the pitch at TD Place on Friday July 12 at 7:00pm ET / 4:00pm ET to take on Romania.
from Scottish Rugby
Scotland got their Skyscanner Americas tour off to a winning start with an 11-try victory against Canada in Ottawa, as 10 players got their first taste of international rugby.
Canada started brightly through Lucas Rumball’s early try, but Scotland’s rebuttal was swift. Harry Paterson, brimming with intent from the off, forced his way through a labouring defence to find Matt Currie, whose inside ball allowed Josh Bayliss to coast over, with Ross Thompson’s tidy conversion giving the visitors the lead [5-7, 11 mins].
The modern game seems to be peppered with tries by hookers and Dylan Richardson, the revamped flanker, marked his first Scotland cap in the front row with a try, showing as the willing recipient after Thompson had punctured the hosts’ advances. Thompson converted from close range to extend Scotland’s lead to nine points [5-14, 15 mins].
In conditions representing a summer back home (well, in most years), a water break was administered after 20 minutes, before Richardson made it a hooking debut double from a textbook line-out/rolling maul combo [5-19, 24 mins].
On the half hour, Scotland upped the ante with a magical score, which owed much to Paterson’s speed of thought. After Max Williamson and Glen Young had raided up the middle of the Canadian half, Richardson’s snaking run was brought down. The visitors went quickly out to the left, Paterson having the presence of mind to offload out of a tackle for Arron Reed to score the simplest of debut tries [5-24, 30 mins].
Canada went close to their own second score, only to be held up by a combination of Stafford McDowall and Elliot Millar Mills, the latter threatening to kick into gear from his own line only for play to be brought back, possibly to the relief of the Northampton Saints tighthead.
Half-time: Canada 5-24 Scotland
It took six minutes post-interval for Scotland to get their fifth try, Gus Warr’s quick tap-and-go laying the platform for first Reed, then Bayliss, then Thompson to go close, before the scrum-half went over from close range, Thompson converting [5-31, 46 mins).
Canada rallied to hit back through Kyle Baillie, with Peter Nelson adding the extras, but Warr made it a quickfire double with a determined dart for the line after more good work from Paterson, with Thompson adding two more [12-38, 51 mins].
Arron Reed got a brace of his own with a delightful inside-out finish from Jamie Dobie’s looping pass [54 mins], the same player then setting up Paterson a few minutes after, with both converted by Thompson [12-52, 61 mins].
And Dobie got in on the act when Reed turned provider in similar fashion, to score his first try for Scotland with 10 minutes to go, Ben Healy converting [12-59, 70 mins].
Stafford McDowall, who went on to thwart a late Canada score with an excellent cover tackle, made his way through traffic to add a tenth try [74 mins], before Kyle Steyn dotted down to complete the scoring in the final minute, Healy adding the extras for both [12-73, 80 mins].
The result, a record in the fixture, meant Scotland retained the Douglas Horn Trophy, played for between the two countries since 2008.
Full-time: Canada 12-73 Scotland
Canada: Coats, Coe, Richardson, LeSage, Benn; Nelson, Higgins; Murray, Quattrin, Young, Keys, Baillie, Flesch, Rumball, Vikilani.
Replacements: Mackail, Sears-Duru, Keith, Stockwood, Parry, Gallagher, Tal McMullin, Tak McMullin.
