Canada national rugby union team

This article is about the national men's team. For the national women's team, see Canada women's national rugby union team.

Not to be confused with Canada national rugby league team.

Canada

Union	Rugby Canada
Nickname(s)	Canucks / Maple leafs
Emblem(s)	the Maple leaf
Ground(s)	BMO Field
Coach(es)	Kieran Crowley
Captain(s)	Aaron Carpenter
Most caps	Al Charron (76)
Top scorer	Gareth Rees (487)
Most tries	Winston Stanley (24)
Team kit Change kit
First international
Japan 9 – 8 Canada (31 January 1932)
Largest win
Canada 71 – 3 Barbados (24 June 2006)
Largest defeat
England 70 – 0 Canada (13 November 2004)
World Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1987)
Best result	Quarter Finals, 1991

The Canada national rugby union team represents Canada in international rugby union. They are governed by Rugby Canada, and play in red and black. Canada is classified by the International Rugby Board (IRB) as a tier two rugby nation. There are ten tier one nations, and eight tier two nations, the others being Fiji, Georgia, Japan, Romania, Samoa, Tonga and the USA. Canada competes in competitions such as the Churchill Cup and the Rugby World Cup. The geographic size of Canada means that talent is scattered across the country making the job of coaches and selectors very difficult.^{[citation needed]} The climate is also unfavourable for playing rugby union for much of the year in most parts of the country except for British Columbia,^{[citation needed]} which has the most active participation in the sport^{[citation needed]} and comprises the bulk of the national teams players.^{[citation needed]}

Canada has been playing international rugby since the early 1930s, making their debut in 1932 against Japan. Canada have competed at every World Cup since the tournament was first staged in 1987, the only North American team to do so. Canada achieved their best result at the World Cup in 1991, where they reached the quarter-finals. Canada is the dominant power of North American rugby and considered second only to Argentina in the Americas. The team has most notably achieved underdog victories over traditionally stronger Six Nations teams such as France, Wales, Italy, and Scotland on at least one occasion in past years. Canada is currently ranked 14th in the IRB World Rankings.

In 2013, Canada will join the IRB Pacific Nations Cup playing the Pacific Islanders: Fiji and Tonga. However, they will not play Samoa as they will be playing in a South African Quadrangular Tournament as they have earned the highest-ranked Tier 2 nation in 2012. They will also play Japan and neighbouring Tier 2 team USA.

History

Early years

In 1874 the first North American international game took place in Cambridge, Massachusetts between McGill and Harvard universities. Later that same year a second game was played, but this time Harvard were the hosts, and the game was played with early "American Football" rules. Today, in carrying on the oldest annual sporting competition in North America, McGill University and Harvard University continue the tradition of competing for the Covo Cup, at alternating venues each November, using the original rules of rugby football. McGill University can therefore lay claim to being the oldest rugby club in Canada, but due to rugby's popularity among students and the McGill University Rugby Football Club's affiliation with the university, the claim as the oldest independent rugby club goes to the still active Westmount Rugby Football Club.

A Canadian Rugby Football Union was established in 1884, although this organisation went on to become the Canadian Football League, as rugby football in Canada evolved into Canadian football. In 1902–1903 the first Canadian team toured Britain. In 1909, Earl Grey, then Governor General of Canada, donated a trophy to the CRU to be awarded for the Rugby Football Championship of Canada. This trophy became known as the Grey Cup. However the rules used in Canada were vastly different from the rules used in countries that were part of the IRB. In the years that followed, the CRU would legalise forward passing and make other changes that would make Canadian football a totally different sport, similar to American football.

Post-World War I

During World War I and II rugby union was suspended but in the inter-war period there was something of a renaissance. In 1919 a Canadian Services team played overseas against representatives from England, New Zealand, South Africa and Australia. The formation of the Rugby Union of Canada took place in 1929 and this was followed by a tour of Japan by a Canadian representative side in 1932 to help foster trade between the two countries. About half the team were Canadian born (mostly British Columbia players) and the rest were originally from Britain. They lost 9–8 and 38–5 in the two test matches.

