Wales 68-12 Canada
Date:
Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
Attendance: 8,200
Wales v Canada Match Reports
Wales scored ten tries as they hammered Canada 68-12 in a summer Test at the Principality Stadium. The match started badly for Wales when they lost Leigh Halfpenny to injury inside the first minute. Things got worse for the hosts when Kainoa Lloyd scored a try for Canada in the fifth minute. From then on it was one-way traffic as Wales hit their stride and racked up a huge win. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Autumn Internationals: Wales lose Leigh Halfpenny to injury in 10-try thrashing of Canada
- BBC: Serious Halfpenny injury mars Wales win over Canada
- Daily Mail: Wayne Pivac's side score 10 tries as full-back Leigh Halfpenny's 100th cap is marred by a serious knee injury one minute in
- South Wales Argus: Ten-try Wales thrash Canada in tune-up for Argentina
- WRU: Wales score 10 tries in big win over Canada
Wales v Canada - Match Highlights
Wales v Canada - Match Stats
Wales: (40) 68
Try: Williams (7', 46'), Botham (15'), Holmes (21', 81'+1), Smith (28'), Dee (32'), Rowlands (37'), Basham (57', 62')
Conversion: Sheedy (8', 22', 29', 33', 38', 47', 58'), B Thomas (63', 81'+2)
Canada: (5) 12
Try: Lloyd (5'), Coats (69')
Conversion: Nelson (69')
Man of the match: Ben Carter (Wales)
Wales v Canada - Team Line-ups
Wales Team
Forwards
- 1 Nicky Smith
- 2 Elliot Dee
- 3 Dillon Lewis
- 4 Ben Carter
- 5 Will Rowlands
- 6 Ross Moriarty
- 7 James Botham
- 8 Aaron Wainwright
Backs
- 9 Tomos Williams
- 10 Callum Sheedy
- 11 Tom Rogers
- 12 Jonathan Davies (Captain)
- 13 Uilisi Halaholo
- 14 Jonah Holmes
- 15 Leigh Halfpenny
Replacements
- 16 Ryan Elias
- 17 Gareth Thomas
- 18 Leon Brown
- 19 Josh Turnbull
- 20 Taine Basham
- 21 Kieran Hardy
- 22 Ben Thomas
- 23 Nick Tompkins
Canada Team
Forwards
- 1 Djustice Sears-Duru
- 2 Andrew Quattrin
- 3 Jake Ilnicki
- 4 Conor Keys
- 5 Josh Larsen
- 6 Reegan O'Gorman
- 7 Lucas Rumball (Captain)
- 8 Siaki Vikilani
Backs
- 9 Ross Braude
- 10 Peter Nelson
- 11 Kainoa Lloyd
- 12 Quinn Ngawati
- 13 Ben Lesage
- 14 Cole Davis
- 15 Cooper Coats
Replacements
- 16 Eric Howard
- 17 Cole Keith
- 18 Tyler Rowland
- 19 Donald Carson
- 20 Michael Smith
- 21 Lucas Albornoz
- 22 William Percillier
- 23 Robbie Povey