Canada West (rugby team)

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Canada West
Nickname(s)	West
Founded	2005
Union	Rugby Canada
Coach	Tony Medina
Captain	Ed Fairhust
Most caps	Ed Fairhust (5)
Most appearances	Ed Fairhust (5)
Top scorer	Ed Fairhust (50)
Team colours
First match
USA Hawks 0 - 98 Canada West (20 May 2006)
Largest win
USA Hawks 0 - 98 Canada West (20 May 2006)
Worst defeat
Canada East 34 - 18 Canada West (20 May 2006)
Official website
www.narugby.com/twest.html

Canada West is one of two national representative rugby union teams from Canada that compete in the North America 4 Series.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Formation 1.2 Inaugural Competition: 2006 North America 4 Series 1.2.1 PARMA Select XV 2 Current squad 3 External links 4 References

[edit] History

[edit] Formation

Canada West was founded in 2005 by the NA4 Committee. The NA4 Committee is made up of the International Rugby Board, Rugby Canada and USA Rugby. The committee is charged with operating and financing the four North American teams (the others being the USA Hawks, USA Falcons, and Canada East. In 2008, however, each franchise will be sold and become privately owned. ^[1]

[edit] Inaugural Competition: 2006 North America 4 Series

West's first ever match occurred on 20 May 2006 during the inaugural NA 4 Series. They faced the USA Hawks in pool play and won by a score of 98-0. This match was the most lopsided of the competition. They finished the competition with a 3-1-1 record in pool play and had an average of 43 points scored and 19 points scored against per match. They advanced to the finals in elimination play and defeated the Falcons 31-20 to be crowned champions of the competition. ^[2] Ed Fairhust of the Castaway Wanderers captained the squad during the inaugural campaign.

[edit] PARMA Select XV

The PARMA Select XV is the All-Star squad comprised of the best players of the competition as determined by the Pan-American Rugby Media Association. Garth Cooke, Adam Kleeberger, Ed Fairhurst, Justin Mensah-Coker, and DTH Van der Merwe were selected to the starting XV. Mark Lawson was named as a reserve.

[edit] Current squad

The 2006 NA4 squad is as follows

Chuck Baumberg - Castaway Wanderers / Crimson Tide Pat Bickerton - Bayside Club David Biddle - Meraloma Club Hubert Buydens - Saskatoon Wild Oats / Prairie Fire Jamie Collins - James Bay AA Garth Cooke - Castaway Wanderers Craig Culpan - Meraloma Club Patrick Dessaulles - UBCOB Ravens / BC Wave Casey Dunning - Castaway Wanderers Ian Exner - Castaway Wanderers Eddie Fairhurst - University of Victoria Scott Franklin - Castaway Wanderers / Crimson Tide Trevor Geach - Crimson Tide Kyle Haley - University of Victoria / Crimson Tide Daryl Hall - Velox Valhallians Brodie Henderson - Abbotsford Tyler Hotson - University of British Columbia Scott Hunt - Abbotsford Morgan Jones - UBCOB Ravens Pat Kearney - University of Victoria / Crimson Tide Bryn Keys - Abbotsford

Adam Kleeberger - University of Victoria / Crimson Tide Tony La Carte - Castaway Wanderers Tom Larisch - Capilano/BC Wave Mark Lawson - Velox Valhallians / Crimson Tide Stan McKeen - UBCOB Ravens Tom McKeen - University of Victoria Ryan McWhinney - Abbotsford Neil Meechan - University of Victoria Justin Mensah-Coker - Meraloma Club Sipili Molia - Castaway Wanderers Milan Mrdjenovich - Velox Valhallians / Edmonton Gold Pat Riordan - Burnaby Lake Ian Smortchevsky - Capilano David Spicer - University of Victoria Rob Turk - University of Victoria Akio Tyler - Capilano DTH Van der Merwe - James Bay AA / Prairie Fire Geoff Warden - James Bay AA / Crimson Tide Tony Weller - Capilano Eric Wilson - University of British Columbia

[edit] External links

• Official Site

[edit] References