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Men's Rugby World Cup 1991 · Stade du Nord, Villeneuve-d'Ascq · 20 October 1991Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 16 points.Half-time 3–21 · Tries 2–5

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Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
CAN2924
NZL6714
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
CAN1/11/10
NZL3/31/10
← New Zealand attack · Canada attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Territory is not in the feed for this match.
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  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
10′New ZealandTry, John Timu, converted0–4
20′New ZealandTry, Bernie McCahill, converted0–10
40′New ZealandTry, Zinzan Brooke, converted3–19
56′New ZealandTry, John Kirwan3–25
61′CanadaTry, Chris Tynan7–25
76′New ZealandTry, John Timu7–29
81′CanadaTry, Al Charron, converted11–29
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′
10′John Timu20′Bernie McCahill40′Zinzan Brooke56′John Kirwan61′Chris Tynan76′John Timu81′Al Charron
CAN

Team stats

NZL
29%Possession71%
104Carries72
297Metres gained366
2Clean breaks9
14Defenders beaten24
79Passes77
14Offloads8
29Tackles made67
24Tackles missed14
35/39Rucks won15/18
13/23Lineouts won14/23
14/14Scrums won17/18
13/16Mauls won6/7
9Penalties conceded12
65Kicks from hand65
Goal kicking
CAN conversions 1/1, penalties 1/1 · NZL conversions 3/3, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Canada

  1. 1Eddie EvansProp
  2. 2David SpeirsHooker
  3. 3Paul SzaboProp
  4. 4Ron van den BrinkSecond row
  5. 5Norm HadleySecond row
  6. 6Al CharronFlanker
  7. 7Gordon MacKinnonFlanker
  8. 8Glen EnnisNumber 8
  9. 9Chris TynanScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth ReesFly-half
  11. 11Steve GrayWing
  12. 12Tom WoodsCentre
  13. 13Christian StewartCentre
  14. 14Scott StewartWing
  15. 15Mark WyattFull-back
  16. 16Pat PalmerBench
  17. 17John LeckyBench
  18. 18John GrafBench
  19. 19Roy RaduBench
  20. 20Gary DukelowBench
  21. 21Karl SvobodaBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Steve McDowallProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Richard LoeProp
  4. 4Ian JonesSecond row
  5. 5Gary WhettonSecond row
  6. 6Alan WhettonFlanker
  7. 7Paul HendersonFlanker
  8. 8Zinzan BrookeNumber 8
  9. 9Graeme BachopScrum-half
  10. 10Grant FoxFly-half
  11. 11Va'aiga TuigamalaWing
  12. 12Bernie McCahillCentre
  13. 13Craig InnesCentre
  14. 14John KirwanWing
  15. 15John TimuFull-back
  16. 16Jon PrestonBench
  17. 17Walter LittleBench
  18. 18Jason HewettBench
  19. 19Andy EarlBench
  20. 20Mark CarterBench
  21. 21Graham DowdBench

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Context

All-time, Canada 0–7 New Zealand in 7 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Canada going in
New Zealand going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.