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.

Canada

Nicknames	Canucks, Les Rouges
Emblem	Maple leaf
Union	Rugby Canada
Head coach	Mark Anscombe
Captain	Jamie Cudmore
Most caps	Aaron Carpenter (79)
Top scorer	James Pritchard (607)
Top try scorer	DTH van der Merwe (25)
First colours Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	23 (as of 6 July)
Highest	12 (2011)
Lowest	23 currently (2017)
First international
Japan 9–8 Canada (31 January 1932)
Biggest win
Barbados 3–71 Canada (24 June 2006)
Biggest defeat
England 70–0 Canada (13 November 2004)
World Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1987)
Best result	Quarter-finals, 1991
Website	www.rugbycanada.ca

The Canada national rugby union team is governed by Rugby Canada, and play in red and white. Canada is classified by World Rugby as a tier two rugby nation. There are ten tier one nations, and thirteen tier two nations. Canada competes in competitions such as the Pacific Nations Cup and the Rugby World Cup.

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 a dominant power of North American rugby and currently ranks fourth in the Americas after Argentina, the USA and Uruguay. The team has achieved 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 22nd in the IRB World Rankings.

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 37–4. 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 quarter-final 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 27 June 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 29 May 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 20–0 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 38–18. 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 three-team group also containing Barbados and the United States. Each played the other once. On 24 June 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 pool 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 2011 Rugby World Cup on September 14 against Tonga, winning 25–20. They followed this up with a 46–19 loss to France on September 18. The team had only a four-day turn-around after their first match, and 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 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.

2015 Rugby World Cup

Canada secured a spot in the 2015 Rugby World Cup on 23 August 2013, with a 13–11 win over the USA, 40–20 on aggregate.

They join Pool D with France, Ireland, Italy and Romania.

Canada finished the tournament with zero wins, last in Pool D.

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. 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	Pool Stage	4	0	0	4	58	131		2	2	0	0	40	20
Total	8/8	25	7	2	20	527	838		19	16	0	3	568	261

Overall

Men's World Rugby Rankings

Top 30 as of 23 September 2024

Rank	Change	Team	Points
1	1	Ireland	092.12
2	1	South Africa	091.77
3		New Zealand	088.70
4		France	086.96
5		England	085.40
6	1	Argentina	084.30
7	1	Scotland	082.82
8		Italy	079.98
9	1	Fiji	079.64
10	1	Australia	079.32
11		Wales	076.04
12		Georgia	074.10
13	1	Samoa	072.68
14	1	Japan	072.31
15		Portugal	070.61
16		Tonga	068.12
17		Uruguay	067.39
18		Spain	066.29
19		United States	065.70
20		Romania	062.62
21		Chile	061.39
22		Canada	060.81
23		Hong Kong	060.40
24		Russia	058.06
25		Namibia	057.87
26		Switzerland	057.44
27		Netherlands	057.29
28		Zimbabwe	056.03
29		Brazil	055.83
30		Belgium	055.11

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Source: World Rugby
Graph updated to 23 September 2024

Below is table of the representative rugby matches played by a Canada national XV at test level up until 18 July 2017.

