Canada at the Rugby World Cup

Map of nations best results, excluding nations which unsuccessfully participated in qualifying tournaments.
Canada take on Wales during the 2007 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 7198720117Quarter finals, 1991

By position

By match

1987 Rugby World Cup

Pool 2 games -

Team P W D L PF PA Pts
 Wales 330082316
 Ireland 320184414
 Canada 310265902
 Tonga 300329980
1987-05-24
Canada  37 – 4  Tonga
Tries: Palmer (2)
Vaesen (2)
Stuart
Frame
Penalty try
Con: Wyatt (2)
Gareth Rees
Pen: Rees		 Report Try: Valu
McLean Park, Napier
Referee: Clive Norling Wales
1987-05-30
Canada  19 – 46 Ireland
Try: Cardinal
Pen: Rees (3)
Wyatt
Drop: Rees		 Tries: Crossan (2)
Bradley
Spillane
Ringland
MacNeill
Con: Kiernan (5)
Pen: Kiernan (2)
Drop: Ward
Kiernan
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Referee: Fred Howard England
1987-06-03
Canada  9 – 40  Wales
Pen: Rees (3) Tries: Evans (4)
Devereux
Bowen
Hadley
Phillips
Con: Thorburn (4)
Rugby Park, Invercargill
Referee: David Bishop New Zealand

1991 Rugby World Cup

Pool D games -

Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points
 France 30082259
 Canada 20145337
 Romania 10231645
 Fiji 00327633
1991-10-05
Canada  13 – 3  Fiji
Tries: Stewart
Pen: Rees (3)		 Drop: Serevi
Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne
Referee: Kerry Fitzgerald Australia
1991-10-09
Canada  19 – 11  Romania
Tries: McKinnon, Ennis
Con: Mark Wyatt
Pen: Wyatt (2)
Drop: Rees		 Tries: Lungu, Sasu
Pen: Nichitean
Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse
Referee: Sandy MacNeill Australia
1991-10-13
France  19 – 13  Canada
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
Tries: Tynan, Charron
Con: Rees
Pen: Wyatt		 Tries: Timu (2), McCahill, Brooke, Kirwan
Con: Fox (3)
Pen: Fox
Stadium Lille-Metropole, Villeneuve d'Ascq
Referee: Fred Howard England

1995 Rugby World Cup

Pool A games -

Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points
 South Africa 30068269
 Australia 20187417
 Canada 10245505
 Romania 00314973
1995-05-26
Canada  34 – 3  Romania
Tries: Al Charron, Colin McKenzie, Rod Snow
Con: Gareth Rees (2)
Pen: Gareth Rees (4)		 Pen: Neculai Nichitean
Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Attendance: 18 000
Referee: Colin Hawke New Zealand
1995-05-31
Australia  27 – 11  Canada
Tries: Michael Lynagh, Tabua Tamanivalu, Joe Roff
Con: Michael Lynagh (3)
Pen: Michael Lynagh (2)		 Tries: Al Charron
Pen: Gareth Rees (2)
Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Attendance: 15 000
Referee: Patrick Robin France
1995-06-03
South Africa  20 – 0  Canada
Tries: Adriaan Richter (2)
Con: Joel Stransky (2)
Pen: Joel Stransky (2)
Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
Attendance: 31 000
Referee: David McHugh (Ireland)

1999 Rugby World Cup

Pool 3 games -

Team Won Drawn Lost For Against Points
 France 300108526
 Fiji 201124684
 Canada 102114822
 Namibia 003281860
1999-10-02
France  33 – 20  Canada
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
Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers
Referee: Brian Campsall England
1999-10-09
Fiji  38 – 22  Canada
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
Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Referee: Ed Morrison England
1999-10-14
Canada  72 – 11  Namibia
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)
Stade de Toulouse
Referee: Andrew Cole Australia

