Canada at the Rugby World Cup

Canada have played in every Rugby World Cup since the inaugural tournament in 1987.

Canada has the strongest national rugby side in North America, and the second strongest in the Americas after Argentina.

Nation Number of appearances First appearance Most recent appearance Streak Best result
 Canada 6 1987 2007 6 Quarter finals, 1991

Contents

By position

By match

1987 Rugby World Cup

Pool 2 games -

Team P W D L PF PA Pts
 Wales 3 3 0 0 82 31 6
 Ireland 3 2 0 1 84 41 4
 Canada 3 1 0 2 65 90 2
 Tonga 3 0 0 3 29 98 0
1987-05-24
 Canada  37 – 4  Tonga McLean Park, Napier
Referee: Clive Norling
Tries: Palmer (2)
Vaesen (2)
Stuart
Frame
Penalty try
Con: Wyatt (2)
Gareth Rees
Pen: Rees		 Try: Valu
1987-05-30
 Canada  19 – 46 Ireland Carisbrook, Dunedin
Referee: Fred Howard
Try: Cardinal
Pen: Rees (3)
Wyatt
Drop: Rees		 Tries: Crossan (2)
Bradley
Spillane
Ringland
MacNeill
Con: Kiernan (5)
Pen: Kiernan (2)
Drop: Ward
Kiernan
1987-06-03
 Canada  9 – 40  Wales Rugby Park, Invercargill
Referee: David Bishop
Pen: Rees (3) Tries: Evans (4)
Devereux
Bowen
Hadley
Phillips
Con: Thorburn (4)

1991 Rugby World Cup

Pool D games -

Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points
 France 3 0 0 82 25 9
 Canada 2 0 1 45 33 7
 Romania 1 0 2 31 64 5
 Fiji 0 0 3 27 63 3
1991-10-05
 Canada  13 – 3  Fiji Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne
Referee: Kerry Fitzgerald
Tries: Stewart
Pen: Rees (3)		 Drop: Serevi
1991-10-09
 Canada  19 – 11  Romania Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse
Referee: Sandy MacNeill
Tries: McKinnon, Ennis
Con: Mark Wyatt
Pen: Wyatt (2)
Drop: Rees		 Tries: Lungu, Sasu
Pen: Nichitean
1991-10-13
 France  19 – 13  Canada Stade Armandie, Agen
Referee: Stephen Hilditch
Tries: Lafond, Saint-André
Con: Camberabero
Pen: Lacroix (2), Camberabero		 Tries: Wyatt
Pen: Wyatt, Rees
Drop: Rees
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
19 October - Murrayfield, Edinburgh        
  Scotland  28
26 October - Murrayfield, Edinburgh
  Western Samoa  6  
  Scotland  6
19 October - Parc des Princes, Paris
    England  9  
  France  10
2 November - Twickenham, London
  England  19  
  England  6
20 October - Stadium Lille-Metropole, Villeneuve d'Ascq
    Australia  12
  New Zealand  29
27 October - Lansdowne Road, Dublin
  Canada  13  
  New Zealand  6 Third place
20 October - Lansdowne Road, Dublin
    Australia  16  
  Australia  19   Scotland  6
 Ireland  18     New Zealand  13
30 October - Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
1991-10-20
 Canada  13 – 29  New Zealand Stadium Lille-Metropole, Villeneuve d'Ascq
Referee: Fred Howard
Tries: Tynan, Charron
Con: Rees
Pen: Wyatt		 Tries: Timu (2), McCahill, Brooke, Kirwan
Con: Fox (3)
Pen: Fox

1995 Rugby World Cup

Pool A games -

Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points
 South Africa 3 0 0 68 26 9
 Australia 2 0 1 87 41 7
 Canada 1 0 2 45 50 5
 Romania 0 0 3 14 97 3
1995-05-26
 Canada  34 – 3  Romania Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Attendance: 18 000
Referee: Colin Hawke
Tries: Al Charron, Colin McKenzie, Rod Snow
Con: Gareth Rees (2)
Pen: Gareth Rees (4)		 Pen: Neculai Nichitean
1995-05-31
 Australia  27 – 11  Canada Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Attendance: 15 000
Referee: Patrick Robin
Tries: Michael Lynagh, Tabua Tamanivalu, Joe Roff
Con: Michael Lynagh (3)
Pen: Michael Lynagh (2)		 Tries: Al Charron
Pen: Gareth Rees (2)
1995-06-03
 South Africa  20 – 0  Canada Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Attendance: 31 000
Referee: David McHugh (Ireland)
Tries: Adriaan Richter (2)
Con: Joel Stransky (2)
Pen: Joel Stransky (2)