Scotland: Harry Paterson (Edinburgh Rugby), Jamie Dobie (Glasgow Warriors), Matt Currie (Edinburgh Rugby), Stafford McDowall, Co-Captain (Glasgow Warriors), Arron Reed (Sale Sharks); Ross Thompson (Edinburgh Rugby), Gus Warr (Sale Sharks); Rory Sutherland (Glasgow Warriors), Dylan Richardson (Sharks), Elliot Millar Mills (Northampton Saints), Max Williamson (Glasgow Warriors), Glen Young (Edinburgh Rugby), Gregor Brown (Glasgow Warriors), Luke Crosbie, Co-Captain (Edinburgh Rugby), Josh Bayliss (Bath Rugby)
Replacements: Robbie Smith (Northampton Saints) (for Crosbie, 56 mins), Nathan McBeth (Glasgow Warriors) for Sutherland, 48 mins), Will Hurd (Leicester Tigers) (for Millar Mills, 48 mins), Ewan Johnson (Oyonnax) (for Williamson, 56 mins), Matt Fagerson (Glasgow Warriors for Bayliss, 74 mins)), Ben Healy (Edinburgh Rugby) (for Thompson, 56 mins), Kyle Steyn (Glasgow Warriors) (for Currie, 14 mins, temporary; then for Currie, 63 mins), Ross McCann (Edinburgh Rugby) (for Warr, 63 mins).
Referee: Adam Leal (RFU)
Assistant referees: Kat Roche (USA) and Kahlil Harrison (USAR)
TMO: Austin Reed (USAR)
Crowd: 11,477
Player of the Match: Harry Paterson (Scotland)
Canada and Scotland Name Rosters for Match on July 6th: Six New Caps for Canada; Ten New Caps for Scotland
Canada have made several changes to their last roster in November when they defeated Brazil but lost to Spain. Cole Keith has been moved to the bench and Liam Murray starts at loosehead prop, Andrew Quattrin remains hooker and Conor Young remains at tighthead. In the second row Kyle Baillie remains but Conor Keys comes on from the bench with the absence of Izzak Kelly. The flankers remain the same Lucas Rumball and Mason Flesch, Siaki Vikilani comes off the bench to start at #8 with Matt Oworu not in the match 23.
In the backs Jason Higgins retains his spot at scrum half, Peter Nelson moves from fullback to #10 with Rob Povey not on the travelling list. The centres remain the same Ben Lesage and Mitch Richardson. Andrew Coe keeps his spot on the wing with Nic Benn replacing Kainoa Lloyd on the other wing, Cooper Coats takes the fullback position. Nic Benn is the only uncapped player in the starting XV.
On the bench there are five uncapped players Brock Gallagher who replaces Reid Watkins, Jesse Mackail replaces Foster Dewitt, James Stockwood takes Conor Keys spot in the reserves, Sion Parry takes Siaki Vikilani’s spot in the reserves, Talon McMullin replaces Gabe Casey and Takoda McMullin takes Cooper Coats place in the reserves.
Surprise omissions are Dewald Kotze who had 14 starts in MLR and won 1st XV honours twice and Reegan O’Gorman who had 12 starts in MLR and also won 1st XV honours twice.
Scotland have 10 new caps, they’re not playing their big names like Duhan van der Merwe or Jamie Ritchie. The most capped player is Rory Sutherland at 30 caps. There are 5 uncapped players starting and 12 of the 15 starters have 3 caps or less. If you compare their Six Nations lineup vs England there are 3 players present, the backup tighthead Elliot Millar Mills gets the start, and they’ve kept 2 backline players on the bench in case they need some late firepower, winger Kyle Steyn and Ben Healy a flyhalf. The starting flyhalf is Ross Thompson who plays a backup flyhalf role for Glasgow Warriors behind Tom Jordan from NZ.
The game will be shown on TSN2 but (at the time of writing) not on TSN+ the streaming service.
from Rugby Canada
The match day roster for Canada’s Men’s Rugby Team that will take on Scotland on July 6 at TD Place in Ottawa has been named by Head Coach Kingsley Jones.
Captain Lucas Rumball will lead Canada onto the pitch as they play Scotland for the Douglas JL Horn Memorial Cup, a perpetual trophy that has been contested every time the two teams have met since its inaugural presentation in 2008. This match will also mark Canada’s Men’s Rugby Team’s return to home soil for the first time since the team’s 2022 match against Spain in Ottawa.
