Canada names Men’s longlist for Spain tour

Newly-extended Canadian Head Coach Kingsley Jones has named a longlist of 43 players to prepare for the upcoming test series in Spain. A final squad of 32 will be selected to play against their hosts on November 11, before facing either Brazil or the USA a week later.

There are 12 uncapped players named in the group. Among them are Dallas Jackals hooker Dewald Kotze, Wales-based flanker Zephyr Melnyk, and u20 standout Jamin Hodgkins. Five members of the national sevens side are named including the Thiel twins, Jake and Josh.

Notable senior additions are Old Glory lock Kyle Baillie and New York outside back Andrew Coe. Arrows prop Tyler Rowland also returns after recovering from injury that forced him out of the Pacific tour.

Pontypridd flanker Sion Parry, Toronto loose forward Travis Larsen, and New England back Spencer Jones are absent after appearing against Tonga. Also missing are DC flyhalf Gradyn Bowd and the entirety of Canada’s European professional contingent, among them uncapped Montpellier lock Tyler Duguid and former captain Tyler Ardron.

 

LH PROP
Foster DeWitt (New England Free Jacks) 3 caps
Liam Murray (Dallas Jackals) 6 caps
Emerson Prior (Utah Warriors) uncapped
Djustice Sears-Duru (San Diego Legion) 66 caps

HOOKER
Dewald Kotze (Dallas Jackals) uncapped
Andrew Quattrin (New England Free Jacks) 18 caps
Tyler Wong (Toronto Arrows) uncapped

TH PROP
Cole Keith (New England Free Jacks) 27 caps
Tyler Rowland (Toronto Arrows) 9 caps
Kyle Steeves (Dallas Jackals) 1 cap
Conor Young (New England Free Jacks) 3 caps

SECOND ROW
Kyle Baillie (Old Glory DC) 35 caps
Mason Flesch (Toronto Arrows) 4 caps
Izzak Kelly (UBC Thunderbirds) 2 caps
Conor Keys (New England Free Jacks) 31 caps

BACK ROW
Callum Botchar (New Plymouth Old Boys, NZ) 1 cap
Matt Klimchuk (Pacific Pride) 1 cap
Zephyr Melnyk (Beddau, UK) uncapped
Matthew Oworu (Canada Sevens) 2 caps
Lucas Rumball (Toronto Arrows) 49 caps
Jake Thiel (Canada Sevens) uncapped
Siaki Vikilani (American Raptors) 11 caps
Piers von Dadelszen (Oxford University, UK) 4 caps

SCRUMHALF
Ross Braude (Toronto Arrows) 14 caps
Jason Higgins (San Diego Legion) 11 caps
Reid Watkins (Seattle Seawolves) uncapped

FLYHALF
Jamin Hodgkins (Glamorgan Wanderers, UK) uncapped
Peter Nelson (Toronto Arrows) 17 caps
Robbie Povey (Toronto Arrows) 15 caps

MIDFIELD
Liam Bowman (Toronto Arrows) uncapped
Gabe Casey (New England Free Jacks) 1 cap
Ben LeSage (New England Free Jacks) 28 caps
Mitch Richardson (Toronto Arrows) 2 caps
Josh Thiel (Canada Sevens) 3 caps

OUTSIDE BACKS
Noah Bain (Spotswood United, NZ) uncapped
D’Shawn Bowen (Toronto Arrows) uncapped
Ciaran Breen (Toronto Arrows) uncapped
Andrew Coe (New York Ironworkers) 16 caps
Kainoa Lloyd (Houston SaberCats) 23 caps
Josiah Morra (Canada Sevens) 2 caps
Isaac Olson (New England Free Jacks) 3 caps
David Richard (Canada Sevens) 3 caps
Jack Shaw (Los Angeles) uncapped