Canada ‘A’ Defeat Brazil XV 31-14 to Conclude South American Tour: Video Link
It has been a while, it seems, since a Canadian men’s XVs team has won a game against anyone besides Belgium. This win was much needed for morale and confidence.
Category Archives: National Men’s XVs
Canada ‘A’ vs Chile XV
Canada Lose to Chile in Chippy 9 Yellow Card Contest: Video Highlights
Even though it was billed as a development tournament, the first match saw both teams starting almost full international sides. Canada had close to 200 caps in their starting XV. The match was dominated by the referee who handed out 9 yellow cards, 5 to Brazil and 4 to Canada. Both teams scored 3 tries but Chile won with 15 points from penalties, compared to 6 from Canada. Chile were perfect on their conversions, while Canada missed one. The difference, 11 points, 36-25.
Americas Rugby Trophy 2022
Canada Name Team for Americas Rugby Trophy Matches in Brazil October 21 & 26
[ed. Rugby Canada’s press release mentions Gradyn Bowd affiliated with Old Glory DC of MLR, we don’t know if that’s new signing info or an RC error.]
Kingsley Jones has named the Canada ‘A’ team that heads to Brazil for the Americas Rugby Trophy. It brings in some new faces but it still gives Jones the option of fielding a fully capped team if he chooses. He’s well known for naming players to tours and then not including them in the match day rosters, so we’ll see what the rosters look like in the two matches before making a final evaluation.
Americas Rugby Trophy 2022
Americas Rugby Trophy Tournament Includes Brazil, Chile, Canada – October 16 to 26 in Brazil
An article on the Brazil Rugby Union site announced the Americas Rugby Trophy, a 3 country competition between Chile, Brazil and Canada. Canada will play Chile on Friday, October 21st and Brazil on Wednesday, October 26th. The announcement notes that the games are development in nature and that the matches will be basically “A” games and not capped.
Men’s XVs Autumn Tour 2022
Canada Men’s XVs Autumn Tour – How is That Shaping Up
While many countries have released their test fixtures for the upcoming Autumn Tours, in Canada we’re left guessing and piecing together scraps of information from other sources.
Pacific Pride Updates – September 2022
A Look at the Pacific Pride Roster for the 2022-23 BC Premier Season
The Pacific Pride Academy start up another season in the BC Premier, a few of the players (Reimer, Purdey, Flesch, ??) may only be here in the fall as they’ll likely go to MLR training camps in the spring.
Canada U20 v Uruguay U20 – August 2022
Canada Lose 45-28 to Uruguay (HT 33-7): Finish 3rd in Tournament
The bad news is Canada lost and finished 3rd behind Uruguay and Zimbabwe, the good news is they won the second half 21-12.
Canada U20 vs Chile U20 – August 2022
Canada Defeat Chile 25-24 in U20 Tournament
Canada’s support play this match was a lot better, they didn’t leave as many players stranded but their scrum was under pressure for most of the match.
Canada U20 vs Zimbabwe U20 – August 2022
Canada Lose to Zimbabwe in U20 Tournament 32-24 (HT 20-7)
A disappointing performance by Canada as a well drilled Zimbabwe U20 squad ran out to a 20-7 halftime lead and then weathered a Canadian comeback to close the game with two late tries and claim the win.
Canada U20 – August 2022
Canada Name Team for International U20 Tournament Hosted by University of Guelph
Rugby Canada finally issued a press release on the tournament they’re hosting in nine days. They also named the Canada squad selected for the tournament.