TheBreakdown
Full time6 June 1981
Canada
6–3
USA
Kingsland Rugby Park, Calgary, CanadaHead-to-head

Canada won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –PCanada penalty · Mark Schiefler3–0
  2. –PCanada penalty · Mark Schiefler6–0
  3. –PUSA penalty · Dick Cooke6–3

Line-ups

Canada

  1. 1Gary DukelowProp
  2. 2Mike LukeHooker
  3. 3Ron McInnesProp
  4. 4Ro HindsonSecond row
  5. 5Hans de GoedeSecond row
  6. 6Jim DonaldsonFlanker
  7. 7Dennis SinnottFlanker
  8. 8Don CarsonNumber 8
  9. 9Preston WileyScrum-half
  10. 10Gary HirayamaFly-half
  11. 11Chuck ShergoldWing
  12. 12Mark SchieflerCentre
  13. 13Andrew BibbyCentre
  14. 14Spence McTavishWing
  15. 15Graham TaylorFull-back
  16. 16Robbie GriegBench
  17. 17Brooke SmithBench
  18. 18Doug TateBench
  19. 19Billy SpoffordBench
  20. 20Larry ChungBench
  21. 21John PhelanBench

USA

  1. 1Rick BaileyProp
  2. 2Jay HansonHooker
  3. 3Gary WilsonProp
  4. 4Bob CauseySecond row
  5. 5Ed BurlinghamSecond row
  6. 6Skip NiebauerFlanker
  7. 7Gary LambertFlanker
  8. 8John FowlerNumber 8
  9. 9Dick CookeScrum-half
  10. 10Tom SmithFly-half
  11. 11Lin WaltonWing
  12. 12Roy HeluCentre
  13. 13Dennis ShanagherCentre
  14. 14Mike PurcellWing
  15. 15Chimere OkezieFull-back
  16. 16Jamie GrantBench
  17. 17Steve GrayBench
  18. 18Steve FinkelBench
  19. 19Mike SherlockBench
  20. 20Doug StraehleyBench
  21. 21Otis PurvisBench

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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.