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Canada Finalize u20 Trophy Roster

Canada has confirmed the playing roster for the upcoming World Rugby Junior World Trophy. Taking place in Bucharest, Romania Canada is North Americas one participant and joins Uruguay in representing the Americas.

The u20 competition will feature eight countries. They are to be divided into two pools with Canada and Uruguay set to face-off in Pool B. Fiji and Portugal complete the group. In Pool A Samoa is well placed to do well. Joining Samoa are Hong Kong, Namibia, and hosts Romania.

Canada’s finalized u20 Trophy roster has been named following a training camp. The roster to go to Romania features 26 players, 11 less than those who trained in camp at Shawnignan Lake School.

The roster features seven personal changes from the roster which defeated the USA in June. The alterations include the youth of U17 fly half Campbell Clarke, U18 center Lachlan Kratz, and U18 Tyler Duguid all selected.

Additional changes see the inclusion of props Guerschom Mukendi, and Mitch Wainman, hooker Tyler Rockwell, utility back Gabriel Casey and winger Josiah Morra at wing.

CANADA U20 ROSTER
Gabriel Casey – Bytown Blues (Ottawa, ON)
Campbell Clarke – Swilers RFC (St. John’s, NL)
Reid Davis – Bayside RFC (Surrey, BC)
Tyler Duguid – Nor’Westers (Edmonton, AB)
Elias Ergas – UBC Thunderbirds (Vancouver, BC)
Peter Ingoldsby – Exmouth RFC (England)
Quentin James – Perpignan (Vancouver, BC)
Gavin Kratz – UVIC Vikes (Victoria, BC)
Lachlan Kratz – Castaway Wanderers (Victoria, BC)
Jackson Matthews – UVIC Vikes (Montreal, QC)
Jack McCarthy – Vandals RFC (St, John’s, NL)
Jack McRogers – McMaster University (Toronto, ON)
Josiah Morra – Toronto Saracens (Toronto, ON)
Guershom Mukendi – Stoney Creek RFC (Mississauga, ON)
James O’Neill – UVIC Vikes (Cochrane, AB)
Will Percillier – UBC Thunderbirds (Victoria, BC)
Brennig Prevost – UVIC Vikes (Victoria, BC)
Emerson Prior – Trent University (Toronto, ON)
Seth Purdey – UCal at Berkeley (Shawnigan Lake, BC)
Tyler Rockwell – James Bay AA (Calgary, AB)
Tyler Rowland – UBC Thunderbirds (Toronto, ON)
Owain Ruttan – UBC Thunderbirds (Toronto, ON)
Brandon Schellenberger – Castaway Wanderers (Victoria, BC)
Michael Smith – UBC Thunderbirds (Vancouver, BC)
Kevin Vertkas – UBC Thunderbirds (Toronto, ON)
Mitchell Wainman – (Banff, AB)

CANADA’S FIXTURES
August 28 Canada vs Portugal
September 1 Canada vs Uruguay
September 5 Canada vs Fiji
September 9 Canada vs TBC

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