The original Canadian Rugby Union disbanded just before World War I. Canada's team to the United Kingdom in 1962 was dominated by British Columbia players. The Rugby Union of Canada was re-formed in 1965 as the Canadian Rugby Union. The 1966 British Lions played a non-cap match in Toronto on their way back from Australia and New Zealand, a match they won 19–8. Canada established themselves as the strongest team in North America, though they struggled to compete with the major test-playing nations in Europe and the Southern Hemisphere.

Modern era

Main article: Canada at the Rugby World Cup

Canadian rugby team

Canada were one of the 16 nations that were invited by the International Rugby Board (IRB) to compete at the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987, hosted by both Australia and New Zealand. Canada were grouped with Wales, Ireland and Tonga in Pool 2. In their first ever World Cup match they defeated Tonga 37 points to 4. However they lost their subsequent matches 46–19 to Ireland and 40–9 to Wales, and finished third in the pool (not advancing to the finals).

Canada had to qualify for the 1991 Rugby World Cup. Canada took part in the Americas tournaments, and finished first in the Americas qualifying standings. At the 1991 Rugby World Cup, Canada was placed into Pool D, alongside France, Romania and Fiji. Canada beat Fiji and Romania but lost their fixture against France 19–13 to finish second in the pool, advancing to the quarter-finals. They were then knocked out in the quarterfinals by the All Blacks, 29-13. The 1991 tournament stands as Canada's best ever finish in a Rugby World Cup.

Canada beat Wales 26–24 on November 10, 1993 at Cardiff Arms Park; and beat France 18–16 on June 4, 1994 at Twin Elms Rugby Park in Nepean, Ontario; and battled to a 27–27 draw against Ireland on June 27, 2000 at Markham, Ontario; and chalked up a 26–23 win against Scotland in Vancouver, British Columbia on June 15, 2002. The win over Scotland was the start of a streak of seven victories before losing to Wales (in Cardiff.)

Canada has never beaten England in six games, but has played their national XV, B team, and Under 23 teams eleven times (for which Canada awarded its players international caps.) The most notable result was a 15–12 victory over a strong England XV on May 29, 1993 at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby. Unfortunately for the Canadians, on the eve of the match England's management chose not to award international caps (due to fact that some players were touring with the British and Irish Lions in New Zealand at the time.) Additionally, before defeating Scotland proper in 2002, Canada beat Scotland XV 24–19 on May 25, 1991 at Saint John, New Brunswick.

As they were quarter finalists in 1991, they automatically qualified for the 1995 Rugby World Cup. They were in Pool A with the hosts South Africa, defending champions Australia, and Romania. Canada finished third in the pool, winning their match against Romania but losing 27–11 to Australia and 20-nil to the Springboks. Canada won the now defunct Pacific Rim tournament three years in succession in 1996, 1997 and 1998.

Canada finished second in Round 4 of the Americas 1999 Rugby World Cup qualifying, losing only to Argentina, and qualify for the World Cup. Canada finished third in their pool (with France, Fiji and Namibia), winning their match against Namibia but losing their other two fixtures. The victory against Namibia was uncharacteristic for Canada, as they ran the score up to 72–11, one of their most lopsided victories, as there was a very slight statistical chance that they could have advanced on points scored. This trashing was the one bright light in an otherwise gloomy and disappointing 1999 World Cup performance.

Like all second- and third-tier nations, the Canadians have had problems having these players available for important games. As a consequence Canada has slipped out of the top 10 rugby union nations, but has nevertheless provided top class players such as Dan Baugh, Rod Snow, Mike James, Colin Yukes, Dave Lougheed and Jamie Cudmore to teams in England, Wales and France. The Canadians qualified for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia.

Canada qualified as Americas 1, finishing at the top of Round 4 Americas tournaments, winning five of their six fixtures to enter the 2003 World Cup in Australia, their fifth world cup in a row. Canada's sole win was a 24–7 result against Tonga as they lost their games against Italy, Wales and the All Blacks.