2003 Rugby World Cup

Group D games -

Team Won Drawn Lost For123 Against BP Points
 New Zealand 40028257420
 Wales 30113298214
 Italy 2027712308
 Canada 1035413515
 Tonga 0044617811
2003-10-12
Wales  41 – 10  Canada
Tries: Parker, Cooper, M. Jones, Charvis, Thomas
Con: Harris (5)
Pen: Harris (2)		 Tries: Tkachuk
Con: Pritchard
Drop: Ross
Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Attendance: 24,874
Referee: Chris White England
2003-10-17
New Zealand  68 – 6  Canada
Tries: Ralph (2), So'oialo (2), Muliaina (4), Meeuws, Nonu
Con: Carter (9)		 Pen: Barker (2)
Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Attendance: 38,899
Referee: Tony Spreadbury England
2003-10-21
Italy  19 – 14  Canada
Tries: Parisse
Con: Wakarua
Pen: Wakarua (4)		 Tries: Fyffe
Pen: Barker (3)
Canberra Stadium
Attendance: 20,515
Referee: Paddy O'Brien New Zealand
2003-10-29
Canada  24 – 7  Tonga
Tries: Fauth, Abrams
Con: Pritchard
Pen: Ross (4)		 Tries: Kivalu
Con: Hola
WIN Stadium, Wollongong
Attendance: 15,630
Referee: Alain Rolland Republic of Ireland

2007 Rugby World Cup

Pool B games -

Team Pld W D L TF PF PA +/- BP Pts
 Australia 44003021541+174420
 Fiji 430114114136−22315
 Wales 420223168105+63412
 Japan 4013764210−14613
 Canada 4013651120−6902
 AUSCANFJIJPNWAL
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 40028257420
 France 20213298111
 Tonga 2027712309
 Canada 1125413516
 Japan 0134617812
2011-09-14 17:00
Tonga  20 – 25  Canada
Tries: Piutau (2) 40', 52'
Con: Morath (2) 41', 53'
Pen: Morath (2) 42', 64'		 Report Tries: Sinclair 13'
Carpenter 67'
Mackenzie 73'


Con: Pritchard (2)
Pen: Pritchard (2) 26', 45'

Northland Events Centre, Whangarei
Attendance: 24,874
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan South Africa
2011-09-18 20:30
France  46 – 19  Canada
Tries: Clerc (3) 4', 78', 80+'
Traille 64'


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

 Report Tries: Smith 7'
Con: Pritchard 7;
Pen: Pritchard (2) 2', 60'
McLean Park, Napier
Attendance: 38,899
Referee: Craig Joubert South Africa
2003-10-21
Canada  23 – 23  Japan
Tries: van der Merwe 6'
Mackenzie 74'
Con: Pritchard 7'
Pen: Monro (2) 63', 78'		 Report Tries: Horie 9'
Endo 39'
Con: Arlidge (2) 10', 40' Pen: Arlidge (3) 23', 65', 72'
Canberra Stadium
Attendance: 20,515
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan South Africa
2011-10-02
New Zealand  79 – 15  Canada
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'		 Report Tries: Trainor (2) 40', 42'
Con: Monro 42'
Pen: Monro 2'
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Attendance: 37,665
Referee: Romain Poite France

World Cup Records

Overall record

CANADA vs Played Win Draw Lost Win %
 Ireland 1 0 0 1 0%
 Wales 3 0 0 3 0%
 Tonga 3 3 0 0 100%
 Fiji 3 1 0 2 66%
 France 3 0 0 3 0%
 Romania 2 2 0 0 100%
 South Africa 1 0 0 1 0%
 Australia 2 0 0 2 0%
 Namibia 1 1 0 0 100%
 New Zealand 3 0 0 3 0%
 Italy 1 0 0 1 0%
 Japan 2 0 2 0 0%
Overall 25 7 2 16 29%

Team Records

Most Points in a Game
Biggest Winning Margin
Highest Score Against
Biggest Losing Margin
Most Tries in a Game

Individual Records

Most World Cup Matches
Most Points Overall
Most Points in a Game
Most Tries Overall
Most Tries in a Game
Most Penalty Goals Overall
Most Penalty Goals in a Game
Most Drop Goals in a Game

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