As always we start the New Year looking back over the past twelve months and handing out our verdict on the top ten teams, as well as Canada, USA and Georgia, and what they got out of the year on a score out of ten. We start off in the Americas looking at our ownContinue reading “The Lineout’s Annual Report Cards for 2017 – Part 2 – Canada”
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The Lineout’s Annual Report Card Series starts off with a quick look at Canada before we get into the top ten.
As the Christmas festivities wind down, we finally get some time to put pen to paper once more and put our heads together for our annual set of report cards for the top ten nations who compete in the two major annual Test competitions – the Rugby Championship in the Southern Hemisphere and the SixContinue reading “The Lineout’s Annual Report Card Series starts off with a quick look at Canada before we get into the top ten.”
Canada come short yet again against the USA and is in danger of suffering a confidence crisis heading into the World Cup!
It was another ugly afternoon for Canada, as they came woefully short against a highly motivated US Eagles team who once again taught them a painful lesson in finishing skills amongst the cornfields south of Ottawa. At this point with two extremely challenging warm-up games against Fiji and Georgia in England prior to the globalContinue reading “Canada come short yet again against the USA and is in danger of suffering a confidence crisis heading into the World Cup!”
Canada look for some much needed redemption against the USA this weekend in Ottawa as the clock winds down on their preparation time for the World Cup!
After a very disappointing Pacific Nations Cup tournament this summer which saw Canada put in some big performances but ultimately fall short at the last hurdle of every game, the three remaining warm-up matches against the USA, Fiji and Georgia before the World Cup, which starts on September 18th, are a critical time for the team. FurthermoreContinue reading “Canada look for some much needed redemption against the USA this weekend in Ottawa as the clock winds down on their preparation time for the World Cup!”
Canada come short yet again against the US and it’s time to face some hard facts with weeks to go before the World Cup!
Put your hand up if you’re a frustrated Canadian supporter – as I get the impression there are an increasing number of us! Once again Canada loses a game they easily should have won, and sure there were some impressive performances but they simply cannot justify a track record of just 4 wins in 15Continue reading “Canada come short yet again against the US and it’s time to face some hard facts with weeks to go before the World Cup!”
Canada put in a huge peformance against Samoa and restore some much needed pride and confidence only to have it snatched away at the final whistle!
Canada finally puts in an almost complete performance in a thrilling encounter at BMO field in Toronto against Samoa, but a last-minute lapse in concentration sadly sees them just miss the victory they so desperately needed. Nevertheless, there were a ton of positives to take out of Canada’s performance on Wednesday night. The majority ofContinue reading “Canada put in a huge peformance against Samoa and restore some much needed pride and confidence only to have it snatched away at the final whistle!”
After failing to impress against Tonga it’s make or break for Canada as they take on Samoa in the last round of the pool stages of this year’s Pacific Nations Cup
After coming short against Tonga, Canada has to come up with the goods this Wednesday to avoid the wooden spoon in this year’s Pacific Nations Cup. In an exciting Triple Header at BMO field in Toronto which yours truly will be fortunate enough to attend, we also get to see the USA take on TongaContinue reading “After failing to impress against Tonga it’s make or break for Canada as they take on Samoa in the last round of the pool stages of this year’s Pacific Nations Cup”
Canada’s opening foray in this year’s Pacific Nations Cup gets off to a shaky start as they are taught some lessons by a very impressive Japan!
Canada opened their Pacific Nations Cup campaign in San Jose, California this weekend against an impressive looking Japanese outfit. This was also Canada’s first step on the road to the World Cup in England in two months time and although outplayed by the Japanese for much of the match there was a glimmer of hopeContinue reading “Canada’s opening foray in this year’s Pacific Nations Cup gets off to a shaky start as they are taught some lessons by a very impressive Japan!”
As Canada begin their journey to the World Cup, we once again sadly suffer from a lack of coverage of their efforts in Canada!
It is with dismay and increasing frustration that as Canada start their Pacific Nations Cup campaign on Saturday in San Jose against Japan, I have to report that Canadian supporters will have to resort to trawling the Internet a few days after the game to find any kind of video content of the match, despiteContinue reading “As Canada begin their journey to the World Cup, we once again sadly suffer from a lack of coverage of their efforts in Canada!”
Canada’s European Tour ends with some positives but plenty of homework to do!
Canada’s end of year European Tour Having already looked at one of Canada’s three Internationals in Europe this November against Namibia, we’ll take a quick look at their last two matches against Samoa and Romania, the latter being of particular interest as Romania will be our pool opponents in next year’s Rugby World Cup. CanadaContinue reading “Canada’s European Tour ends with some positives but plenty of homework to do!”
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