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %	For	Aga	Diff
Argentina	9	3	6	0	33.33%	159	277	–118
Australia	6	0	6	0	0.00%	60	283	–223
Barbados	1	1	0	0	100.00%	69	3	+66
Barbarians	2	0	1	1	0.00%	7	32	–25
Belgium	1	1	0	0	100.00%	43	12	+31
Brazil	2	1	1	0	50.00%	75	49	+26
British and Irish Lions	1	0	1	0	0.00%	8	19	–11
Chile	4	4	0	0	100.00%	156	45	+111
England	6	0	6	0	0.00%	73	273	–200
England XV	6	1	5	0	16.67%	40	159	–119
England U23	2	0	2	0	0.00%	22	55	–33
England Saxons	3	0	3	0	0.00%	41	132	–91
Fiji	10	3	7	0	30.00%	191	314	–123
France	9	1	8	0	11.11%	119	315	–196
France XV	1	0	1	0	0.00%	9	24	–15
France A	1	0	1	0	0.00%	15	34	–19
Georgia	6	3	3	0	50.00%	119	91	+28
Hong Kong	6	5	1	0	83.33%	182	99	+83
Ireland	8	0	7	1	0.00%	105	276	–328
Ireland XV	1	0	1	0	0.00%	21	24	–3
Italy	9	2	7	0	22.22%	128	246	–118
Japan	25	8	15	2	32.00%	581	612	–31
Namibia	2	2	0	0	100.00%	89	24	+65
New Zealand	5	0	5	0	0.00%	54	313	–259
New Zealand XV	1	0	1	0	0.00%	10	43	–33
Māori All Blacks	2	0	2	0	0.00%	36	95	–59
Portugal	4	4	0	0	100.00%	138	53	+85
Romania	8	2	6	0	25.00%	142	138	+4
Russia	4	4	0	0	100.00%	137	48	+89
Samoa	6	0	6	0	0%	103	169	–66
Scotland	4	1	3	0	25.00%	49	105	–56
Scotland XV	1	1	0	0	100.00%	24	19	+5
Scotland A	1	0	1	0	0.00%	10	15	–5
South Africa	2	0	2	0	0.00%	18	71	–53
Spain	1	1	0	0	100.00%	60	22	+38
Tonga	8	5	3	0	62.50%	193	155	+38
United States	58	38	18	2	65.52%	1362	971	+391
Uruguay	10	8	2	0	80.00%	293	142	+151
Wales	12	1	11	0	8.33%	207	460	–253
Wales XV	3	0	3	0	0.00%	37	138	–101
Wales U23	1	0	1	0	0.00%	0	8	–8
Total	252	100	146	6	39.68%	5185	6415	–1230

Wins against Tier 1 nations

The following is a list of Canada's wins against Tier 1 countries:

25 June 1983	Canada	19–13	Italy	Sports Complex, Burnaby Lake
	Try: Donaldson Pen: MacLean, Wyatt (4)	Report	Try: Ghizzoni Pen: Torresan (2) Drop: Torresan	Referee: I Nixon (Canada)

30 March 1990	Canada	15–6	Argentina	Sports Complex, Burnaby Lake
	Try: Palmer Con: Wyatt Pen: Wyatt (3)	Report	Pen: Vidou (2)	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Kerry Fitzgerald (Australia)

16 June 1990	Argentina	15–19	Canada	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires
	Try: Bundaer (2) Garzón Pen: Mesón	Report	Try: Stuart Pen: Rees (4) Drop: Rees	Referee: David Bishop (New Zealand)

25 May 1991	Canada	24–19	Scotland XV	Saint John, New Brunswick

29 May 1993	Canada	15–12	England XV	Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, BC

10 November 1993	Wales	24–26	Canada	Cardiff Arms Park
	Pen: N Jenkins (8)	Report	Try: Charron Stuart Con: Rees (2) Pen: Rees (4)	Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Owen Doyle (Ireland)

4 June 1994	Canada	18–16	France	Twin Elm Rugby Park, Nepean
	Pen: Rees (6)	Report	Try: Ntamack Con: Lacroix Pen: Lacroix (3)	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Ian Rogers (South Africa)

11 November 2000	Italy	17–22	Canada	Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo
	Try: M Dallan Pen: Mazzariol (3) Pez	Report	Try: Wirachowski Con: Barker Pen: Barker (4) Drop: Barker	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Didier Mene (France)

15 June 2002	Canada	26–23	Scotland	Vancouver, BC

2 July 2005	Canada	22–15	Argentina	Kingsland, Calgary
	Try: Smith Con: Daypuck Pen: Daypuck (5)	Report	Try: Tiesi (2) Con: Fernández Miranda Pen: Fernández Miranda	Attendance: 2,173 Referee: Rob Dickson (Scotland)

Players

Current squad

On 3 June, Mark Anscombe named an extended squad of 33 players ahead of Canada's June tests against Georgia (10 June), Romania (17 June) and their 2019 Rugby World Cup play-offs against the United States (24 June & 1 July).

