History of rugby union matches between Canada and the United States

Canada and the United States have played each other a total of 66 times, with Canada winning 39 tests, the United States winning 25, and two matches resulting in a draw. Historically, Canada have dominated the rivalry. However, recently the results have been in favor of USA, who won 12 of 14 matches between 2014 and 2021, the same amount of victories as they had in the previous 37 years.

The first ever match occurred in 1977 at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Canada won the match 17–6.^[1] The United States' first win came the following year in Baltimore winning 12–7.^[2]

Since their first match in 1977, the United States and Canada played on another nearly every year, with the exception of Covid-19 pandemic restricted years. In recent years they have played on a home and away basis, with many of these meetings serving as qualification rounds for the Rugby World Cup.

From 2013 to 2015 and in 2019, Canada and the United States played every June in the tournament now known as the World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup, along with Japan, Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa.^[3] The 2024 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup saw the return of both the USA and Canada.^[3]

In 1996, Canada and United States played in the Pacific-Rim Championship along with Hong Kong and Japan.^[3] The 1999 edition saw the addition of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.^[3] The tournament folded in 2001.^[3] Alongside the Pacific-Rim Championship, the sides also competed in the Pan-American Championship until 2003.

In 2003 the Super Cup formed and was contested between Japan, Russia and the United States. In 2004 they were joined by Canada. The tournament was only contested for 3 years as it folded in 2005 with Canada the final champions. In 2003, the Churchill Cup began a tournament in which Canada and the United States would play A sides from Europe and the Southern Hemisphere. The tournament folded in 2011 prior to the 2011 Rugby World Cup.^[4]

Between 2016 and 2019, the two countries have played in the Americas Rugby Championship alongside the senior teams of Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay, plus Argentina's second national side, Argentina XV.

Details	Played	Won by  Canada	Won by  United States	Drawn	Canada points	United States points
In Canada	35	25	9	1	840	598
In United States	26	10	15	1	514	520
Neutral venue	5	4	1	0	159	108
Overall	65	39	25	2	1,513	1,226

