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

The Canada national rugby union team has played in every Rugby World Cup since the inaugural tournament in 1987. Their best performance was in 1991, when they beat Fiji and Romania, qualifying for the quarter-finals, where they lost to New Zealand.

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	8	1987	2015	8	Quarter finals, 1991

Summary of results by tournament

Year	Round	Position	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	Pts For	Against	Pts Diff
1987	Pool	9th	3	1	0	2	65	90	–25
1991	QF	7th	4	2	0	2	58	64	–6
1995	Pool	9th	3	1	0	2	45	50	–5
1999	Pool	9th	3	1	0	2	114	82	32
2003	Pool	15th	4	1	0	3	54	135	–81
2007	Pool	16th	4	0	1	3	51	120	–69
2011	Pool	12th	4	1	1	2	82	168	–86
2015	Pool	17th	4	0	0	4	58	131	–73
2019
Total	8/8	7th	29	7	2	20	527	840	-313

By match

1987 Rugby World Cup

Pool 2 games -

Team	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Wales	3	3	0	82	31	6
Ireland	3	2	1	84	41	4
Canada	3	1	2	65	90	2
Tonga	3	0	3	29	98	0

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

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

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

1991 Rugby World Cup

Pool D games -

Team	Won	Lost	For	Against	Points
France	3	0	82	25	9
Canada	2	1	45	33	7
Romania	1	2	31	64	5
Fiji	0	3	27	63	3

1991-10-05

Canada	13 – 3	Fiji
Tries: Stewart Pen: Rees (3)		Drop: Serevi

Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne
Referee: Kerry Fitzgerald

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

1991-10-13

France	19 – 13	Canada
Tries: Lafond, Saint-André Con: Camberabero Pen: Lacroix (2), Camberabero		Tries: Wyatt Pen: Wyatt, Rees Drop: Rees

Stade Armandie, Agen
Referee: Stephen Hilditch

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

19 October - Murrayfield, Edinburgh

Scotland

26 October - Murrayfield, Edinburgh

Western Samoa

Scotland

19 October - Parc des Princes, Paris

England

France

2 November - Twickenham, London

England

England

20 October - Stadium Lille-Metropole, Villeneuve d'Ascq

Australia

New Zealand

27 October - Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Canada

New Zealand

Third place

20 October - Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Australia

Scotland

Ireland

New Zealand

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

1995 Rugby World Cup

Pool A games -

Team	Won	Lost	For	Against	Points
South Africa	3	0	68	26	9
Australia	2	1	87	41	7
Canada	1	2	45	50	5
Romania	0	3	14	97	3

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

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

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	Lost	For	Against	Points
France	3	0	108	52	6
Fiji	2	1	124	68	4
Canada	1	2	114	82	2
Namibia	0	3	28	186	0

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

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

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

2003 Rugby World Cup

Group D games -

Team	Won	Lost	For123	Against	BP	Points
New Zealand	4	0	282	57	4	20
Wales	3	1	132	98	2	14
Italy	2	2	77	123	0	8
Canada	1	3	54	135	1	5
Tonga	0	4	46	178	1	1

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

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

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

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

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
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

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

2003-10-21

Canada	23 – 23	Japan
Tries: van der Merwe 6' Mackenzie 44' Monro 75' 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

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

2015 Rugby World Cup

Pool D Games

Team	Pld	W	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
Ireland	4	4	0	16	134	35	+99	2	18
France	4	3	1	12	120	63	+57	2	14
Italy	4	2	2	7	74	88	–14	2	10
Romania	4	1	3	7	60	129	–69	0	4
Canada	4	0	4	7	58	131	–73	2	2

19 September 2015
14:30

Ireland	50–7	Canada
Try: O'Brien 18' c Henderson 25' c Sexton 28' m D. Kearney 35' c Cronin 66' c R. Kearney 73' c Payne 76' c Con: Sexton (3/4) 19',26', 37' Madigan (3/3) 67', 74', 77' Pen: Sexton (1/1) 14'	Report	Try: Van der Merwe 68' c Con: Hirayama (1/1) 69' Pen: McRorie (0/1)

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 68,523
Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)

26 September 2015
14:30

Italy	23–18	Canada
Try: Rizzo 17' c Garcia 58' c Con: Allan (2/2) 18', 59' Pen: Allan (3/3) 25', 40', 80' Canna (0/1)	Report	Try: Van der Merwe 15' c Evans 44' m Con: Hirayama (1/2) 16' Pen: Hirayama (2/3) 14', 72'

Elland Road, Leeds
Attendance: 33,120
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)

