# Canada A national rugby union team

Canada A is a national representative rugby union team of Rugby Canada. Previously called Canada Selects, the team is the second-tier side to the Canada national rugby union team. Canada A competes in tournaments such as the Americas Rugby Championship and World Rugby Pacific Challenge against other national 'A' teams.

## History

The team first played at Markham, Ontario against the touring Scotland national team in June 2002.

## Results

Matches against national teams or national 'A' teams:
    08-06-2002 Scotland 33–8  Canada XV Markham, ON 30-07-2003 New Zealand Māori 52–11  Canada A Markham, ON 11-08-2008 Portugal 18–34  Canada XV Markham, ON 21-10-2009  Argentina XV 40–16  Canada Selects Chatham-Kent, ON 10-10-2010 Tonga A16–32 Canada SelectsCórdoba, Argentina 05-10-2010 Canada Selects14–49 Argentina XVCórdoba, Argentina 15-10-2010 USA Select XV 6–17 Canada Selects Córdoba, Argentina 12-10-2012Uruguay10–28 Canada ALangford, BC 16-10-2012 USA Selects 3–23 Canada ALangford, BC 19-10-2012 Argentina XV28–9 Canada ALangford, BC 20-10-2013 Canada A17–10UruguayLangford, BC 15-10-2013 Canada A10–30 USA SelectsLangford, BC 19-10-2013 Canada A14–23 Argentina XVLangford, BC 11-10-2014 Canada A20–6UruguayLangford, BC 15-10-2014 Canada A 3–16 USA SelectsLangford, BC 19-10-2014 Canada A 9–39 Argentina XVLangford, BC 10-03-2015 Junior Japan17–69 Canada ASuva, Fiji 14-03-2015 Samoa A19–17 Canada ASuva, Fiji 18-03-2015Pampas XV36–15 Canada ASuva, Fiji 23-03-2015 Samoa A26–28 Canada ASuva, Fiji 08-10-2016 Argentina XV56-29 Canada AMontevideo, Uruguay 12-10-2016 USA Selects47-37 Canada AMontevideo, Uruguay 16-10-2016 Samoa A27-22 Canada AMontevideo, Uruguay 07-10-2017 Argentina XV71-17 Canada AMontevideo, Uruguay 11-10-2017 Tonga A31-15 Canada AMontevideo, Uruguay 15-10-2017 USA Selects45-26 Canada AMontevideo, Uruguay 06-10-2018 Uruguay A35-21 Canada AMontevideo, Uruguay 10-10-2018 Argentina XV45-5 Canada AMontevideo, Uruguay 14-10-2018 Tonga A31-32 Canada AMontevideo, Uruguay 21-10-2022 Chile XV36-25 Canada AMogi das Cruzes, Brazil 26-10-2022 Brazil XV14-31 Canada AMogi das Cruzes, Brazil
Notes:
^* Exhibition match (no cap)

## Current squad

On 7 October 2022, a 32-man squad was named ahead of the 2022 World Rugby Americas Rugby Trophy.
Head Coach: Kingsley Jones
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.
| Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
| Foster Dewitt | Hooker | (1996-05-25) 25 May 1996 (age 28) | 1 | New England Free Jacks |
| Andrew Quattrin | Hooker | (1996-08-29) 29 August 1996 (age 28) | 14 | New England Free Jacks |
| Lindsey Stevens | Hooker | (1995-08-27) 27 August 1995 (age 29) | 2 | LA Giltinis |
| Cole Keith | Prop | (1997-05-09) 9 May 1997 (age 27) | 25 | New England Free Jacks |
| Liam Murray | Prop | (1997-10-17) 17 October 1997 (age 26) | 3 | Dallas Jackals |
| Emerson Prior | Prop | (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 26) | 0 | Utah Warriors |
| Tyler Rowland | Prop | (1999-10-16) 16 October 1999 (age 24) | 7 | Toronto Arrows |
| Kyle Steeves | Prop | (2000-01-31) 31 January 2000 (age 24) | 0 | Pacific Pride |
| Conor Young | Prop | (1995-08-15) 15 August 1995 (age 29) | 0 | New England Free Jacks |
| Kyle Baillie | Lock | (1991-04-07) 7 April 1991 (age 33) | 34 | Toronto Arrows |
| Izzak Kelly | Lock | | 0 | UBC Thunderbirds |
| Conor Keys | Lock | (1996-07-09) 9 July 1996 (age 28) | 28 | New England Free Jacks |
| Josh Larsen | Lock | (1994-04-04) 4 April 1994 (age 30) | 19 | New England Free Jacks |
| Callum Botchar | Back row | (1997-10-03) 3 October 1997 (age 27) | 0 | Pacific Pride |
| Matthew Klimchuk | Back row | (2002-04-30) 30 April 2002 (age 22) | 0 | Pacific Pride |
| Lucas Rumball | Back row | (1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 (age 29) | 22 | Toronto Arrows |
| Owain Ruttan | Back row | (1998-06-25) 25 June 1998 (age 26) | 0 | Toronto Arrows |
| Corey Thomas | Back row | (1994-09-21) 21 September 1994 (age 30) | 8 | LA Giltinis |
| Siaki Vikilani | Back row | (2000-08-07) 7 August 2000 (age 24) | 7 | Toronto Arrows |
| Ross Braude | Scrum-half | (2000-01-18) 18 January 2000 (age 24) | 10 | Toronto Arrows |
| Jason Higgins | Scrum-half | (1995-03-28) 28 March 1995 (age 29) | 7 | San Diego Legion |
| Gradyn Bowd | Fly-half | (1992-08-27) 27 August 1992 (age 32) | 8 | Old Glory DC |
| Cooper Coats | Fly-half | (1996-10-06) 6 October 1996 (age 28) | 7 | Canada 7s |
| Ben LeSage | Centre | (1995-11-24) 24 November 1995 (age 28) | 25 | LA Giltinis |
| Takoda McMullin | Centre | (2002-01-05) 5 January 2002 (age 22) | 0 | UBC Thunderbirds |
| Talon McMullin | Centre | (2002-01-05) 5 January 2002 (age 22) | 0 | UBC Thunderbirds |
| Josh Thiel | Centre | (1997-06-02) 2 June 1997 (age 27) | 1 | San Diego Legion |
| D'Shawn Bowen | Wing | (1996-09-12) 12 September 1996 (age 28) | 0 | Canada 7s |
| Josiah Morra | Wing | (1998-02-07) 7 February 1998 (age 26) | 0 | Canada 7s |
| David Richard | Wing | (2000-05-12) 12 May 2000 (age 24) | 1 | Canada 7s |
| Alex Russell | Wing | (1996-06-22) 22 June 1996 (age 28) | 0 | Canada 7s |
| Gabe Casey | Fullback | (1999-07-15) 15 July 1999 (age 25) | 0 | UVic Vikes |
| Robbie Povey | Fullback | (1996-09-21) 21 September 1996 (age 28) | 11 | Houston SaberCats |