Canada A national rugby union team

Canada A is a national representative rugby union team of Rugby Canada. Previously called Canada Selects, the team is the second-tier side to the Canada national rugby union team. Canada A competes in tournaments such as the Americas Rugby Championship and World Rugby Pacific Challenge against other national 'A' teams.^[1]

The team first played at Markham, Ontario against the touring Scotland national team in June 2002.

Matches against national teams or national 'A' teams:

08-06-2002	Scotland	33–8	Canada XV	Markham, ON
30-07-2003	New Zealand Māori	52–11	Canada A	Markham, ON
11-08-2008	Portugal	18–34	Canada XV	Markham, ON
21-10-2009	Argentina XV	40–16	Canada Selects*	Chatham-Kent, ON
10-10-2010	Tonga A	16–32	Canada Selects	Córdoba, Argentina
05-10-2010	Canada Selects	14–49	Argentina XV	Córdoba, Argentina
15-10-2010	USA Select XV	6–17	Canada Selects	Córdoba, Argentina
12-10-2012	Uruguay	10–28	Canada A	Langford, BC
16-10-2012	USA Selects	3–23	Canada A	Langford, BC
19-10-2012	Argentina XV	28–9	Canada A	Langford, BC
20-10-2013	Canada A	17–10	Uruguay	Langford, BC
15-10-2013	Canada A	10–30	USA Selects	Langford, BC
19-10-2013	Canada A	14–23	Argentina XV	Langford, BC
11-10-2014	Canada A	20–6	Uruguay	Langford, BC
15-10-2014	Canada A	3–16	USA Selects	Langford, BC
19-10-2014	Canada A	9–39	Argentina XV	Langford, BC
10-03-2015	Junior Japan	17–69	Canada A	Suva, Fiji
14-03-2015	Samoa A	19–17	Canada A	Suva, Fiji
18-03-2015	Pampas XV	36–15	Canada A	Suva, Fiji
23-03-2015	Samoa A	26–28	Canada A	Suva, Fiji
08-10-2016	Argentina XV	56-29	Canada A	Montevideo, Uruguay
12-10-2016	USA Selects	47-37	Canada A	Montevideo, Uruguay
16-10-2016	Samoa A	27-22	Canada A	Montevideo, Uruguay
07-10-2017	Argentina XV	71-17	Canada A	Montevideo, Uruguay
11-10-2017	Tonga A	31-15	Canada A	Montevideo, Uruguay
15-10-2017	USA Selects	45-26	Canada A	Montevideo, Uruguay
06-10-2018	Uruguay A	35-21	Canada A	Montevideo, Uruguay
10-10-2018	Argentina XV	45-5	Canada A	Montevideo, Uruguay
14-10-2018	Tonga A	31-32	Canada A	Montevideo, Uruguay
21-10-2022	Chile XV	36-25	Canada A	Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil
26-10-2022	Brazil XV	14-31	Canada A	Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil

Notes:

On 7 October 2022, a 32-man squad was named ahead of the 2022 World Rugby Americas Rugby Trophy.^[2]

Head Coach: Kingsley Jones

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

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