1 October 2015
20:00

France	41–18	Canada
Try: Fofana 4' c Guirado 28' c Slimani 38' c Papé 67' c Grosso 74' c Con: Michalak (4/4) 5', 30', 39', 67' Parra (1/1) 76' Pen: Michalak (2/2) 14', 59'	Report	Try: Van der Merwe 31' c Carpenter 34' m Con: Hirayama (1/2) 32' Pen: Hirayama (2/2) 42', 56'

Stadium mk, Milton Keynes
Attendance: 28,145
Referee: JP Doyle (England)

6 October 2015
16:45

Canada	15–17	Romania
Try: Van der Merwe 33' m Hassler 44' c Con: McRorie (0/1) Hirayama (1/1) 45' Pen: McRorie (1/4) 11' Hirayama (0/1) 57'	Report	Try: Macovei (2) 53' c, 74' c Con: Vlaicu (2/2) 54', 75' Pen: Vlaicu (1/2) 78'

Leicester City Stadium, Leicester
Attendance: 27,156
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

World Cup Records

Overall record

CANADA vs	Played	Win	Draw	Lost	Win %
Ireland	2	0	0	2	0%
Wales	3	0	0	3	0%
Tonga	3	3	0	0	100%
Fiji	3	1	0	2	34%
France	4	0	0	4	0%
Romania	3	2	0	1	67%
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	2	0	0	2	0%
Japan	2	0	2	0	0%
Overall	29	7	2	24	29%

Team Records

Most Points in a Game

72 vs Namibia (1999)
37 vs Tonga (1987)
34 vs Romania (1995)
25 vs Tonga (2011)
23 vs Japan (2011)

Biggest Winning Margin

61 vs Namibia (1999)
33 vs Tonga (1987)
31 vs Romania (1995)
17 vs Tonga (2003)

Highest Score Against

79 vs New Zealand (2011)
68 vs New Zealand (2003)
50 vs Ireland (2015)
46 vs Ireland (1987)
42 vs Wales (2007)

Biggest Losing Margin

64 vs New Zealand (2011)
62 vs New Zealand (2003)
43 vs Ireland (2015)
31 vs Wales (1987)
31 vs Australia (2007)
31 vs Wales (2003)

Most Tries in a Game

9 vs Namibia (1999)
7 vs Tonga (1987)
3 vs Romania (1995)
3 vs Tonga (2011)

Individual Records

Most World Cup Matches

Most Points Overall

120 Gareth Rees
45 James Pritchard

Most Points in a Game

27 vs Namibia - Gareth Rees 1999
19 vs Romania - Gareth Rees 1995
14 vs Fiji - Gareth Rees 1999
10 vs Tonga - James Pritchard 2011

Most Tries Overall

4 - Al Charron 2003

Most Tries in a Game

2 vs Tonga - Pat Palmer 1987
2 vs Tonga - Paul Vaesen 1987
2 vs Namibia - Winston Stanley 1999
2 vs Namibia - Rod Snow 1999
2 vs Namibia - Kyle Nichols 1999
2 vs New Zealand - Conor Trainor 2011

Most Penalty Goals Overall

Most Penalty Goals in a Game

4 vs Tonga - Gareth Rees 2003
4 vs Romania - Gareth Rees 1995
4 vs Fiji - Gareth Rees 1999

Most Drop Goals in a Game

2 vs France - Ander Monro 2011
1 vs Ireland - Gareth Rees 1987
1 vs Wales - Bobby Ross 2003
1 vs Fiji - Gareth Rees 1999
1 vs Romania - Gareth Rees 1995
1 vs France - Gareth Rees 1991
1 vs Romania - Gareth Rees 1991

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

Davies, Gerald (2004) The History of the Rugby World Cup (Sanctuary Publishing Ltd, (ISBN 1860746020)
Farr-Jones, Nick, (2003). Story of the Rugby World Cup, Australian Post Corporation, (ISBN 0-642-36811-2)

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Rugby union in Canada

Governing body

Rugby Canada

Provincial unions

National teams

Men's	Canada 7's A U-20

Women's	Canada 7's

Competitions

International

Domestic

Hosted events

Defunct

International	Churchill Cup North America 4 Pacific Rim Championship

Domestic	Rugby Canada Super League Rugby Canada National Junior Championship

National team appearances in the Rugby World Cup by tier

Tier 1 teams	Argentina Australia England France Ireland Italy New Zealand Scotland South Africa Wales

Tier 2 teams	Canada Fiji Georgia Japan Namibia Portugal Romania Russia Samoa Spain Tonga United States Uruguay

Tier 3 teams	Ivory Coast Zimbabwe

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