Canada and Scotland last played each other in Edmonton in 2018, with five players from that roster also suiting up on Saturday: Rumball, Ben LeSage, Djustice Sears-Duru, Cole Keith and Stittsville’s own Conor Keys.
Nic Benn, a regular starter this season with the Dallas Jackals, will earn his first cap for Canada at left wing. Five players could earn their first caps for Canada off the bench, one of which could become the 500th men’s player to take to the pitch for Canada.
This includes twins Takoda and Talon McMullin, who have both excelled with the University of British Columbia, Dallas Jackals scrum half Brock Gallagher, and Pacific Pride Development Academy talent James Stockwood and Jesse Mackail.
“We’re very pleased with the way our entire squad has been training here in Ottawa over the last two days. Players are excited to be reassembled on home soil and taking on the challenge of a strong Scottish side, and are committed to each other and the team as a whole, which has been reflected in their focus and hard work in training,” said Head Coach Kinglsey Jones.
“Important in our selection for Saturday’s match was really strong foundations at the set piece. We need to establish ourselves in the game, show the talented players we have behind the scrum, and build as the game goes on. Along with the seasoned, experienced players named to the roster are several who will have the opportunity to represent Canada at this level for the first time. These players have put their hands up with their strong, consistent performances this season in both competition and training.”
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CANADA’S MEN’S RUGBY TEAM MATCH DAY ROSTER vs SCOTLAND
1. Liam Murray (Langley, BC) – Dallas Jackals
2. Andrew Quattrin (Holland Landing, ON) – Aurora Barbarians / New England Free Jacks
3. Conor Young (Yamba, AUS) – Southern Districts Rugby Club / RFC LA
4. Conor Keys (Stittsville, ON) – New England Free Jacks
5. Kyle Baillie (Summerside, PEI) – Halifax Tars / New England Free Jacks
6. Mason Flesch (Cobourg, ON) – Cobourg Saxons RFC / Chicago Hounds
7. Lucas Rumball (Scarborough, ON) – Balmy Beach RFC / Chicago Hounds
8. Siaki Vikilani (Vancouver, BC) – Burnaby Lake RFC / Clifton Rugby Club
9. Jason Higgins (Cork, IRE) – Chicago Hounds
10. Peter Nelson (Dungannon, UK) – Dungannon RFC
11. Nic Benn (Caves Beach, AUS) – Dallas Jackals
12. Ben LeSage (Calgary, AB) – Calgary Canucks / New England Free Jacks
13. Mitch Richardson (Stoney Creek, ON) – McMaster University / Dallas Jackals
14. Andrew Coe (Markham, ON) – RFC LA
15. Cooper Coats (Halifax, NS) – Halifax Tars
FINISHERS
16. Jesse Mackail (Palmerston North, NZL) – UBCOB Ravens / Pacific Pride
17. Djustice Sears-Duru (Oakville, ON) – Oakville Crusaders / San Diego Legion
18. Cole Keith (Apohaqui, NB) – Belleisle Rovers RFC / New England Free Jacks
19. James Stockwood (Bowmanville, ON) – Vikings RFC / Pacific Pride
20. Siôn Parry (Cardiff, Wales) – Rhiwbina RFC / Ebbw Vale RFC
21. Brock Gallagher (Edmonton, AB) – Strathcona Druids RFC / Dallas Jackals
22. Talon McMullin (White Rock, BC) – University of British Columbia / Vancouver Highlanders
23. Takoda McMullin (White Rock, BC) – University of British Columbia / Vancouver Highlanders
from Scottish Rugby
Gregor Townsend has named his team to face Canada in the first match of the Skyscanner Americas Tour with 10 players given the opportunity to make their Scotland debut.
Matt Currie, Arron Reed, Gus Warr, Max Williamson and Gregor Brown have all been named in the starting line-up.
Centre Currie has previous international experience of playing in the Americas after featuring in Scotland A’s win over Chile in Santiago two years ago.
