RWC Canada

Wow world cup already !!
Well Canada will be playing in pool A
They will be  playing  Tonga in the 3rd round of the whole thing !!
and in the 5th round they will be playing france
and in the 8th round they are playing  Japan
and last but not least in the 10 th round round they are playing New Zealand!!


The Canadians, who have played at every Rugby World Cup to date, had moved ahead on aggregate by the 25th minute with James Pritchard, who had already kicked a penalty, crossing for the opening try after some good work by the impressive centre DTH van der Merwe.
Canada’s emphatic win at Ellerslie Rugby Park gives them an 47-30 aggregate victory to see them qualify for Rugby World Cup 2011 as Americas 1 to join hosts New Zealand, France, Tonga and the Asian qualifier in Pool A.

The hosts had gone into the second leg needing to overturn a six-point deficit after losing the first encounter 12-6 in Charleston last weekend, USA fly half Mike Hercus kicking four penalties in a tight affair at Blackbaud Stadium.
Canada has become the first nation to emerge through the global qualifying process and confirm its place at Rugby World Cup 2011, following a 41-18 victory over USA in the second leg of their play-off in Edmonton on Saturday.
Canada has become the first nation to emerge through the global qualifying process and confirm its place at Rugby World Cup 2011, following a 41-18 victory over USA in the second leg of their play-off in Edmonton on Saturday.
With Canada leading 10-0 after Pritchard added the conversion, things got worse for USA within a minute when centre Paul Emerick was sent off by referee Alan Lewis. The hosts made the most of their man advantage with Adam Kleeberger and Justin Mensah-Coker crossing for tries to make it 24-0 at half time.
The Eagles needed to score first if they were to have any hopes of salvaging an unlikely victory against a Canadian outfit playing an attacking brand of rugby. Hercus did just that with a 51st minute penalty, but that was cancelled out by a try from the hosts’ scrum half Ed Fairhurst.
Wing Kevin Swiryn crossed for the Eagles’ first try just before the hour mark, a score converted by Hercus and the fly half then kicked a penalty to cut the deficit to 31-13 on the day – 37-25 on aggregate – but there was to be no comeback with Canada crossing for a fifth try within minutes.
Van der Merwe had been exploiting the space created by Emerick’s sending off and creating opportunities for Canada and was finally rewarded for his impressive display when the centre crossed for his side’s sixth try of the afternoon in the 69th minute.
Canada increased their advantage when wing Matt Evans touched down, before USA captain Todd Clever scored a consolation try five minutes from time. It was the Canadians and a crowd of around 5,000 who were celebrating come the final whistle.
“It was a huge win at home against the USA and everything we do now is building to the next World Cup,” said Canada captain Pat Riordan. “We are back on the big stage and it is really exciting, it means we can plan autumn tours knowing we don’t have to go to Uruguay. The last World Cup we got close a couple of times and we have got two years to get ready.”
His counterpart Clever added: “We let them have a sniff and they took it. They fed off our mistakes and it’s very disappointing to lose like that. This feeling is fresh in our mind now and we have made a promise to ourselves that we will use this to fuel our preparations for Uruguay. We can either let this get us down or make us better, and we’ve all vowed to do the latter.”

The Canada national rugby union team represents Canada in international rugby union. They are governed by Rugby Canada, and play in red and black. Canada is classified by the International Rugby Board (IRB) as a tier two rugby nation. There are ten tier one nations, and seven tier two nations, the others being Fiji, Japan, Romania, Samoa, Tonga and the USA. Canada competes in competitions such as the Churchill Cup and the Rugby World Cup. The geographic size of Canada means that talent is scattered across the country making the job of coaches and selectors very difficult. The climate is also unfavourable for playing rugby union for much of the year in most parts of the country.
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 the dominant power of North American rugby and considered second only to Argentina in the Americas. Canada is currently ranked fourteenth in the IRB World Rankings after winning a home-and-away series of warm-up games against the US Eagles.


The Canada national rugby union team represents Canada in international rugby union. They are governed by Rugby Canada, and play in red and black. Canada is classified by the International Rugby Board (IRB) as a tier two rugby nation. There are ten tier one nations, and seven tier two nations, the others being Fiji, Japan, Romania, Samoa, Tonga and the USA. Canada competes in competitions such as the Churchill Cup and the Rugby World Cup. The geographic size of Canada means that talent is scattered across the country making the job of coaches and selectors very difficult. The climate is also unfavourable for playing rugby union for much of the year in most parts of the country.
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 the dominant power of North American rugby and considered second only to Argentina in the Americas. Canada is currently ranked fourteenth in the IRB World Rankings after winning a home-and-away series of warm-up games against the US Eagles.


In 1874 when 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.