| CANADA 42 | V | PORTUGAL 12 | |||||||
| COMPETITION: Updated 29.10.2007 | |||||||||
| VENUE: Twin Elm Park, Nepean, Toronto | DATE: 18 August 2007 | SPECTATORS: 2,500 | |||||||
| REFEREE: Christophe Berdos (France) | ` | ||||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||||
| TRIES: Van der Merwe (2), Pyke, Thiel, Mensah-Coker, Spicer | TRIES: Diogo Mateus, Duarte C. Pinto | ||||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Pritchard (3) | CONVERSIONS: Leal | ||||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Pritchard (2) | PENALTY GOALS: | ||||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||||
| 15 | Michael Pyke | Montauban, France | 15 | Pedro Leal | GD Direito | ||||
| 14 | Daniel Van der Merwe (22) | James Bay AA | 14 | António Aguilar (22) | GD Direito | ||||
| 13 | Craig Culpan (21) | Meraloma | 13 | Frederico Sousa | GD Direito | ||||
| 12 | David Spicer | University of Victoria | 12 | Diogo Mateus | Munster, Ireland | ||||
| 11 | James Pritchard | Bedford, England | 11 | Pedro Carvalho | GD Direito | ||||
| 10 | Ryan Smith | Montauban, France | 10 | Pedro Cabral (21) | CD University Lisboa | ||||
| 9 | Edward Fairhurst | Cardiff, Wales | 9 | Luís Pissarra (20) | AEIS Agronomia | ||||
| 8 | Sean-Michael Stephen | Beziers, France | 8 | Vasco Uva | GD Direito | ||||
| 7 | Adam Kleeberger (20) | University of Victoria | 7 | João Uva (19) | OS Belenenses | ||||
| 6 | Jamie Cudmore | Clermont-Auvernge, France | 6 | Diogo Coutinho (18) | GD Direito | ||||
| 5 | Michael James (Capt.) (19) | Stade Francais, France | 5 | Juan Severino | AEIS Agronomia | ||||
| 4 | Luke Tait | Overmach Parma, Italy | 4 | Gonçalo Uva (Capt.) | Montpellier, France | ||||
| 3 | Jon Thiel (18) | Bayside | 3 | Cristian Spachuck | OS Belenenses | ||||
| 2 | Patrick Riordan (16) | Burnaby Lake | 2 | Joaquim Ferreira | CD University Porto | ||||
| 1 | Rodney Snow (17) | St Johns Dogs | 1 | Juan Murre (17) | OS Belenenses | ||||
| 16 | Aaron Carpenter (2) | Brandtford | 16 | André Silva | Mont de Marsan, France | ||||
| 17 | Daniel Pletch (1) | Oakville Crusaders | 17 | João Correia (1) | GD Direito | ||||
| 18 | Michael Pletch (3) | Oakville Crusaders | 18 | David Penalva (6) | Blanagc, France | ||||
| 19 | Michael Burak (5) | Pau, France | 19 | Paulo Murinello (7) | Casacais | ||||
| 20 | Colin Yukes (7) | Agen, France | 20 | José Pinto (9) | GD Direito | ||||
| 21 | Matthew Weingart (13) | Castaway Wanderers | 21 | Duarte C. Pinto (10) | AEIS Agronomia | ||||
| 22 | Justin Mensah-Coker (14) | Albi, France | 22 | Miguel Portela (14) | GD Direito | ||||
| COACH: Ric Suggitt | COACH: Tomaz Moraiz | ||||||||
| MATCH
NOTES This was the first ever test match between these two countries. Portugal had played a Canadian Select XV, losing 14-38, a few days prior to this match as part of a short Canadian tour. Canadian captain Mike James was playing his 50th test. He had last captained Canada in 2003. Van der Merwe's 2 tries were his first for Canada. Spicer's try was his first for Canada. Murre was playing his first test for Portugal. Sources http://www.rugbycanada.ca/index.php?page_id=10&lang=en&news_id=3407 http://www.scrum.com/259_46848.php |
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