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition	Attendance	Reference
1	21 May 1977	Swangard Stadium, British Columbia	17–6	Canada		6,000	[1]
2	28 May 1978	Baltimore, Maryland	12–7	United States			[2]
3	9 June 1979	Varsity Stadium, Toronto	19–12	Canada			[5][6]
4	8 June 1980	Saranac Lake Park, New York	0–16	Canada			[7]
5	6 June 1981	Kingsland, Calgary	6–3	Canada			[8]
6	12 June 1982	Bleecker Stadium, New York	3–3	draw			[9]
7	11 June 1983	Swangard Stadium, Burnaby	15–9	Canada			[10]
8	9 June 1984	Rockne Stadium, Chicago, Illinois	21–13	United States			[11]
9	16 November 1985	Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver	21–10	Canada			[12]
10	8 November 1986	Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Arizona	16–27	Canada		4,500	[13]
11	10 May 1987	Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver	33–9	Canada			[14]
12	14 November 1987	Royal Athletic Park, Victoria, British Columbia	20–12	Canada			[15]
13	11 June 1988	Saranac Lake Park, New York	28–16	United States			[16]
14	23 September 1989	Varsity Stadium, Toronto	21–3	Canada	1991 Rugby World Cup Qualifiers		[17]
15	9 June 1990	Chief Sealth, Seattle	14–12	United States	1991 Rugby World Cup Qualifiers		[18]
16	8 June 1991	Kingsland, Calgary	34–15	Canada			[19]
17	13 June 1992	Observatory Park, Denver	9–32	Canada			[20]
18	19 June 1993	Winnipeg, Manitoba	20–9	Canada			[21]
19	21 May 1994	George Allen Field, Long Beach, California	10–15	Canada			[22]
20	9 September 1995	Fletcher's Fields, Markham, Ontario	14–15	United States			[23]
21	11 May 1996	Boxer Stadium, San Francisco, California	19–12	United States	1996 Pacific-Rim Championship	3,500	[24]
22	18 May 1996	Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver	24–20	Canada			[25][26]
23	18 September 1996	Mohawk Sports Park, Hamilton, Ontario	23–18	Canada	1996 Pan-American Championship		[27][28]
24	10 May 1997	Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver	53–12	Canada	1997 Pacific-Rim Championship	5,000	[29]
25	28 June 1997	Boxer Stadium, San Francisco, California	11–22	Canada		1,800	[30]
26	23 May 1998	Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver	17–15	Canada	1998 Pacific-Rim Championship		[31][32]
27	6 June 1998	Burlington, Vermont	3–37	Canada		4,300	[33]
28	18 August 1998	Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina	31–14	Canada	1998 Pan-American Championship	3,000	[34]
29	19 June 1999	Fletcher's Fields, Markham, Ontario	17–18	United States	1999 Pacific-Rim Championship	4,500	[35]
30	3 June 2000	Manchester, New Hampshire	34–25	United States	2000 Pacific-Rim Championship		[36]
31	19 May 2001	Richardson Memorial Stadium, Kingston, Ontario	19–10	Canada	2001 Pan-American Championship	7,155	[37]
32	29 June 2002	Fletcher's Fields, Markham, Ontario	26–9	Canada	2003 Rugby World Cup Qualifiers	2,200	[38]
33	13 July 2002	Rockne Stadium, Chicago, Illinois	13–36	Canada		2,500	[39]
34	18 June 2003	Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver	11–16	United States	2003 Churchill Cup	3,200	[40]
35	27 August 2003	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina	20–35	United States	2003 Pan-American Championship		[41]
36	27 May 2004	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	23–20	Canada	2004 Super Cup	3,500	[42]
37	19 June 2004	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton	32–29	Canada	2004 Churchill Cup	5,000	[43]
38	25 May 2005	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	30–26	Canada	2005 Super Cup		[44]
39	26 June 2005	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton	19–20	United States	2005 Churchill Cup	15,000	[45]
40	17 June 2006	Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton	33–18	Canada	2006 Churchill Cup		[46]
41	12 August 2006	Swilers Rugby Park, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador	56–7	Canada	2007 Rugby World Cup Qualifiers		[47]
42	2 June 2007	Twickenham Stadium, London, England	52–10	Canada	2007 Churchill Cup		[48]
43	21 June 2008	Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois	10–26	Canada	2008 Churchill Cup		[49]
44	4 July 2009	Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston, South Carolina	12–6	United States	2011 Rugby World Cup Qualifiers	3,836	[50][51]
45	11 July 2009	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton	41–18	Canada			[52]
46	6 August 2011	BMO Field, Toronto	28–22	Canada	2011 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches	10,621	[53][54]
47	13 August 2011	Infinity Park, Glendale, Colorado	7–27	Canada	2011 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches	5,000	[55][56][57]
48	9 June 2012	Richardson Memorial Stadium, Kingston, Ontario	28–25	Canada	2012 June rugby union tests	7,521	[58][59]
49	25 May 2013	Ellerslie Rugby Park, Edmonton, Alberta	16–9	Canada	2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup	3,526	[60]
50	17 August 2013	Blackbaud Stadium, Charleston, South Carolina	9–27	Canada	2015 Rugby World Cup Qualifiers	5,258	[61]
51	24 August 2013	BMO Field, Toronto	13–11	Canada		10,207	[62]
52	21 June 2014	Cal Expo Facility, Sacramento, California	38–35	United States	2014 IRB Pacific Nations Cup	7,804	[63][64][65]
53	3 August 2015	Swangard Stadium, Burnaby	15–13	United States	2015 Pacific Nations Cup 5th Place play-off		[66]
54	22 August 2015	Twin Elm Rugby Park, Ottawa, Ontario	23–41	United States	2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up	5,168	[67][68]
55	13 February 2016	Dell Diamond, Round Rock, Texas	30–22	United States	2016 Americas Rugby Championship	7,415	[69][70]
56	18 February 2017	Swangard Stadium, Burnaby, British Columbia	34–51	United States	2017 Americas Rugby Championship	3,416	[71]
57	24 June 2017	Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton, Ontario	28–28	draw	2019 Rugby World Cup Qualifiers	13,187	[72][73]
58	1 July 2017	Torero Stadium, San Diego, California	52–16	United States			[74][75][76]
59	10 February 2018	Papa Murphy's Park, Sacramento, California	29–10	United States	2018 Americas Rugby Championship		[77][78][79]
60	23 June 2018	Wanderers Grounds, Halifax, Nova Scotia	17–42	United States	2018 June test	6,000	[80][81]
61	8 March 2019	Starfire Sports, Tukwila, Washington	30–25	United States	2019 Americas Rugby Championship		[82][83][84]
62	27 July 2019	Infinity Park, Glendale, Colorado	47–19	United States	2019 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup	5,000	[85][86][87]
63	7 September 2019	BC Place, Vancouver, British Columbia	15–20	United States	RWC warm-up match		[88][89]
64	4 September 2021	Swiler's Rugby Park, St. John's, Newfoundland	34–21	Canada	2023 Rugby World Cup Qualifiers		[90][91]
65	11 September 2021	Infinity Park, Glendale, Colorado	38–16	United States			[92][93]
66	31 August 2024	Dignity Health Sports Park, Los Angeles, California	28–15	United States	Pacific Nations Cup		[94][95][96]

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