A Kingston, Ontario, sabato sera si sono affrontate le due squadre che l’Italia affronterà nelle prossime due settimane- Hanno vinto i padroni di casa 28 a 25.
Canada 28
Tries: Evans, Hearn, Carpenter
Cons: Pritchard 2
PGs: Pritchard 3
U.S.A. 25
Tries: Hume, Paterson, Lavalla
Cons: Holder 2
PGs: Holder 2
Canada (Name – club team, home town)
1 Hubert Buydens – Prairie Wolf Pack (Saskatoon, SK)
2 Ryan Hamilton – British Columbia (West Vancouver, BC)
3 Andrew Tiedemann – Prairie Wolf Pack (St. Albert, AB)
4 Brett Beukeboom – Ontario Blues (Lindsay, ON)
5 Tyler Hotson – London Scottish RFC (Vancouver, BC)
6 Nanyak Dala – Prairie Wolf Pack (Saskatoon, SK)
7 Chauncey O’Toole – The Rock (Belleisle, NB)
8 Aaron Carpenter (C) – Plymouth Albion (Brantford, ON)
9 Sean White – Unattached (Victoria, BC)
10 Matt Evans – Cornish Pirates (Duncan, BC)
11 Ciaran Hearn – The Rock (Conception Bay South, NL)
12 Mike Scholz – Ontario Blues (Oakville, ON)
13 D.T.H. van der Merwe – Glasgow Warriors (Victoria, BC)
14 Sean Duke – British Columbia (Vancouver, BC)
15 James Pritchard – Bedford Blues (Parkes, Australia, NSW)
Reserves
16 Jason Marshall – Stade Aurillacois (North Vancouver, BC)
17 Tom Dolezel – Ontario Blues (London, ON)
18 Jebb Sinclair – London Irish / Stormers (Charters Settlement, NB)
19 Tyler Ardron – Ontario Blues (Lakefield ON)
20 Kyle Armstrong – Ontario Blues (Whitby, ON)
21 Phil Mackenzie – London Welsh RFC (Oakville, Ontario)
22 Jeff Hassler – Prairie Wolf Pack (Okotoks, AB)
Head Coach: Kieran Crowley
Assistant Coaches: Geraint John, Neil Barnes, Clive Griffiths
Strength and Conditioning: Matt Barr
Athletic Therapists: Carla Brash, Carrie Smith
Doctor: Dr. Joe Lemoine
Performance Analyst: Peter Huigenbois
Manager: Gareth Rees
Assistant Manager: Mark Winokur
U.S.A.
1 Mike MacDonald
2 Chris Biller
3 Eric Fry
4 Louis Stanfill
5 Brian Doyle
6 Scott Lavalla
7 Andrew Durutalo
8 Todd Clever (C)
9 Mike Petri
10 Will Holder
11 Luke Hume
12 Andrew Suniula
13 Paul Emerick
14 James Paterson
15 Chris Wyles
Reserves
16 Derek Asbun
17 Shawn Pittman
18 Tom Katzfey
19 Taylor Mokate
20 Shaun Davies
21 Roland Suniula
22 Colin Hawley
Coach Mike Tolkin
Manager Tristan Lewis
Referee: Marius Jonker, South Africa
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