Developmental Canadian side opens play at the Americas Pacific Challenge
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Kyle Gimour will captain Canada ‘A’ against Argentina XV at the Americas Pacific Challenge on Saturday.
The six-team rugby tournament also features developmental sides from Uruguay, the U.S. Samoa and Tonga.
“Argentina, whether it’s the Pumas, Jaguars or XV side, are known for playing a wide, expansive brand of rugby with a lot of decoy runners and offloads and we’re going to have to be ready for that,” Canada coach Mike Shelley said in a statement.
Canada opened last year’s tournament with a 56-29 loss to an Argentine side, with five returnees – Adrian Wadden, Conor Keys, Pat Parfrey, Lucas Rumball and Guiseppe du Toit – in the starting lineup for Saturday’s game.