Nations Cup: LIVE BLOG: USA vs Canada

Unfortunately this match will not be broadcast. The archive should be available at a later date by Rugby Canada. Once the archived video is posted we will post it here. Make sure to Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for LIVE updates.

See the rosters, scores and schedule here.

Archived video from USA Rugby:

USA vs Canada from USA Women's Eagles on Vimeo.

752pm: Final whistle and Canada wins it 35-17 over USA.

750pm: Down but not out, USA #8 Katie Dowty shows her speed and scores in the corner. Kosanke makes a difficult conversion. USA 17 Canada 35

742pm: RT @rugbycanada Canada running wild now, as Canada’s Sevens stars are all getting on the board. Andrea Burk races through a tired USA defense and dots down. Canada 35 USA 10, under 10mins to go.

741pm: Conversion is good, I might have miscalculated score. Canada 30 USA 10

738pm: USA knocks on at the scrum and now Canada has 5m scrum in USA territory. #12 Marchak scores for Canada. USA 10 Canada 26

737pm: Canada #7 Kish threatens the line but knocks it on. USA scrum.

730pm: #10 Ghislaine Landry for Canada in the corner, and the conversion by Burke is good. Canada 21 USA 10. 16 mins left.

726pm: Lots of ping pong kicking in this match, both teams are defending well though.

721pm: USA penalty and Canada attempts a kick at goal. The kick is missed. 25 mins left. USA 10 Canada 14

715pm: A streaking (not naked!) USA break from #15 Samantha Pankey is stopped on the Canada 22. The USA begin a slow forward drive, but are called for a forward pass.

713pm: Canada is making subs as the game re-starts to up the intensity, and the match re-starts with some huge hits. 30 minutes to play.

703pm: RT @rugbycanada A serious USA injury has the match stopped. Not sure what happened, but the stretcher is being brought on. I am trying to find out who the injured player is…

701pm: 2nd half kicks off, USA is probing the corners but Canada’s defense is holding strong.

653pm: Canada penalized again at the breakdown. Halftime. Canada 14 USA 10

643pm: Kick is wide by USA, Canada returns it in a huge way, gaining 80 meters.

641pm: Couple of reset scrums and Canada is penalized. USA will attempt goal again.

634pm: #12 Pam Kosanke for USA has the golden boot! USA 10 Canada 14. BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE! About 12 mins left in the half.

632pm: USA steals the scrum and drive towards the line. Penalty against Canada and USA will attempt a shot at goal.

630pm: Counter kick is knocked by Canada winger. Scrum to USA on 5m line. They move it to the backs & make a frantic series of half-breaks. Knocked on.

626pm: Scrum to USA and they are pinned down, clearance kick is no good. Canada’s #7 Jenn Kish dives on it and scores. Conversion is good. USA 7 Canada 14

625pm: Canada steals the scrum #12 Mandy Marchuk steps through a gap in the USA line. She screams for the line, but knocks on due to a big tackle.

624pm: The crowd roars as Canada beats the USA with a wide pass and run under the posts. But it is ruled a forward pass.

623pm: Another poor kick clearance, but this time for Canada. USA #6 Shaina Turley charges down the kick and scores in the corner. Kick is good. USA 7 Canada 7

621pm: The USA attempt a long penalty but #12 Pam Kosanke can’t get it between the posts. 22m dropout to Canada.

618pm: USA attempts to clear from their zone but fails. Canada recovers with #7 Jen Kish and she runs it all the way back for a try. #14 Andrea Burk slots the conversion. Canada 7 USA 0

611pm: Lots of kicking as we have seen throughout the tournament so far. Both back triangles are handling the pressure well though.

608pm: And it begins! Canada kicks off to USA immediately returns a probing kick to the corner. Just like against England, USA is at a break neck pace.

552pm: Up next is USA vs Canada, a rematch of the 2010 RWC 5th place match. 6pm CST, 7pmEST. NO LIVE broadcast.

338pm: Kick off time is set for 6pm CST, 7pm EST. Come back soon for updates!

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USA Roster
1. Farrah Douglas, 2. Devin Keller, 3. Jamie Burke (c), 4. Stacey Bridges, 5. Stacy Baker, 6. Shaina Turley, 7. Lynelle Kugler, 8. Kate Daley, 9. Kim Magrini, 10. Sadie Anderson, 11. Vix Folayan, 12. Pam Kosanke, 13. Amy Daniels, 14. Vanesha McGee, 15. Samantha Pankey.

16. Lisa Butts, 17. Sarah Chobot. 18. Lauren Daly, 19. Kitt Wagner, 20. Carrie White, 21. Rebecca Brafman, 22. Katie Dowty

Canada Roster
Canadian Team vs. The U.S.A.:
1. Marie-Pier Pinault-Reid (Club de Rugby de Quebec) Quebec City, PQ
2. Kim Donaldson (Burnaby Lake) Vancouver, BC
3. Brandi Van Eeuwen (Cowichan) Duncan, BC
4. Maria Jaworski (Calgary Hornets) Calgary, AB
5. Danielle Rowlands (Kirin RFC / Calgary Hornets) Colonsay, SK
6. Kayla Mack (Wild Oats) Saskatoon, SK
7. Jen Kish (Lep Tigers) Edmonton, AB
8. Kelly Russell (Capt.) (Toronto Nomads) Bolton, ON
9. Laura Stoughton (Calgary Irish) Calgary, AB
10. Ghislaine Landry (Toronto Scottish) Toronto, ON
11. Julianne Zussman (Town of Mount Royal RFC) Montreal, PQ
12. Mandy Marchak (Capilano) Winnipeg, MB
13. Arielle Dubissette-Borrice (Toronto Nomads) Ajax, ON
14. Andrea Burk (Capilano North) Vancouver, BC
15. Brittany Waters (Meraloma) Vancouver, BC
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16. Laura Russell (Toronto Nomads) Bolton, ON
17. Julia Sugawara (Burnaby Lake) Surrey, BC
18. Corinne Jacobsen (Burnaby Lake) Vancouver, BC
19. Jessica Dovanne (Velox Valkyries) Victoria, BC
20. Ashley MacDonald
21. Cheryl Phillips
22. Kelsey Willoughby