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Full time9 June 1979
Canada
19–12
USA
Varsity Stadium, Toronto, CanadaHead-to-head

Canada won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –PCanada penalty · Preston Wiley3–0
  2. –PCanada penalty · Preston Wiley6–0
  3. –PCanada penalty · Preston Wiley9–0
  4. –PCanada penalty · Preston Wiley12–0
  5. –PCanada penalty · Jim Donaldson15–0
  6. –TCanada try · Spence McTavish19–0
  7. –PUSA penalty · Dennis Jablonski19–3
  8. –PUSA penalty · Dennis Jablonski19–6
  9. –PUSA penalty · Dennis Jablonski19–9
  10. –PUSA penalty · Dennis Jablonski19–12

Line-ups

Canada

  1. 1Dwaine Van EeuwenProp
  2. 2Mike LukeHooker
  3. 3Ken PeaceProp
  4. 4Ro HindsonSecond row
  5. 5Hans de GoedeSecond row
  6. 6Jim DonaldsonFlanker
  7. 7Gary GrantFlanker
  8. 8Rob RussellNumber 8
  9. 9Preston WileyScrum-half
  10. 10Gary HirayamaFly-half
  11. 11Spence McTavishWing
  12. 12Tony BauerCentre
  13. 13Andrew BibbyCentre
  14. 14Robbie GriegWing
  15. 15Graham TaylorFull-back
  16. 16John BillingsleyBench
  17. 17Dennis QuigleyBench
  18. 18Ron McInnesBench
  19. 19Ray RogersBench
  20. 20Chris FowlerBench
  21. 21Dennis SinnottBench

USA

  1. 1Rick BaileyProp
  2. 2Jeff HollingsHooker
  3. 3Dave BrileyProp
  4. 4Jerry KelleherSecond row
  5. 5Jack ClarkSecond row
  6. 6Skip NiebauerFlanker
  7. 7Jeff LombardFlanker
  8. 8Brad AndrewsNumber 8
  9. 9Dick CookeScrum-half
  10. 10Steve GrayFly-half
  11. 11Joe ScheitlinWing
  12. 12Mike FanucchiCentre
  13. 13Boyd MorrisonCentre
  14. 14Chimere OkezieWing
  15. 15Dennis JablonskiFull-back
  16. 16Mick OrdingBench
  17. 17Jay HansonBench
  18. 18Hal EdwardsBench
  19. 19Dave BatemanBench
  20. 20Tom SmithBench
  21. 21Daniel CollinsBench

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Context

All-time, Canada 41–25 USA, 2 drawn in 68 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Canada going in
USA 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.