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Full time10 May 1997
Canada
53–12
USA
Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver, Canada · Pacific Rim Championship 1997Head-to-head

Canada won by 41 points.

Scoring

  1. –CCanada conversion · Gareth Rees2–0
  2. –CCanada conversion · Gareth Rees4–0
  3. –CCanada conversion · Gareth Rees6–0
  4. –CCanada conversion · Gareth Rees8–0
  5. –CCanada conversion · Gareth Rees10–0
  6. –CCanada conversion · Gareth Rees12–0
  7. –PCanada penalty · Gareth Rees15–0
  8. –PCanada penalty · Gareth Rees18–0
  9. –TCanada try · Winston Stanley23–0
  10. –TCanada try · Winston Stanley28–0
  11. –TCanada try · Al Charron33–0
  12. –TCanada try · Bobby Ross38–0
  13. –TCanada try43–0
  14. –TCanada try · John Hutchinson48–0
  15. –TCanada try · Rod Snow53–0
  16. –CUSA conversion · Matt Alexander53–2
  17. –TUSA try53–7
  18. –TUSA try · Mark Scharrenberg53–12

Line-ups

Canada

  1. 1Eddie EvansProp
  2. 2Mark CardinalHooker
  3. 3Rod SnowProp
  4. 4Tony HealySecond row
  5. 5John TaitSecond row
  6. 6Al CharronFlanker
  7. 7John HutchinsonFlanker
  8. 8Mike SchmidNumber 8
  9. 9John GrafScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth ReesFly-half
  11. 11Winston StanleyWing
  12. 12Tom WoodsCentre
  13. 13Steve GrayCentre
  14. 14Courtney SmithWing
  15. 15Scott StewartFull-back
  16. Ian GordonBench
  17. Bobby RossBench
  18. Chris MichalukBench
  19. Richard BiceBench
  20. Rob CardBench
  21. Kevin WirachowskiBench

USA

  1. 1Chris LippertProp
  2. 2Tom BillupsHooker
  3. 3Mike StanawayProp
  4. 4Luke GrossSecond row
  5. 5Rob RandellSecond row
  6. 6Dan LyleFlanker
  7. 7Jay WilkersonFlanker
  8. 8Richard TarditsNumber 8
  9. 9Andre BacheletScrum-half
  10. 10Matt AlexanderFly-half
  11. 11Tomasi TakauWing
  12. 12Juan GroblerCentre
  13. 13Alatini SaulalaCentre
  14. 14Vaea AnitoniWing
  15. 15Chris MorrowFull-back
  16. Cliff VoglBench
  17. Chip CurtisBench
  18. Ray LehnerBench
  19. Mark ScharrenbergBench

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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.