Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Telstra Dome, Melbourne | Narrm · 12 October 2003Head-to-head
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Wales won by 31 points.Half-time 20–3 · Tries 5–1 · WAL 2 yellow cards
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Tacklesmademissed
WAL7110
CAN8136
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
WAL5/52/20
CAN1/10/01
← Canada attack · Wales 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
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- 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
| Min | Team | What | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17′ | Wales | Try, Sonny Parker, converted | 5–3 |
| 32′ | Wales | Try, Gareth Cooper, converted | 18–3 |
| 56′ | Wales | Try, Mark Jones, converted | 25–3 |
| 59′ | Wales | Try, Colin Charvis, converted | 32–3 |
| 73′ | Canada | Try, Kevin Tkachuk, converted | 34–8 |
| 79′ | Wales | Try, Gareth Thomas, converted | 39–10 |
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
Drag to replay the match on the pitchSwipe the chart sideways for the full match.17′Sonny Parker32′Gareth Cooper56′Mark Jones59′Colin Charvis73′Kevin Tkachuk79′Gareth Thomas
WAL
Team stats
CAN83%Possession17%
141Carries91
701Metres gained312
22Clean breaks2
36Defenders beaten10
146Passes82
15Offloads4
71Tackles made81
10Tackles missed36
58/62Rucks won56/59
18/22Lineouts won17/21
13/13Scrums won10/11
7/8Mauls won5/7
10Turnovers won10
16Penalties conceded9
36Kicks from hand37
1,102Kick metres1,111
Goal kicking
WAL conversions 5/5, penalties 2/2 · CAN conversions 1/1, penalties 0/0. Pale segment = set piece lost.
WAL conversions 5/5, penalties 2/2 · CAN conversions 1/1, penalties 0/0. 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
Wales
- 1Duncan JonesProp
- 2Robin McBrydeHooker
- 3Gethin JenkinsProp
- 4Brent CockbainSecond row
- 5Gareth LlewellynSecond row
- 6Dafydd JonesFlanker
- 7Martyn WilliamsFlanker
- 8Colin CharvisNumber 8
- 9Gareth CooperScrum-half
- 10Ceri SweeneyFly-half
- 11Gareth ThomasWing
- 12Iestyn HarrisCentre
- 13Sonny ParkerCentre
- 14Mark JonesWing
- 15Kevin MorganFull-back
- 16Huw BennettBench
- 17Adam JonesBench
- 18Rob SidoliBench
- 19Jonathan ThomasBench
- 20Dwayne PeelBench
- 21Mark TaylorBench
- 22Rhys WilliamsBench
Canada
- 1Rod SnowProp
- 2Mark LawsonHooker
- 3Jon ThielProp
- 4Colin YukesSecond row
- 5Mike JamesSecond row
- 6Al CharronFlanker
- 7Adam van StaverenFlanker
- 8Josh JacksonNumber 8
- 9Morgan WilliamsScrum-half
- 10Bobby RossFly-half
- 11Dave LougheedWing
- 12Marco di GirolamoCentre
- 13Nik WitkowskiCentre
- 14Winston StanleyWing
- 15James PritchardFull-back
- 16Aaron AbramsBench
- 17Kevin TkachukBench
- 18Garth CookeBench
- 19Jamie CudmoreBench
- 20Ryan BanksBench
- 21Ed FairhurstBench
- 22Ryan SmithBench
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Wales 15–1 Canada in 16 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Wales going in
Canada going in
- Previous meeting: 16 November 2002, Wales 32–21 Canada
- Next meeting on record: 11 June 2005
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.