Since 2003 Canada has played host to the Churchill Cup, making the final in 2010 but losing to the England Saxons 38 to 18. In 2004 and 2005 they replaced China in the Super Powers Cup. For the 2004 Superpowers Cup, Canada was substituted for China. In 2005 the competition was renamed the Super Cup. Canada beat Japan 15–10 in the final.

In 2006 Canada completed the qualification process for the 2007 Rugby World Cup. They were in a 3-team group also containing Barbados and the United States. Each played the other once. On June 24, 2006, Canada defeated Barbados 71–3, in Bridgetown, their largest ever win. Canada achieved a record win over the USA in the match in Newfoundland on August 12, 2006, defeating the USA 56–7 in front of a capacity crowd, when player James Pritchard scored a national record 36 points with three tries, six conversions and three penalties in the match, beating the record of 29 he had set against Barbados in their previous match. The win assured Canada of a place in the 2007 World Cup as Americas 2 in Pool B. Also that year, a Canadian team won the NA4 and the national team beat the US earlier in the Churchill Cup.

2007 World Cup

Further information: 2007 Rugby World Cup

Canadian team after a group stage match during the 2007 World Cup

Canada take on Wales during the 2007 World Cup

Canadian fans at the 2007 World Cup

Going into the World Cup Canada were ranked as severe outsiders, and given odds of 5000/1 to win the tournament. Pool B also contained Australia, Fiji, Japan and Wales. In their opening match in Nantes on 9 September the Canadians lost 42–17 to Wales. They followed this with a 29–16 loss to Fiji, whom they had needed to beat to have realistic hopes of progressing to the Quarter Finals. They drew 12–12 with Japan in Bordeaux, conceding an injury-time try by Koji Taira. In their final game they lost 37–6 to an Australian side consisting mostly of second-string players. It meant they finished bottom of Pool B, and returned home from a World Cup without winning a single game for the first time ever.

The Kieran Crowley Era

Following the 2007 Rugby World Cup a new epoch in Canadian rugby began with the installation of Kieran Crowley as head coach of the men's national team. By April 2008 the former New Zealand All Black took over coaching duties with aspirations to positively shape the Canadian rugby psyche and improve upon recent results.

In Autumn 2008 the Canadians toured Europe, beating Portugal in their opening match, but suffering heavy defeats in their subsequent games in Ireland, Wales and Scotland. In 2009 the Canadians will host a tour by the Welsh and Irish.

Canada beat the United States in a two-legged playoff game in July 2009 to qualify for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand and enter the tournament as Americas 1. Canada began its Rugby World Cup preparations well, by finishing runner-up in the 2011 Churchill Cup for the second year in a row, losing 37–6 in the final to the England Saxons (England's second-string side).

This good form carried on in a two-legged home and away series of warm-up matches against the USA Eagles. In the home leg on August 6 at the BMO Stadium, Canada secured a 28–22 victory in front a record 10,621 fans. In the away leg played on August 13 at Colorado, Canada won 27–7. Their warm-up schedule continued with a match against the Australian Barbarians on August 26, featuring several of Australia's World Cup squad, including Berrick Barnes, Drew Mitchell and Rob Horne. Despite a strong performance, particularly by the Canadian pack, the Barbarians claimed a comfortable 38–14 victory. The Canadians played their final warm-up game on August 30, beating a representative Queensland Reds side 33–14.

2011 Rugby World Cup

The Canadians began their Rugby World Cup campaign on September 14 against Tonga, winning 25–20. They followed this up with a 46-19 loss to France on September 18th. The Canadian side played had only a 4 day turn-around after their first match (compared to their opponents who had twice as long), but let the game slip out of their reach within the final 20 minutes. They produced a repeat result of 2007, by playing to a 23-23 draw against Japan. Their Rugby World Cup campaign concluded with a 79-15 loss against the All Blacks. Canada finished fourth in their pool, narrowly missing out on automatic qualification for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Stadium

The national team currently does not have a permanent home stadium and as such play their matches at various locations across Canada. BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario has been proposed as the national team's home stadium, even though it cannot provide a suitable rugby climate year-round. However, rumours have the national team playing out of the proposed Whitecaps Waterfront Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia if it is constructed.^{[citation needed]} This would place the national rugby stadium in the country's main rugby stronghold of British Columbia, and in a city whose winter climate is considerably milder than that of most of the rest of Canada.

