Rugby Canada Head coach Kingsley Jones has named his side to face England this Saturday, July 10th at Twickenham Stadium in London. Kick off at 10 am ET / 7 am PT.
Lucas Rumball (Toronto Arrows) continues as captain with Ben LeSage (Toronto Arrows) the vice-captain.
There are two changes in the squad which faced Wales in Cardiff. In the forwards, Reegan O’Gorman (Austin Gilgronis) moves from the back row to start at lock in place of the injured Josh Larsen (New England Freejacks) with Cory Thomas (LA Giltinis) at flanker. Lachlan Kratz (NOLA Gold) makes his test debut at center in place of Quinn Ngawati (Rugby United New York) who moves to the bench.
Langley, BC native, Liam Murray (Houston SaberCats), could make his debut from the reserves.
Canada vs England will be streamed live in Canada exclusively on DAZN. Canadian rugby fans can sign up for a free trial by downloading the DAZN app on any internet-connected device.
CANADA’S ROSTER TO FACE ENGLAND:
- 1. DJUSTICE SEARS-DURU – Oakville, ON – Seattle Seawolves
- 2. ANDREW QUATTRIN – Holland Landing, ON – Toronto Arrows
- 3. JAKE ILNICKI – Williams Lake, BC – Seattle Seawolves
- 4. REEGAN O’GORMAN – Vancouver, BC – Austin Gilgronis
- 5. CONOR KEYS – Stittsville, ON – Rugby ATL
- 6. COREY THOMAS – Broome, Australia – LA Giltinis
- 7. LUCAS RUMBALL – Scarborough, ON – Toronto Arrows
- 8. SIAKI VIKILANI – Burnaby, BC – Toronto Arrows
- 9. ROSS BRAUDE – Pretoria, SA – Toronto Arrows
- 10. PETER NELSON – Dungannon, UK – Stade Aurillacois Cantal Auvergne
- 11. KAINOA LLOYD – Mississauga, ON – RC National Development Academy
- 12. LACHLAN KRATZ – Victoria, BC – NOLA Gold
- 13. BEN LESAGE – Calgary, AB – Toronto Arrows
- 14. COLE DAVIS – Calgary, AB – Austin Gilgronis
- 15. COOPER COATS – Halifax, NS – Canada 7s
- 16. ERIC HOWARD – Ottawa, ON – NOLA Gold
- 17. COLE KEITH – Sussex, NB – Toronto Arrows
- 18. LIAM MURRAY – Langley, BC – Houston SaberCats
- 19. DONALD CARSON – Delta, BC – University of BC
- 20. MICHAEL SMITH – White Rock, BC – San Diego Legion
- 21. QUINN NGAWATI – Victoria, BC – Rugby United New York
- 22. WILLIAM PERCILLIER – Victoria, BC – Stade Francais
- 23. ROBBIE POVEY – Calgary, AB – Houston SaberCats
England Rugby will have four players making their debuts, to go along with twelve who earned their first cap in Sunday’s 43-29 win over the USA. The four players making their debuts include Dan Kelly (inside center), Adam Radwan (left-wing), Harry Wells (lock), and Alex Dombrandt at No. 8 for their first England appearances.
Lewis Ludlow will again captain the side at blindside flanker, with Sam Underhill at open-side flanker.
Jamie Blamire (hooker) makes his first England start, with props Joe Heyes and Ellis Genge, who is vice-captain, and Charlie Ewels (lock) completing the tight five.
Marcus Smith is at fly-half pairing with Harry Randall at scrum-half. Henry Slade continues at the outside center, with Freddie Steward at full-back and Joe Cokanasiga on the right-wing.
Curtis Langdon, Beno Obano, Paul Hill, Callum Chick, Lewis Ludlam, Dan Robson, George Furbank, and Joe Marchant are the reserves.
Jones said: “Our focus this camp is being as strong a 36-player squad as we can be and there has been a lot of hard work and intense competition.
ENGLAND XV
- 1. Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers, 29 caps)
- 2. Jamie Blamire (Newcastle Falcons, 1 cap)
- 3. Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers, 1 cap)
- 4. Harry Wells (Leicester Tigers, uncapped)
- 5. Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 22 caps)
- 6. Lewis Ludlow (C) (Gloucester Rugby, 1 cap)
- 7. Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 23 caps)
- 8. Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins, uncapped)
- 9. Harry Randall (Bristol Bears, 1 cap)
- 10. Marcus Smith (Harlequins, 1 cap)
- 11. Adam Radwan (Newcastle Falcons, uncapped)
- 12. Dan Kelly (Leicester Tigers, uncapped)
- 13. Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 39 caps)
- 14. Joe Cokanasiga (Bath Rugby, 10 caps)
- 15. Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers, 1 cap)
- 16. Curtis Langdon (Sale Sharks, 1 cap)
- 17. Beno Obano (Bath Rugby, 2 caps)
- 18. Paul Hill (Northampton Saints, 5 caps)
- 19. Callum Chick (Newcastle Falcons, 1 cap)
- 20. Lewis Ludlam (Northampton Saints, 9 caps)
- 21. Dan Robson (Wasps, 13 caps)
- 22. George Furbank (Northampton Saints, 3 caps)
- 23. Joe Marchant (Harlequins, 5 caps)
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