2008 Canada rugby union tour of Europe

2008 Canada rugby union tour of Europe
Summary	P W D L
Total	04 01 00 03
Test match	04 01 00 03
Opponent	P W D L
Portugal	1 1 0 0
Ireland	1 0 0 1
Wales	1 0 0 1
Scotland	1 0 0 1

Main article: 2008 end of year rugby union tests

The 2008 Canada rugby union tour of Europe was a series of matches played in November 2008 in Europe by Canada national rugby union team. Canadian won only the first match against Portugal, and lost the other three.

Results

Portugal

1 November 2008

Portugal	13–21	Canada
Try: Silva Con: Leal Pen: Leal 2	report	Try: Kleeberger, Pritchard Con: Pritchard Pen: Pritchard 3

Est. Universitario, Lisbona Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland)

Portugal		Canada
Pedro Silva	FB	15	FB	James Pritchard
Aderito Esteves	W	14	W	Dean van Camp
David Mateus	C	13	C	Bryn Keys
Diogo Mateus	C	12	C	Ryan Smith
Goncalo Foro	W	11	W	Phil MacKenzie
Pedro Cabral	FH	10	FH	Ander Monro
Pedro Leal	SH	9	SH	Morgan Williams
Tiago Girao	N8	8	N8	Aaron Carpenter
Salvador Palha	F	7	F	Adam Kleeberger
Vasco Uva	F	6	F	Andrew Fagan
Juan Severino Somoza	L	5	L	Stu Ault
David dos Reis	L	4	L	Tyler Hotson
Diogo Fialho	P	3	P	Mike Pletch
João Correia	H	2	H	Pat Riordan
Joao Junior	P	1	P	Kevin Tkachuk
		Replacements
Juan Murre	P	16		Frank Walsh
Duarte Figueiredo	P	17		Travis Robertson
Valter Jorge	L	18		Luke Cudmore
Julien Bardy	F	19	F	Jebb Sinclair
Lourenco Kadosh		20		Sean Duke
Duarte Pinto	FH	21	FH	Nathan Hirayama
Diogo Gama	W	22		Sean White
		Coaches
Tomaz Morais				Kieran Crowley

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Ireland

8 November 2008

Ireland	55–0	Canada
Try: Earls 2', Kearney 13' Heaslip 30' Keaney 35' Bowe 40', D. Wallace 67' Quinlan 80', Bowe 80+6' Con: O'Gara 3' 14' 31' 36' 40' P Wallace 68' Pen: O' Gara 6'	report

Thomond Park, Limerick Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)

Ireland		Canada
Keith Earls	FB	15	FB	James Pritchard  61'
Tommy Bowe	W	14	W	Ciaran Hearn
62' (capt.) Brian O'Driscoll	C	13	C	Bryn Keys
Luke Fitzgerald	C	12	C	Ryan Smith
Rob Kearney	W	11	W	Justin Mensah-Coker
56' Ronan O'Gara	FH	10	FH	Ander Monro  65'
55' Eoin Reddan	SH	9	SH	Ed Fairhurst
58' Jamie Heaslip	N8	8	N8	Aaron Carpenter
Shane Jennings	F	7	F	Adam Kleeberger
Stephen Ferris	F	6	F	Sean-Michael Stephen  45'
56' Paul O'Connell	L	5	L	Josh Jackson
Donncha O'Callaghan	L	4	L	Mike Burak  73'
41' 70'Tony Buckley	P	3	P	Jon Thiel
41' Jerry Flannery	H	2	H	Pat Riordan (capt.)  75'
70' Marcus Horan	P	1	P	Kevin Tkachuk  70'
		Replacements
41' Rory Best	H	16	H	Mike Pletch  75'
41' John Hayes	P	17	P	Frank Walsh  70'
56' Alan Quinlan	L	18	L	Tyler Hotson  73'
58' David Wallace	N8	19	F	Jebb Sinclair  45'
55' Peter Stringer	SH	20	C	Morgan Williams
56' Paddy Wallace	FH	21	FH	Matt Evans  65'
62' Shane Horgan	C	22	FB	Phil MacKenzie  61'
		Coaches
Declan Kidney				Kieran Crowley