In August 2011 it was announced that the national team would have a permanent training centre located in Langford, British Columbia.

Record

World Cup

Main article: Canada at the Rugby World Cup

World Cup record									World Cup Qualification record
Year	Round	P	W	D	L	F	A		P	W	D	L	F	A
1987	Pool Stage	3	1	0	2	65	90		Automatically qualified
1991	Quarter Final	4	2	0	2	58	62		4	3	0	1	67	38
1995	Pool Stage	3	1	0	2	45	50		Automatically qualified
1999	Pool Stage	3	1	0	2	114	82		3	2	0	1	97	83
2003	Pool Stage	4	1	0	3	54	135		6	5	0	1	192	80
2007	Pool Stage	4	0	1	3	51	120		2	2	0	0	125	10
2011	Pool Stage	4	1	1	2	82	168		2	2	0	0	47	30
2015	To be determined								-	-	-	-	-	-
2019									To be determined
Total	7/7	25	7	2	16	469	707		17	14	0	3	528	241

Overall

IRB World Rankings
Top 25 Rankings as of 15 April 2013
Rank	Change*	Team	Points
1		New Zealand	90.08
2		South Africa	86.94
3		Australia	86.87
4		England	83.72
5		Wales	83.36
6		France	81.59
7		Samoa	78.71
8		Argentina	78.71
9		Ireland	78.05
10		Scotland	76.86
11		Tonga	76.10
12		Italy	76.06
13		Fiji	71.52
14		Canada	71.41
15		Japan	70.09
16		United States	68.32
17		Georgia	67.66
18		Romania	65.82
19		Russia	62.34
20		Spain	60.44
21		Uruguay	59.37
22		Portugal	58.82
23		Namibia	58.45
24		Belgium	57.52
25	1	Chile	57.02
*Change from the previous week
Canada's Historical Rankings
Source: IRB - Graph updated to 15 April 2013

Updated to November 30, 2012.

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win percentage
Argentina	9	3	6	0	33.3%
Australia	6	0	6	0	0%
Barbados	1	1	0	0	100%
Barbarians*	2	0	1	1	0%
Belgium	1	1	0	0	100%
British and Irish Lions*	1	0	1	0	0%
Chile	2	2	0	0	100%
England	6	0	6	0	0%
England U23*	2	0	2	0	0%
England XV*	9	1	8	0	11.1%
Fiji	8	2	6	0	25%
France	8	1	7	0	12.5%
France XV*	2	0	2	0	0%
Georgia	3	2	1	0	66.7%
Hong Kong	6	5	1	0	83.3%
Ireland	5	0	4	1	0%
Ireland XV*	1	0	1	0	0%
Italy	7	2	5	0	28.5%
Japan	21	8	11	2	38.0%
Namibia	1	1	0	0	100%
New Zealand	5	0	5	0	0%
New Zealand XV*	1	0	1	0	0%
New Zealand Māori*	3	0	3	0	0%
Portugal	3	3	0	0	100%
Romania	3	2	1	0	66.7%
Russia	3	3	0	0	100%
Samoa	3	0	3	0	0%
Scotland	4	1	3	0	25%
Scotland XV*	1	1	0	0	100%
South Africa	2	0	2	0	0%
Spain	1	1	0	0	100%
Tonga	6	4	2	0	66.7%
United States	48	35	12	1	73.9%
Uruguay	8	7	1	0	87.5%
Wales	12	1	11	0	8.3%
Wales U23*	1	0	1	0	0%
Wales XV*	3	0	3	0	0%
Total	207	87	115	5	43.23%

*Note: Canada has awarded international caps for several games against national XV selections, B national teams, and Under 23 teams.

