North American Rugby Thread

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Why do they suck so much?

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What???

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08.06.2011 RUSSIA ESHER WON 34 - 18 Churchill Cup, Pool B
06.08.2011 UNITED STATES (1) TORONTO WON 28 - 22 World Cup Warm-up
13.08.2011 UNITED STATES (2) GLENDALE WON 27 - 7 World Cup Warm-up
14.09.2011 TONGA WHANGAREI WON 25 - 20 World Cup, Pool A
18.09.2011 FRANCE NAPIER LOST 19 -46 World Cup, Pool A
27.09.2011 JAPAN NAPIER DRAWN 23 - 23 World Cup, Pool A
02.10.2011 NEW ZEALAND WELLINGTON LOST 15 - 79 World Cup, Pool A
09.06.2012 UNITED STATES KINGSTON WON 28 - 26 CanAm Trophy
15.06.2012 ITALY TORONTO LOST 16 - 25
23.06.2012 GEORGIA VANCOUVER WON 31 - 12
09.11.2012 SAMOA COLWYN BAY LOST 12 - 42 IRB International Rugby Series
17.11.2012 RUSSIA COLWYN BAY WON 35 - 3 IRB International Rugby Series
25.05.2013 UNITED STATES (1) EDMONTON WON 16 - 9 Pacific Nations Cup
05.06.2013 FIJI OTTAWA WON 20 - 18 Pacific Nations Cup
08.06.2013 TONGA KINGSTON WON 36 - 27 Pacific Nations Cup
16.06.2013 IRELAND TORONTO LOST 14 - 40
19.06.2013 JAPAN NAGOYA LOST 13 - 16 Pacific Nations Cup
17.08.2013 UNITED STATES (2) CHARLESTON WON 27 - 9 WCQ Americas Round 2
24.08.2013 UNITED STATES (3) TORONTO WON 13 - 11 WCQ Americas Round 2
09.11.2013 GEORGIA TIBLISI WON 19 - 15
16.11.2013 ROMANIA BUCHAREST LOST 20 - 21
23.11.2013 PORTUGAL LISBON WON 52 - 8
07.06.2014 JAPAN VANCOUVER LOST 25 - 54 Pacific Nations Cup; North
14.06.2014 SCOTLAND TORONTO LOST 17 - 19
21.06.2014 UNITED STATES SACRAMENTO LOST 35 - 38 Pacific Nations Cup; North
07.11.2014 NAMIBIA COLWYN BAY WON 17 - 13
14.11.2014 SAMOA VANNES, FRANCE LOST 13 - 23
22.11.2014 ROMANIA BUCHAREST LOST 9 - 18
18.07.2015 JAPAN SAN JOSE LOST 6 - 20 Pacific Nations Cup
24.07.2015 TONGA VANCOUVER LOST 18 - 28 Pacific Nations Cup
29.07.2015 SAMOA TORONTO LOST 20 - 21 Pacific Nations Cup
03.08.2015 UNITED STATES (1) VANCOUVER LOST 13 - 15 Pacific Nations Cup; Playoff 5th-6th
22.08.2015 UNITED STATES (2) OTTAWA LOST 23 - 41 World Cup Warm-up
02.09.2015 GEORGIA MOLESEY ROAD WON 16 - 15 World Cup Warm-up Report
06.09.2015 FIJI LONDON LOST 18 - 47 World Cup Warm-up
19.09.2015 IRELAND CARDIFF LOST 7 - 50 World Cup, Pool D
26.09.2015 ITALY LEEDS LOST 18 - 23 World Cup, Pool D
01.10.2015 FRANCE MILTON KEYNES LOST 18 - 41 World Cup, Pool D
06.10.2015 ROMANIA LEICESTER LOST 15 - 17 World Cup, Pool D
06.02.2016 URUGUAY LANGFORD WON 33 - 17 America's Rugby Championship
13.02.2016 UNITED STATES AUSTIN LOST 22 - 30 America's Rugby Championship
20.02.2016 BRAZIL LANGFORD WON 52 - 25 America's Rugby Championship
28.02.2016 ARGENTINA ROSARIO LOST 21 - 54 America's Rugby Championship
05.03.2016 CHILE SANTIAGO WON 64 - 13 America's Rugby Championship
1.06 Vancouver Canada 22-26 Japan
18.06 Calgary Canada 46-21 Russia Friendly
26.06 Toronto Canada 18-20 Italy Friendly
12.11 Dublin Ireland 52-21 Canada Friendly
19.11 Bucharest Romania 21-16 Canada Friendly
25.11 Grenoble (France) Samoa 25-23 Canada Friendly


