Canada Name Roster for 5th/6th Place Match vs Brazil at U20 Challenger Cup
It’s Canada’s final match in the tournament to determine 5th or 6th place. Canada started strong in the tournament, demolishing Namibia, then two losses against Portugal and Belgium. Josh du Toit retains his place at hooker from the Portugal match as do loose forwards, Eliot Marschall and Liam Kinghorn. In the backs Jonty Nicholas at #10, Malin Hazl on the wing and the centre pairing of Liam Turnbull and Adam Stander retain their starting spots. Making a return to the starting XV are Chris Rose at scrum half, Noah Hudson on the wing, the Poyser brothers at second row, Luke Prest at fullback, Colin Mitchell at loosehead prop, Eric Rutledge at tighthead, JJ Kinnear at blindside flanker. Joe Kauffman who started at #10 against Namibia is back in the reserves.
The match will be on rugbypass.tv with kickoff at 9am PT on Saturday.
CANADA U20 VS BRAZIL – OCTOBER 17, 2026
1 Colin Mitchell
2 Josh Du Toit
3 Eric Rutledge
4 Seb Poyser
5 Noah Poyser
6 JJ Kinnear
7 Eliot Marschall
8 Liam Kinghorn
9 Chris Rose
10 Jonty Nicholas
11 Noah Hudson
12 Adam Stander
13 (C) Liam Turnbull
14 Malin Hazl
15 Luke Prest
16 Porter Gook
17 Ethan Samuels
18 Ben Koolen
19 Ronin Smith
20 Cole Thompson
21 Brek Ball
22 Koen Schroeder
23 Joe Kaufmann