Anthony Luca was called up on the 6 June as injury cover for the front row.

Head Coach: Mark Anscombe

• Caps updated: 2 July 2017

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Ray Barkwill	Hooker	(1980-08-26) 26 August 1980	42	Ontario Blues
Eric Howard	Hooker	(1993-09-05) 5 September 1993	10	Ontario Blues
Benoît Piffero	Hooker	(1987-05-21) 21 May 1987	16	Atlantic Rock
Ryan Ackerman	Prop	(1985-08-09) 9 August 1985	1	BC Bears
Rob Brouwer	Prop	(1982-12-10) 10 December 1982	9	Ontario Blues
Hubert Buydens	Prop	(1982-01-04) 4 January 1982	43	Prairie Wolf Pack
Jake Ilnicki	Prop	(1992-02-24) 24 February 1992	21	Northampton Saints
Anthony Luca	Prop	(1985-02-26) 26 February 1985	4	BC Bears
Djustice Sears-Duru	Prop	(1994-05-24) 24 May 1994	30	Glasgow Warriors
Matt Tierney	Prop	(1996-07-04) 4 July 1996	10	Pau
Brett Beukeboom (c)	Lock	(1990-08-13) 13 August 1990	27	Cornish Pirates
Liam Chisholm	Lock	(1991-04-07) 7 April 1991	6	BC Bears
Conor Keys	Lock	(1996-07-09) 9 July 1996	4	Atlantic Rock
Evan Olmstead	Lock	(1991-02-21) 21 February 1991	16	Newcastle Falcons
Kyle Baillie	Flanker	(1988-07-04) 4 July 1988	11	London Scottish
Admir Cejvanovic	Flanker	(1990-06-26) 26 June 1990	10	BC Bears
Matt Heaton	Flanker	(1992-02-09) 9 February 1992	9	Darlington Mowden Park
Lucas Rumball	Flanker	(1995-08-02) 2 August 1995	12	Ontario Blues
Tyler Ardron	Number 8	(1991-06-16) 16 June 1991	25	Ospreys
Aaron Carpenter	Number 8	(1983-01-09) 9 January 1983	79	Doncaster Knights
Andrew Ferguson	Scrum-half	(1992-05-01) 1 May 1992	4	Ontario Blues
Phil Mack	Scrum-half	(1985-09-18) 18 September 1985	41	BC Bears
Gordon McRorie	Scrum-half	(1988-05-12) 12 May 1988	30	Prairie Wolf Pack
Gradyn Bowd	Fly-half	(1992-08-27) 27 August 1992	8	Prairie Wolf Pack
Shane O'Leary	Fly-half	(1993-12-03) 3 December 1993	4	Connacht
Nick Blevins	Centre	(1988-11-11) 11 November 1988	44	Prairie Wolf Pack
Connor Braid	Centre	(1990-05-31) 31 May 1990	25	BC Bears
Guiseppe du Toit	Centre	(1995-07-29) 29 July 1995	6	BC Bears
Ciaran Hearn	Centre	(1985-12-30) 30 December 1985	57	London Irish
Conor Trainor	Centre	(1989-12-05) 5 December 1989	29	Vannes
Sean Duke	Wing	(1988-05-07) 7 May 1988	14	BC Bears
Dan Moor	Wing	(1990-07-24) 24 July 1990	13	Ontario Blues
Taylor Paris	Wing	(1992-10-06) 6 October 1992	21	Castres Olympique
D. T. H. van der Merwe (c)	Wing	(1986-04-28) 28 April 1986	44	Scarlets
Andrew Coe	Fullback	(1996-04-08) 8 April 1996	4	Ontario Blues