08.06.2011 TONGA ESHER LOST 13 - 44 Churchill Cup, Pool A
18.06.2011 RUSSIA GLOUCESTER WON 32 - 25 Churchill Cup, Playoff 5th/6th
06.08.2011 CANADA (1) TORONTO LOST 22 - 28 World Cup Warm-up
13.08.2011 CANADA (2) GLENDALE LOST 7 - 27 World Cup Warm-up
21.08.2011 JAPAN TOKYO LOST 14 - 20 World Cup Warm-up
11.09.2011 IRELAND NEW PLYMOUTH LOST 10 - 22 World Cup, Pool C
15.09.2011 RUSSIA NEW PLYMOUTH WON 13 - 6 World Cup, Pool C
23.09.2011 AUSTRALIA WELLINGTON LOST 5 - 67 World Cup, Pool C
27.09.2011 ITALY NELSON LOST 10 - 27 World Cup, Pool C
09.06.2012 CANADA KINGSTON LOST 25 - 28 Can-Am Trophy
17.06.2012 GEORGIA DENVER WON 36 - 20
24.06.2012 ITALY HOUSTON LOST 10 - 30
09.11.2012 RUSSIA COLWYN BAY WON 40 - 26 IRB International Rugby Series
17.11.2012 TONGA COLWYN BAY LOST 13 - 22 IRB International Rugby Series
24.11.2012 ROMANIA BUCHAREST WON 34 - 3
25.05.2013 CANADA (1) EDMONTON LOST 9 - 16 Pacific Nations Cup
09.06.2013 IRELAND HOUSTON LOST 12 - 15
14.06.2013 TONGA SALT LAKE CITY LOST 9 - 18 Pacific Nations Cup
19.06.2013 FIJI NAGOYA LOST 10 - 35 Pacific Nations Cup
23.06.2013 JAPAN TOKYO LOST 20 - 38 Pacific Nations Cup
17.08.2013 CANADA (2) CHARLESTON LOST 9 - 27 WCQ Americas, Round 2
24.08.2013 CANADA (3) TORONTO LOST 11 - 13 WCQ Americas, Round 2
16.11.2013 GEORGIA TIBLISI WON 25 - 23
23.11.2013 RUSSIA LONDON WON 28 - 7
22.03.2014 URUGUAY (1) MONTEVIDEO DRAWN 27 - 27 WCQ Americas Playoff, 1st leg
29.03.2014 URUGUAY (2) ATLANTA WON 32 - 13 WCQ Americas Playoff, 2nd leg
07.06.2014 SCOTLAND HOUSTON LOST 6 - 24
14.06.2014 JAPAN HALAWA LOST 29 - 37 Pacific Nations Cup, North
21.06.2014 CANADA SACRAMENTO WON 38 - 35 Pacific Nations Cup, North
01.11.2014 NEW ZEALAND CHICAGO LOST 6 - 74
08.11.2014 ROMANIA BUCHAREST WON 27 - 17
15.11.2014 TONGA GLOUCESTER, UK LOST 12 - 40
21.11.2014 FIJI VANNES, FRANCE LOST 14 - 20
18.07.2015 SAMOA (1) SAN JOSE LOST 16 - 21 Pacific Nations Cup
24.07.2015 JAPAN (1) SACRAMENTO WON 23 - 18 Pacific Nations Cup
29.07.2015 TONGA TORONTO LOST 19 - 33 Pacific Nations Cup
03.08.2015 CANADA (1) VANCOUVER WON 15 - 13 Pacific Nations Cup, Playoff 5th-6th
22.08.2015 CANADA (2) OTTAWA WON 41 - 23 World Cup Warm-up
05.09.2015 AUSTRALIA CHICAGO LOST 10 - 47 World Cup Warm-up
20.09.2015 SAMOA (2) BRIGHTON LOST 16 - 25 World Cup, Pool B
27.09.2015 SCOTLAND LEEDS LOST 16 - 39 World Cup, Pool B
07.10.2015 SOUTH AFRICA LONDON LOST 0 - 64 World Cup, Pool B
11.10.2015 JAPAN (2) GLOUCESTER LOST 18 - 28 World Cup, Pool B
06.02.2016 ARGENTINA HOUSTON DRAWN 35 - 35 America's Rugby Championship
13.02.2016 CANADA AUSTIN WON 30 - 22 America's Rugby Championship
20.02.2016 CHILE FORT LAUDERDALE WON 64 - 0 America's Rugby Championship
27.02.2016 BRAZIL SAO PAULO LOST 23 - 24 America's Rugby Championship
05.03.2016 URUGUAY MONTEVIDEO LOST 25 - 29 America's Rugby Championship
18.06 San Jose USA 20-24 Italy Friendly
25.06 Sacramento USA 25-0 Russia
12.11 Bucharest Romania 23-10 USA Friendly
19.11 San Sebastián (Spain) Tonga 20-17 USA Friendly

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So excluding fixtures between the US & Canada themselves (which the former have dominated in recent years):

Canada winless on the AIs, have lost 11/12 their last fixtures against tier 2 nations (exception being a 2-point win over Georgia 2 years ago), and all of their fixtures to tier 1 teams this decade (often by huge margins), were 0-4 at last year's World Cup and only picked up one win (over Tonga) at the 2011 edition.

USA winless on the AIs, have lost 10/12 their last fixtures against tier 2 nations (exceptions being Japan last year & Romania 2 years ago), and all of their fixtures against tier 1 teams (often by huge margins), were 0-4 at last year's World Cup and only picked up one win (over Russia) at the 2011 edition. Also beaten by Uruguay and Brazil !! at this year's inaugural AMC.