Players

Current squad

Canada's 44-man squad for their Summer 2013 games, including the 2013 Pacific Nations Cup, the June international against Ireland, and the two Rugby World Cup Qualifiers vs the United States.

Head Coach: Kieran Crowley
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by the International Rugby Board.

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Tyler Ardron Number 8 (1991-06-16) 16 June 1991 3 Ontario Blues Ray Barkwill Hooker (1980-08-26) 26 August 1980 0 Ontario Blues Brett Beukeboom Lock (1990-08-13) 13 August 1990 2 Plymouth Albion Nick Blevins Centre (1988-11-11) 11 November 1988 6 Prairie Wolf Pack Connor Braid Fly-half (1990-05-31) 31 May 1990 2 Doncaster Knights Hubert Buydens Prop (1982-01-04) 4 January 1982 12 Prairie Wolf Pack Aaron Carpenter (c) Number 8 (1983-01-09) 9 January 1983 45 Cornish Pirates Jamie Cudmore Flanker (1978-09-06) 6 September 1978 27 ASM Clermont Auvergne Nanyak Dala Flanker (1984-06-18) 18 June 1984 14 Prairie Wolf Pack Thyssen de Goede ?? (1988-06-24) 24 June 1988 0 Pacific Tyee Tom Dolezel Prop (1901-01-01) 1 January 1901 2 Ontario Blues Sean Duke Prop (1901-01-01) 1 January 1901 0 Pacific Tyee Matt Evans Fullback (1988-01-02) 2 January 1988 17 Cornish Pirates Aaron Flagg Lock (1901-01-01) 1 January 1901 0 Pacific Tyee Mike Fuailefau Centre (1901-01-01) 1 January 1901 0 Pacific Tyee Micha Gorvichen Centre (1901-01-01) 1 January 1901 0 Pacific Tyee Ryan Hamilton Hooker (1988-04-09) 9 April 1988 11 Pacific Tyee Jeff Hassler Wing (1991-08-21) 21 August 1991 2 Prairie Wolf Pack Ciaran Hearn Wing (1985-12-30) 30 December 1985 22 The Rock Tyler Hotson Lock (1985-05-30) 30 May 1985 27 London Scottish Nathan Hirayama Fullback (1988-03-23) 23 March 1988 9 Pacific Tyee Harry Jones Fly-half (1989-06-26) 26 June 1989 0 Pacific Tyee Adam Kleeberger Flanker (1984-03-02) 2 March 1984 35 Victoria Vikes Phil Mack Centre (1901-01-01) 1 January 1901 0 Pacific Tyee Jamie Mackenzie Scrum-half (1989-02-28) 28 February 1989 3 Ontario Blues Phil Mackenzie Centre (1987-02-25) 25 February 1987 16 Sale Sharks Jason Marshall Prop (1985-02-05) 5 February 1985 15 Aurillac John Moonlight Flanker (1987-07-02) 2 July 1987 1 Ontario Blues Chauncey O'Toole Flanker (1986-02-22) 22 February 1986 19 The Rock Pat Parfrey Flanker (1901-01-01) 1 January 1901 0 The Rock Taylor Paris Wing (1992-10-06) 6 October 1992 3 Glasgow Warriors Jon Phelan Lock (1986-01-20) 20 January 1986 5 The Rock Cameron Pierce Flanker (1901-01-01) 1 January 1901 0 Section Paloise Benoit Piffero Hooker (1901-01-01) 1 January 1901 0 The Rock James Pritchard (vc) Fullback (1979-07-21) 21 July 1979 45 Bedford Blues Jebb Sinclair Flanker (1986-04-08) 8 April 1986 24 London Irish Andrew Tiedemann Prop (1988-07-21) 21 July 1988 14 FC Auch Gers Conor Trainor Centre (1989-12-05) 5 December 1989 7 Pacific Tyee Liam Underwood Fullback (1989-12-05) 5 December 1989 0 Ontario Blues DTH van der Merwe Fullback (1986-04-28) 28 April 1986 24 Glasgow Warriors Sean White Scrum-half (1988-06-28) 28 June 1988 16 Pacific Tyee Eric Wilson Scrum-half (1983-04-27) 27 April 1983 1 Meraloma Rugby Jordan Wilson-Ross Wing (1901-01-01) 1 January 1901 0 Ontario Blues Doug Wooldridge Prop (1985-12-19) 19 December 1985 7 Ontario Blues