Sale duo Reed and Warr have impressed for their club this season with winger Reed being involved in the Guinness Six Nations squad. Scrum-half Warr qualifies for Scotland through his Mum, who hails from Strathaven.
URC winners Max Williamson and Gregor Brown have been rewarded for their performances with Glasgow Warriors this season and earn starting berths.
Fellow champions Jamie Dobie (selected on the wing) and stand-off Ross Thompson are also selected from the start with club teammate, centre Stafford McDowall, named as Co-Captain alongside flanker Luke Crosbie, who led Scotland A against Chile in 2022.
Harry Paterson will make his second Scotland appearance at full-back after being named as a late starter in the Guinness Six Nations this year against France.
Sharks’ hooker Dylan Richardson will start the match having previously made his Scotland debut in the back row, against Japan at Scottish Gas Murrayfield in 2021.
He is joined in the front row by Rory Sutherland, the most capped player in the starting 15, along with Elliot Millar Mills who recently won the Premiership with Northampton Saints; club colleague Robbie Smith is selected on the bench.
In the second row, Williamson is joined by Edinburgh’s Glen Young, who will make his third Scotland appearance – his first since 2022 when he featured against Argentina.
In the back row, Bath Rugby’s Josh Bayliss will start at number 8 along with Crosbie at openside, and Gregor Brown on the blindside.
On the bench, Northampton hooker Smith, Glasgow Warriors prop Nathan McBeth, Leicester Tigers prop Will Hurd, Oyannax second row Ewan Johnson and Edinburgh winger Ross McCann will all be aiming for their debuts.
Glasgow Warriors captain Kyle Steyn will provide experience, along with Matt Fagerson who begins to approach 50 caps, and Edinburgh stand-off Ben Healy.
Scotland team to play Canada on Saturday 6 July at TD Place, Ottawa, (kick off 10pm BST / 5pm local) – live on TNT Sports 1 (caps in brackets)
15. Harry Paterson – Edinburgh Rugby (1)
14. Jamie Dobie – Glasgow Warriors (2)
13. Matt Currie – Edinburgh Rugby (uncapped)
12. Stafford McDowall – Co-Captain – Glasgow Warriors (2)
11. Arron Reed – Sale Sharks (uncapped)
10. Ross Thompson – Edinburgh Rugby (3)
9. Gus Warr – Sale Sharks (uncapped)
1. Rory Sutherland – Glasgow Warriors (30)
2. Dylan Richardson – The Sharks (1)
3. Elliot Millar Mills – Northampton Saints (3)
4. Max Williamson – Glasgow Warriors (uncapped)
5. Glen Young – Edinburgh Rugby (3)
6. Gregor Brown – Glasgow Warriors (uncapped)
7. Luke Crosbie – Co-Captain – Edinburgh Rugby (8)
8. Josh Bayliss – Bath Rugby (5)
Replacements
16. Robbie Smith – Northampton Saints (uncapped)
17. Nathan McBeth – Glasgow Warriors (uncapped)
18. Will Hurd – Leicester Tigers (uncapped)
19. Ewan Johnson – Oyonnax (uncapped)
20. Matt Fagerson – Glasgow Warriors (44)
21. Ben Healy – Edinburgh Rugby (5)
22. Kyle Steyn – Glasgow Warriors (19)
23. Ross McCann – Edinburgh Rugby (uncapped)
Scotland Name Team for Four Country Tour to Canada, USA, Chile and Uruguay
There’s no Finn Russell but Scotland have named a tour squad with a mix of experience and youth. There are 10 uncapped players on tour for their four match tour against Canada, USA, Chile and Uruguay.
Compared to their roster vs England in the Six Nations, in the backline they’re missing the starting fullback, flyhalf and scrum-half but have their starting #11 to #14, including star winger Duhan van der Merwe. In the forwards they have their starting props but missing the hooker, one of their starting second row, and two of three loose forwards are on tour including Jamie Ritchie who will get his 50th cap on tour.