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Wales

14 November 2008

Wales	34–13	Canada
Try: Stoddart 24', Halfpenny 39' Penalty try 58', 70' Halfpenny 80' Con: Biggar 59' 71' 80' Pen: Biggar 46'	report	Try: Smith 73' Con: Pritchard 74' Pen: Pritchard 9' 31'

Millennium, Cardiff Attendance: 59,000 Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)

Wales		Canada
Morgan Stoddart	FB	15	FB	James Pritchard
Leigh Halfpenny	W	14	W	Ciaran Hearn  69'
45' Tom Shanklin	C	13	C	Bryn Keys  60'
Andrew Bishop	C	12	C	Ryan Smith
Mark Jones	W	11	W	Justin Mensah-Coker
18' James Hook	FH	10	FH	Ander Monro
51' Martin Roberts	SH	9	SH	Ed Fairhurst 22' to 32'  57'
51' (capt.) Ryan Jones	N8	8	N8	Aaron Carpenter
Robin Sowden-Taylor	F	7	F	Adam Kleeberger
Dafydd Jones	F	6	F	Jebb Sinclair  53'
Luke Charteris	L	5	L	Josh Jackson
Ian Gough	L	4	L	Tyler Hotson  60'
51' Rhys M. Thomas	P	3	P	Jon Thiel  37'
Richard Hibbard	H	2	H	Pat Riordan (capt.)
John Yapp	P	1	P	Kevin Tkachuk  71'
		Replacements
Matthew Rees		16	P	Mike Pletch  37'
64' Eifion Lewis-Roberts	P	17	P	Frank Walsh  71'
Alun Wyn Jones		18	L	Mike Burak  60'
51' Andy Powell	N8	19	N8	Sean-Michael Stephen  53'
51' Dwayne Peel	SH	20	SH	Morgan Williams 22'-32'  57'
18' Dan Biggar	FH	21	W	Matt Evans  69'
45' Jamie Roberts	C	22	C	Dean van Camp  60'
		Coaches
Warren Gatland				Kieran Crowley

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Scotland

22 November 2008

Scotland	41–0	Canada
Try: Walker 2', 70', Cairns 37' Barclay 41', Strokosch 56' Lamont73' Con: Godman 38', 42', 57' Parks 71' Pen: Godman 32'	report

Pittodrie, Aberdeen Attendance: 18,000 Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)

Scotland		Canada
Rory Lamont	FB	15	FB	James Pritchard
64' Simon Webster	W	14	W	Sean Duke
Ben Cairns	C	13	C	Ciaran Hearn  61'
Nick de Luca	C	12	C	Ryan Smith
Nikki Walker	W	11	W	Justin Mensah-Coker
58' Phil Godman	FH	10	FH	Matt Evans  47'
58' (capt.) Mike Blair	SH	9	SH	Ed Fairhurst (c)  52'
Simon Taylor	N8	8	N8	Aaron Carpenter  72'
51' John Barclay	F	7	F	Adam Kleeberger
Alasdair Strokosch	F	6	F	Jebb Sinclair  72'
Jim Hamilton	L	5	L	Josh Jackson  52'
75' Nathan Hines	L	4	L	Tyler Hotson
Euan Murray	P	3	P	Scott Franklin
64' Ross Ford	H	2	H	Mike Pletch
51' Allan Jacobsen	P	1	P	Kevin Tkachuk  67'
		Replacements
64' Dougie Hall	H	16	P	Frank Walsh  67'
51' Alasdair Dickinson	P	17	F	Jason Marshall  72'
75' Matt Mustchin	L	18	L	Mike Burak  52'
51' Scott Gray	F	19	N8	Sean-Michael Stephen  72'
58' Rory Lawson	SH	20	SH	Morgan Williams  52'
58' Dan Parks	FH	21	FH	Nathan Hirayama  47'
64' Max Evans	W	22	C	Bryn Keys  61'
		Coaches
Frank Hadden				Kieran Crowley

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