Notable former players

The following players have either made a large contribution to the national side through numerous selections, prominent play or have managed to maintain a career playing professionally at a high level. Many of these players have competed at multiple Rugby World Cups and/or have gone on to play professional rugby at its highest level in Europe or the Southern Hemisphere.

Dan Baugh Jared Barker Mark Cardinal Al Charron Glen Ennis Ed Fairhurst Norm Hadley Mike James

Dave Lougheed Gord MacKinnon Ander Monro Phil Murphy Mike Pyke Gareth Rees Bobby Ross Rod Snow

Winston Stanley Christian Stewart Karl Svoboda John Tait Jon Thiel Kevin Tkachuk Morgan Williams Nik Witkowski

Mark Wyatt Colin Yukes

Individual all-time records

Most caps

#	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Start	Sub	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop	Won	Lost	Draw	%
1.	Al Charron	Flanker	1990-2003	76	76	0	44	9	0	0	0	40	36	0	52.63
2.	Winston Stanley	Wing	1994-2003	66	64	2	123	24	0	0	1	27	38	1	41.66
3.	Scott Stewart	Fullback	1989-2001	64	62	2	84	5	9	14	0	29	34	1	46.09
4.	Rod Snow	Prop	1995-2007	62	59	3	40	8	0	0	0	27	33	2	45.16
5.	Bobby Ross	Fly-half	1989-2003	58	40	18	419	7	51	84	10	30	28	0	51.72
6.	Ed Fairhurst	Scrum-half	2001-2012	57	35	22	46	4	4	6	0	22	34	1	39.47
7.	Mike James	Lock	1994-2007	56	56	0	20	4	0	0	0	26	29	1	47.32
	Morgan Williams	Scrum-half	1999-2008	56	52	4	68	13	0	0	1	18	36	2	33.92
9.	Gareth Rees	Fly-half	1986-1999	55	54	1	487	6	51	110	9	31	24	0	56.36
	Kevin Tkachuk	Prop	2000-2010	55	39	16	25	5	0	0	0	18	37	0	32.72

Last updated: Canada vs Russia, 17 November 2012. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most tries

#	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Start	Sub	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop
1.	Winston Stanley	Wing	1994-2003	66	64	2	123	24	0	0	1
2.	James Pritchard	Fullback	2003-	47	46	1	462	13	83	77	0
	DTH van der Merwe	Centre	2006-	24	22	2	65	13	0	0	0
	Morgan Williams	Scrum-half	1999-2008	56	52	4	68	13	0	0	1
5.	Kyle Nichols	Centre	1996-2002	25	22	3	61	10	1	3	0
6.	Aaron Carpenter	Number 8	2005-	47	37	10	45	9	0	0	0
	Al Charron	Flanker	1990-2003	76	76	0	44	9	0	0	0
	John Graf	Scrum-half	1989-1999	54	51	3	89	9	7	9	1
	Ryan Smith	Centre	2003-2011	51	38	13	45	9	0	0	0
10.	4 players on 8 tries

Last updated: Canada vs Russia, 17 November 2012. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most points

#	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Start	Sub	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop
1.	Gareth Rees	Fly-half	1986-1999	55	54	1	487	6	51	110	9
2.	James Pritchard	Fullback	2003-	47	46	1	462	13	83	77	0
3.	Bobby Ross	Fly-half	1989-2003	58	40	18	419	7	51	84	10
4.	Mark Wyatt	Fullback	1982-1991	29	29	0	227	1	23	55	4
5.	Jared Barker	Fly-half	2000-2004	18	17	1	226	2	24	55	1
6.	Winston Stanley	Wing	1994-2003	66	64	2	123	24	0	0	1
7.	John Graf	Scrum-half	1989-1999	54	51	3	89	9	7	7	1
8.	Scott Stewart	Fullback	1989-2001	64	62	2	84	5	9	14	0
9.	Morgan Williams	Scrum-half	1999-2008	56	52	4	68	13	0	0	1
10.	2 players on 65 points

Last updated: Canada vs Russia, 17 November 2012. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most points in a match

Australian born James Pritchard is Canada's second highest try scorer and points scorer of all time, he also holds the record for most points in a match with 36 against the USA in 2006.