1999 Rugby World Cup

Pool 3 games -

Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points
 France 3 0 0 108 52 6
 Fiji 2 0 1 124 68 4
 Canada 1 0 2 114 82 2
 Namibia 0 0 3 28 186 0
1999-10-02
 France  33 – 20  Canada Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers
Referee: Brian Campsall
Tries: Émile Ntamack, Stéphane Glas, Thomas Castaignède, Olivier Magne
Con: Richard Dourthe (2)
Pen: Richard Dourthe (3)		 Tries: Morgan Williams (2)
Con: Robert Ross, Gareth Rees
Pen: Robert Ross, Gareth Rees
1999-10-09
 Fiji  38 – 22  Canada Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Referee: Ed Morrison
Tries: Viliame Satala (2), Marika Vunibaka, Fero Lasagavibau
Con: Nicky Little (3)
Pen: Nicky Little (3)
Drop: Nicky Little		 Tries: Mike James
Con: Gareth Rees
Pen: Gareth Rees (4)
Drop: Gareth Rees
1999-10-14
 Canada  72 – 11  Namibia Stade de Toulouse
Referee: Andrew Cole
Tries: Winston Stanley (2), Rod Snow (2), Kyle Nichols (2), Al Charron, Robert Ross, Morgan Williams
Con: Gareth Rees (9)
Pen: Gareth Rees (3)		 Tries: Quinton Hough
Pen: Leandre Van Dyk (2)

2003 Rugby World Cup

Group D games -

Team Won Drawn Lost For123 Against BP Points
 New Zealand 4 0 0 282 57 4 20
 Wales 3 0 1 132 98 2 14
 Italy 2 0 2 77 123 0 8
 Canada 1 0 3 54 135 1 5
 Tonga 0 0 4 46 178 1 1
2003-10-12
 Wales  41 – 10  Canada Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Attendance: 24,874
Referee: Chris White
Tries: Parker, Cooper, M. Jones, Charvis, Thomas
Con: Harris (5)
Pen: Harris (2)		 Tries: Tkachuk
Con: Pritchard
Drop: Ross
2003-10-17
 New Zealand  68 – 6  Canada Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Attendance: 38,899
Referee: Tony Spreadbury
Tries: Ralph (2), So'oialo (2), Muliaina (4), Meeuws, Nonu
Con: Carter (9)		 Pen: Barker (2)
2003-10-21
 Italy  19 – 14  Canada Canberra Stadium
Attendance: 20,515
Referee: Paddy O'Brien
Tries: Parisse
Con: Wakarua
Pen: Wakarua (4)		 Tries: Fyffe
Pen: Barker (3)
2003-10-29
 Canada  24 – 7  Tonga WIN Stadium, Wollongong
Attendance: 15,630
Referee: Alain Rolland
Tries: Fauth, Abrams
Con: Pritchard
Pen: Ross (4)		 Tries: Kivalu
Con: Hola

2007 Rugby World Cup

Pool B games -

Main article: 2007 Rugby World Cup - Pool B
Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/- BP Pts
 Australia 4 4 0 0 30 215 41 +174 4 20
 Fiji 4 3 0 1 14 114 136 −22 3 15
 Wales 4 2 0 2 23 168 105 +63 4 12
 Japan 4 0 1 3 7 64 210 −146 1 3
 Canada 4 0 1 3 6 51 120 −69 0 2
  AUS CAN FJI JPN WAL
Australia – 37 – 6 55 – 12 91 – 3 32 – 20
Canada – – 16 – 29 12 – 12 17 – 42
Fiji – – – 35 – 31 38 – 34
Japan – – – – 18 – 72
Wales – – – – –

2011 Rugby World Cup

Pool A games

Team Won Drawn Lost For Against BP Points
 New Zealand 4 0 0 282 57 4 20
 France 2 0 2 132 98 1 11
 Tonga 2 0 2 77 123 0 9
 Canada 1 1 2 54 135 1 6
 Japan 0 1 3 46 178 1 2
2011-09-14

17:00

 Tonga  20 – 25  Canada Northland Events Centre, Whangarei
Attendance: 24,874
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan
Tries: Piutau (2) 40', 52'
Con: Morath (2) 41', 53'
Pen: Morath (2) 42', 64'		 Tries: Sinclair 13'
Carpenter 67'
Mackenzie 73'

Con: Pritchard (2)
Pen: Pritchard (2) 26', 45'
2011-09-18

20:30

 France  46 – 19  Canada McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 38,899
Referee: Craig Joubert
Tries: Clerc (3) 4', 78', 80+'
Traille 64'

Con: Parra (4) 5', 64', 80', 80+'
Pen: Parra (5) 16', 36', 38', 41', 47'

 Tries: Smith 7'
Con: Pritchard 7;
Pen: Pritchard (2) 2', 60'
2003-10-21
 Canada  23 – 23  Japan Canberra Stadium
Attendance: 20,515
Referee: Paddy O'Brien
Tries: Parisse
Con: Wakarua
Pen: Wakarua (4)		 Tries: Fyffe
Pen: Barker (3)
2011-10-02
 New Zealand  79 – 15  Canada Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 15,630
Referee: Romain Poite
Tries: Guildford (4) 7', 24', 35', 76',
Vito (2) 11', 80',
Dagg 20',
Muliaina 29',
Cowan 44',
Kaino (2) 51', 67',
Williams 59'
Con:Slade (4) 8', 30', 45', 52'
Weepu (4) 61', 68', 78', 80'
Pen: Slade (1/1) 15'		 Tries: Trainor (2) 40', 42'
Con: Hola
Pen: Monro 2'

Hosting

So far Canada has not hosted any World Cup games, and no World Cups have been held in the Americas. Canada however may join the United States in a joint bid to host the 2023 Rugby World Cup.[1]

References

  1. ^ United States contemplating bid for 2023 Rugby World Cup
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