Individual all-time records

Most caps

#	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Start	Sub	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop	Won	Lost	Draw	%
1.	Aaron Carpenter	Number 8, Hooker	2005–	79	60	19	85	17	0	0	0	28	47	3	37.34
2	Al Charron	Flanker	1990–2003	76	76	0	44	9	0	0	0	40	36	0	52.63
3.	Winston Stanley	Wing	1994–2003	66	64	2	123	24	0	0	1	27	38	1	41.66
4.	Scott Stewart	Fullback	1989–2001	64	62	2	84	5	9	14	0	29	34	1	46.09
5.	James Pritchard	Fullback	2003–2015	62	58	4	607	18	104	103	0	26	34	2	43.54
	Rod Snow	Prop	1995–2007	62	59	3	40	8	0	0	0	27	33	2	45.16
7.	Bobby Ross	Fly-half	1989–2003	58	40	18	419	7	51	84	10	30	28	0	51.72
8.	Ed Fairhurst	Scrum-half	2001–2012	57	35	22	46	4	4	6	0	22	34	1	39.47
9	Ciaran Hearn	Centre	2008-	57	48	9	35	6	1	1	0	20	36	1	35.96
10.	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

Last updated: USA vs Canada, 1 July 2017. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most tries

#	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Start	Sub	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop
1.	DTH van der Merwe	Wing, Centre	2006–	44	40	4	125	25	0	0	0
2.	Winston Stanley	Wing	1994–2003	66	64	2	123	24	0	0	1
3.	James Pritchard	Fullback	2003–2015	62	58	4	607	18	104	103	0
4.	Aaron Carpenter	Number 8, Hooker	2005–	78	60	18	85	17	0	0	0
5.	Taylor Paris	Wing	2010-	21	20	1	70	14	0	0	0
6.	Morgan Williams	Scrum-half	1999–2008	56	52	4	68	13	0	0	1
7.	Kyle Nichols	Centre	1996–2002	25	22	3	61	10	1	3	0
	Matt Evans	Fullback	2008–	36	30	6	50	10	0	0	0
9.	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
	Pat Palmer	Wing	1983–1992	17	17	0	36	9	0	0	0
	Ryan Smith	Centre	2003–2011	51	38	13	45	9	0	0	0
	Nick Blevins	Centre	2009–	43	32	11	45	9	0	0	0

Last updated: Canada vs USA, 24 June 2017. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most points

#	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Start	Sub	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop
1.	James Pritchard	Fullback	2003–2015	62	58	4	607	18	101	99	0
2.	Gareth Rees	Fly-half	1986–1999	55	54	1	491	7	51	110	9
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.	Gordon McRorie	Scrum-half	2014–	30	23	7	205	4	28	42	1
7.	DTH van der Merwe	Wing, Centre	2006–	44	40	4	125	25	0	0	0
8.	Winston Stanley	Wing	1994–2003	66	64	2	123	24	0	0	1
9.	John Graf	Scrum-half	1989–1999	54	51	3	89	9	7	7	1
10.	Aaron Carpenter	Number 8, Hooker	2005–	78	60	18	85	17	0	0	0

Last updated: USA vs Canada, 1 July 2017. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

• Note, Gareth Rees points total is in dispute, some sources claim 487 while others including World Rugby claim 491.

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
	James Pritchard	Fullback	27	2	4	3	0	Portugal	Lisbon	23/11/2013
5.	Bobby Ross	Fly-half	26	1	3	5	0	Japan	Vancouver	13/07/1996
	Gordon McRorie	Scrum-half	26	2	5	2	0	Russia	Calgary	18/06/2016
7.	Mark Wyatt	Fullback	24	0	0	8	0	Scotland XV	Saint John	25/05/1991
8.	Gareth Rees	Fly-half	23	0	1	7	0	Argentina	Buenos Aires	22/08/1998
	James Pritchard	Fullback	23	1	3	4	0	Tonga	Kingston	08/06/2013
10.	5 players on 22 points

Last updated: Russia vs Canada, 18 June 2016. 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	15	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
	Taylor Paris	Wing	15	3	0	0	0	Chile	Langford	11/02/2017
6	48 players on 2 tries