#	Player	Pos	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop	Opposition	Venue	Date
1.	James Pritchard	Wing	36	3	6	3	0	United States	St John's	12/08/2006
2.	James Pritchard	Wing	29	3	7	0	0	Barbados	Bridgetown	24/06/2006
3.	Gareth Rees	Fly-half	27	0	9	3	0	Namibia	Toulouse	14/10/1999
4.	Bobby Ross	Fly-half	26	1	3	5	0	Japan	Vancouver	13/07/1996
5.	Mark Wyatt	Fullback	24	0	0	8	0	Scotland XV	Saint John	25/05/1991
6.	Gareth Rees	Fly-half	23	0	1	7	0	Argentina	Buenos Aires	22/08/1998
7.	Bobby Ross	Fly-half	22	0	5	4	0	Hong Kong	Vancouver	06/07/1996
	Gareth Rees	Fly-half	22	2	3	2	0	Japan	Vancouver	14/06/1997
	Gareth Rees	Fly-half	22	0	2	6	0	United States	Burlington	06/06/1998
	Jared Barker	Fly-half	22	0	8	2	0	Japan	Markham	15/07/2000

Last updated: Canada vs Russia, 17 November 2012. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most tries in a match

#	Player	Pos	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop	Opposition	Venue	Date
1.	Kyle Nichols	Centre	20	4	0	0	0	Japan	Markham	15/07/2000
2.	Steve Gray	Centre	12	3	0	0	0	United States	Vancouver	10/05/1987
	James Pritchard	Wing	27	3	7	0	0	Barbados	Bridgetown	24/06/2006
	James Pritchard	Wing	36	3	6	3	0	United States	St John's	12/08/2006
5.	41 players on 2 tries

Last updated: Canada vs Russia, 17 November 2012. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most matches as captain

#	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Draw	%	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop
1.	Al Charron	Flanker	1996-2003	25	13	12	0	52.00	10	2	0	0	0
	Gareth Rees	Fly-half	1994-1999	25	10	15	0	40.00	285	4	38	60	3
3.	Pat Riordan	Hooker	2008-2011	23	12	10	1	54.34	15	3	0	0	0
4.	John Graf	Scrum-half	1995-1999	15	9	6	0	60.00	58	6	5	6	0
	Morgan Williams	Scrum-half	2005-2007	15	5	9	1	36.66	25	5	0	0	0

Last updated: Canada vs Russia, 17 November 2012. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Youngest players

#	Player	Pos	Age	Opposition	Venue	Date
1.	Taylor Paris	Wing	18 years and 31 days	Belgium	Brussels	06/11/2010
2.	Mark Schiefler	Centre	19 years and 46 days	United States	Saranac Lake	08/06/1980
3.	Gareth Rees	Fly-half	19 years and 131 days	United States	Tucson	08/11/1986
4.	Dave Spicer	(Fly-half)	19 years and 166 days	England	Twickenham	13/11/2004
5.	Winston Stanley	Wing	19 years and 308 days	United States	Long Beach	21/05/1994
6.	Bobby Ross	Centre	20 years and 4 days	Ireland	Victoria	02/09/1989
7.	DTH van der Merwe	(Fullback)	20 years and 57 days	Barbados	Bridgetown	24/06/2006
8.	Mike Pyke	Wing	20 years and 64 days	United States	Tokyo	27/05/2004
9.	Connor Braid	(Fullback)	20 years and 159 days	Belgium	Brussels	06/11/2010
10.	Nick Trenkel	(Centre)	20 years and 175 days	Australia	Bordeaux	29/09/2007

