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Match scheduled:
20-11-2010 from 20:00 until 22:00GMT
23:00(CET)
Atlantic Cup Rugby League


History of

USA Rugby

USA Rugby’s men’s national team is nicknamed the Eagles. The Eagles are currently ranked 15th[1] by the IRB World Rankings. Their highest ranking was from November 2, 2006 – September 10, 2007 at the 14th position. The USA is involved in the implementation of the NAWIRA zone competition, which will give North American and West Indies sides regular competition. The one area that has seen improvement for the USA internationally is in the game of Sevens where the Eagles have impressed on the IRB World Sevens circuit. They made major breakthroughs in the 2007–08 series, winning the Shield at the 2008 New Zealand Sevens event and losing a close match to Argentina 26-21 in the Bowl Final at the 2008 Australia Sevens. These and other performances led the IRB to elevate the national sevens squad to “core team” status for 2008–09 at the expense of their neighbor Canada.[2] They built on this success by advancing to the Cup semifinals at the 2009 USA Sevens. The team also successfully captured silverware at the Dubai Sevens, the Adelaide Sevens, and Edinburgh Sevens. In all three cases the team took home the Shield, by beating Arabian Gulf, Scotland, and Canada respectively. During the 2009–10 season, the team made its first-ever Cup final at the Adelaide Sevens. The Sevens success has come under head coach Al

Union : USA Rugby
Nickname(s) : The Eagles
Emblem(s) : the Bald Eagle
Coach(es) : Eddie O’Sullivan
Captain(s) : Todd Clever
Most caps : Luke Gross (62)
Top scorer : Mike Hercus (465)
Most tries : P Vaea Anitoni (26)

History of

Canada Rugby

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 sheer 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 by the IRB.

Union : Rugby Canada
Nickname(s) : Canucks / Maple leafs
Emblem(s) : the Maple leaf
Coach(es) : New Zealand Kieran Crowley
Captain(s) : Pat Riordan
Most caps : Al Charron (76)
Top scorer : Gareth Rees (487)
Most tries : Winston Stanley (23)