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Brazil were humbled and pummeled in Canada on Saturday. The Brazilian next-of-XV, playing under the name Os Tupis XV, were humiliated at Klahanie Park in West Vancouver. The Vancouver Highlands were 77-7 winners in what was a reality check for Tupis XV Head Coach and Brazilian Technical Director, Josh Reeves.
The purpose of the match from Brazil’s perspective was to expand the player base by giving fringe players the opportunity. Os Tupis XV fielded a team with notable names including Cobras players and capped Brazilians. For instance, Levy Marinho, Leonardo de Souza, Kauã Guimarães, Maiki Lemes, Pedro Aparecido, Sérgio Luna, Victor Silva, and Robson Morais all started.
Former Canadian international, and Rugby World Cup 2019 player, Guiseppe du Toit scored the second try of the match. The Vancouver Highlanders scored again before Os Tupis XV scored their only points of the match. Winger Sergio Luna’s try made it 21-7. Luna’s try was from an interception. The Vancouver Highlanders hit-back for a 28-7 half-time lead.
In total, the Canadian side ran in eleven tries compared to one scored by the Brazilians. Fullback Mike Molony kicked eleven from eleven conversions while winger Nico Leonard and center Melani Nanai also both impressed in scoring hat-tricks.
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VANCOUVER HIGHLANDERS
1 Connor O’Flaherty, 2 Jacob Bossi, 3 Cole Kelly, 4 Karl Hunger, 5 Kaden Duguid, 6 Saba Shubitidze, 7 Joe Locke, 8 Relmu Wilson-Valdes, 9 Reid Watkins, 10 James Biss, 11 Nico Leonard, 12 Guiseppe du Toit, 13 Melani Nanai, 14 D’Shawn Bowen, 15 Mike Moloney
Replacements: 16 Conall Henchy, 17 Theo Espagnol, 18 Payton Teneycke, 19 Caden Wilson, 20 Callum Botchar, 21 Thomas Davidson, 22 Alastair Marshall, 23 Josh Thiel, 24 Nick Blain, 25 Noah Bain, 26 Sam Reimer
BRAZIL XV
1 Levy Marinho, 2 Leonardo de Souza, 3 João Talamini, 4 Renato Santos, 5 Kauã Guimarães, 6 Iarley Santana, 7 Maiki Lemes, 8 Pedro Aparecido, 9 Guilherme Oliveira, 10 Gustavo Pompeo (capt.), 11 Sérgio Luna, 12 Raphael Hollister, 13 Victor Silva, 14 Andrei Santana, 15 Robson Morais
Replacements: 16 Nick Sydorowitz, 17 Lucas Abud, 18 Nicolas Rocha, 19 Luccas Adib, 20 Kaiky Araújo, 21 Nassor Lukata, 22 Matheus Cruz, 23 Widson Menezes, 24 Leo Davies, 25 Joel Júnior