Last updated: Canada vs Russia, 17 November 2012. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Oldest players

#	Player	Pos	Age	Opposition	Venue	Date
1.	Kevin Wirachowski	(Prop)	40 years and 243 days	New Zealand Māori	Toronto	02/08/2003
2.	Ro Hindson	Lock	38 years and 311 days	Argentina	Burnaby Lake	30/03/1990
3.	Mark Cardinal	Hooker	38 years and 162 days	Namibia	Toulouse	14/10/1999
4.	Rod Snow	Prop	37 years and 151 days	Australia	Bordeaux	29/09/2007
5.	Al Charron	Lock	37 years and 94 days	Tonga	Wollongong	29/10/2003
6.	Gord MacKinnon	Flanker	36 years and 280 days	South Africa	Port Elizabeth	03/06/1995
7.	Julian Loveday	(Wing)	36 years and 99 days	Tonga	Nuku'alofa	03/07/1999
8.	Mike Luke	Hooker	35 years and 245 days	United States	Albany	12/06/1982
9.	Dave Lougheed	Wing	35 years and 193 days	Italy	Canberra	21/10/2003
10.	Tom Woods	Centre	34 years and 201 days	Japan	Tokyo	18/05/1997

Last updated: Canada vs Russia, 17 November 2012. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Upcoming Fixtures + Recent Results

Upcoming fixtures

Date	Tournament	Location	Venue	Home Team	Score	Away Team
May 25, 2013	Pacific Nations Cup	Edmonton, Canada	Ellerslie Rugby Park	Canada		United States
June 5, 2013	Pacific Nations Cup	Ottawa, Canada	Twin Elm Rugby Park	Canada		Fiji
June 8, 2013	Pacific Nations Cup	Kingston, Canada	Richardson Stadium	Canada		Tonga
June 15, 2013	Test match	Toronto, Canada	BMO Field	Canada		Ireland
June 19, 2013	Pacific Nations Cup	Nagoya, Japan	Mizuho Rugby Ground	Japan		Canada
August 17, 2013	2015 Rugby World Cup Qualifier	Charleston, USA	Blackbaud Stadium	United States		Canada
August 24, 2013	2015 Rugby World Cup Qualifier	Toronto, Canada	BMO Field	Canada		United States

Recent results

Date	Tournament	Location	Venue	Home Team	Score	Away Team
November 23, 2012	Exhibition	Oxford, England	Oxford University Sports Centre	Canada	19-32	Māori All Blacks
November 17, 2012	International Rugby Series	Colwyn Bay, Wales	Eirias Park	Canada	35-3	Russia
November 9, 2012	International Rugby Series	Colwyn Bay, Wales	Eirias Park	Canada	12-42	Samoa
June 23, 2012	Summer Test Series	Burnaby, Canada	Swangard Stadium	Canada	31–12	Georgia
June 15, 2012	Summer Test Series	Toronto, Canada	BMO Field	Canada	16–25	Italy
June 9, 2012	Summer Test Series	Kingston, Canada	Richardson Stadium	Canada	28–25	United States
October 2, 2011	Rugby World Cup	Wellington, New Zealand	Westpac Stadium	New Zealand	79–15	Canada
September 27, 2011	Rugby World Cup	Napier, New Zealand	McLean Park	Canada	23–23	Japan
September 18, 2011	Rugby World Cup	Napier, New Zealand	McLean Park	France	46–19	Canada
September 14, 2011	Rugby World Cup	Whangarei, New Zealand	Okara Park	Tonga	20–25	Canada

- Green background indicates a win. Red background indicates a loss. Yellow background indicates a draw.

See also

• List of Canada national rugby union team test matches
• Rugby union in Canada
• Rugby Canada
• Canadian Rugby Championship
• Canada national rugby union team (sevens)
• Canadian football

External links

• Rugby Canada's Home Page
• Canadian rugby union news from Planet Rugby
• Canadian rugby world cup news from theRugbyWorldCup.co.uk
• World Cup Preview