Last updated: Canada vs USA, 24 June 2017. 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
6.	Aaron Carpenter	Number 8	2012–2016	14	7	7	0	50.00	15	3	0	0	0
7.	Tyler Ardron	Number 8	2013–2015	11	0	11	0	00.00	5	1	0	0	0
	Mark Wyatt	Fullback	1990–1991	9	6	3	0	66.66	97	2	13	21	0
9.	Hans de Goede	Lock	1984–1987	8	4	4	0	50.00	0	0	0	0	0
	Mike Luke	Hooker	1974–1981	8	3	5	0	37.50	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: Canada vs Ireland, 12 November 2016. 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.	George Barton	Centre	19 years and 137 days	Chile	Langford	11/02/2017
5.	Dave Spicer	Fly-half	19 years and 166 days	England	Twickenham	13/11/2004
6.	Djustice Sears-Duru	Prop	19 years and 183 days	Portugal	Lisbon	23/11/2013
7.	Winston Stanley	Wing	19 years and 308 days	United States	Long Beach	21/05/1994
8.	Matt Beukeboom	Lock	19 years and 314 days	Chile	Langford	11/02/2017
9.	Matt Tierney	Prop	19 years and 350 days	Russia	Calgary	16/06/2016
10.	Bobby Ross	Centre	20 years and 4 days	Ireland	Victoria	02/09/1989

Last updated: Chile vs Canada, 11 February 2017. 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.	Jamie Cudmore	Lock	38 years and 80 days	Samoa	Grenoble	25/11/2016
5.	Rod Snow	Prop	37 years and 151 days	Australia	Bordeaux	29/09/2007
6.	Al Charron	Lock	37 years and 94 days	Tonga	Wollongong	29/10/2003
7.	Ray Barkwill	Hooker	36 years and 309 days	United States	San Diego	01/07/2017
8.	Gord MacKinnon	Flanker	36 years and 280 days	South Africa	Port Elizabeth	03/06/1995
9.	Julian Loveday	Wing	36 years and 99 days	Tonga	Nuku'alofa	03/07/1999
10.	James Pritchard	Wing	36 years and 77 days	Romania	Leicester	03/10/2015

Last updated: USA vs Canada, 01 July 2017. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Upcoming fixtures and recent results

Upcoming fixtures

Date	Tournament	Location	Venue	Opponent
November 4, 2017	Test match	Vancouver	TBA	TBA
November, 2017	Test match	TBA	TBA	Georgia
November, 2017	Test match	TBA	TBA	Tonga
November, 2017	Test match	TBA	TBA	Russia
January 27, 2018	Rugby World Cup qualification	Canada	TBA	Uruguay
February 3, 2018	Rugby World Cup qualification	Uruguay	TBA	Uruguay

Recent results

Date	Tournament	Location	Venue	Opponent	Result	Score
July 1, 2017	Rugby World Cup qualification	San Diego, California	Torero Stadium	United States	Loss	52-16
June 24, 2017	Rugby World Cup qualification	Hamilton	Tim Hortons Field	United States	Tie	28-28
June 17, 2017	Test match	Edmonton	Ellerslie Rugby Park	Romania	Loss	25-9
June 10, 2017	Test match	Calgary	Calgary Rugby Park	Georgia	Loss	13-0
March 3, 2017	Americas Rugby Championship	Pacaembu	Paulo Machado de Carvalho Stadium	Brazil	Loss	24-23
February 25, 2017	Americas Rugby Championship	Maldonado	Estadio Domingo Burgueño	Uruguay	Loss	13-17
February 18, 2017	Americas Rugby Championship	Burnaby	Swangard Stadium	USA	Loss	34-51
February 11, 2017	Americas Rugby Championship	Langford	Westhills Stadium	Chile	Win	36-15
February 4, 2017	Americas Rugby Championship	Langford	Westhills Stadium	Argentina XV	Loss	20-6
November 25, 2016	Test match	Grenoble, France	Stade des Alpes	Samoa	Loss	25-23

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 sevens team
• 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
• Canada qualify for 2015 RWC