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Canada Under 20 Squad

Canada Under 20 head coach Tim Murdy has selected his 26-man squad for the inaugural IRB Junior World Championship to be held in Wales from 6-22 June. Nearly two thirds of the squad were members of the Canadian team that reached the Division B final at the IRB Under 19 World Championship last year, including […]

Canada team versus Australia

Canada head coach Ric Suggitt has announced his team to play Australia in the IRB Rugby World Cup Pool B match at Stade Chaban Delmas in Bordeaux on Saturday 29 September with KO at: 1400 BST. As the Canucks cannot progress any further in the competition this will be Mike James final game as he […]

George Smith Skippers the Wallabies versus Canada

George Smith 75th captain for the Wallabies against Canada in their final Pool B match at Stade Chaban-Delmas in Bordeaux on Saturday 29 September with a KO 1400 BST.
With a quarter-final spot already , and a quarter-final match against either England or Tonga to be played a week later, Wallaby coach John Connolly has chosen […]

Canada team versus Japan

Canada head coach Ric Suggitt has announced his team to play Japan in the IRB Rugby World Cup Pool B match at Chaban Delmas Stadium, Bordeaux on Tuesday. Suggitt has selected a mobile team to try and combat the nippy Cherry Blossoms.
Canada Team V Japan
Backs: Mike Pyke, Dth van der Merwe, Craig Culpan, Dave Spicer, […]

Japan team versus Canada

Japan head coach John Kirwan has announced his team to play Canada in the IRB Rugby World Cup Pool B match at Stade Chaban-Delmas in Bordeaux on Tuesday. There are no particular surprises with the biggest change being Philip O’Reilly coming in at open side and moving Hare Makiri to six. Kirwin is also hoping […]

Morgan Willams skippers Canada against Fiji

Scrum-half Morgan Williams will skipper Canada in the must-win match against Fiji. Canada head coach Ric Suggitt has announced his team to play Fiji in the IRB 2007 Rugby World Cup Pool B match at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Sunday. He has made a couple of changes to the side with […]

Fiji team versus Canada

Fiji travel to Wales and the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff for the match against Canada on Sunday. Both sides will have targeted this game as a win and it should be a feisty affair. Fiji flanker Akapusi Qera will be hoping for another double this weekend after scoring two tries against Japan, but it is […]

Wales win with a late rally

Wales beat Canada 42-17. The score line did not do justice to the massive effort put in by the Canadian side.  Leading 12-9 at half time and by 2 tries to nil.  They extended their lead in the second half, to give Wales a real scare.  Then Jenkins bought on the big guns on 50 […]

No surprises in the Canada versus Wales selection

Ric Suggitt has announced his team to face Wales on Sunday with Scrum half Morgan Williams at captain. The match which is in pool B will be played at La Beaujoire, Nantes on Sunday.
Canada V Wales Team
Backs: Mike Pyke, Dth van der Merwe, Craig Culpan, Dave Spicer, James Pritchard, Ander Monro, Morgan Williams (c).
Forwards: Rod […]

Dwayne Peel to skipper Wales against Canada

Scrum-half Dwayne Peel will captain Wales for the first time in their World Cup opener with Canada on Sunday. Peel takes over from Gareth Thomas, who will start on the bench at Nantes alongside predecessor Stephen Jones.
Sonny Parker takes the problem number 12 jersey and Tom Shanklin the 13, with James Hook at fly-half. As […]

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