The Canada match is on July 6th.
Scotland name 10 uncapped players in America tour squad – from ESPN
The Scotland Rugby team are preparing for four matches in America starting in July.
Scotland have named their 37-man squad for their four Tests in the Americas starting next month which includes 10 uncapped players, coach Gregor Townsend said on Wednesday.
Forwards Gregor Brown, Nathan McBeth and Max Williamson are drawn from Glasgow Warriors, who play in the United Rugby Championship semifinal against title holders Munster on Saturday.
Winger Arron Reed was in the Six Nations squad this year, whilst his Sale teammate Gus Warr earned a first call-up, along with former Scotland under-20 captain Robbie Smith, lock Ewan Johnson and Edinburgh’s Matt Currie and Patrick Harrison.
Adam Hastings and Josh Bayliss returned after injury layoffs and hooker Dylan Richardson is also recalled.
Scotland start their month-long tour in Ottawa against Canada on July 6, before taking on the U.S in Washington D.C.
They face Chile in Santiago on July 20 and Uruguay in Montevideo on July 27.
Scotland’s 37-man squad:
Backs: Matt Currie, Jamie Dobie, Adam Hastings, Ben Healy, George Horne, Huw Jones, Stafford McDowall, Harry Paterson, Arron Reed, Kyle Rowe, Kyle Steyn, Ross Thompson, Sione Tuipulotu, Duhan van der Merwe, Gus Warr
Forwards: Ewan Ashman, Josh Bayliss, Gregor Brown, Alex Craig, Luke Crosbie, Scott Cummings, Rory Darge, Matt Fagerson, Patrick Harrison, Will Hurd, Ewan Johnson, Nathan McBeth, Elliot Millar-Mills, Javan Sebastian, Pierre Schoeman, Robbie Smith, Rory Sutherland, Dylan Richardson, Jamie Ritchie, Murphy Walker, Max Williamson, Glen Young
from Rugby Canada
Scotland has named the 37-player squad that will travel to Ottawa this summer to take on Canada’s Men’s Rugby Team on July 6 at TD Place, which includes world-class players such as James Ritchie, Huw Jones and Duhan van der Merwe.
Scotland will bring a strong mix of veteran players and potential debutants, with 17 players from their 2024 Guinness Six Nations campaign, 13 players who competed in the 2023 Rugby World Cup, and 13 players from the 2023 Guinness Six Nations squad that was featured in Netflix’s Six Nations: Full Contact.
This includes Duhan van der Merwe, who is just two tries away from breaking the all-time try scoring record for Scotland, and Huw Jones, an electric centre who has contributed to multiple milestone victories for Scotland since his debut in 2016.
James Ritchie is one of several players on Scotland’s roster with a Canadian connection, as he earned his first cap for Scotland against Canada in 2018 in Edmonton. Now with 49 caps to his name, Ritchie could hit the half-century mark against Canada in July.
Matt Fagerson debuted and scored for the Glasgow Warriors at 18 years old against Canada A in a pre-season match for the 2016-17 season, earning a call up to the Scottish squad in 2018. He has since made over 100 appearances for the Warriors and earned 44 caps for Scotland.
Toronto-born Ewan Ashman lived in Canada until the age of four and has continued to make a name for himself throughout his career, leading the 2019 World Rugby U20 Championship in scoring and winning his first senior cap in 2021. He played his first Guiness Six Nations against Italy in 2023 before making three appearances at the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
Canada and Scotland will compete for the Douglas JL Horn Memorial Cup, which was first played for in 2008 and is contested any time the two teams meet. The Douglas Horn Cup was sponsored by the late Alan Horn, a stalwart support of Canadian rugby and a titan in Canada’s communications industry, who named the trophy after his father and former Scottish rugby player, Douglas Horn.